Massey ferguson 175s unusual serial number

[agrimax]

Don't see how the PUH is operated........ No unlocking lever?

 

[rob h]

Don't see how the PUH is operated........ No unlocking lever?

I was thinking the same

 

[MF_Nut]

1970 build year started at 653722 and ended at 656010 so it could any where near near the middle if production was spread over the whole year ,their is a date code in the engine number damned if I can remember how to read it. EDIT, FHG is multi power , heavy duty front axle and auxiliary hyd pump

Hi SMID,
I have a 168 with PFBHG at the end of the serial number. I wonder what P & B stand for.
also a 185 with BHM.
cheers

 

[Cowabunga]

Hi SMID,
I have a 168 with PFBHG at the end of the serial number. I wonder what P & B stand for.
also a 185 with BHM.
cheers

A wild guess is that P & B stands for the dealer Peacock and Binnington which was once a big MF agri and industrial plant dealer and is still a major AGCO dealer today. https://peacock.co.uk

 

[Oliveau]

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Pick up hitch /drawbar is wrong for this model. It should have had the old style MF ‘T- shaped’ attachment to operate and lock the push.

 

[Oliveau]

Can any1 explain what the main differences are between a mf 185 and 188?

IMHO the 188 was a heap of crap. The worst tractor I’d ever driven after an IH B450.

 

[Cowabunga]

IMHO the 188 was a heap of crap. The worst tractor I’d ever driven after an IH B450.

Really? I really liked them. Only thing was that the IPTO and auxiliary pumps were not the most reliable and Multi-Power and the clutch pedal were an acquired taste. Must say that, apart from the engines, Ford's 5000 was a far more robust machine.

 

[SMID]

Hi SMID,
I have a 168 with PFBHG at the end of the serial number. I wonder what P & B stand for.
also a 185 with BHM.
cheers

UK build tractors P ,ipto F, multipower pump B, high clearance transmisson H, heavy front axle, G, auxiliary hyd pump. That would be a fairly common spec on a multi power 168 at the time . As for the 185 ,B high clearance, H heavy front axle M, 8 speed box ,again pretty much standard spec for a 185 . They were our front line tractors through the mid 70s.