[Ford-ferguson] MF35 at Agco Jackson

[John Maddock]

Further to my comment on mowers, there is currently a thread on British
Farming Forum on who invented the drum mower:

http://farmingforum.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?19628-Bamford-wizzler-422-Fahr-km4-4-drum-mowers-and-did-Pz-make-one

JV

> It is the hood and wheels that provide the biggest appearance differences.
> But even so, look at the hood. The horizontal louvers in the front of the
> hood are similar.
> I have to admit, I really prefer the look of the TOs to the 9N. The
> biggest
> appearance change was between the 9N and the TE20/TO20. The appearance
> changed little from the TO20 to TO30 to TO35 to MF35.
>
> http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2013/04/01/hmn_feature10.html
> http://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/000/7/2/729-massey-ferguson-35-phot
> os.html
>
> The 9N was I believe manufactured only in Dearborn. Did MF35s reach
> Australia from Coventry?
>
> John Maddock MF135 owner	(agtronixjv at southcom.com.au); Are you sure
> the MF35 and 9N look like twins? I'm not familiar with what you might have
> in the way of an MF35 in N. America, but in the rest of the world the MF35
> is quite different to a 9N. Different bonnet, different engines, different
> transmissions, different hydraulics, different brakes, different wheels.
> Jack Tractor:  The July 2014 edition of "Massey Harris Ferguson Legacy
> Quarterly" has > a nice article about a visit by the Iowa Massey
> Collectors
> to the Agco > Intivity Center.> The Intivity Center has a nice MF35 on
> display. Paint it the same > color as a 9N and they would be almost twins.
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