Silage 21 'Skilled operator' on very steep 'pit work' with MF 399 July 2021 

Nice one Rich N, i agree, but that is just our opinion, thanks for the comment .

Thinking of putting one on mine sounds like a symphony of power.... More power more better.....

Very high pit David, looks worse than it is up there, thanks for the comment .

I have heard more than once of someone being killed doing this...

thanks Colin .👍

Yes David, Great to hear your story, and some one who has been there and done that, getting some very interesting comments on the who, why, and werefore, thanks .

thanks very much JNCG, shame things have changed so much, and far to much electronics on everything nowadays .

thanks very much, yes a great sound indeed, cheers .

Not packing it at all

Correct HS Agri, thanks for the comment, cheers .👍

thanks for the comment Alistair, i agree on all counts .

😂🤷‍♂👌🤣

I started driving a setup pretty equal to this when i was around 12-13 years old. My dad would have ripped me a new one if i managed to let the pit look like this, even at that age!

Looks roughly as clean and smooth as a german Silo.... ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fCxCxSzKfg4.html roughly...

@@RubyRhod haha nein. Not really.

Great stuff, thanks .

Yes a great sound from that Turbo whistling away, thanks .

Yes John, great sounds the 399 makes, was told it was a T.B turbo fitted, all the rage at the time, approx 20% more power, does make them breath a bit heavy though, thanks

Thanks William, thanks for the Watch and positive comment, nice one .

Thanks very much for the comment, yes great sound of the turbo working hard, cheers, Steve .

Yes those were the days Alec, how things have changed, thanks for your comment .

Many a good time I had at that as a young one

thanks for your comment Red shed, nerves of steel indeed .

Or a fuckin ejet AHH lad she was ready to turn multiple times in the five min vid

Thanks Michael, the 390 is an excellent tractor as well, back to basics, probably not, thanks for your comment .

Can you recon how many hours thr tractor had. I have still a massey with 7230 hours and dont know how many hours he can reach before total breakdown

thanks Michael, the 300 series were very good tractors, and the cabs have lasted well not like the 600 series cabs, all gone rotten probably by now, cheers .

the 399 was a great tractor with no complicated electronics to go wrong, a real modern classic, thanks for your input .

Yes indeed thanks and stay tuned, thanks 👍

thanks very much Jonny, glad you enjoyed the video, and took the time to comment .🦽

Now David, thanks for that great and positive comment, that tractor has plenty of power on tap, cheers .

its, not it's

Thanks Very much appreciated .

Yes thanks Mark, you can't beat the sounds of the Mf working hard, too quiet now ?? . 🚜👍

Thank you! Cheers!

Yes no complicated electronics, just a strait six and a whistling turbo, great, thanks .

@@B1066agri what a tractor should be

@@B1066agri those same "complicated" electronics make for a very fast, precise farming. Saving operator and crops, seed. Heck even some old tractors have installed screens for autosteer, seeder etc. And this mf 399 has electronics too.

@@dkdanis1340 Thanks DK, you are right, its called progress, thanks .

certainly hard to beat the sound of a tubo on full chat, cheers .

Interesting! Comment Mr eqvaliser,, not good rolling a tractor on the pit, sounds like you were lucky ony bruises, cheers .

Great comment Martin, and i know what you mean, thanks .

Thanks very much, 👍

thanks 7eis, yes great for collecting hedge trimmings and pushing of into a heap, cheers .

Thanks very much .

thanks for the great memories there, cheers .

Thanks for the Sub, glad you enjoyed the video, cheers .

Thanks Craig, great memories there and would have make a great video and somthing to see, thanks for your comment, silage time again, cheers . 🙂

thanks for the comment and watch, glad you enjoyed it, cheers .

Great sound, can' beat the sound of a turbo at full chatter, thanks for the watch .

looks more dangerous than it is, although if some of the Negative comment lads would like to try there would be a cracking video of an upside down tractor to video and watch, thanks very much for the Sub, cheers .

@@B1066agri that's the job. Drives me ape shit when I see our contractor driving up and down the full length of the pit and it would only be half full. I've tried explaining to keep the face as short and steep as possible and why.

Thanks Aires .👍

thanks for your input and comment Michael .

Must get a lot of spoilage, how do you feed it out??

Yes but things keep getting bigger, progress !!! .

well not sure but they recon when new an extra 20%, so approx 120 hp Max, thanks for the question sebastion ott .

120 hp Powerless !! .

Brasso 1066 Agri 120hp means the same thing on paper but a jd 6610 or a non turbo fiat 110 90 or deutz Dx120 would eat it alive

399s are beautiful. You can get them here in Canada as well. We got a 3545 runs like new same style

Love this platform

thanks Dave, been using this size tractors more or less for 30 or more years, big heavier tractors are there to compact yes, but to shift the grass much quicker to keep up with self propelled choppers .

Drag chopper i think, thanks john .

thanks for the comment Spiritwolf, great name by the way .

Le pilote est très bon aussi

No idea AE, but thanks for watching the video .

Not sure i can answer your question lam, they do use an inoculant to help preserve the crop and stop it heating up .

No you do not sum people put malasis on it to sweeten it up for the cows but it doesn't need a preservative as such search up Coolmona Agri if u want to see dig scale Irish silege there our local contractors theve about 16 Deeres 2 harvesters 3 loaders

@@mossey9925 they don't use molasses to sweeten for the cows. Molasses is used to feed the yeast that is naturally on the grass. The yeast then ferments the grass and turns it into silage. Basically the same thing as making cider.

does get a very good rolling and a silage sheet on as well Mike, cheers .

thanks Ryan, yes they are, thanks .

you could watch it twice !!, think it is long enough for most folk, cheers young sir .

No worries Chubby Tony, nerves of steel .

yes a fairly good crop there, good year for grass !! .

Cheers Bler, thanks for your thoughts, keep em comming .

thanks Mark, great sound the turbo makes, plenty of rolling done in between me filming the different shots, thanks for the watch and interest in my channel .

Plenty of rolling and yes a sheet to cover, no probs, cheers

Utility building when not full, also 1.5 metrs rain round these parts, thanks .

will be when fully rolled and sheeted, cheers .

thats right Paul, nerves of steel, thanks for the comment .

T.B turbo fitted, 20% more hp.

@@B1066agri Yeah it is definitely loud. It is whistlin like crazy. ONe sweet machine.

No not my Machine, but told it was a TB Turbo, they were based in Lancaster way back, sadly no more as factory fitted turbos kicked in, thanks .

Well we get a lot of rain round these parts.

Happens quite regularly in Ireland and Britain.

👍 thanks .

thanks for the question, mainly to keep the rain of, a lot of it round here, and can be a multi use buidling as well .

I'd say its probably turbo'd.

By the sounds off it ,there is a holset turbo on that 399,just a basic straight pipe from the turbo then

@@callumconnolly25 There’s a Holset turbo 399 up my way. It sounds glorious and could pull a house down!

@@davidwinthrop7077 I’m not a massey man but there a great tractor,we had a landini 10000s for years we where the second owner off it,when it was a year old a massive holset turbo was put on it,injectors and a pump where turboed,puts out 130hp strong at the shaft,you can hear the turbo spooling from a mile away,my friend owns it now

thanks Brian, one skilled operator, you get used to your machinary and you know its limits .

think it says Highline, cheers .

Me too. And at 3.47 just fill in the whole or take the top of the bump.

Tractors running on Electric Batteries, is this the future !, thanks for the comment .

I've had people who know dick-all about farming tell me that everything, including farm machines will be electric. I ask them what battery is up to the task of discharging hundreds of amps continuously for hours on end disking a field or chopping silage? Might be fine for lightweight cars, but tractors and 18 wheelers are gonna stay diesel powered for a long, long time. Diesel electric even makes little sense, when we have reliable CVT and powershift transmissions with numerous speeds to match the best engine speed to the work. Turning mechanical power to electric and back to mechanical again is wasteful. The only reason it is used in locomotives is because a transmission would be so large and cumbersome and would not work well starting off. There is so little energy density in batteries for this kind of work as well.

@@ChevyConQueso jcb is trying hydrogen fuel, dont know much but i have heard.

Or a nice cup of tea, maybe, thanks for the comment Buff .

@@B1066agri not cold tea like when they were hay making back in the day

yes, after filling roll and sheet .

No not today, very sure footed tractor and skilled operator .

thanks for your thoughts on the matter .

thanks.

thanks aiden .

shure is Michael, thanks for the comment .

Yes i think so, cheers .

No, but thanks for the watch and comment .

thanks for the comment , and some nice music, cheers .

Well almost, thanks .

absolutely, cheers .

thanks Steven for your input .

Tis cut long it wouldn't pack much anyways but it could do with a rolling

It goes down well in a day or 2 with a good roul. Done it for years and never had any bother with silage quality. Not like today when you have a 10-15 tonne shovel. Old school is the best way ☺️

Yes indeed you might .🤔🚜