MF165 Project

**Homestar** · 28th February 2021, 06:33 PM

Quick update - the 165 is down on the farm doing what it does best - working. Nothing too hard in its retirement but gets used a couple of times a week which is good.

Took a couple of pics of it next to the TE20 - also still working. It’s around 1.5 times the size and at least 3 times the power. The Grey now has a big brother to keep it company.

Can’t seem to upload pics from here - will load a few when I can.

**Homestar** · 28th February 2021, 07:01 PM

Ok, have the iPad and 4G now with the phone hung up a tree outside for a while.

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**Homestar** · 28th February 2021, 07:03 PM

Can confirm that the 165 can pull the chisel plough a foot down in dry soil no dramas - the grey could scratch the surface up a bit. Only a test, although I did clean up the fire breaks with it while I was at it and it is easy work with this.

Long term an 8’ grounds mower will be the weapon of choice behind it. Just have to find the right unit. As you can see the grey pulls a 4’ mower but that would look a bit silly behind the 165...

**Old Farang** · 28th February 2021, 07:20 PM

That has come up a treat. Well done!

If you are referring to the implement on the 165 it is a spring tyne "tiller" in Ferguson speak. A "chisel plough" is a different animal.

**Don 130** · 28th February 2021, 08:06 PM

That 165 looks fantastic Gav. You've done a great job.
Don.

**Homestar** · 1st March 2021, 08:14 AM

Originally Posted by Old Farang

That has come up a treat. Well done!

If you are referring to the implement on the 165 it is a spring tyne "tiller" in Ferguson speak. A "chisel plough" is a different animal.

Thanks - receipt from the farm supplier said Chisel Plough so that’s what we’ve always called it although looking at pics on the internet now I think you’re right.

**Tote** · 1st March 2021, 09:41 AM

I'd have called it a chisel plough, a spring tyne tiller would be more like a scarifier, like this, which ironically was listed as a chisel plough....

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I have a 7 tyne connor shea chisel plough that will stop my 100HP tractor in high range and does penetrate up to 12 inches, I've never used a scarifier that can do that. Conversely when i was a youngster the oldies bought a Case chisel plough that would never dig in deep enough to even slow down our 60HP tractor. It seems that MF may have used their own terminology to describe the plough that Homestar has so we are all probably right....

It makes searching for tillage equipment on the internet interesting though when things are called by different names.

Regards,
Tote

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 1st March 2021, 09:54 AM

Should be proud of your work there Gav...

**JDNSW** · 1st March 2021, 11:50 AM

Round here, you need something with tracks to pull a chisel plough!

**Old Farang** · 1st March 2021, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Homestar

Thanks - receipt from the farm supplier said Chisel Plough so that’s what we’ve always called it although looking at pics on the internet now I think you’re right.

The thing is: your "farm supplier" was probably not even born when Ferguson made those implements. I must of been all of 10 years old when my Father bought one, and I am now going on 77!

The tiller was designed for weed control at a shallow depth, and a TE 20 could handle that. It also had various changeable tips on the tynes. Some were double ended like a banana, others diamond shaped and could only be used one way.

It is amazing how some things stick in our minds:
The hinge part of the tyne arms had a "bolt" that wears out and eventually breaks, allowing the arm to flop around. To replace it the spring has to be compressed enough to fit a new one. As if it was just yesterday I recall my late Father yelling at my Mother to take her ****ing finger out of the hole as he attempted to compress the spring and fit a new bolt, She was trying to see if the hole was lined up.

We borrowed a "chisel plough" from a neighbour to try out on some irrigated heavy land. From what I recall the tynes were like a car spring with a chisel shaped point. They were designed to run deep and break up the sub-soil, so the TE 20 did have its tongue hanging out trying to pull it.

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