getting a mf 4345 and looking for some feedback.

[plumboy]

I have a 471 4x4 with a 546 loader and for the last year it has been flawless but it just got too small.I have about 25 acres I'm plowing and discing for a pure alfalfa crop and have been clearing some land (about 45 acres) for future building site and to open up some good bottom land soil.I drove the new 5455 but got a better deal on the 4345 so I'm taking it.The tractor is 4x4 with cab/air,fel, power shuttle and even a radio.I guess what I'm looking for is feedback from anyone who has experience with this machine.All my neighbors bleed green to the nth power so they're not much help.Other than the dealer I really havent had many places to research it.Have a good'n. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[nailerguy]

Re: getting a mf 4345 and looking for some feedbac

Hello Plumboy, While I don't have experience with the 4345, I have owned a 1998 4225 for a year this coming January. Other than a bad switch on the air conditioning compressor, the tractor has been trouble free. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

My tractor is the smallest offered in the 4000 series at 65 HP, 55 at the PTO. It has a cab as you have already guessed and the transmission is the 12/4 synchro. The Perkins engine has never failed to start even with temperatures between 15 and 20 degrees.

The tractor now has a tremendous /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif502 hours which is 114 more than when I bought it last year out of Missouri. It also has a Westendorf TA26 loader which I added teeth to. (the teeth make a tremendous difference when digging or grubbing out a stump.

I was interested in a 4325 but got such a good deal on this tractor, I could'nt pass it up./forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

I use the tractor with a Bush Hog Back blade (8'), a 8' cultivator, and a Rhino TW84 bush hog.

I have 67 acres which was timbered 4 years ago and have been using the tractor to clear a lot of the left over tree tops and other debris. I have also been clearing the skidder trails to use for walking and riding trails. The tractor has also been used to keep the brush down around the 3 1/2 acre pond and to pull out the occasional tree that the beavers cut down.

I am really happy with my tractor and I bet you will like yours as well. There do not seem to be to many of the larger frame tractors (such as ours) on this forum, but there are a lot of really good people who will want to see some pictures of your new toy @#, I mean tractor/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif so be sure to post some as soon as it arrives!!.

Nailerguy

 

[plumboy]

Re: getting a mf 4345 and looking for some feedbac

Thanks Nailerguy.Yea I'm reminded alot that it is a "toy" from the neighbors because my "city" job pays for it. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gifIts fun to go back and forth with my buddies who farm.

 

[viking]

Re: getting a mf 4345 and looking for some feedbac

What ever happened to the 471? Trade/Sell etc

 

[CMunger]

Re: getting a mf 4345 and looking for some feedbac

plumboy- I do not know about a 4345 with a power shuttle, but the 4270's in farming use in Ca. with power/shuttles have had some very serious issues. Consider the extended warranty.
Chuck M.
It is the transmission that was the problem, the rest of the tractor has been extremly reliable.

 

[Woodbeef]

Good tractors. Is it a hi-vis one by any chance? Try asking your question over at www.fwi.co.uk Go to talking point,then talking tackle. Post over there,and wander through the old posts. How old is this tractor? Was it made in the UK?

 

[plumboy]

Hey guys, the tractor is new with 2 year waranty.The 471 is being traded in.They gave me 26,000 trade in and the tractor for $49000.I wonder if the 4270 has the smae trans on it.It is a uk build.

 

[Woodbeef]

Definately post over at FWI then. A gentleman by the name of Ash Fleming is the guy who will be very helpful for you. He worked for Massey at the Banner Lane factory in Coventry.

 

[JerryG]

Re: getting a mf 4345 and looking for some feedbac

<font color="blue">with power/shuttles have had some very serious issues </font>
What was the problem? Most power shuttles and manual shuttles have almost the same parts except the hydraulic clutch engagement.

 

[plumboy]

Re: getting a mf 4345 and looking for some feedbac

Interesting.On the site woodbeef gave there is a post that says the fel and power shuttle are a bad combo.Can you not use the pedal and bypass the power shuttle effect.I dont think I fully understand the power shuttle.Does it completly replace the dry clutch?