Hello guys. While driving home the other day I saw that my neighbor had 4 or 5 old tractors on his property. The latest one looked like my 8N with a FEL on it.
I stopped by and talked to the girl friend, the guy wasn't home. Anyway I gave it a once over. She said it was a Massey Ferguson. I later got the guy on the phone and he wasn't too sure about what year it was. He guessed about 1963. He said he thought he had a book on it that he would have to dig out somewhere.
From what I could remember, the hood looked square in the front with round holes in each top corner where I assumed headlights would have been. It had fenders that looked like my 8N with the horizontal rib on them. Don't remember any script on them or the hood. I didn't examine it real good because I figured I would do that when the guy was there.
On the phone, he said it did have power steering. And from what I remember it had gauges on the top of the dash unlike my 8N with them on the front. On the loader, it had a regular forklift set up. He said he also had the bucket for it.
He said it ran fine and the FEL worked fine. He said the 3 point lift did not work but the PTO did work.
I will give the guy a few days to maybe find that book on it. Also when I go back, I will take lots of pictures to try to identify it. Even with the 3 point not lifting he said he wants $2000 for it.
Any idea what this tractor might be from the meager facts I've given so far? It did have a gas engine. And if I remember right it might have been an OHV engine.
I know I haven't really given you guys much to work on but any things I should look out for in identifying this thing? I'm not going to buy anything unless I know exactly what it is.
Thanks guys
I stopped by and talked to the girl friend, the guy wasn't home. Anyway I gave it a once over. She said it was a Massey Ferguson. I later got the guy on the phone and he wasn't too sure about what year it was. He guessed about 1963. He said he thought he had a book on it that he would have to dig out somewhere.
From what I could remember, the hood looked square in the front with round holes in each top corner where I assumed headlights would have been. It had fenders that looked like my 8N with the horizontal rib on them. Don't remember any script on them or the hood. I didn't examine it real good because I figured I would do that when the guy was there.
On the phone, he said it did have power steering. And from what I remember it had gauges on the top of the dash unlike my 8N with them on the front. On the loader, it had a regular forklift set up. He said he also had the bucket for it.
He said it ran fine and the FEL worked fine. He said the 3 point lift did not work but the PTO did work.
I will give the guy a few days to maybe find that book on it. Also when I go back, I will take lots of pictures to try to identify it. Even with the 3 point not lifting he said he wants $2000 for it.
Any idea what this tractor might be from the meager facts I've given so far? It did have a gas engine. And if I remember right it might have been an OHV engine.
I know I haven't really given you guys much to work on but any things I should look out for in identifying this thing? I'm not going to buy anything unless I know exactly what it is.
Thanks guys