britains trailer

[Paul Palmer]

would this britains trailer be about 8 tons in real life?

[Blue man]

I wouldnt think so Its only about 4 or 5

[Paul Palmer]

I wouldnt think so Its only about 4 or 5

ok thanks  blue man,i want one to use in a fergy harvest dio,hitched to a mf 590 and carting away from a mf 760 combine,but i think it will fit the bill,

[powerrabbit]

All the variants of this trailer were based on a 4 ton grain trailer.

[Paul Palmer]

All the variants of this trailer were based on a 4 ton grain trailer.

thanks tim,it will be ok for my dio though

[Lord Ferguson]

I thought it was the 6.5t version

[Tractorman810]

give use the width height lenght meassurements paul and i will look in my brouchure and work it out, i honestly asumed it was the 6 tonner they worked it on

[MJB1]

I thought it was the 6.5t version

looking at that trailer mark i'd have said it was a 4 or 5 tonner, also got to realise this trailer wasn't actually based on an MF trailer all those years back although WEEKS did do a tandem axle 5 tone trailer wether it was done in MF colours i dont know

[Tractorman810]

thought you would have known that marcus, weeks made all the mf 200 trailers to the best of my knowledge, as for sizes they did the following in drop side single axel format  2.5 , 4 , 4.5 , 5, and the 6.5, i still recon it looks more like a 5 or 6.5 in size

[Massey Boy]

I thought it was the 6.5t version

I Thought the same Mark, as pretty much 2 of them go into the 12ton Marston

[Paul Palmer]

give use the width height lenght meassurements paul and i will look in my brouchure and work it out, i honestly asumed it was the 6 tonner they worked it on

havent got one yet sean!!!!!!!

scanning ebay though

[powerrabbit]

Calculate holding capacity by the number of 'sections', uprights on the sideboards, each 'division' is 2 ton. These trailers in real life, if fitted with the wide type tyres, were rated to 4.5 ton and with the normal 750x16 wheel and tyre, as the earlier trailers were fitted with such as the Weeks, Martin Markham and Ferguson they were rated at 3 ton. These 'weights' related to a load of grain with grain sides on, nominal weight of grain being measured in the 'bushel' weight which is 28lb. Having said all that, the trailer could hold a consderable lot more weight but that's how you would reckon out your load.

[Paul Palmer]

this is certainly caused some interest,ive had more replys here than my last post in venton farm!!!!!!! but thanks everybody,as ive said ,i think it will be fine to be used in my mf 760 combine dio though

[FNHIR]

When first writing about the development of these trailers in Farm & Site, Warner Hall said they were 3/4 tonnes

[ploughmaster]

thought you would have known that marcus, weeks made all the mf 200 trailers to the best of my knowledge, as for sizes they did the following in drop side single axel format  2.5 , 4 , 4.5 , 5, and the 6.5, i still recon it looks more like a 5 or 6.5 in size

Weeks certainly made trailers for MF in the 60s and early 70s (the ubiquitous 3 ton and 5 ton carts that were common on so many farms back then were all Weeks), but in the 80s, most of the 200 range were made by Marston Agricultural Services.

[MJB1]

you could always do a 7 tonner though paul 

[Light Land]

Gem that is Marcus.

[Paul Palmer]

Weeks certainly made trailers for MF in the 60s and early 70s (the ubiquitous 3 ton and 5 ton carts that were common on so many farms back then were all Weeks), but in the 80s, most of the 200 range were made by Marston Agricultural Services.

the picture marky posted up is a weeks as he kindly scanned me the brochure,and the weeks name is cast in the body,that brochure is dated 1979,thanks for the info ploughmaster

[Paul Palmer]

you could always do a 7 tonner though paul 

thats smart marcus