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mighty maxxum · Oct 23, 2017

here's one for you, driving to maize harvesting the other day in mx135 14tonne trailer and went through village with 30 limit. The geriatric speed police were out and driving back in the afternoon they were still there, i even throttled back to 21mph, gave them a look as they pointed bloody gun at me . 2 weeks later letter turns up saying i have been reported for breaking the speed limit ! have a hard job as the tractor only does 26 mph checked with gps speedo

Lincs Lass · Oct 23, 2017

Unless you had a number plate on the front of the tractor ,how did they they get your details

Pilgrimmick · Oct 23, 2017

Go to court and have them shown for the prats they are! Maybe they will have their toys taken off them!

Zippy768 · Oct 23, 2017

It must be great to have so much spare time to be able to hang around the side of the road watching cars.

Lincs Lass · Oct 23, 2017

Zippy768 said:
It must be great to have so much spare time to be able to hang around the side of the road watching cars.

Its easier than catching real crims

335d · Oct 23, 2017

Speed limit with a trailer less than 2.55m wide is 25mph, so they would be really picky if they done you for 26mph

wuddy · Oct 23, 2017

Up to 2.55m width can do 40kph(25mph) 2.55-3.5m 32kph(20mph)! This covers trailers only. If you are towing an implement speed limit is 20mph

Wellytrack · Oct 23, 2017

Often wondered the effect on gearing whilst going oversized on tyres. Followed a 6290 the other day doing what appeared to be 30 MPH on my uncalibrated speedo - it was probably meant to do around 25-26 on 18.4's.

Goweresque · Oct 23, 2017

If by 'geriatric speed police' you mean a bunch of local OAP busy bodies with nothing better to do than stand at the side of the road in hi-viz vests pointing some speed gun they've bought off the internet at you, then chuck the letter in the bin. They can report what they like to the police, their speed gun would not have be officially calibrated, they have no training in its use, and any speed recorded would be worthless as evidence in court.

wuddy · Oct 23, 2017

Wellytrack said:
Often wondered the effect on gearing whilst going oversized on tyres. Followed a 6290 the other day doing what appeared to be 30 MPH on my uncalibrated speedo - it was probably meant to do around 25-26 on 18.4's.

A lot of tractors are capable of doing 50kph(32mph)

tr250 · Oct 23, 2017

wuddy said:
A lot of tractors are capable of doing 50kph(32mph)

I don't think 32x32 dynashift had 50k option but someone that knows more will tell us I'm sure

wuddy · Oct 23, 2017

tr250 said:
I don't think 32x32 dynashift had 50k option but someone that knows more will tell us I'm sure

Know very little about Massey's sure someone will be along to fill us in. In all honesty I must have just glanced over it the first time thought it said 6920! oops

Sharpy · Oct 23, 2017

Almost certainly the morons will have taken the speed of the tread on the top of the tyre. This will read as twice your forward speed.

FarmyStu · Oct 23, 2017

mighty maxxum said:
here's one for you, driving to maize harvesting the other day in mx135 14tonne trailer and went through village with 30 limit. The geriatric speed police were out and driving back in the afternoon they were still there, i even throttled back to 21mph, gave them a look as they pointed bloody gun at me . 2 weeks later letter turns up saying i have been reported for breaking the speed limit ! have a hard job as the tractor only does 26 mph checked with gps speedo

Why on earth would you throttle back to 21mph?? Or was it because you had no faith in your speed readings and didn't actually know how fast you were going? Un-calibrated measuring devices are no better than no measuring device when it comes to the law. But as @Goweresque has said, this applies to the speed gun pointed at you as well.

Simon Chiles · Oct 23, 2017

Goweresque said:
If by 'geriatric speed police' you mean a bunch of local OAP busy bodies with nothing better to do than stand at the side of the road in hi-viz vests pointing some speed gun they've bought off the internet at you, then chuck the letter in the bin. They can report what they like to the police, their speed gun would not have be officially calibrated, they have no training in its use, and any speed recorded would be worthless as evidence in court.

This is the truth, bin it and forget about it.

PS if it’s raining and you’re bored you could write a letter to whoever sent you the letter, it’s probably from the police as I don’t think they’re allowed to give out your details, pointing out that your tractor was only doing 21 mph and 26 as an absolute max so their equipment must be faulty. Could they please issue a letter of apology to all the other innocent drivers.

Henarar · Oct 24, 2017

Wellytrack said:
Often wondered the effect on gearing whilst going oversized on tyres. Followed a 6290 the other day doing what appeared to be 30 MPH on my uncalibrated speedo - it was probably meant to do around 25-26 on 18.4's.

wuddy said:
A lot of tractors are capable of doing 50kph(32mph)

tr250 said:
I don't think 32x32 dynashift had 50k option but someone that knows more will tell us I'm sure

My 6270 Will Do 30 Mph Or So The Copper Said After He Pulled Me In
It is on 20.8 tyres

multi power · Oct 24, 2017

Wellytrack said:
Often wondered the effect on gearing whilst going oversized on tyres. Followed a 6290 the other day doing what appeared to be 30 MPH on my uncalibrated speedo - it was probably meant to do around 25-26 on 18.4's.

My calculations suggest going from 16.9 34 to 16.9 38 wheels is about 15% increase in speed

Tarw Coch · Oct 24, 2017

Henarar said:
My 6270 Will Do 30 Mph Or So The Copper Said After He Pulled Me In
It is on 20.8 tyres

And you believed him!

A guidance system would tell you how fast you're actually going.

5020man · Oct 24, 2017

Hi.

16.9x34.= 16.7 mph. 16.9x38 = 17.9 mph. 18.4x38= 18.4 mph.

Taken from JD manual.

5020 man.

raiderz · Oct 24, 2017

I've had many police cars both normal plod and traffic behind me when I been doing about 34, think they would rather we shifted along (provided we didn't go over 30 in a 30) than caused huge tailbacks doing 25.

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