[AT] Diamonds in the rough?

[H. L. Staples]

The three point MF backhoe arrangement is not nearly as strong as the Case
frame mounted unit. Looks can be deceiving but the Case appears to be the
best bet. If the lady turned down $500.00 for the MF, no telling what it
would take to make the purchase.
 
lll
 
 
On 9/21/2007 10:13:50 AM, Mike Sloane (mikesloane at verizon.net) wrote: >
Yesterday was interesting, if uneventful. > > After a county government
meeting, I met my friend Kirk to look at a > tractor. He is recovering from
a torn Achilles tendon and limping pretty > badly with a hefty boot/brace,
but he > can't sit still. So he is looking > for more old tractors to buy
and fix up (note that he buys them, but he > never seems to get around to
fixing them). > > The tractor is a Massey Ferguson 202 or 2002 (I am not
sure which, and > it isn't > clear from looking at the tractor). This is an
early 60s > machine with a somewhat integrated loader and detachable backhoe
 The > backhoe is sitting in a field by itself and appears to be whole but
not > exactly ready for work. The biggest problem appears to be the crowd >
piston whose rod is rusted beyond saving. It also uses what looks like a >
huge hydraulic motor for swinging the boom, unlike every other backhoe I >
have ever seen that uses two opposed cylinders for swing. That is the > big
unknown. On the plus side, there doesn't appear to be much wear and > tear
that I could see - nobody used to to break rocks - no cracks, no > welds. It
also has a spare large "muck" bucket. > > The tractor had been pushed back
into the woods on the other side of the > property and appears to have had a
plastic tarp over it until recently. > It has a 4 cyl gas engine, presumably
a Continental like the one used on > most similar MF tractors. While the
tractor is mostly all there, it is > pretty tired. The tach has about 3500
hours on it, but the generator > that had a tach drive has been replaced by
a GM alternator some time in > the distant past, so the tractor could have
7000 hours on it for all I > know. The engine does turn easily when I pulled
on the fan, and I could > feel compression. The transmission appears to be a
three speed with > Hi-Lo and a shutt
H. L. Staples
McLoud, Oklahoma
USA