Though I should probably introduce myself rather than simply lurking!
My name's Ben (funnily enough) and I live in England, where I help my Dad out with the 4-5 acres my parents have. He's got an old David Brown 885 (an English manufacturer, there are a few in the States I believe -they eventually got bought out by Case). It's a mid-70s agricultural machine, with about 50hp and a loader. It's overkill for what we need, but far cheaper than buying a newer utility tractor, over here at least, and the power's handy for pulling trees out of the river. A chipper, mower and link box rounds out the kit.
I've done a bit of work on farms with a variety of kit (up to a 365hp Steiger which was good fun!) and I design telehandlers for a day job so I've got a bit of an idea what I'm doing with hydraulics and the like. Already got some useful info out of the site so thanks for that!
Cheers
Ben
My name's Ben (funnily enough) and I live in England, where I help my Dad out with the 4-5 acres my parents have. He's got an old David Brown 885 (an English manufacturer, there are a few in the States I believe -they eventually got bought out by Case). It's a mid-70s agricultural machine, with about 50hp and a loader. It's overkill for what we need, but far cheaper than buying a newer utility tractor, over here at least, and the power's handy for pulling trees out of the river. A chipper, mower and link box rounds out the kit.
I've done a bit of work on farms with a variety of kit (up to a 365hp Steiger which was good fun!) and I design telehandlers for a day job so I've got a bit of an idea what I'm doing with hydraulics and the like. Already got some useful info out of the site so thanks for that!
Cheers
Ben
