Beavaertail

[ovlov]

Can anyone tell me roughly what weight I could legaly carry on a beavertail transit, My tipper can only carry 1.4 tonne legaly I want something that can carry a tractor and plough thats nearer two tonne, But dont want to go to a 7.5tonner

[jay]

about 1.75 tonne ....but i have had a david brown tractor and a ransomes ts59 plough on the back of a transit 190 beavertail that was plated to 3500kg..

[bortaf]

depends what your truck weighs empty
mine was a fat 2480Kg with me and half a tank of diesel

[apples26]

agreed depends if ally or steel bed etc, but in general a beavertail tranny min 2000 kg, my spec weighs about 2300 kg, doesnt stop me pulling the heavy stuff though

[transitgeoff]

i had a crew cab ex AA like yours, i picked up a s.w.b. 1994 Transit minibus from the REAR and was driving it back to my yard when i got pulled and was escorted to a weighbridge, well lucky for me the position the bus was in when i went to collect it was why i rear lifted it,when i was put on the bridge the weighbridge operator told me to "put your drive axle on that yellow plate" well it was 40 kilos overweight on that axle,they didnt weigh anything else as they know that with a spec the canterlever effect puts not only the weight of your load but also the majority of your front axles load is put onto your rear axle well lucky for me theres a law that was put in place for people carrying wood and sand etc,that allows you to be something like 5% over your maximum weight,its there for vehicles that carry stuffs that will get heavier if its raining but the law applies to everyone well after that i realised a Transit isnt any good for recovering Transits so i sold it and got a 7.5 ton Volvo beavertail

[ovlov]

What model brown did you have Jay I've got a 990 selectamatic and also a ts59 plough which I would like to use but the brown's a bit heavy around two tonne on its own I also have a MF 35 which is what I'm wanting to carry

[jay]

I have got a 1963 red/white david brown implematic with a 12 speed gearbox. and also a ts59 3 furrow plough
I also have a ted20 grey ferguson--1964 nuffield 460 and my favorite a fordson e27n and recent a finger bar mower 20 made by massey ferguson.

do u do any ploughing matches?
and i know what u mean a mf35 is lighter than a Db990...I used to put the ted20 on the back of my old beavertail transit

[Guy88]

You should be daring and drive them there. I tried it once got 10 miles and broke down

Transit came to the rescue thou

[jay]

I have driven them to rallys before i had a lorry about 6 years ago...I even took the fordson to henham rally which is about 50 miles away and back again towing a caravan it took me about 9 hours to get there and about 8 hours getting back..it was a weekend rally and i set off on thursday and came back tuesday..and yes it was a loverly drive at a flat out speed of 12 mph....and i would do it again sometime..

[ovlov]

Did a couple of matches last year using the MF but its got no diff lock so in the wet its crap, Thats why I would like to use the Brown The Mf 's not reg for the road and they're getting a bit keen up here about using red diesel on road runs etc thinking of buying an Ifor Williams trailer now. Have a couple of mates that are very keen ploughmen one's won a few matches

[jay]

they are a bit keen near me as well if you are using red or kerosine on road runs but they seem ok if using it for ploughing matches
dont forget you dont just get a trophy as at some plough matches you get some prize money as well..at least it pays for the diesal or petrol