Hear is a Bad Unit

[roxynoodle]

The Case/IH Magnum 305 does 37mph. When I drove one, it did attract the sheriff's department but that was because they thought it was stolen! No tickets here, just a really good laugh!

[Iowachild]

Originally Posted by 755inNY

It appears that the tractor is driving on roads in Europe. Rules are much different there.

Jeff

As a matter of fact tractors in Europe spend so much time on the roads traveling between fields they came up with a special R1 tire. It's the R1W tread and has a 20% deeper skid depth than R1. The deeper tread increases tire life.

[rback33]

And the front mounted three point is common in Europe as well. There was a Deutz at the World Ag Exp with a 1000 KG mass hanging from it. 2200#'s hanging over my toes.......

[ih330]

For more information on the new Fendt 900 Series seen in the posted video here is a link to where the brochure can be downloaded.

http://www.fendt.com/download/063581...B_Internet.pdf

This is found on AGCO GmbH - www.fendt.com

The new 900 Series tractors are capable of 45 mph / 60 kph speeds in transport operation. If operated at this speed pulling a load, the load should be equipped with running gear, lights, markings and, most of all, brakes appropriate to the weight, to the speed and to local rules and regulations. The Fendt tractors are available with electrical, and hydraulic and air brake systems to control whatever type of braking system is provided on the towed load.

The tractor itself has braking force to all four wheels, and the new-generation 900 Series has an independent front suspension system with a automatic tilting feature that greatly improves handling and steering control when taking curves on roads at transport speeds.

Fendt tractors have also long featured a reactive steering system unlike any other tractor product that improves steering feel and actual control for the operator at transport speeds.

Other features that provide stability and control at higher transport speeds include cab suspension (the ride in a non-suspended cab at 45 mph could be unsafe) and automatic shock load suspension for rear and front 3-point hitch systems to take the bounce out of carrying mounted implements at higher transport speeds.

Fendt also worked closely with tire manufacturers as the tire makers have developed improved tire designs that are better able to operate smoothly and without excessive heat build up at higher speeds.

[D7E]

Originally Posted by daTeacha

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that any tractor that will run at higher speeds probably has brakes, tires, steering, and so on designed to deal with those speeds. There are too many Fastracs and others running around to believe they don't.

They do, fastracs have air disc brakes , air assisted clutch ,cab and axle suspension ,air and hydraulic trailer brakes probably safer doing 65 than a tractor doing 30.

[aesanders]

Their was a large Dairy Farm in Maryland near where I use to live that had a couple larger Fendt tractors. They are something else.

[AlanB]

On the farms in Germany that is how we get a lot of the stuff around. Everything from those fendts to the Unimog tractors and so forth.

Our family there does not even own a truck.

Not sure how fast the Amish tractors here (Clarksville TN) go, but I surely think I am seeing them travel faster then 25mph down the road. Maybe it is just a "fast" 25

Anyway, I do not see how that is any more dangerous than many other things that operate out there on the roads. But then again, In TN there are no vehicle inspections either.

[DieselPower]

I don't care how good the brake are, how good the tires are or if it has running lights. It has no safety equipment. What happens when that mass of steel hurling down the road at 45 MPH (that has NO BUMPER OR CRASH DEVICE) comes in contact with a car? The person in the car dies. The tractor would most likely drive right over it, with a posibility of it flipping over killing the tractor driver to. It's not safe and should be illegal.

[Timber]

Well I have over 1 million miles under me behind the wheel of heavy semi trucks. I have been in the paper business for years. I can tell you it matters very little what it has for safety equipment and bumpers if something large and heavy hits something small at any speed above 30 MPH. I am sure DOT would not allow that on the road without passing some kind of inspection or meeting some kind of criteria. A loaded semi will drive right over the top of any car, pickup, or SUV like a child's toy. I have seen wrecks involving Semi Trucks and cars that will gut you insides from your body for weeks. I don't care what safety equipment something has an 80,000 pound + rig hitting a 2000 pound vehicle is a disaster

[DieselPower]

I have towed many a tractor trailer that was in a major accident and cars that were hit by them. Semi's have bumpers for a reason, it makes them safer. If one of those farm tractors hit a vehicle it would go over it because there is nothing low to the ground to prevent it from doing so. A semi with a bumper will crush a car or truck and a great deal of the impact is absorbed by this crush effect. This is the reason vehicles are designed with crumple zones in the frame. They are designed to absorb impact. Many new tractor trailers are also starting to incorporate crumple zones in the front of the frame rails just for this reason.

Here is a prime example. The SUV was going a estimated 35 MPH. It was hit head on by a tractor trailer that was going a estimated 45 MPH. The driver of both vehicles lived. The driver of the SUV was injured, blood in the picture to prove that but he is alive today. If that SUV had been hit at 45 MPH by one of those ag tractors it probably would have gone over it and completly crushed the driver of the SUV killing them.