Massey Ferguson 35x Multi Power + MF 20.

On sunday the 27th of may 2012 my dad is baling hay with a MF 35x Multi Power and a MF 20 haybaler.
With the multi-power system there is one hydraulic clutch pack and also a ratchet type assembly. When in low multi the hydraulic clutch is dissengaged and the drive goes through a pair of gears into a ratchet clutch which takes the drive to the gearbox. There is no engine breaking in low multi because of the ratchet clutch. When you move the transmission to high multi it locks up the hydraulic clutch and the hydraulic clutch gear drives another gear. Because the drive is now turning faster than through the low-multi ratchet clutch, this now becomes a free-wheeling device. It is for this reason that there is engine breaking in high multi power, but no engine breaking in low multi power.
This is also why if you are in high multi going up a hill and you depress the clutch pedal that whilst in gear no roll-back can occur because of the ratchet clutch. ie. both systems are locked together. The hydraulic multi-power clutch is not torque converter, but is merely a multi-plate hydraulically operated clutch pack. The good thing about this is that there is no loss of power through to the gearbox.
The clutch is a conventional clutch and so is the 3 speed gearbox.

[@ballyquillanboy]

I can just imagine how happy you are working in the field with your machines. I have dreamt of it all my life but never could afford it. Thanks for uploading, you made an old man happy.

[@colmanlong1032]

Great job,loved watching the baling.

[@colmanlong1032]

Absolutely brilliant video 💚⚪💛☘️,love the square baling, tractor is going great.

[@DennysCountryLife]

Thanks for the video! I didn't know the MF 20 was such a high capacity baler. Looks like it cleaned up the field nice!

[@dalegreene3205]

Looks Great

[@eeijlar]

We used the exact same setup in the 1980s: 35x with MF 20 baler. We made thousands of bales with it. Unfortunately someone threw the plastic wrapper from the twine into the sward; the wrapper got picked up by a chain on the baler, and slipped the timing on it. It never worked again. We still have the 35 - best tractor ever made!

[@TheKimi80]

Thanks for your lovely reaction and this combination is still @ work every year and still in love with the set up! Greetss Thekimi80.

[@culmalachie]

........kluk kluk kliity klik, - the sound of a baler across the fields tears ago! how many strokes per pale, bales per hour, Oh how I could tell you all that - brings back the memories. A Nice clear explanation of how Multi-Power works - just that it was such a P A I N when you had to change down / reverse in the stackyard and you weren't in MP Low - stuck on the ratchet. Had a 148 on the Baler - didn't haff jump when flicked into 1st High-High at the top of the hill or on the empty endrigs - those big balers could eat stuff and with the high strokes /minute were very smooth compared with likes of MF703 or B45.

[@TheKimi80]

Thanks for your reaction and i am glad it brings back memories! :)

[@TheWarmerbros]

geweldig mooi filmpje hj toch genieten dit

[@TheKimi80]

Thanx for your reaction and the average weight is 15 á 20 kg and it is grass we are baling on this video.

[@12501980]

Nice video 👍👍

[@johnstaley7640]

Nice video but must say light crop