MF168, unusual question.

westwicklow

There we were, standing in out of the rain, chatting about farming when we got going about his MF168. So, after hearing the detailed history thereof and the proud story of how he came to buy it etc., didn't he ask me the most unusual question I've ever been asked about a tractor.

"How long" says he, "to drive that tractor from Blessington (Co. Wicklow) to.... Limerick?"

At first, I just thought he had flipped out but when he told me he actually did the trip, it conformed his mental state to me .

So, would anyone like to hazzard a guess as to how long it took him?

Sam Kade

Maybe if you told us where in Limerick we might be able to figure it out.

Casinoking

You'd be looking at the best part of 8 hours I'd say

westwicklow

Sam Kade wrote: »

Maybe if you told us where in Limerick we might be able to figure it out.

Fair question Sam Kade, Limerick city.

Sam Kade

I would think it would take between 9-10 hours.

pakalasa

I'm in with 11 hours.

westwicklow

Just a note, it was done nonstop, there was a loader on the tractor and a soft cab.

No correct answers yet!

GERMAN ROCKS

i presume that tractor can do 30kph. it all depends on the driver. eg normally an older man drives with the tractor ticking over doing about 20kmh while another might be driving her on eg 28kph. im going to say 9hours 30 minutes

bk1991

well id say distance is about 115 miles . am i right ??????
average speed of thetractor would be between 27-30km
i would say between 6 hrs and 7 and half hrs thats between 360 -450 mins


bk1991

DanFindy

A 168 doin 30k......no chance, i dont have a clue on the journey but i will be interested to see the correct answer

Sisu200

I would say a 168 will do the 30kph, I have a 165 with 13.6x38 wheels and it will do 31kph, I have a 175, and you would crawl on your belly faster than it, I say 9hours 15 minutes!!

blue5000

7 hours 45 minutes, I wonder how many ppl he had cussin behind him?

westwicklow

It's more that 7 hours!

WestWicklow1

8 hours 45 minutes

WestWicklow1

8 hours 46 minutes

foxhunter

Why would you bother?:D:D:D

who the fug

foxhunter wrote: »

Why would you bother?:D:D:D

Coz you can, same reason my father towed a lime spreader with an Opel Reckord from Kerry to Cork

Casinoking

Ah the good old days, you just don't see that kind of crazy sh1t anymore......

who the fug

mind you he did sell that car 2 weeks later

pakalasa

When you've cut hay with a scythe, turned it twice with a fork, then gathered it up and made trams. Then off home to milk 2 cows by hand.
7 hours just sitting on a tractor must seem like a break.

westwicklow

pakalasa wrote: »

When you've cut hay with a scythe, turned it twice with a fork, then gathered it up and made trams. Then off home to milk 2 cows by hand.
7 hours just sitting on a tractor must seem like a break.

Ah the good ol' days pakalasa, the good ol' days!

westwicklow

who the fug wrote: »

Coz you can, same reason my father towed a lime spreader with an Opel Reckord from Kerry to Cork

He what? Mother of goodness..... there's got to be a great story behind that experience.... The day we brought home the new lime spreader with our car!!!

mooverlive

way back a neighbour with a concrete roller used to pull it with his ford cortina probably quite comfortable in the car

Casinoking

Doesn't seem to be an answer to the original question, or did I miss it?!

westwicklow

You didn't miss it Casinoking!

westwicklow

Answer: 7 hrs and 15 mins!

westwicklow

Further to this, the mf driver told me he couldn't move his arms for 3 days after making the journey from Limerick to Wicklow and other body parts weren't all that good either!! Massey mania ha ha ha ha

paddysdream

westwicklow wrote: »

Further to this, the mf driver told me he couldn't move his arms for 3 days after making the journey from Limerick to Wicklow and other body parts weren't all that good either!! Massey mania ha ha ha ha

Must have been a horrid soft chap.!!

Drove 63 miles a few times(know it exactly as its from home to cousins) with a Ford 4000 and tandem axle trailer to collect turf .To be honest wouldn't chance it now as it was a 20ft. grain trailer converted from a lorry body and a pig to pull.Held 23 tons of wheat.Know as took it to merchants for him years later(not with 4000!!) and thats what she had .
This trip included 3 pretty busy towns and a national route for all bar 10 miles or so.

Granted it had some sort a of half middling trailer brakes(worked off the lift lever,none of your fancy nancy boy trailer valves) and working lights.Belonged to a neighbour who used it for beet to the factory.

Think 4000 holds 16 gallons of diesel so always brought a 5 gallon can to top up before heading home.Long old day but the innocence of youth !!

Father here drew tuft for years with a succession of Nuffields from Garryhinch to Carlow for lots of people.About 50 miles or so.

towzer2010

paddysdream wrote: »

Must have been a horrid soft chap.!!

Drove 63 miles a few times(know it exactly as its from home to cousins) with a Ford 4000 and tandem axle trailer to collect turf .To be honest wouldn't chance it now as it was a 20ft. grain trailer converted from a lorry body and a pig to pull.Held 23 tons of wheat.Know as took it to merchants for him years later(not with 4000!!) and thats what she had .
This trip included 3 pretty busy towns and a national route for all bar 10 miles or so.

Granted it had some sort a of half middling trailer brakes(worked off the lift lever,none of your fancy nancy boy trailer valves) and working lights.Belonged to a neighbour who used it for beet to the factory.

Think 4000 holds 16 gallons of diesel so always brought a 5 gallon can to top up before heading home.Long old day but the innocence of youth !!

Father here drew tuft for years with a succession of Nuffields from Garryhinch to Carlow for lots of people.About 50 miles or so.

Neighbour was working on the oil rigs in Scotland in the 70's and he bought a 135 and square baler near Aberdeen. He drove it from there to the ferry and then from Belfast to Sligo. Took him a 4 days and he slept in the tractor.

Baler is gone but 135 is still in use.

paddysdream

towzer2010 wrote: »

Neighbour was working on the oil rigs in Scotland in the 70's and he bought a 135 and square baler near Aberdeen. He drove it from there to the ferry and then from Belfast to Sligo. Took him a 4 days and he slept in the tractor.

Baler is gone but 135 is still in use.

400 long gone here.
Often sorry for selling it as it was the first tractor I ever bought.Cost 1600 pounds in real money for a well tyred tractor with no power steering,6 stud rear wheels,a deluxe cab with all the windows intact and pick up hitch.
Went through 3 clutches,one engine(short block)couple of rads,countless pick up hitch and loader studs and at least 2 steering box rebuilds(consequence of loading too many bales; hay straw and silage, without power steering )

Prob. earned more with it than any subsequent machine.

lab man

drove a jd 3130 in mohill leitrim and drove it to kilrush co clare took 11 hrs and got 100 pound for it in 94