Lol, my grandfather/uncle had a MF combine similar model, grandpa wore aviator goggles the dust on the operator was so bad at times. I found out as a kid, sitting up on grain bin riding behind him, that I was allergic to oat dust after sitting in dust all day. We both looked like coal miners at the end of the day. They were high tech machines in their day.
The dealership is Mark Weatherhead in Hardwick not farm from Cambridge. The farm the 500 is used on is Canteloup farm, Granchester and it was filmed within eye shot from or fields
Thanks for putting this video up. I know these 400 and 500 combines are very popular amongst collectors these days as are all the old Massey machinery. Does anyone know why the click picture is an Allis Gleaner model A combine.
Better than a binder and stooking and threshing. Dirty, dusty hard work back in the fifties and sixties, still we didn’t know any better, i have COPD as a result, even wearing a mask.
Lol, my grandfather/uncle had a MF combine similar model, grandpa wore aviator goggles the dust on the operator was so bad at times. I found out as a kid, sitting up on grain bin riding behind him, that I was allergic to oat dust after sitting in dust all day. We both looked like coal miners at the end of the day. They were high tech machines in their day.
Farming and equipment technology has come so far.
500 was the first combine I ever drove when I was 10 years old,,,,yes really!,,,,,,,,,[1969].
Imagine back in the day the Farmer that bought this was on top of the world!
The dealership is Mark Weatherhead in Hardwick not farm from Cambridge. The farm the 500 is used on is Canteloup farm, Granchester and it was filmed within eye shot from or fields
Mighty stuff
harry Enfield when life was simpler
Thanks for putting this video up. I know these 400 and 500 combines are very popular amongst collectors these days as are all the old Massey machinery. Does anyone know why the click picture is an Allis Gleaner model A combine.
Better times.
Altogether
Better than a binder and stooking and threshing. Dirty, dusty hard work back in the fifties and sixties, still we didn’t know any better, i have COPD as a result, even wearing a mask.
must feel weird to drive on the left side of the field when in Ireland and the UK, they drive on the right hand side lol
Windy ballax