MB trac.... what's your opinion?

[casto]

From memory I think only the 1300 and 1500 had the higher speed boxes in.

What kind of work is it intended for ?

 

Its mostly for the tree side of it ie, timber/chip trailer instead of the mog but I also have my hand in a bit of ag work, ie paddock work and baling work for the horsey lot,

 

I must admit, having the mog and mb trac are things I've always fancied having and if I can have them as work tools all the better as far as I can see!

[Timber Man]

Its mostly for the tree side of it ie, timber/chip trailer instead of the mog but I also have my hand in a bit of ag work, ie paddock work and baling work for the horsey lot,

 

I must admit, having the mog and mb trac are things I've always fancied having and if I can have them as work tools all the better as far as I can see!

 

Fair enough, I would look into the speed thing though because I am pretty sure only the larger ones had high speed box.

Pound for pound Fastracs look a better buy nowadays , big MB s hold their money.

[casto]

Fair enough, I would look into the speed thing though because I am pretty sure only the larger ones had high speed box.

Pound for pound Fastracs look a better buy nowadays , big MB s hold their money.

 

Think that's a good point about the speed. It will never be as quick as my mog but I wouldn't get one for the speed.

 

Yeah I'd looked at Fastracs, but feel the only ones I can afford have been used to within an inch of there life's. I also have a few people I can turn to easily if I have a problem with the trac (plus the trac and mog will be fairly similar in the engines and gear boxes i think?)

[markieg31]

I though they were the same as a mog but with different cab set up

 

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[markieg31]

No specilast knowledge just what I had been led to believe

 

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[fastrac]

talking to a tractor dealer he said a old mb trac always be a better machine than a new fastrac

[IRE David H]

start-trantor

peak-unimog

followed jcb fastract, not jcb idea taken from trantor

[casto]

start-trantor

peak-unimog

followed jcb fastract, not jcb idea taken from trantor

 

Just shows, merc were way ahead of anyone back in the day.

[IRE David H]

Just shows, merc were way ahead of anyone back in the day.

 

nope trantor was first

 

Introduced in 1978, the original Trantor was the first fast tractor. With a top speed of 60mph, it was equipped with full suspension, four-wheel braking and a three-seater cab.

 

UNIMOG(post 1946), TRANTOR (1973) and the FASTRAC (1987),

 

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Edited January 6, 2017 by IRE David H

[fastrac]

Its mostly for the tree side of it ie, timber/chip trailer instead of the mog but I also have my hand in a bit of ag work, ie paddock work and baling work for the horsey lot,

 

I must admit, having the mog and mb trac are things I've always fancied having and if I can have them as work tools all the better as far as I can see!

the smaller mb tracs are ideal for small ag work paddock topping etc not as big heavy and clumsy as a jcb in a tight space and no electrics