Cumbrian Harvest 2024. Could it be 1985? 40-yr-old MF 825 and Ford 4610 harvest winter barley.

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  • @elladailylife
    @elladailylife 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how connected you are to nature

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@elladailylife
      Thank you Ella. I certainly do love nature, from the birds to the bees, the changing seasons and just being out in the open, breathing in the fresh air while watching the machinery harvesting the crops. It’s the one thing in life I’ll never take for granted and appreciate every day I visit the countryside surrounding me. Many thanks for your lovely comment, kind regards David.
      I’ve just taken a look at your channel Ella and your videos look fantastic, I will enjoy watching them with autumn and winter fast approaching in the uk.

  • @MONKIPANTS
    @MONKIPANTS 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's Sunday morning and I'm watching your brilliant video of poetry in motion, lovely machinery. I'm not a farmer like yourself but I love everything you farmers do out in the field. You're appreciated immensely for what you provide the nation with. I used to drive an old MF tractor with a brush on the front and I called it Basil 😁 Thanks for sharing this insight into your world.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MONKIPANTS
      Good morning Monkipants and what a wonderful comment from you my friend. I’m so pleased you enjoyed watching the video and describing the machinery working as poetry in motion is definitely a great observation from you. I’m pleased you mention that not being a farmer yourself but realise how important the agricultural sector is to the economics of the world. So good to hear about Basil the MF, I wonder if he’s still around? Thank you for making my Sunday morning with your beautiful comment, so good to hear from you this morning and best wishes from Cumbria. Take care my friend, cheers David.

    • @MONKIPANTS
      @MONKIPANTS 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Good evening David, thankyou for your lovely reply and I would like to think Basil is still around brushing his way to infinity and beyond! 🚜 😂 I cannot believe this wonderful day, after watching your brilliant video I visited my father-in-law and he told me that a combine was working in the next field and he could see the dust ball rising above the hedge, so, I had to see and off I went and leaning on an old fence post I watched these hard working chaps doing exactly what you were doing, I couldn't see what type of machines they were using as all the dust masked them well but I bet you would know just by the sound. Yellow is all I can tell you about the combine. All the best to you sir, from Warwickshire.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MONKIPANTS
      Ah now I can tell just by you mentioning the colour yellow that it would be a New Holland combine you were watching through the dust leaning against that fence post and also that it would have been a wonderful sight so thank your father-in-law for spotting that cloud of dust telling you about the activities going on! I would like to think Basil is still going strong too, being a MF I can well imagine he is! I often wonder whatever happened to the little Massey 35X that my uncle owned and I learned to drive on many moons ago (about 50 years ago now), I’ve such fond memories of it and can picture myself sitting on that old tin seat with a cushion made from a bag stuffed with straw as the only comfort, hopefully it’s still going strong somewhere? It’s been so good to hear from you today and I’m pleased my video got you off to a good start to your Sunday. I usually post a video at least once a week (though less frequently through the winter months) and while I can’t promise you a classic MF combine every week I can guarantee some lovely machinery working in the fields of Cumbria and some even lovelier views of the beautiful Cumbrian scenery. Take care my friend and once again thank you for your wonderful comments. Cheers, David.

  • @donnellykieranj
    @donnellykieranj 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What a great wee 4610. Such a capable little tractor. IMO one of best 60hp tractors ever built.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@donnellykieranj
      Definitely agree with you there Kieran! 3-cylinder Ford engine one of the best of its kind, 60hp perfect for this kind of job and many more. Cheers, David.

    • @donnellykieranj
      @donnellykieranj 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@davidwinthrop7077 they're just brilliant. Little pocket rockets. Every farm should have one 😁

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@donnellykieranj
      Definitely!

  • @morrietk
    @morrietk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What a great vid! No music to ruin the sounds! Perfect!

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@morrietk
      You must be like me and enjoy listening to the machinery just as it sounds in the field! Pleased you enjoyed the video, cheers David.

  • @davidprentice7861
    @davidprentice7861 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bloody hell used drive one like that when I worked with my uncle 4610

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@davidprentice7861
      Likewise David as I fondly remember driving a 4610 back in the late 80s/ early 90s pulling a Fraser 6.5t silage trailer!

  • @brianmarshall1637
    @brianmarshall1637 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    A lovely sight to behold,we in East Lan vs only grow grass so it is lovely to see combined working so far north of Lancashire,I hope you have a good crop.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@brianmarshall1637
      Hi Brian. Now that’s interesting to hear as I didn’t know that East Lancashire was mostly down to grass and I know there’s a lot of grass harvested up here and although not half as much is down to cereals it’s still a delight to watch the crop getting harvested especially with classic machinery. It was a good crop and hopefully the spring barley will be too. Cheers, David.

  • @MBSnapper
    @MBSnapper 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Lovely to see (and hear), doing a fine job.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MBSnapper
      Yes an excellent outfit, was really pleased I had the chance to film it in action. Cheers, David.

  • @shirleydrury5565
    @shirleydrury5565 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Nice to see old school gear still at work😊thank you much enjoyed regards😊😊👍👍

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@shirleydrury5565
      Oh can’t beat it Shirley, the classics still as good as any modern machines and much more exciting to watch. Pleased you enjoyed the video, cheers David. 😀👍

  • @andrewstephenson4905
    @andrewstephenson4905 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Lovely To Watch.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@andrewstephenson4905
      Thank you Andrew, it was lovely to film too! Cheers, David.

  • @philipwhite5933
    @philipwhite5933 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice looking combine think my neighbours have one the same

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@philipwhite5933
      Ah so there’s another about Phillip? Can’t be too many more in the country! Cheers, David.

    • @philipwhite5933
      @philipwhite5933 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Aye its an 825 as well, they're having some problems with it trying to get their barley combined.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@philipwhite5933
      Always the way (well nearly) when it comes to harvest time! Hopefully it’s nothing major and it’s soon sorted.

  • @kenwood8665
    @kenwood8665 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Enjoyed this video very much. Thank you

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@kenwood8665
      I’m really pleased to hear that Rick and thank you my friend. Cheers, David.

  • @balmesh
    @balmesh 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great catch! Good for you to be out and snapping!

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@balmesh
      Thanks Alan. Yes I’m making the most of the weather while I’ve got a couple of days off. Hope you are too. Cheers, David

  • @delidan1
    @delidan1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thats a beauty homemade grain trailer!

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@delidan1
      And built to last! 😀

  • @derekdee9592
    @derekdee9592 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Solid old school kit doing a good job 👍🚜

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@derekdee9592
      It certainly is Derek and at a fraction of the cost of new machinery! Cheers, David.

  • @frasermathers2287
    @frasermathers2287 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Good evening David and hope you and your partner enjoyed your break. What a cracking video and at first I had to check that you had not acquired The Tardis! Those opening shots and the sound of the Ford 4610 just ticking over was like being right back in 1985 and really gave the video the correct atmosphere. It's really great to see equipment of that era still doing the job it was intended for and I can say for certain, that there was no outstanding finance on any of that kit. They were maybe not the biggest combine and tractor, but they sure were built at a time when they were built to last, and no damned computers in them. At one point in my life I lived in Kilmarnock just up the road from the Massey Ferguson Combine & Tractor factory, but they stopped building combines in 1980. Hope your well and having the same weather as us today, as its been 25 degrees, just perfect for painting the fence haha. Thanks David. Cheers, Fraser.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@frasermathers2287
      And good evening to you Fraser and we have had a lovely time spending time and enjoying a break together. Now I wish I could time travel as I if I did own a tardis there would be no stopping me going back to the fields 20,30,40 and so on to film the machinery I remember so vividly but unfortunately only have a few blurry photos to remind me of. I was pleased the way that little idea came out myself but the best part was seeing the classic machinery still doing a fine job and as you say not a penny owing on finance. Yes many of these smaller machines are ideal for harvesting smaller acreages, built to last and can be fettled with a box of spanners! Yes I well remember the Kilmarnock manufactured MF combines (this 825 I believe is Canadian manufactured)and they were very popular round here though sadly they’re aren’t any about now. I’m very well and it’s been very warm which means the last few days I’ve been visiting quite a few farms filming lots of haymaking especially so plenty of videos to come in the next few weeks once I get them edited together! I bet that paint dried on the fence in no time! Great to hear from you Fraser, take care my friend and speak to you soon. Cheers, David.

    • @frasermathers2287
      @frasermathers2287 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@davidwinthrop7077 Oh the mischief we could have with a tardis David 😂. Yeah it sure was drying quick and will do the 2nd coat tomorrow. Glad your well and been filming lots. Cheers Fraser.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@frasermathers2287
      Now who would be in control of the destination Fraser? If it were me I would set the year to 1975, back to my uncles farm and the delivery of his brand new MF 148! Yes lots of editing to do but hopefully the end results will be good! Good luck with the 2nd coat!

    • @frasermathers2287
      @frasermathers2287 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@davidwinthrop7077 I would need to relinquish control David to you, as it was your video showing 1985 that gave me the thought of time travel, plus seeing 1975 and even older again has a great appeal.

  • @petergardner2334
    @petergardner2334 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    theres some Think ABOUT THESE COMBINES THEY LOOK SO GOOD HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THIS COMBINE

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@petergardner2334
      So do I Peter! A very stylish combine even today, never mind 40 years ago when it was new. Cheers, David.

  • @paulthompson8467
    @paulthompson8467 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Brilliant video 2 very tidy machines my dad bought a ford 3910 in 1986 for buckraking and powering our Keenan feeder i always thought they punched well above their weight in power🙂

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@paulthompson8467
      Many thanks Paul, pleased you enjoyed the video. Now a 3910, that’s one of my favourite Ford models and sadly I haven’t seen one in a while (though there was a 3610 for sale at the local Claas dealer a few years ago) and I bet yours was a great little workhorse especially for working around the yard. Great tractors the series 10s, I’ve got a real soft spot for them. Cheers, David.

    • @paulthompson8467
      @paulthompson8467 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@davidwinthrop7077 ours was unusual as it had no cab just a rollbar and it was 4wd and had an under swept exhaust as far as I recall she cost £8000 new

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@paulthompson8467
      That’s definitely an unusual and interesting spec Paul. You must have put a special order in for that build?

    • @paulthompson8467
      @paulthompson8467 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@davidwinthrop7077 no Burke's had it in stock as they sell alot of orchard spec tractors round co Armagh

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@paulthompson8467
      Ah interesting!

  • @robertallen3441
    @robertallen3441 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Thats a rare one. As a retired agricultural engineer who worked for a MF dealership between 1974 and 2002, I can honestly say there are not many 825 models about. I only ever recall seeing one before. It was a last gasp model from MF before they bought out the Danish Dronningborg range of 24, 27, 29 and 31 combines in 1985.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@robertallen3441
      I totally agree with you Robert and with you being in the trade all those years you certainly will know a rare machine. I also know of an 855 round here which I have filmed before but never thought I would get the chance to capture an 825. There are still a couple of the Dronningborg machines in the area, a 27 and 31XP so again few and far between but as you say not as rare as a Canadian 825. Great comment Robert, thanks for sharing your experiences. Cheers, David.

    • @robertallen3441
      @robertallen3441 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@davidwinthrop7077 Are you sure its Canadian built?, I would have thought it was French built at Marquet. Certainly the 845 hydrostatic was built in France. Probably built in 1984, as the Danish machines were introduced in 1985, although MF had a Dronningborg (overpainted red) as a trial machine in our area in 1984. The Canadian (Brantford) 855 and 865 were a totally different machine, built to a lot stronger standard.
      As a little extra snippet, in the trade, the XP after the 31 stood for 'extra problems'!!!!!!!

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@robertallen3441
      Ah nice one Robert, not heard that one about the XP before. You could be right on the 825 being built in France, I just assumed with the 855/865 being Canadian and similar styling being manufactured over there too but I’m quite happy for you to correct me if I’m wrong. Cheers, David.

  • @frantisekleiterman2082
    @frantisekleiterman2082 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Perfektní! 👍👍

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@frantisekleiterman2082
      Many thanks Frantisek, pleased you enjoyed my first harvest video of this season. Cheers, David.

    • @frantisekleiterman2082
      @frantisekleiterman2082 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@davidwinthrop7077 👍👍👍👍

  • @TechnoMoffat
    @TechnoMoffat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lovely outfit and video, great stuff David!

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TechnoMoffat
      Thanks Tim, was great to see the classics bringing the harvest home.

  • @B1066agri
    @B1066agri 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a lovely combine and tractor David, yes it could be the 80s and no dought no computors ither to go wrong and mess up your day, very nice video , cheers Steve . 🎥👍

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@B1066agri
      Thanks Steve. Yes all mechanical, no computers and if owt did go wrong it could be fixed with a box of spanners! Cheers, David

    • @B1066agri
      @B1066agri 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@davidwinthrop7077 👍

  • @jacooboophotography
    @jacooboophotography 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That’s not a piece of equipment you see much anymore! Very nicely caught David, I’m yet to see much old kit this harvest, been in Yorkshire looking and some big shiny stuff!

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jacooboophotography
      Certainly a lot rarer these days Jacob so I jumped at the opportunity to film it. Now that sounds interesting, look forward to seeing the results of your ventures my friend! Cheers, David.

  • @djsimonrossprice9400
    @djsimonrossprice9400 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    God I miss the 80s.. 83 my first year on combine J.D 1065. A reg.
    50 J.D SERIES tractors
    10 FORD SERIES tractors..oh happy days...

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@djsimonrossprice9400
      Definitely Simon, so many great machines in that decade! Cheers, David.

    • @djsimonrossprice9400
      @djsimonrossprice9400 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @davidwinthrop7077 Absolutely agree funnily I got a m8 who farms about 400 acres arable his kit is as follows..
      Matboro teleram
      J.D 3650
      JD 3350
      JD 3050
      JD 2850.
      Tx 68 combine
      5f rev keverneland
      Massey 4m 30 drill..
      He earns a very nice profit too. Plenty of T.L.C and high maintainance too...
      Funny he doesn't need a 100k drill...Lol.
      Probably why he makes a good living on 400 a..

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@djsimonrossprice9400
      That sounds a great fleet Simon! Four JD 50 series, a TX combine and a Matbro, would love to film that one! My mate has 8 tractors on his farm, not a tractor under 25 years old, all minters, serviced every 250 hours and instead of depreciating the value of them has gone up! He buys his implements like round balers, rakes, muck spreaders new but wouldn’t buy a new tractor as he says it’s just like chucking money away. Few videos of his machines on my channel (you can probably guess them by the condition) if you fancy a look? Cheers, David.

  • @JonDingle
    @JonDingle 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great to see. Pity the world has moved on so fast in the last forty years.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@JonDingle
      Thanks Jon. Yes everything supposedly because it’s bigger is assumed with being better these days but older outfits like this one still do just as good a job for a fraction of the cost! Cheers, David.

  • @OldSchoolNI
    @OldSchoolNI 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Lovely set up there - always nice to see an old combine. Oldest I've seen is a MF788 (video still to come) which I reckon was 1960s model. Great job.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@OldSchoolNI
      Many thanks and I agree always nice to see an old combine still doing a great job. Yes definitely a 1960s machine a Massey 788, my uncle (sadly passed) owned one years ago, pity both still weren’t around to film. Cheers, David.

  • @hstwodrainage.1410
    @hstwodrainage.1410 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As soon as I saw the pylons and railway line, I knew where it was, Gretna to Longtown road.

  • @265justy
    @265justy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's a nice original 4610...But the trailer! 😂 How do even tip it?

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@265justy
      Now there’s ways and means and if I’d got round to filming it I would have shown you! 😀 Cheers, David

    • @DeeQ-cy8xt
      @DeeQ-cy8xt 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Reminds me of the Britains farm Massey combine I got for Christmas in the 70’s 😍

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DeeQ-cy8xt
      Likewise!

    • @265justy
      @265justy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@DeeQ-cy8xt Have one of them. 😊

  • @Pete68T
    @Pete68T 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The 4610 is a Great Small Tractor I Drove one 40 Years ago at 13 and Thought it Had Plenty of Power Pulling a 6 Ton Corn Trailer,Just think if All Farms Had Kept There Tractors From This Long ago and Just Kept Rebuilding Them They Would be a Lot Better off than they are Today.
    The Fields Are the Same Size So why Do Farms Spend Hundreds of Thousands on Big Tractors and Combines ?The Dealers Have Got them Under there Control !!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Pete68T
      Lots of great points there Pete. For a start off the 4610 is a great tractor and like you I was brought up driving 45-60hp tractors in my teens. Yes looking after them, regular maintenance and storing them undercover makes a hell of a difference. The fields in my area certainly haven’t got any bigger but as you say the tractors & combines certainly have as have the purchase prices, fuel consumption and depreciation costs too when it’s not really necessary. I know dealers have to make a profit and we’d be lost without them but when I buy a car I know what I want and won’t be persuaded to buy anything bigger than I need! Great comment Pete, cheers David.

  • @mikeymcmikeface5599
    @mikeymcmikeface5599 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice, but turning the camera away after every shot gets old quickly.

    • @davidwinthrop7077
      @davidwinthrop7077  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@mikeymcmikeface5599
      Thanks Mikey and pleased you enjoyed the video. I see your point on turning the camera away after each shot, I do this to allow a smoother transition when editing into the next section rather than a sharp cutoff but I’ve noted what you suggested and will look at that in the future. Thanks for watching and your comment. Cheers, David