50 k mf 230

[multi power]

On my way home from a tractor run today I got overtaken by a mf 230, it left me for dead, he must have been doing 50 k
What could or would have been done to make it so fast?
It definitely didn't have 12 X 28 back wheels

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

multi power

 

[multi power]

multi power

But that fast? My 65 has oversized wheels and mp but I don't think it would be that fast

Edit, maybe time for a speed test

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

135 and 230 are faster than 65, 165 or above, as different gearbox and diff

 

[multi power]

135 and 230 are faster than 65, 165 or above, as different gearbox and diff

I used to drive a mk 1 165 with 36 inch wheels, my 65 is far far far faster
Doesn't a standard 135 do about 18/20 mph? Same as a 35

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

my 135 MP does 26 mph on 11 x 28 tyres but would not want to do it all day long, fit bigger wheels and would go faster

 

[multi power]

my 135 MP does 26 mph on 11 x 28 tyres but would not want to do it all day long, fit bigger wheels and would go faster

So mp tractors are about 30% faster, and a bigger wheel size another 20/25 %

 

[MF-ANDY]

I know of a 135 fitted with a 165mp box. It is very fast because the 135 hasn't got the final drive reductions

 

[multi power]

Dad's 690 is also much faster than my 398, both 12 speed syncro and similar wheels

 

[Henarar]

I know of a 135 fitted with a 165mp box. It is very fast because the 135 hasn't got the final drive reductions

Didn't they just run the box faster on a 65, 165 etc to make it cope with the extra power wasn't it just higher geared on the input side ?

 

[John 1594]

Straw dealer down here has a MF/IMT hybrid....think its an industrial 236 engine bolted to a 165 MP back end with a 148 rear axle

what ever it is, it bloody flies!!!! He usually has it on a straw turner at harvest time

 

[MF-ANDY]

Didn't they just run the box faster on a 65, 165 etc to make it cope with the extra power wasn't it just higher geared on the input side ?

Yes box run faster on 165 then geared back down with epicyclic final drives which a 135 hasn't got hence the extra speed

 

[Ioan annwyl]

Was it JV,s tractor run at Crymych? Well advertised by local radio and well supported for local charities. Failed to go this year as J Deere had something on!

 

[multi power]

Yes that's it, I thought it was lacking in advertising / publishity, I just happened to see a sign in Crymych (I hardly ever go anywhere to see and adverts and hardly ever listen to radio)

 

[Blue.]

my 135 MP does 26 mph on 11 x 28 tyres but would not want to do it all day long, fit bigger wheels and would go faster

Mines the same,some 32's off a 148 would speed it up more.

 

[davidroberts30]

 

[SuperTwo]

What engine is in that?

 

[davidroberts30]

What engine is in that?

From memory a ford 2.5 or 3l v6

 

[SuperTwo]

From memory a ford 2.5 or 3l v6

Very nice, a group of us put a 3.2 litre straight six out of a Nissan patrol into a super dexta. Lovely thing to drive

 

[Thomas5060]

Don't know why everyone raves about having a 50k gearbox when you hear the speed some off these wee tractors can do. Brothers 3000 is on 13.6x28 and we clocked it at 27mph, so I'd say she'd do around 30 if she had 32s on the back