2wd Tractors

V9 CRH

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Argo tractors McCormick / Landini make 2wd tractors up to 107 HP, mech or power shuttle. 2wd tractors in dealers stock in the UK
 

ML200

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Location
Perthshire
I’ve got a New Holland T6020 2wd on a saddle tank sprayer set up. Tractor was bought new in 2011. Really gutsy tractor, loads of power. Sits on 54” wheels and does 37kph. Steep fields are no problem for it as there’s usually plenty grip in the tramline.
 

7610 super q

Never Forgotten
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Wouldn't hesitate to buy 2wd in future. The only thing is, I have a suspicion that the front axles on 2wd tractors are flimsier than 4wd axles. Ploughing with a 4 furrow reversable no problem in the field itself, but small wheels really don't like climbing in and out of wells on the headlands.

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clbarclay

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Location
Worcestershire
It's amazing how light some of the current implements make ploughs look. I'm not sure I would want to try using some implements that seem to need well over a ton extra add on the front linkage of a MFWD tractor just to pick them up, on a 2wd tractor, when so much of the weight ends up over the front axle in work.
 

ML200

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Location
Perthshire
Wouldn't hesitate to buy 2wd in future. The only thing is, I have a suspicion that the front axles on 2wd tractors are flimsier than 4wd axles. Ploughing with a 4 furrow reversable no problem in the field itself, but small wheels really don't like climbing in and out of wells on the headlands.

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We had that very issue on a 2009 T6020. The bloke driving was spraying a headland of a spring barley for pre harvest roundup. He’d never been in the field before and as he was going round concentrating on the boom, he didn’t notice 2 really deep ruts. The front wheels dropped into the ruts and stayed there as the tractor continued forward. Ripped the front axle off and it ended up in the battery box. Missed the diesel tank. Wasn’t easy getting it out the field. Was back on it’s wheels 2 weeks later after getting a tombstone brought in from the states.
 

Two Tone

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Mixed Farmer
In order to get the best from a 2wd tractor, it is essential to have dual wheels on the drive axle. And, as can be seen in the picture, forward visibility is far superior in a 2wd machine.View attachment 932445
I had an 8330 similar to this and it blew the Waterloo engine twice!
My neighbour has also got one with a blown engine too.

The engine is actually quite tiny in proportion to the rest of the tractor. It takes ages to remove the front axle and chassis rails to even get to it. The easiest way is to build an additional axle similar to this, attached to the front and you can then roll the entire original front axle and section away to get to the engine.

Looks to me like the engine has had trouble on this one, but they took the wrong axle off when the put it all back together again!

Probably in preparation for when she blows up next time, which will be in less than 2000 hours.
 

clbarclay

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Location
Worcestershire
The sprayer is one machine here that has gone from 2wd to 4wd and back to 2wd. Currently using a Chaviot 2000. It's a shame in the spring to drive a much heavier 4wd tractor down the tramlines with the fert spreader on it, it makes far more of a mess.
 
I had an 8330 similar to this and it blew the Waterloo engine twice!
My neighbour has also got one with a blown engine too.

The engine is actually quite tiny in proportion to the rest of the tractor. It takes ages to remove the front axle and chassis rails to even get to it. The easiest way is to build an additional axle similar to this, attached to the front and you can then roll the entire original front axle and section away to get to the engine.

Looks to me like the engine has had trouble on this one, but they took the wrong axle off when the put it all back together again!

Probably in preparation for when she blows up next time, which will be in less than 2000 hours.
Seem to remember these tractors had a pivoting front axle, rather than sideways oscillation on the artic joint, and it placed undue stress through the engine block.
 

Two Tone

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Mixed Farmer
Seem to remember these tractors had a pivoting front axle, rather than sideways oscillation on the artic joint, and it placed undue stress through the engine block.
Twas a great sounding engine. But rather like Lotus Cars, small with every ounce of power extracted from it to give its 215 HP.
It liked to drink diesel so much that you daren’t park it by the filling tank at night.
It’d be empty in the morning!
 

Jdunn55

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Deffinatly better unchopped, cattle seems to stay cleaner longer, I wouldn't say it's a huge saving re straw usage, but the time bedding down is reduced to a few minutes a day. Had some damp claggy bales threw it, which made it cough a bit but I've never yet blocked it, the blow and the inertia of the massive rotor makes it unstoppable.
I agree with unchopped being far better, it's the only thing I regret about having a straw chopper. With the Lucas, when you turn the machine on does the rotor come on as well (like on a teagle) or do you have to switch that on independently (like a kuhn)?
 

mixed breed

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Mixed Farmer
I agree with unchopped being far better, it's the only thing I regret about having a straw chopper. With the Lucas, when you turn the machine on does the rotor come on as well (like on a teagle) or do you have to switch that on independently (like a kuhn)?
The main rotor is the only part operated by the pto on mine. The bed chain and the feeding rotor are both operated by separate hydraulic motors driven off the tractor spools.
 

mixed breed

Member
Mixed Farmer
Ahh yes, sorry I meant the feeding rotor as opposed to the 'fan' as I call it that shoots it out the spout. Sounds like the exact machine I need!
Yep, fire up pto, pull lever three, bed chain and feeding rotor feed it in 👍

It will also go backwards if you press of the lever, which I have found useful with them big squares as it will occasionally throw a wad upward, instead of into the rotor. The bed chain is also speed adjustable from the spool bank, but on rounds it's generally always set on flat out!
 
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