Ransome MG 40 Weights - Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

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June 17, 2023 at 9:24 am #40909

chris
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Hi everyone,
Does anyone know what the weight of an Ransomes MG 40 diesel is please? I don’t want to be overloading car or trailer. The wife has just asked what it weighs and she needs an answer!
One website is suggesting over two tons, which I cannot believe when the other models are 13 / 14 cwt.
Strangely the handbook does not give weights . Unless I have a page missing!

Thanks everyone. Chris

June 17, 2023 at 3:44 pm #40910

urbanalfa
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You’re right to be sceptical that it would weigh two tons! An MG40 weighs about the same as an MG6 and slightly more than an MG5. I haven’t got the weight written down anywhere (can’t find it in the book), but it’s certainly less than a ton.

June 18, 2023 at 8:09 am #40915

ransomes256
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Chris,
The Diesel MG40 with hydraulics weighs 15 1/4cwt (772kg)
Neil

June 18, 2023 at 9:10 am #40916

chris
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Thanks Neil and urbanalfa,
That’s around the weight I thought, but nice to have it confirmed , the good lady wife is now happy and comfortable with that, she was worried it would break the car!
Strange the weight. is not in the instruction books! It is not in my 40 or my 6 operators books.

Chris

June 18, 2023 at 4:58 pm #40918

ransomes256
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The weight is far from the only thing missing from the manuals !!!!!
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Ransome MG 40 Weights - Vintage Horticultural and Garden Machinery Club

Ransome MG 40 Weights