What is the advantage of a 135 compared to a 35 ?

[SMID]

Pressure control was a massive help , never use it on the 135s ,590s with 18.4 x34s with an assister ram front wheels babing and a New Holland 719 pulling an 8 ton Fraser trailer always needed to drop the pressure a bit when you dropped a trailer or the chopper wheel was off the ground.

 

[colhonk]

Haw Haw Haw, I have the 148, with its MASSIVE 1 1/2 hp more than your 135`s,so much more power they had to fit larger bearings and half shafts to take all that power, so there

 

[multi power]

Haw Haw Haw, I have the 148, with its MASSIVE 1 1/2 hp more than your 135`s,so much more power they had to fit larger bearings and half shafts to take all that power, so there

And more importantly it has the spacer, the bit that makes the tractor, in comparison a 135 is just a poor man's 148

 

[Kidds]

Most 35x seems to need heat where a 3 cylinder 35 oftenr starts without any

Our 35 will start as soon as a piston gets to the top of the compression stroke, it really is instant.
You can wind the 35X for a long time if you don't use heat. However, neither tractor is what you would call new. They are not abused as such but they've gone well beyond what you could realistically expect out of an engine.

 

[two-cylinder]

Haw Haw Haw, I have the 148, with its MASSIVE 1 1/2 hp more than your 135`s,so much more power they had to fit larger bearings and half shafts to take all that power, so there

The IPTO pump probably consumes the 1 and half hp, before considering the extra weight!

 

[DeeGee]

thought the 135 was 45.5 hp ? is that right

I think that they were both strictly 44.5, but the 135 was always quoted as a 45 hp tractor. All rather academic really, but a good 135 was one of the best pulling tractors you could ever wish for.

Compared to the Ford 3000 it would lug all day at low revs without complaint: and this is an opinion that comes from one who grew up driving a 3000 but always wanted a 135.

I now own a 135 Multi Power; and that lovely low down 'knock' that you get from the Perkins engine pulling at low revs puts it many streets ahead of the Ford 3000.

 

[DeeGee]

Before some smart arse (like Selectamatic) says that 'the knock' is the sound of big ends on the way out: anyone who loves 135's will know that the lovely knocking sound at low revs is a characteristic of the endless low down torque of the Perkins 152 engine that made it such a superb workhorse.

 

[FonterraFarmer]

And what about 6 speed gearbox's vs the 8 speeds?

 

[MF-ANDY]

to work the position control lever, up or constant pumping is in the middle or rather back a little from center on a pressure control, and you move the lever back to drop the arms, and back to the middle for up, forward from constant pumping is pressure control,
on none pressure control, the lever is right back for up, and forward for down

and to complicate things even more there was the extended draft control quadrant fitted to later 100 series which gave greater control and necessitated the fitment of a split hinged toolbox lid

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

there was the extended draft control quadrant fitted to later 100 series

was the later one not the shorter quadrant but split lids were still fitted, ?

 

[MF-ANDY]

Once they fitted split lids they didn't change back iirc

 

[Campbell]

Have a 1977 135 here, hand book specs read 47hp BS or 45hp DIN. and the bigger 10.5 gall fuel tank.

 

[bankrupt]

Cant beat a good fe grey gold either when running right.

Quite so, REStractorATION.

We had two FE35s, new in 1958, grey gold, consecutive engine numbers.

One always started first time, pulled like the proverbial train, but t'other just didn't.

Always put it down to poor engineering at the Standard Vanguard factory making the engines..

Their traditional production tolerences were OK for petrol engines, but useless for diesel.

Nevertheless, a good FE35 would see off any 35, 35x, 135, or 65 Mk 1, even.

65 Mk 2 - no.

 

[76masseyman]

No comparison realy !
Integral cab, twin fuel tanks, Perkins AT 6.354 engine, 135hp, option of air conditioning, PAVT wheels..............

Oh, hang on..........too many 1's in my google search

 

[DeeGee]

Quite so, REStractorATION.

We had two FE35s, new in 1958, grey gold, consecutive engine numbers.

One always started first time, pulled like the proverbial train, but t'other just didn't.

Always put it down to poor engineering at the Standard Vanguard factory making the engines..

Their traditional production tolerences were OK for petrol engines, but useless for diesel.

Nevertheless, a good FE35 would see off any 35, 35x, 135, or 65 Mk 1, even.

65 Mk 2 - no.

Much as I like the grey gold model, which was streets ahead of the T20, there is no way an FE35 would ever out perform a 135 or 35X.

 

[multi power]

View attachment 497756 No comparison realy !
Integral cab, twin fuel tanks, Perkins AT 6.354 engine, 135hp, option of air conditioning, PAVT wheels..............

Oh, hang on..........too many 1's in my google search

Double dose of 135, so no problems there

 

[Lazy Sod]

I always thought that. apart from the colour and the bonnet badge, the FE35
and the MF35 (4 cylinder) were identical.

 

[multi power]

I always thought that. apart from the colour and the bonnet badge, the FE35
and the MF35 (4 cylinder) were identical.

They are

 

[Henarar]

Pressure control brought greater traction with trailed implements, it was a brilliant function but seldom used- mainly due to apathy by drivers.

I use the pressure control on the 565 when using the topper, if its a bit wet it takes some of the weight off the skids and also improves traction, I use the draft control leaver on the 65 or 35 in the same way

while on about the quadrant levers, the draft lever could be used in the up, hold down mode when using the likes of a front end loader, if you look on the draft quadrant rail, you will see 2 lines stamped into it, in between the lines was hold, just below was drop, and just above was up, the position lever would remain at the top all the time, but for this to work correctly, the internal linkage had to be spot on

we use to have a loader on the 65 and use it this way, one advantage is the loader could be lifting up while you used both hands to steer which you needed

 

[bankrupt]

there is no way an FE35 would ever out perform a 135 or 35X.

Possibly not, in a straight pulloff.

But we always got two or three extra loads of grain home every day with the FE35s, probably because the Standard diesel revved quite a lot higher than the Perkins.