In Part 2 of this 3-part set we move on to 1970-77, a period when MF was responding to the drive for increased agricultural output.

The programme features a range of seven different ploughs from and MF 40 2-furrow to an 86 6-furrow model along with a wide range of ground-engaging and other implements. The very first MF 1100 tractor sold in the UK is shown pulling an MF 23 coil-tine cultivator. MF’s famous pressure-control coupler is seen operating with a set of 520 disc harrows and 178 tractor.

How many MF 51 mowers are now to be seen working? We have one hitched to an early MF 135 Multi-Power 4wd tractor. We finish with a pair of combine harvesters – a 415 and a 515 – both new in the late 1960s and a common sight throughout the 1970s.

The programme includes: 

MF 135 and 40 2-furrow plough

MF 135 and 40 3-furrow plough

MF 135 and 11 spinner–broadcaster

MF185 and 28 disc harrows

MF 135 and 34 multi-purpose grain & fertiliser drill

MF 175 and 727 subsoiler

MF 135 and 721 multi-purpose blade

MF 135 and 35 loader

MF 165 and 19 manure spreader

MF 178 and 41 3-furrow plough

MF 185 and 24 chisel plough

MF 165 and 52 10ft disc harrows

MF 178 and 738 tiller

MF 165 and 39 spring-tine cultivator

MF 690 4wd and 30 15-row grain & fertiliser drill

MF 175 and 40 loader

MF 788 combine harvester

MF 65 MkII and red 17 13-ton trailer

MF 590 and 711 potato harvester

MF 1080 and 86 6-furrow plough

MF 86 5-furrow plough (static)

MF 86 4-furrow plough (static)

MF 1080 and MF 41 5-furrow plough

MF 1200 and 52 12ft semi-mounted disc harrows

MF 1100 and 23 coil-tine cultivator

MF 178, pressure-control coupler and 520 disc harrows

MF 595 MkII, 30 4m drill and Reekie drill transporter

MF 135 4wd and 51 rotary mower

MF 165 and 60 5ft cutter-bar mower

MF 178, 740 forage harvester and 17 trailer

MF 675 and 124 baler

MF 187 combine harvester

MF 175 and 18 5-ton trailer

MF 590 and 22 4½-ton grain trailer

MF 415 combine harvester

MF 515 combine harvester.

Publisher: Old Pond Publishing

Status: Out of Print (No Stock)