David Winthrop
To say farm machinery is in my blood is certainly not an understatement! From a very early age when I was sat on a bale of hay, feeding the following cattle from the transport box attached to my late uncles MF 35X on his Cumbrian fell farm in the late 1960s right up until the present day, I’ve always had a fascination with tractors and all types of machinery. Having taken tens of thousands of photos over the years, I was asked in late 2006 if I would contribute to the pages of ‘Classic Tractor’ magazine covering the North West and Southern Scotland regions and 15 years later I still throughly enjoy getting an article into print. I decided on my many photo shoots that I should also video the action in the fields and so I set up this YouTube channel. I’m so grateful for those of you who watch, like, subscribe and comment on my videos and also my gratitude goes to the owners who let me film their fabulous machinery.
Cumbrian Hay Round-up ‘25 ‘A Look back at Summer!’ Four classic teams (MF,Ford,Case) make hay!
Cumbrian Farming’25. ‘Winter on Its Way!’ Splitting logs with a 1948 Ferguson TEA20 & McConnel bench
Cumbrian Silage’25. Gathering the last of the grass with MF 5S & black Claas Arion 650/ McHale.
Cumbrian Farming’25 MF 6480 & 7480 team clear the straw bales from the fields!
Cumbrian Hay ‘25 ‘Could it be 1995?’ Haymaking traditional style with classic MF 3070,6180, 135 team
Cumbrian Silage ‘25. Five 6-cylinder NH tractors (7840,8560,TM140) + FR550 SP on 2nd cut harvest!
Cumbrian Farming. Dalston Show 2025 (part 2) The tractor and vintage vehicle parade!
Cumbrian Farming. Dalston Show 2025 (part 1) Prime Livestock, classic cars & lots of tractors!
Cumbrian Hay ‘25. Classic Ford 4600,7610 & NH 7840 bale both small and round bale hay crops!
Cumbrian Harvest’25 Gleaming NH TX63 & TX32 harvesting winter barley under the bright blue skies!
Cumbrian Silage ‘25. Claas Jaguar 860, MF 6S & JD 6R team keep a classic MF 399 busy at the clamp!
Cumbrian Hay ‘25 ‘A Race Against Time’ MF 135, IH 475 & Case-IH team join forces to beat the rain!
Cumbrian Hay ‘25. ‘A Step Back in Time’ Hill farm haymaking with MF 135, 565,390 & classic MF balers
Cumbrian Silage ‘25 Five MFs from a classic 148 to a modern 5S.145 rake, bale, cart, wrap 1st crop.
Cumbrian Silage 25’ All hands on deck! Classic DB, Case 5130 & NH 7840 join forces with NH/ MF team
Silage 2025. Mowing, chopping & clamping in the Scottish Borders. Eight tractors in total!
Cumbrian Farming 2025. Sowing spring barley with a MF 7720S & Khun combination outfit.
Cumbrian Farming 2025. USA giant Ford FW30 works alongside NH T6.180 & T7.250 sowing spring barley!
Cumbrian Farming 2025. April ploughing with a 45-year-old classic Massey 1250!
Cumbrian Farming 2025. MF 5455 & compact JCB with the Marshall rotaspreader pressed into service!
Cumbrian Farming 2025. Classic Case-IH 1056XL & Bunning spreads the ripe stuff on the white stuff!
Cumbrian Farming 2025. Six Sixies! Classic 6-cylinders,MF,JD,Ford & Case working the land!
Cumbrian Silage Round-up 2024. Filling the clamp, five buckraking outfits from JCB, JD, Case, MF.
Cumbrian Silage Round-up 2024. Six forage harvesting teams, trailed, self-propelled & reverse drive.
Cumbrian Hay Round-up 2024. Four traditional baling outfits filmed in both B&W & colour!
Cumbrian Hay/Silage Round-up 2024. Eight bale handling outfits from MF, Ford, Zetor, Case-IH, Merlo
Cumbrian Silage 2024. 355hp Fendt 936 ‘The BIG ‘UN’Reverse drive forager with JD & Valtra team.
Cumbrian Harvest 2024. September barley harvest with NH TC5060.
Cumbrian Silage 2024. Late summer haylage with Fastrac, MF 3070, 7718 & 55yr-old MF 3303 industrial
Cumbrian Harvest 2024. Combining spring barley with Claas Lexion 530 & Valtra N135.