first ride

[d4c24a]

this is the first machine i got to operate on a permanent basis ,i drove this little thing for miles and also dug miles of trench
and to think i was spoilt to have a cab

[essexpete]

MF 40 was the second machine I got to have a go on. I had used our old 203/720/220 at home but the farm I worked on before college had a revers-o-matic 40 with a 4in1. What a little flyer after our old model. I do remember the 1st drive being disconcerting i think the hand throttle was slightly open so that when forward was pressed it jumped off at an alarming rate so I took foot off and of course it stops so pressed down again to a series of bouncing hops. I did manage to bend the dipper ram when lifting out of some real sh1t one day well and truly stuck.

[Neversweat]

Is that the one i let you have a "luxury" Dodge Commando seat for ex - Courages dray

[d4c24a]

Is that the one i let you have a "luxury" Dodge Commando seat for ex - Courages dray

no that went into my upgrade machine the 1986 50H ,with working lights, wiper,heater and radio
then the addition of the luxury seat i was the looked at with green eyes from the other operators
great with the reclining back for a breakfast time snooze to recover from the night before

[sean]

Great photo,sean

[topkit]

Those MF40 are great old machines, I sat in one and the flip over seat was'nt locked properly and as i leant back, over it went with me in situ! I would like to find a nice one for our smallholding the wife says our 3c mk2 is to big and the gate posts cant take much more battering !! lol . Does anyone else have any good pictures of the MF4O that they can post.