[AT] MF 255 Tractor

[mpnc282 at juno.com]

Lew and Ed, thanks for the info on the MF 255, I did end up buying it Saturday for 4800, it seemed like a nice amount of tractor for the money. Front tires are fairly new, rears are about 50%. This tractor will see relatively light work, brush hogging and moving things around with the bucket.  Mike M 

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Edchainsaw at aol.com
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: Re: [AT] MF 255 Tractor
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 08:13:34 EDT

as i have said many times before  :  I grew up at the Massey  
Dealership--have driven about every massey you could  drive (or its next of  kin)  -- we 
didn't own the dealership but it was where we went 2 or 3 times  a week  all 
year round (Dad's  hangout)
 
the weekness  are the power steering  and the loader will   exasporate 
it... 
the Multi-Power  was not that big of a problem on those tractors -- if  the 
 PO's  did not let it slip when shifting by this I mean   SHIFT THE LEAVER! 
 get it in LOW or HIGH  and not halfway in  between...  of all the Massey's 
we've owned  only 1 had a multi power  go out and   it was from cuttings 
from  rearend bearings that had  went out--  1 quit do to an oring  installed 
backward at the  factory  this one didn't go bad  it just leaked all the oil 
out one  night.
 
the other weak area I know of is the front spindles/wheels they are kinda  
light.
DoNOT  put  to much weight on the rearend   ie let it  slip /use the  
FERGUSONsystem  for what its suppose to do...that is  the draft control. 
 
they are not perfect machines by any means!   
 
 
 
In a message dated 6/4/2010 12:08:25 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
at-request at lists.antique-tractor.com writes:

MF 255  Tractor

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