Light 50k tractor

Rust

Rust

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Hertfordshire
dowcow said:
If you can find something that does just over 40k at a reduced rpm... then I'm sure a tweak to the ecu or maybe a fuse pulled or resistor added somewhere would do the trick to see 50k.
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Maybe a MF 6455 ? A 6465 T2 would be on reduced revs at 43k
But staying on the seat would be fun if it rides like most 4 cylinder tractors.
 
Digester Man

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Not far off the mark there. Though would prefer something with auto hook ends rather than balls

This thread confirms then that there is no 4 ton 50k tractors out there, pretty much what I had expected. Most of the ones listed in this thread would do our job fine. Size and budget are the deal breakers, but a higher road speed would also have been handy
 
dowcow

dowcow

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Lancashire
To be legal at 50k I think you need air brakes and suspension, and those options usually only start to appear on mid range tractors, 5 ton plus sorts of things. There might be some around the 4.5T area, but I can't think of many 4t tractors that even have suspension.
 
Tarw Coch

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Bottom of Wats Dyke
dowcow said:
To be legal at 50k I think you need air brakes and suspension, and those options usually only start to appear on mid range tractors, 5 ton plus sorts of things. There might be some around the 4.5T area, but I can't think of many 4t tractors that even have suspension.
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To be legal at 50k in the uk you need a fastrack or a unimog, plenty of others capable of 50k but don’t think there’s any others legal.
 
Henarar

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Somerset
Tarw Coch said:
To be legal at 50k in the uk you need a fastrack or a unimog, plenty of others capable of 50k but don’t think there’s any others legal.
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Unimog wouldn't be more than 4 ton
The old ones would do 56 or at least thats whats the coppers told my mate he was doing, this is 35 years ago oh and thats mph,
 
Highland Mule

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Scottish Highlands
As I understand it, legally, you can do 25mph (~40kph) maximum anyway. 50kph boxes allow running at lower engine revs, or higher speeds on private land.

For ten miles, 40kph average, if possible, would mean a 24m 8s journey.
For ten miles, 50kph average, if possible, would mean a 19m 19s journey, so 4m 49s slower.

At £10/hour for your staff, the journey has cost you an extra 81p in wages.

I wouldn't worry about the gearbox for what you're planning.
 
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Some one down here (mid Cornwall) runs a smallish new Holland on grass tyres for cutting sports pitches ,don't know what it is but it's fast, i mean really quick as it leaves me standing in my valtra :(
 

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