Muir hills putting down the power

[agrimax]

A mate of mine, in the next village, has 3 (maybe 4?) now.
He's desperately looking for the one he had in the 70's but not had any success yet.

Care to give us the reg no. of it,if available?

 

[yellowbelly]

Care to give us the reg no. of it,if available?

Next time I see him, I'll ask him what it was.

 

[allistairc123]

In an issue of the Classic Tractor in the early 2000s I recall reading the Muir Hill hp efficency dropped considerably from crankshaft to wheels compared to say a County. Possibly blaming the transfer box but I forget. Last century, the rule of thumb was 50% for pre-CVT hp loss.

A Muir hill is a lot more effecient to the wheels than a county. The county has no less than 5 90 degree Bevel gears to the ground where as a Muir hill has only 2. 90 degree drives are not very efficient. They were refering to PTO efficiency where the county is a bit more effecient where as the Muir hill PTO has a couple of idler gears to drop down through

 

[76masseyman]

Somewhere in North Lincolnshire I’m led to believe.

 

[Lowland1]

Somewhere in North Lincolnshire I’m led to believe.
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I'm pretty sure one of them was ours. Probably the one with the white wheels.

 

[glasshouse]

Were Muir Hills especially good?

They were before my time, but someone has sent me some late 70s and early 80s photos of the farm.

One shows a MH 121 is pulling a 9 leg shakearator up a mediumly serious hill, with the frame basically at ground level. This is on heavy ground, which in latter years took 390hp to pull a 3m solo and press.

Just interesting really. So much for progress!

A shakerator is easy to pull, thatsthe ehole idea

 

[DrWazzock]

My father had an early Muir Hill in the late 60’s early seventies. Sold it early seventies as things got tight on the arable front. It had a small yellow cab same colour as the rest of it. Incredibly noisy thing to drive. I remember it couldn’t pull a trailed mole plough, moling in our mains water pipe at 24” deep probably because there was little draft transfer. They got the old 45 hp Field Marshall crawler out and it pulled it no bother. That old crawler made the ground shake under your feet when it was pulling hard and blew smoke rings. It was impressive. Moling in the mains water pipe was the last job it did. I was only 3 years old but distinctly remember watching as I’d been placed in the parked up Muir Hill cab to keep me out of the way so had Birds Eye view of a fairly historic day. Mains water for first time and the last days use of the old Track Marshall. I remember it because that old crawler scared me as a kid.

 

[le bon paysan]

Was there a 171 with a V8? Clarks of Shipston had 1 I think.
Always doing the front wheel nuts up, wouldn't stay done up.

 

[mar]

What would a Muir Hill with this style cab be worth, was always kept in a shed but been lying out this past 4 years

 

[Hay Maker]

3rd picture, good stubble burn, with trees that got a little warm,

Bring back straw burning any day, no trash, no slugs or blackgrass!

 

[agrimax]

What would a Muir Hill with this style cab be worth, was always kept in a shed but been lying out this past 4 years

Well here's what this one sold for last year and I don't think it has dual power,that makes them a little more desirable.

1975 Muir-Hill 121 tractor, ODN 698P, 7909 hours, with V5

Bid Live on Lot 532 in the NEW SOUTH FARM, ALLERSTON, PICKERING, YO18 7PG - COMPLETE ARABLE & LIVESTOCK FARM DISPERSAL SALE Auction from Frank Hill and Son.

www.i-bidder.com

 

[grainboy]

Or

 

[ollie989898]

I bet they looked pretty appealing with that nice big cab on the them.