A well known Corcaghan agri contractor, cutting silage outside of Monaghan town in the mid 1960s, with his David brown 990 tractor, and JF single chop silage harvester. .
Ahh the days of the forage harvester. I used to love watching them work, then seeing them left in our local fields. When I was a kid, I thought they were some big scary monster. Sometimes I remember the farmers would leave them in a field so long unused, that the grass started growing again where they had cut, but they still hadn't finished cutting the field yet. So there was all this area of long grass and short green grass. I was always fascinated how they cut the long grass so perfectly down to a short length and with seemingly little effort compared to a garden lawn mower. Of course later on when I had more understanding of how tractors worked and agricultural engineering generally, I then knew how they did it so well.
This kind of brings back memories of my late grandmother toiling the soil on her small farm in Co Monaghan back in the day , both my brother & myself holiday in a a Place called Keenerboys Culloville Co Monaghan 1969 -1973 happy days.
I've just treated myself to a new white shirt and waist coat for the young lads communion and here's a lad wearing that same type rig out spreading molasses on a silage pit with a watering can!! 😂😂😂 Different times!!!
My uncle Jack Tierney hadthis exact outfit around 1970 in milltown just outside Tuam Co Galway great memories but they are all long gone now im afraid I still love the stone walls
My goodness that's the first time I've seen this clip in over 50 years that's my late father putting the molasses on 😂 hughie mc elvaney is the man on the buckrake and the late shamus mc cullagh is on the harvester the video was taken by the late hughie mc Kearney i think it's 1967 is the year 😮 them were the good old days 😂😂
@@masseydriverb3582 The DB 990 Implematic was produced up until 1965, was colored Red & Yellow and was replaced by the DB 990 Selectamatic which was colored Orchid White and Chocolate Brown. There was also a DB 990 Selectamatic produced from 1972 with the colors Red & White and these continued to be produced until 1977.
A lovely piece of farming history, with three generations of David Brown tractors in action. Thank you.
This is great. Takes me back 50 years watching my uncle’s making silage when I was a kid.
Very nice clip a moment in time captured for ever on film.
What a Gem.Very special times
Not for everyone it wasn't!!
Memory lane,, Loved the Smell of it
nicest clip i have seen on youtube.3 great tractors in action
The Old one’s are the best one’s 👍👍👍👍
And the job still got done..
Great stuff...
Reminds me of our days cutting silage at home and out on hire with 2 david browns and a Ford 300
no such tractor as a ford 300
This is absolutely great stuff. Thank you for posting it. ; )
Ahh the days of the forage harvester. I used to love watching them work, then seeing them left in our local fields. When I was a kid, I thought they were some big scary monster. Sometimes I remember the farmers would leave them in a field so long unused, that the grass started growing again where they had cut, but they still hadn't finished cutting the field yet. So there was all this area of long grass and short green grass. I was always fascinated how they cut the long grass so perfectly down to a short length and with seemingly little effort compared to a garden lawn mower. Of course later on when I had more understanding of how tractors worked and agricultural engineering generally, I then knew how they did it so well.
Good upload, nice to see that old machinery working.
Back when things were good.
This kind of brings back memories of my late grandmother toiling the soil on her small farm in Co Monaghan back in the day , both my brother & myself holiday in a a Place called Keenerboys Culloville Co Monaghan 1969 -1973 happy days.
love the music as well as the machinery
I've just treated myself to a new white shirt and waist coat for the young lads communion and here's a lad wearing that same type rig out spreading molasses on a silage pit with a watering can!! 😂😂😂
Different times!!!
The David browns were great tractors on the PTO AND HENCE VERY POPULAR for cutting silage , they were lowly geared too
Tractors and Films 👍👍👍👍
very nice, ur man drawing has a busy day on and off the tractor all day long
Thanks for this
great days
Got the job done repairs were a lot simpler and cheaper then!!!!
My uncle Jack Tierney hadthis exact outfit around 1970 in milltown just outside Tuam Co Galway great memories but they are all long gone now im afraid I still love the stone walls
Does anyone know who's farm it is?? Serious plant back in the day 💪🚜
nice old implements in action. the old way but is similar for making silage
good vintage machinery nothing to give bother way them
Cuts the grass better than my lawnmower
Faithful DB keep on going 💪
......all together now........"Christ be beside meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
Mm lovely auld Davy brooks 🏴✌️
Aisy on the Molasses there now !
Brialliant...especially having to drop the trailers on a block
Lovely photo probably hasnt changed much up in Monaghan
I wish it didn't looks like heaven
What is the model number about that tractors?
Do u still have the harvester
Serious stuff
What do you think he was putting on the silage? I never saw that before.
Treacle
Molasses
Molasses
Worked for old farmer while at school and he put barley through the silage layers ,smelt so sweet ,best ever silage
My goodness that's the first time I've seen this clip in over 50 years that's my late father putting the molasses on 😂 hughie mc elvaney is the man on the buckrake and the late shamus mc cullagh is on the harvester the video was taken by the late hughie mc Kearney i think it's 1967 is the year 😮 them were the good old days 😂😂
Looking for relatives of Patrick Hanratty had a son James born in Monaghan 1864 and went to Liverpool
No pick up hitches on the David's
Pin a lot better
Not
It quite obviously has a pickup hitch, just because its a clevis makes no difference
Memories, the molasses in the barrel, Does anyone know what was pulling the JF ,was it a 995/996 ,or 1200?
a David Browne 990
A, fairly new 990
@@masseydriverb3582 The DB 990 Implematic was produced up until 1965, was colored Red & Yellow and was replaced by the DB 990 Selectamatic which was colored Orchid White and Chocolate Brown. There was also a DB 990 Selectamatic produced from 1972 with the colors Red & White and these continued to be produced until 1977.
Hard life.
may i ask why is this age restricted
Where does it state that????
Old tractors can be exciting...
huhu