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<blockquote data-quote="Two Tone" data-source="post: 6603273" data-attributes="member: 44728"><p>In 1973, my father bought the 1st non demonstration MF 1200 sold in the UK. </p><p>After a year, MF took it back to Kilmarnock and completely stripped it down.</p><p>They smashed every bolt on the tractor to see what stresses they had suffered. </p><p>It came home with quite a few modifications, particularly to the shaft the joins the engine to the drivetrain.</p><p></p><p>Initially, we ploughed on land with a 5 furrow Dowdeswell semi-mounted plough. But switched to a four furrow fully mounted Lemkin, in furrow. Which actually ploughed more acres each day.</p><p></p><p>It was great for top work when fully Dualed up. And fantastic on a baler with a flat 8 sledge, because you could see over the top of baler to see what the sledge was doing. It only had 1000 speed PTO, so was used at low engine revs o drive it.</p><p></p><p>After 3 years, it got sold, because it’s repair cost seemed high. However, I bought a later version again at a farm auction. It was much more reliable and was used on a Dowdeswell DP5 four furrow, very successfully and on a 4.55 meter Mashio. Unfortunately, it cremated itself, while my bother had stopped for lunch. Quite some fire with all 8 wheels burning. The diesel was boiling in the tank, the heat removing the red dye to turn it into white diesel!</p><p>We managed to save the Mashio.</p><p></p><p>We then bought a 1250 to replace the burned out 1200. This was a much better tractor with a more powerful 3 point linkage. </p><p></p><p>They were all lovely to drive and excellent on trailer work with fantastic traction. I once pulled a loaded arctic lorry out of a ditch. Nobody could believe what they were seeing as I did it!</p><p></p><p>I once saw an advert for a 1200, with no oil leaks. I nearly rang the seller up to call him a liar! No such thing ever existed.</p><p></p><p>The 1250 is one of those tractors I wish I had never sold.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Two Tone, post: 6603273, member: 44728"] In 1973, my father bought the 1st non demonstration MF 1200 sold in the UK. After a year, MF took it back to Kilmarnock and completely stripped it down. They smashed every bolt on the tractor to see what stresses they had suffered. It came home with quite a few modifications, particularly to the shaft the joins the engine to the drivetrain. Initially, we ploughed on land with a 5 furrow Dowdeswell semi-mounted plough. But switched to a four furrow fully mounted Lemkin, in furrow. Which actually ploughed more acres each day. It was great for top work when fully Dualed up. And fantastic on a baler with a flat 8 sledge, because you could see over the top of baler to see what the sledge was doing. It only had 1000 speed PTO, so was used at low engine revs o drive it. After 3 years, it got sold, because it’s repair cost seemed high. However, I bought a later version again at a farm auction. It was much more reliable and was used on a Dowdeswell DP5 four furrow, very successfully and on a 4.55 meter Mashio. Unfortunately, it cremated itself, while my bother had stopped for lunch. Quite some fire with all 8 wheels burning. The diesel was boiling in the tank, the heat removing the red dye to turn it into white diesel! We managed to save the Mashio. We then bought a 1250 to replace the burned out 1200. This was a much better tractor with a more powerful 3 point linkage. They were all lovely to drive and excellent on trailer work with fantastic traction. I once pulled a loaded arctic lorry out of a ditch. Nobody could believe what they were seeing as I did it! I once saw an advert for a 1200, with no oil leaks. I nearly rang the seller up to call him a liar! No such thing ever existed. The 1250 is one of those tractors I wish I had never sold. [/QUOTE]
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