Massey Ferguson Farm Implements and Machinery Part 3 1977-88, George French and Dennis Burston. DVD, approx 100 minutes. ISBN 978-1-908397-62-1. Now available from Old Pond at £16.95.
In Part 3 of this 3-part set we move on to 1977–88, exploring implements and machines closely associated with the 500 and 600 tractor ranges. At the end of the programme we look forward to the 1990s.
From ploughing and other cultivations, manure and slurry handling, drilling, mowing and forage harvesting to combining and baling, this programme has a feast of Massey Ferguson farm activities. They have been re-created by MF enthusiasts using original or authentically restored machinery and tractors.
This programme completes a remarkable undertaking carried out by Dennis Burston and George French, supported by colleagues and family in the south-west of England. Altogether they have assembled a hundred items of MF implements, machines and combine harvesters, nearly all of which have been shown working. The three-DVD series, which covers the thirty years from 1958 to 1988, also includes some 44 different MF tractors operating with the equipment.
The tractors, implements and machines in Part 3:
MF 690 4wd and 41 4-furrow plough • MF 184F 4wd and 38 tiller • MF 590 and 150S 3-furrow plough • MF 595 Mk II and 160 5-furrow plough • MF 2645E 4wd and 24 6ft 6in chisel plough • MF 698 and 24 8ft chisel plough • MF 595 Mk II and 260 3-furrow reversible plough • MF 698 and 265 3-furrow reversible plough • MF 1200 and 39 spring-tine cultivator • MF 690 and 30 drill transporter • MF 690 and 30 4m drill • MF 148 and 70 rotary mower • MF 1130, 200 forage harvester and 200 7-ton silage trailer • MF 690 and 200 7-ton silage trailer • MF 290 and 14 baler • MF 595 MkII and 1450 round baler • MF 525 Super II combine harvester • MF 590 and 80 loader • MF 690 and 900 Rotaspreader • MF 290 and 100 800-gallon slurry 
tanker • MF 590 and 100 1,400-gallon slurry tanker • MF 2645E 4wd and 262 4-furrow reversible plough • MF 97 and 520 14ft semi-mounted disc harrows • MF 595 MkII and 500 4m grain-only drill • MF 3065 and 510 4m air drill • MF 399 4wd and 4 baler • MF 4235 and 139SB small-bale baler • MF 4270 4wd and 185MB large square baler • MF 20 combine harvester (stationary) • MF 690 and 200 7-ton grain trailer • MF 29XP combine harvester.
For more information about Parts 1 and 2, or to order them online see here for Part 1 and here for Part 2.
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