[AT] MF 255 Tractor

[Al Jones]

I don't have the highest opinion of MF's for heavy field work tractors, but 
for what you are going to use it for,  I don't see how you went wrong.  The 
230-285 MF's were very popular around here and were good tractors if used 
within their limitations.

Al

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From: <mpnc282 at juno.com>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 8:52 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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