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Tractor: Tractor: MASSEY-FERGUSON
Posted on Monday, October 18 @ 11:10:26 CDT by Cars |
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MASSEY-FERGUSON
In 1953 Harry Ferguson merged his company with the Massey-Harris company. As the deal was being finalized, there arose the question of which exchange rate was to be used. Harry suggested settling the matter with the toss of a coin. He lost the toss, and about a million dollars, but appeared not to care, no doubt realizing that his patents and equipment were in capable hands.
Once Harry Ferguson had sold his tractor company to Massey-Harris the face of tractor manufacturing was profoundly altered. Before the merger the Massey-Harris company had been competing with both Ford and Ferguson. For a while the newly formed Massey-Harris-Ferguson company produced two separate lines of tractors, continuing with both the Massey-Harris Ferguson makes, as both tractors loyal followers amongst dealers customers. The MH 50 and Ferguson 40 had different bodywork but were mechanically identical as both models were based on the Ferguson 35. In November 1957 the now Massey-Ferguson Company produced its first "Red and Grey" tractor, the 35 powered by Perkins engines.
The company was Canadian-based and produced tractors all around the world. The all-new MF 35 was followed by a range of tractors including the MF50,MF65 and MF85.In 1976 Massey-Ferguson introduced new tractors, the 1505 and 1805 Models, both powered by the 174hp Caterpillar V8 diesel engine.
In the mid-1980s the 3000 Series of Massey-Ferguson machines was made available with a turbo-diesel, 190hp, six-cylinder engine. A smaller Massey-Ferguson tractor was the MF 398, powered by a 3867cc/236cu in diesel engine and featuring a 4x4 transmission. Two Massey-Ferguson tractors from 1986 were the Models 2685 and MF 699. The former had a 5800cc/353.8cu in Ferkins lurbo-diesel engine that produced 142 hp and was one of the 2005 Series of three tractors: 2645, 2685 and 2725. Each had a four-wheel-drive trans-mission tliat incorporated 16 forward and 12 reverse gears. The MF 699 was the most powerful in the MF 600 Series of four tractors, MF 675, 690, 698T and 699. It was powered by a lOOhp engine.
Massey-Ferguson itself became part of AGCO in 1994. According to the manufacturer, "For 33 straight years more people have purchased MF tractors than any other brand." Massey-Ferguson's current range is comprehensive and includes tractors offering 130-180 PTO hp, 86-110 PTO hp, 55-95 PTO hp, 34-67 PTO hp, 37-53 PTO hp and 16-40 engine hp, as well as conventional combine harvesters, rotary combine harvesters and loaders.
The 130-180 PTO hp tractors in the 8100 Series are designed as high-performance tractors, while the 4200 Series 55—95 PTO hp tractors are available as a selection of models of varying configurations with different options and attachments. The 200 Series of 34-67 PTO hp tractors features Perkins cliesel engines. Another small range of tractors from Massey-Ferguson is the 1200 16-40 PTO hp Series. Massey-Ferguson manufactures Class 5 and 6 combine harvesters, including the 8680 conventional and 8780 rotary combines.
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