MF168, unusual question.

westwicklow · 20-11-2009 07:17PM #1

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

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

Sam Kade · 20-11-2009 07:31PM

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

Casinoking · 20-11-2009 08:02PM

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

westwicklow · 20-11-2009 08:05PM

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 · 20-11-2009 08:29PM

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

pakalasa · 20-11-2009 08:42PM

I'm in with 11 hours.

westwicklow · 20-11-2009 08:51PM

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

No correct answers yet!

GERMAN ROCKS · 20-11-2009 08:52PM

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 · 21-11-2009 06:59PM

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 · 23-11-2009 10:59AM

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 · 23-11-2009 05:59PM

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 · 23-11-2009 06:23PM

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

westwicklow · 23-11-2009 06:48PM

It's more that 7 hours!

WestWicklow1 · 24-11-2009 09:14PM

8 hours 45 minutes

WestWicklow1 · 26-11-2009 01:24AM

8 hours 46 minutes

foxhunter · 27-11-2009 03:56PM

Why would you bother?:D:D:D

who the fug · 27-11-2009 04:49PM

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 · 27-11-2009 04:51PM

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

who the fug · 27-11-2009 05:02PM

mind you he did sell that car 2 weeks later

pakalasa · 27-11-2009 05:12PM

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 · 27-11-2009 08:41PM

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 · 27-11-2009 08:43PM

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 · 27-11-2009 09:56PM

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

Casinoking · 27-11-2009 10:06PM

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

westwicklow · 27-11-2009 11:01PM

You didn't miss it Casinoking!

westwicklow · 09-12-2009 08:00PM

Answer: 7 hrs and 15 mins!

westwicklow · 31-10-2014 07:34PM

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 · 31-10-2014 08:00PM

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 · 31-10-2014 08:12PM

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 · 31-10-2014 08:20PM

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 · 31-10-2014 08:43PM

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

MF168, unusual question.

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