[AT] Massey Harris

Vaughn Miller vemiller at gmail.com
Sun Mar 22 13:36:33 PDT 2015


Tyler - I believe road gear speed was in the neighborhood of 16-18 miles
per hour.  Twin Power would be automatically engaged when shifting into
fourth gear.

On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Tyler Juranek <tylerpolkaman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey Vaughn,
>  How fast will it go?
>  Do you have to have the double power engaged in road gear?
>  Take Care,
>  Tyler Juranek
>  IA
>
> On 3/22/15, Vaughn Miller <vemiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey Charlie, I failed to mention that Twin Power was also used in road
> > gear.  There is linkage going to the governor to bump it open.  The
> linkage
> > moved by either shifting into fourth gear, or by moving the shift lever
> to
> > a special position that doesn't engage any gear but moves the linkage.
> The
> > shift pattern is marked "B" for this position.
> >
> > I assume the idea was to prevent using Twin Power when using ground
> > engaging implements in the field, but allow it on the belt and in the
> road.
> >
> > Vaughn
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 3:18 PM, charlie hill <
> charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Vaughn you might have just answered a question that
> >> has been bugging me for 50 years.  When I was a kid
> >> a farmer down the road had a Massie Harris.  I didn't have
> >> much contact with them and never saw the tractor up close
> >> but one of their tenant farmers described something he
> >> called a "doubler" which was undoubtedly his own name for it.
> >> Anyway it was some way that he could open the governor.
> >> He used it in road gear and that tractor would fly compared to
> >> most others.
> >>
> >> Can you tell me if that is possible and if so exactly how the
> >> Twin Power/double operated?  What I mean by that is how did
> >> the tractor operator get the Twin Power in gear?   What lever did
> >> you pull, etc?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Charlie
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Tyler Juranek
> >> Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2015 2:47 PM
> >> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] Massey Harris
> >>
> >> Hi Vaughn,
> >> Thanks for the information! I assume they have a very very low
> >> production number?
> >> I found on the internet that they did have electric start, but not
> >> sure about lights.
> >> Do you own one?
> >> I'm sure parts for them are high these days!
> >> Take Care.
> >> Tyler Juranek
> >>
> >> On 3/22/15, Vaughn Miller <vemiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hey Tyler,
> >> >
> >> > The 101 Senior had the F226 Continental, and was considered a 3 plow
> >> > tractor.  Massey had a feature they called "Twin Power" which opened
> up
> >> > the
> >> > governor to allow the engine to run at higher RPM's  when using the
> >> > belt.
> >> > These had no hydraulics, but could be equipped with a mechanical power
> >> > cultivator lift.
> >> >
> >> > As always, value is tough to say.  These are not the more  common
> >> > tractors,
> >> > nor are they the most sought after.
> >> >
> >> > Vaughn Miller
> >> > PA
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Tyler Juranek
> >> > <tylerpolkaman at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hi all,
> >> >>  Anybody know anything about the Massey Harris 101 Senior tractor?
> >> >>  I was visiting with a family friend and he said he remembers the
> >> >> smooth sound of the contental engine it had.
> >> >>  Anybody know what the value of one of these is?
> >> >>  Thanks!
> >> >>  Take Care,
> >> >>  Tyler Juranek
> >> >>  IA
> >> >>
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