Bombproof old bus to pull 6 furrows.

[David.]

Just a discussion that arose from the tedium of lugging 4 furrows along at 4.5mph with 100hp in a biggish field.
Hypothetically 20k ish budget, comfortable cab, realistically 150hp plus, any non exotic mainstream badge, not as old as TW 25 era. Just idly batting thoughts around, over lunch. No 40k budget for, eg 6930 etc; sooner have 2 cheaper but still capable horses in the stable for the money, bigger and smaller ones.
DD not an option, so if you are going to disturb soil at all, may as well do it cheaply in one pass with plough.
Any ideas?

 

[Robt]

Case MX170

 

[Bald Rick]

Just a discussion that arose from the tedium of lugging 4 furrows along at 4.5mph with 100hp in a biggish field.
Hypothetically 20k ish budget, comfortable cab, realistically 150hp plus, any non exotic mainstream badge, not as old as TW 25 era. Just idly batting thoughts around, over lunch. No 40k budget for, eg 6930 etc; sooner have 2 cheaper but still capable horses in the stable for the money, bigger and smaller ones.
DD not an option, so if you are going to disturb soil at all, may as well do it cheaply in one pass with plough.
Any ideas?

6 furrow (unless semi mounted) possibly too much but an old Deutz Agrostar would cream a job like that in a modern way too for around £20k

Otherwise, try a Belarus or similar

 

[Wellytrack]

TM 155

 

[db9go]

Just a discussion that arose from the tedium of lugging 4 furrows along at 4.5mph with 100hp in a biggish field.
Hypothetically 20k ish budget, comfortable cab, realistically 150hp plus, any non exotic mainstream badge, not as old as TW 25 era. Just idly batting thoughts around, over lunch. No 40k budget for, eg 6930 etc; sooner have 2 cheaper but still capable horses in the stable for the money, bigger and smaller ones.
DD not an option, so if you are going to disturb soil at all, may as well do it cheaply in one pass with plough.
Any ideas?

FORD - NEW HOLLAND GENESIS 70 SERIES

 

[fred.950]

Case Magnum

 

[Will 1594]

Case Magnum

Fred 7140 7240 . Find a good one and keep it forever. , but keep a small child in the tool box for when an oil pipe blows under cab
@grainboy. , your mate has one on eBay , know owt about it

 

[David.]

FORD - NEW HOLLAND GENESIS 70 SERIES

One sold next door 4 yrs ago, told myself far too big, 200hp.
Sub 20k...

 

[Wellytrack]

One sold next door 3 yrs ago, told myself too big, 200hp.
17k...

Those big tractors with Funk boxes are a gamble. Not just NH.

 

[betweenthelines]

Why do you need 150 hp?

MF 35 3f x 10" 37hp
MF 65 4f x12" 56hp
??? 6f x 14" 100hp

 

[db9go]

Those big tractors with Funk boxes are a gamble. Not just NH.

What problems did you have with them

 

[daveydiesel1]

Massey 36 series or 81 series

 

[Lazy Sod]

Fiat F140. I had one for 12 years and it never let me down. The Iveco truck engine pulled like a train. I used it to pull a 6 furrow semi mounted Dowdeswell and a 5 furrow KV vary width pushed out to 18". I only sold it because of changing circumstances.

 

[Wellytrack]

What problems did you have with them

Myself personally I’ve used them but not owned them, nice box to use, smooth apart from so far as I remember 12-13. Some people have had little trouble others massive woes.

Could easily render an old tractor scrap with cost to repair.

 

[2wheels]

Why do you need 150 hp?

MF 35 3f x 10" 37hp
MF 65 4f x12" 56hp
??? 6f x 14" 100hp

not where we used to farm. 170hp and that would be working real hard.

 

[Chae1]

Why do you need 150 hp?

MF 35 3f x 10" 37hp
MF 65 4f x12" 56hp
??? 6f x 14" 100hp

Go and get a 6f plough and a 100hp tractor and show us how it's done?

 

[Lowland1]

Go and get a 6f plough and a 100hp tractor and show us how it's done?

We did used to run a Roadless 94t with a 5 furrow trailed reversible not quite 6 and 100hp though. Over here a t7040 and 4 furrow can struggle at times.

 

[bobk]

Go and get a 6f plough and a 100hp tractor and show us how it's done?

Like .

 

[DeeGee]

Admittedly a 35X would pull three 12” furrows with just 45hp.
But assuming we are talking about reversible ploughs here, then they are obviously much heavier things, and it’s not so much pulling six furrows as lifting them and turning the bodies over on the headlands.
Whereas 120hp might well pull a six furrow reversible I doubt it would have a chance of lifting it or handling it safely on turnovers etc.

 

[Courier]

I've had a 35X with retractable strakes on struggling to pull 2 x 12" furrows here - Down into 1st gear which I was told was protected by a shear pin.....