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Agri-Eng said:
Was that an older axial flow machine down the Belgooly way? A friend of mine had one at one point and while I didn't see it working, I do have a recollection of him saying that it was hard on straw.
There is another axial flow machine, of the 1996/1997 vintage that is still in captivity around the Macroom area. I understand it's owner did some sort of modification to rear of the combine, in the form of a hydraulically driven conveyor at the rear of the machine, but I will try and find out some more about it. From what I am told, it is an Irish machine from new, out of Atkins in Midleton. It worked in its early days, around the plains of East Cork.
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The one in belgooly you probably thinking of JC? Farmer John he be known as locally.
 
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Deerehunter said:
Have never heard him called that.
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What my old lad and neighbours be calling him anyways. Idk the reason why either. its odd as i dont think anyone has enough fingers to count how many john's they know that are farmers. He had a couple herron silage trailers. We have one, a friend of my old lad got the other.
 
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Very few Case combines were sold over the years locally. I only ever remember knew of 4 around and I believe this is now down to 2. I was always under the impression that the Axial Flow system mangled the straw. I remember watching a demo Case IH 7230 Axial Flow working alongside 2 Lexions in a decent crop Winter Wheat and a tillage farmer who was also the watching commenting on how small the swath of straw was from 7230 compared to the 2 Lexions. First straw swath in the fore ground of the photo below is from the Case and the one behind that is from a lexion. Impressive machine to be fair

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c4l said:
The one in belgooly you probably thinking of JC? Farmer John he be known as locally.
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Those would be the right initials. Did the man you are thinking of, own a Moffet MFT and a JCB Fastrac, at one point? He is not doing as much tillage, as in former times, having concentrated on dairy farming.
 
Merv_B said:
Was the TC not based on the Laverda/Fiatagri. Rodney Cowle in England always seems to have a selection of them.

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The NH combines branded as TL were yellow Laverdas. Not many in the UK but you see the very odd TL58i,

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New Holland TL58i / Laverda Hillside

Laverda / New Holland, Year 1994, 3495 Engine Hours, Fiat 6 Cylinder Turbo Engine, 5 Straw Walker, 16 ft header, Straw Chopper, 24.5-32 Generals and 14.9-24 Goodyear Tyre's, Hydrostatic Transmission, Hillside Levelling Combine. www.jrfirby.co.uk (http://www.jrfirby.co.uk)
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