Paul Palmer Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 would this britains trailer be about 8 tons in real life? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue man Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I wouldnt think so Its only about 4 or 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 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, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 All the variants of this trailer were based on a 4 ton grain trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 All the variants of this trailer were based on a 4 ton grain trailer. thanks tim,it will be ok for my dio though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I thought it was the 6.5t version Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massey Boy Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I thought it was the 6.5t version I Thought the same Mark, as pretty much 2 of them go into the 12ton Marston Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNHIR Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 When first writing about the development of these trailers in Farm & Site, Warner Hall said they were 3/4 tonnes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughmaster Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 you could always do a 7 tonner though paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Gem that is Marcus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 you could always do a 7 tonner though paul thats smart marcus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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