After weeks if not months of wet weather in the fells of Cumbria a break in the clouds and it was suddenly all action with almost every field as the farmers made the most of the better weather!
Set against an absolutely stunning backdrop it was round bale silage time and the hills were filled with the roar of two six-cylinder (and one 4-cylinder) classics working together.
Rowing up ahead of the baler was a 2wd Case-International 956XL and Claas Liner 2700 twin-rotor rake (plenty of traction on the climb despite not being 4wd with the right gear and good old engine braking going downhill) followed by a John Deere 6610 with a good old-fashioned throaty rasp as it powers a Lely Welger RP235 baler. Hard to believe these two tractors were 35 and 25 years old as they looked like they had just walked out of the dealership showroom!
Picking up the bales and carting them back to the farm yard to be wrapped was a Case-International 844XL, again in really nice condition for its age.
More footage and plenty more classic tractors (especially if you like 1970s/80s Internationals) from this fleet in next week’s haymaking video.
Filmed in Cumbria July 2024.
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29 сен 2024
