I loved my old TW, like Muck said you never forget what looking down the bonnet of one looks like, for me it was the character of driving the tractor, technique of changing gears, being obsessed with getting them right, the noise, the rattling all the bouncing around, after you spent 18 hours driving and your trying to get to sleep in bed and you can't because your head and ears are buzzing from all the noise an vibration you had to put up with all day. You either love it or you hate it, and I f#$%~ng loves it!!!! Old before new all the way, every day.
Lord muck please teach George how to shift the TW. You were spot on . Miss my old TW 30 put 9000 hours on with very little trouble. Thank you for the video it brings back happy memories .
One of the reasons why I like watching your videos is that you tell it like it is. You say the good points of the machine but you also tell the parts that don't work so good. Also, you explain why they built the machine a certain way at the time it was built. Thanks for sharing another great video.
I haven't spent any time around a tw25. But my grandfather had a 7710 of that era. And my dad got it after he passed. I spent many hours riding on the toolbox as a kid and spent many hours driving it as I got older. I certainly miss it. Nice old tractor.
Always had a soft spot for a TW10 but I'm more than happy with my International 956 a tractor I've dreamed of since wearing terrys nappies! I never drove one until I bought one and I've never been disappointed with it, took me a while getting one but good thing's comes to those who wait love it!🙄
My name is Rhys, i'm 16 from Newport south wales. i work on a farm when im not in school and i get the amazing opportunity to operate a New Holland t6.155 remapped to 185 horse and a case puma 150 around about 200 horse from factory. I personally believe that they both have their pros and cons, the t6 is good for some jobs and the puma is good for others jobs i know there is a horse power difference but i still think that they have there own jobs and again it down you personal preference as you mentioned in the video. anyway great video yet again cant wait for the next one thanks guys :) Rhys
Eoin O'Reilly in not sure I could be wrong on the horse power rating it just what I was told by my boss we aren't sure but it's enough to run a front and back off set mower
Really interesting seeing the TW-25 neked! Amazing how similar all Fords are, if you strip off the cab, fuel tank air filters etc you'd have a little skid unit underneath. When I got promoted from driving a 6600 to a 7710 as a kid thought I was getting a massive machine. But soon realised it was really just the same with a high up cab and big tank sitting on top of the engine (and a turbo)!!
I do watch a states farm show and he is a DEERE FAN except he has a CASE MX255 and loves the tractor. Has the great Cummings with that proper bark exhaust note.......
i really wish i could be a part of it.. it looks like a blast and to much fun for all that are involved hmmmm i should crash the party and put in my two cents lol.....
That was very enjoyable seeing more of the mechanics under the skin of the T dub and shows what a solid example she is. also Ben never lets you down for entertainment that whole section got me laughing and reminded me of Max Headroom stuck in his box lol....showing my age now. great video lads really enjoyed that.
i use to drive a tw25 for a good few years at pulling a jd momer 1360 then after silage i was pulling a power harrow and never had a problem with one when low on disel it took 17th small 25liter drum to fill it that was a pain
Brilliant video I always loved the look of the TWS but never got to drive one. If you wanted a gear box to learn to get your rev's right on gear changes try the Eaton twin splitter fitted in a ERF E14, once you got the hang of it best manual box of its time.
blue feels like front visibility better not having the info on pillar. On red found it made a blind spot on roundabouts. Front suspension on both doesnt do much unless youve got weight on. Both have very comfortable seat everything positioned where you need it on arm rest, both got nice passenger seat keeps the wife happy lol. Both lack cab storage compared to the likes of deeres r series. Power shift boxes on both are equal, vario boxes in red probably better. Exhaust break good feature on red. But as i said earlier cant split them would be happy to spend 12 hrs on either with no fuss
well said lads .i use to run an ford 8100 manys years ago it was abit numb .i think if i was havin a new holland or a case for the day it wouild be a case not new holland allways breakin down seen to many things go wrong with them blue ones .the price of them never shouild break down like they do
Brilliant video lads, thanks for putting it together - George’s TW sure looks good turning the sky black. How come it’s not raining up there? We do not seem to of had any rainless days for a long while down in Kent!!
As a young man at the time that drove through the 80's and early 90' the norm was to get your guts thrown about and damage your ears as I thought they were state of the art compared to the 60's and 70's sample of tractors ignorance was bliss at the time !
Reason I love the tw’s is the shear power and brute force of the things put one of these on nearly any plow you can find it’ll pull it or have a bloody good go other problem with the fuel tank at the front if brakes fail or some pilocks not looking where they’re going you can end up with diesel every where or a good fire
Very nice again George, Mr Muck driving the TW25 Ford, I like the sound, why have you changed the exhaust, I liked the stainless steel exhaust more better sound 😉😂😲💥
It might ‘look’ nice Jan but the straight pipe is awful if using it for a few hours. I think George’s original silencer is better as everyone is putting a straight pipe on these days and it’s just dull. I think he might put it on for the odd working day.
It’s blue for me, purely because I’ve done more with new Holland, and it’s my favourite colour, as you said same machines but it’s what makes you comfortable visually and ease of use
Hey there! Excellent video! I'm thinking about buying a TW tractor, but before I 'd like to know about fuel consumption, how many liters of diesel consumes in a 12-hour-of-hard-work day. Greetings from Mexico!
The farming where I grew up was market gardening, and the tractors were all Massey Ferguson 135s or similar. There's not much farming left there now, but whenever I see a tractor nowadays, they all look big and imposing. Question from a pleb, then, have tractors all got bigger? Cheers.
I used to prefer the puma to the t7 but since the range was revamped in 2016 or whatever it was I now prefer the t7 as I think the case interior seems a bit cheap and plasticy ( imparticularly the PTO switch) but thats just my opinion.
Good morning. I have a Ford tw20. And my problem is that the pto cannot stop. I haven't the manual, maybe you have it or some photo to help me. Thank you very much. Good morning from Greece 🇬🇷
Nice vid boys I am a ford man I drive a t6 and a t7 think they are a gd tractor the t6 150 is my main tractor that I do all my hay making and muck spreading with but I would say it’s abit basic in side
It’s funny how much your preferences as a child affects what you like now. Although my Britain’s tractors were Ford, Massey and JCB, I always yearned for a John Deere. Probably because that’s what the local farmers used. Either way it rubbed off on me and my preference is John Deere now. It’s embarrassing to admit but I think I’m gonna buy a Britain’s John Deere model just to complete that child ion want even though I’m now in my 20’s 😂
Was Deano on a lambo can't be many them in UK he don't half get drive exotic stuff -spotted a PINK claas combine just parked up in field today not sure model but been there yrs not sure why its pink
I ran a puma when they first came out and I would have taken a good team of mules instead and shot the mules. Maybe the new ones are better, can't speak for the blue version.
The 3 Wise Monkeys it was a 2009 165 puma powershift model and I found it was very rough shifting compared to the 7120 magnum that it replaced. The cab suspension made for a very rough ride in the seat, it was fine for road travel but in a rough field it would bounce you right out of the seat. It had the manual levers for scv control that worked fine but the joystick to run the loader was slow to respond and very awkward to operate, of course this was nearly ten years ago and the Pumas were fairly new on the market here in Canada at that time so I'm sure they improved them since then.
Hi everyone, sorry to burst your bubble, and not that my opinion is worth any more than the next chap...............but: Fords back in the 80's were one up from a traction engine, smoked, gearbox felt like a bag of rocks, gutless, ergonomics designed by Stevie Wonder, noisy. Imagine the board meeting where someone presented the final design where emptying the cab filter simply deposited most of the dust on your seat, a split rear window which when folded collected dust, and the worst for me, the leveling arm adjuster, perfectly placed to smack your elbow on! To make matters worse, and not specific to Fords, we were forced to listed to Steve Wright all afternoon. I retired from farming in 1995, but the frustrations run deep, I could go on. Cheers
A lot of folks did (including me) but because of the extra length they were awkward when pulling on to roads and also a lot suffered from excess wear on the front axle.
Anyone that thinks a straight pipe is good on one of these has obviously never spent enough time driving one ! They’re bad enough with a silencer... Constant mesh box was good in its day.
+Lord Muck hahahaha ive a 4000 with a straight pipe and a silencer i drew bales with it at silage deafening hahah i like thr crash box the 2650 johndeere we have has one i think i love them
