Mf tractor weights

[bill and bens dad]

well thats an idea !!but you still wont have a racing machine,believe me

 

[Thomas5060]

250 backend is quite heavy, would a 550 not suit?

 

[multi power]

250 backend is quite heavy, would a 550 not suit?

250 has really good brakes, arguably a longer lasting cab than a 550 and of course 2 doors , passenger seat pretty much blocks left hand door
Bottom line is I will buy whatever i think is a good deal at the time

 

[Thomas5060]

250 has really good brakes, arguably a longer lasting cab than a 550 and of course 2 doors , passenger seat pretty much blocks left hand door
Bottom line is I will buy whatever i think is a good deal at the time

We liked our 250 but backend was more like the 265 we have now. Would have stayed but just needed sormyjong with more grunt for ploughing, 250 was in low 4th but 265 can plough in high 1st comfortably
This is our old 250

 

[multi power]

We liked our 250 but backend was more like the 265 we have now. Would have stayed but just needed sormyjong with more grunt for ploughing, 250 was in low 4th but 265 can plough in high 1st comfortably
This is our old 250
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I do agree a 265 would be far better than a 250 but I think that would put my trailer a little over weight

 

[Thomas5060]

I do agree a 265 would be far better than a 250 but I think that would put my trailer a little over weight

Lovely sound of the 250, a real bark. Uncle has a 360, lively little beast

 

[multi power]

Lovely sound of the 250, a real bark. Uncle has a 360, lively little beast

360 Would be a handy little tractor

 

[bill and bens dad]

yes wet brakes and a factory fit turbo engine!!

 

[cfr1964]

360 Would be a handy little tractor

362 would be better
@SMID has a wee beauty if we ask him nicely maybe he'll put some pictures on for us

 

[multi power]

365 even better, 3 stick box , the smaller are just 8 speed

 

[Thomas5060]

365 even better, 3 stick box , the smaller are just 8 speed

We had one of them

 

[multi power]

yes wet brakes and a factory fit turbo engine!!

What engine? 236 non turbo I thought?

 

[bill and bens dad]

What engine? 236 non turbo I thought?

sorry i was thinking of mf 355

 

[multi power]

sorry i was thinking of mf 355

Now that would be a handy little tractor

 

[simmy_bull]

There was a 382 advertised in FW this week that would be a different tractor not many about I didn't even know there was such a thing!

 

[bill and bens dad]

Now that would be a handy little tractor

very rare?but ideal for your road runs and a q cab for you and your son!!finding one may be the problem

 

[two-cylinder]

There was a 382 advertised in FW this week that would be a different tractor not many about I didn't even know there was such a thing!

382 wasn't retailed in the UK.
It's a 362 chassis with a 390 engine.

 

[two-cylinder]

250 has really good brakes, arguably a longer lasting cab than a 550 and of course 2 doors , passenger seat pretty much blocks left hand door
Bottom line is I will buy whatever i think is a good deal at the time

250's are cramped if you are tall.
I reckon an industrial 3 cylinder is your best option, something from the late eighties with the Duncan D800 cab.
Absolutely fly on the road.

 

[simmy_bull]

382 wasn't retailed in the UK.
It's a 362 chassis with a 390 engine.

That'll be a realativly light tractor for its hp then?

 

[multi power]

There was a 382 advertised in FW this week that would be a different tractor not many about I didn't even know there was such a thing!

382 wasn't retailed in the UK.
It's a 362 chassis with a 390 engine.

When touring banner lane I was very shocked at the amount of tractors I had never seen, or even heard of before