Dithering over which little old tractor

[Mr. Ed]

  On 12/01/2021 at 22:34, Ferguson system said:

You'll overload the lift cylinder on the 3 point, + there's a chance of bending the liftarms, it's less stable, and the 3 point can flip up if the trailer is rear heavy --> ending in disaster if you're unlucky.

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Ok, that sounds like a good list of benefits ...

[daveatdave]

this topic is making me feel old on my mates dads farm they had a mf 35 then I  remember the 175 coming onto the farm brand new my mate still has the 175 and used it daily for slurry scraping till he gave up dairy about 2 years ago 

[Mr. Ed]

On the subject of 3 point forklifts a Hyster has just come up locally for a few hundreds. It looks like a pile of metal sticks and hasn’t been used in years. Needs forks. Any good?

 

[Peasgood]

  On 12/01/2021 at 22:52, Dan Maynard said:

And bit of a derail, the fergie clutch is stuck on. I think it needs splitting to have a look/change it?

Are there any places can be recommended to take it, in East Anglia or east Midlands? I have a feeling people that service new tractors may not be best...

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I assume you mean the clutch plate has stuck itself to the flywheel. Two ways to fix it, first is wedge the clutch pedal down with a weight or piece of wood and leave it a week. With a bit of luck it will free itself.

Second way is to hold the clutch down and just drive it around for a while, putting a bit of a strain on it if you can by driving it up a hill (be careful buggering about on hills!). They usually give after a while and often with quite a bang.

[spuddog0507]

  On 12/01/2021 at 23:46, Mr. Ed said:

On the subject of 3 point forklifts a Hyster has just come up locally for a few hundreds. It looks like a pile of metal sticks and hasn’t been used in years. Needs forks. Any good?

 

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Does it say Hyster on it as that looks very very much the same as what i have on the back of that David Brown and thats a sanderson,,,

[Peasgood]

  On 12/01/2021 at 22:34, Ferguson system said:

You'll overload the lift cylinder on the 3 point, + there's a chance of bending the liftarms, it's less stable, and the 3 point can flip up if the trailer is rear heavy --> ending in disaster if you're unlucky.

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Certainly true if pulling a trailer but not so bad if dragging logs, pulling rollers harrows etc. Look up "9 hole drawbar", they are made specifically to do just that.

[Ferguson system]

  On 13/01/2021 at 00:03, Peasgood said:

Certainly true if pulling a trailer but not so bad if dragging logs, pulling rollers harrows etc. Look up "9 hole drawbar", they are made specifically to do just that.

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I should probably have been clearer on that. The things I listed are reasons why you shouldn't pull a trailer with the 3 point hitch on a tractor.

[Mr. Ed]

  On 13/01/2021 at 00:00, spuddog0507 said:

Does it say Hyster on it as that looks very very much the same as what i have on the back of that David Brown and thats a sanderson,,,

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Good spot. Yes I think you’re right - the one here is missing its tines and I see they’re quite substantial. It’s probably too needy for me at the moment - I have my hands full. 

[doobin]

Old Fords and massey are overpriced and underspecced if you actually want to work with it. For that the price you could get an international or David brown with power loader, power steering, pick up hitch and a drawbar, two speed pto, more horsepower etc 

[Mr. Ed]

  On 13/01/2021 at 08:34, doobin said:

Old Fords and massey are overpriced and underspecced if you actually want to work with it. For that the price you could get an international or David brown with power loader, power steering, pick up hitch and a drawbar, two speed pto, more horsepower etc 

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What I really wanted (but it was a long way away and I couldn’t view it) was a real value for money outlier - a Universal 4wd for about the same money. Abandoned Italian tooling, built in Romania. Apparently impossible to kill. But we went mainstream - easy parts and easy fixing.