[AT] MF 255 Tractor

[charlie]

Mike,  if you drive it reasonably and don't try to find out how much it will 
handle it'll make a fine utility tractor for you.  They handle well and are 
fairly comfortable to operate.  Not as tough as some but they'll do the job. 
Unless there is some undetected problem with it you did pretty good at 
$4800.   It'll out work two or three of the little, modern choir tractors 
for about 1/4 to 1/3 the cost.

Charlie Hill

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From: <mpnc282 at juno.com>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 5:52 PM
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] MF 255 Tractor

> 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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