Serious Grass Part 1

DVD PAL

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 instalment 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!

• Running time 120 mins
• PAL DVD