SERIOUS GRASS - PART 1
The first in this very exciting
new series of three DVD programmes sees us follow a Ford 8630 we have known
since new, from an arable farm in Suffolk to a dairy farm in Lancashire. This
series is the story of the superb classic tractors and machinery we found
there.
Andrew Atkinson has a true
passion for Ford Series 10 and 30 tractors and is not afraid to put their power
to good use on the farm - especially at silo time! With a huge fleet of Super Q
Force II and Generation III tractors, including two Silver Jubilee 7810
machines, plus four Series 30 primemovers and two classic John Deere 6010
Series machines, Andrew uses all these tractors to run his dairy farm.
In this instalement we visit for
the first time at first cut silage and are treated to the sight and sound of
two trailed forage harvesters at work, a large Claas Jaguar 71 making a Ford
8830 sing out under full load and make beautiful music!
Second cut is just as magical
with two choppers working into the night into the early hours, but we see much
more than that as we find out through archive still photography what Andrew's
farm used to be like from the 1950s to the present day, as well as what
tractors he used to own and run along with his father.
We also return in the spring to
see lots of other grassland work including rolling, applying slag and
'till-sowing' as well as a contractor injecting slurry with an umbilical system
and New Holland tractors.
This is a truly unique DVD
programme with loads of action, superb photography and a simply awe inspiring
working fleet of classic tractors!