A Ford 4000 pulling a 20ft silage trailer is but a rare sight at best. But a Ford 4000 pulling five 20ft silage trailers would certainly have to be seen to be believed.

Cork native Brendan Marshall explained to AgriLand how such a mission was accomplished.

He remarked: “It was just on its limit; the tyres were spinning when the trailers straightened up and the pull came on.”

Brendan explained that the rig was “just around 126ft long”.

“We got it turned over the lane where there is a big wide place for lorries to pull in,” he said.

Brendan stressed that before the ‘on-the-pull challenge’ was carried out, a number of safety protocols were in place and experienced personnel in luminous jackets supervised the area to ensure the challenge was carried out safely.

“Last year, I had a Dexta and I hooked up four silage trailers to it and she barely pulled them so I felt, this year, the Ford 4000 was one size bigger than the Dexta.

Brendan runs a contracting business and also buys and sells farm machinery. He has a small farm of his own.

Concluding, he said: “The Ford 4000 gave a great display. It was a very good trial of it to do what it did; a tractor that only weighs 2t pulling 27t. She was pulling well above her weight anyway.”