First tractor screw-up of the season . . . Ferg pulling MF

I bought half-a-dozen old tractors over the winter, but put off picking any of them up until the snow was gone.

Went to get my first one today, about 120 miles distant. Kind of hard to get into "the swing of things." Got a few miles from home and realized I had no license plates on my truck. Had to go back home and take them off my plow truck (where I'd stuck them on just to make it look legal this winter). Left again, and flipped my dual tank switch and found out my aux. 50 gallon diesel tank was empty. So, went back home again to fill it up. My truck holds 85 gallons and I like to leave with it full.

After that, things went OK. Got the tractor, brought it home. Then, tried to get it off the trailer by myself, since my wife was too chicken to sit on it and steer, or run a tractor to do the pulling. So, I hooked my Ferguson TO35 Deluxe to the Massey Ferguson 35 on the trailer and pulled. But. . . forgot to unhook one chain and broke the tow-rope. Oh well, things could of gone worse. Hopefully, next tractor pickup will go smoother.

Tractor I just picked up is a Massey Ferguson 35 with Perkins diesel, Multi-Power, power steering, and live PTO. Paid $475 for it, condition totally unknown except the engine is not stuck. Sat in a field for a few years, and former owner deceased.

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It looks like a good find. I hope you'll be able to get it going without too much trouble. Sometimes life is a little aggravating but I always figure it's better than the other choices.
Zach

Prices out your way, sure are cheaper then my area
what else you have coming.

Forgot to say--thanks for posting and please let us know about the other tractors when you get them.
Zach

You look a bit young to be driving, but at least with all the problems you had, you did manage to put your boots on the wright feet. Smile!

Massey Ferguson 202 Workbull with loader (from a guy on this forum). Engine has knock but runs.
Continental gas Z-134.

1020 John Deere (runs)

641 Ford (runs)

VAC-14s (neither run but complete with Eagle hitches)

Oliver OC3 with OEM aux Ford trans (runs)

Henry backhoe (just the hoe, no tractor). Came off an 8N Ford.

Notice my kid's look on his face holding the tow rope I just broke like an idiot.

You need to make yourself "bunt pole" Just a piece of pipe with some flat stock welded to each end to make a clevis type hitch. Hook it to the drawbar on both tractors. No need to worry about that tractor running over you coming off the trailer. Just a thought, I"ve used mine a lot of times.
Paul

Looks like you did pretty good unloading by yourself.

Thanks for sharing your photos with us.

I hauled a "dead horse" for a friend. 1070 case, not running, no oil in it. no power, no brakes and no steering. eased it off using one of Dads old tricks, called a "snub". attatch a chain to a solid point, wrap 3 to 5 loops of chain around a axel on the tractor and hang on to the free end. To let the tractor roll, give the chain some slack. To stop the tractor pull the chain tight, this will tighten the loops around the axel and stop the tractor.

looks to me like it won't be too many years and you won't have to rely on your wife for help.
Tim in OR

That's what I was thinking. Never realized he was short person. LoL Dave

Some days are diamonds and some days are stones! Looks like you had you top hand helping you!

I am terrible at keeping up with trailer registrations. at least twice I have put the new sticker on the plate and found that I never even registered it the prior year. I pulled one of them through six states once without a current sticker on the plate. Good thing I have only about a dozen registered vehicles or I would need an assistant.

Man, I just broke that same tow rope 3 days ago lol. I was trying to pull start my JD 60, weak tow rope to begin with lol......how do you like that truck? ive been thinking of buying a first gen cummins

Hello. Nice tractors. I have to ask Paul, about the " bunt pole" We have used one for years. BUT never heard them called that. Any idea where the name came from? I do know one thing for sure, It REALLY keeps the wife happy when we move tractors!! We just pushed a Massey with a 4cyd. engine in the shop and up on the hoist last nite. I use our Bobcat to push with. Bobmn

Absolutely NO IDEA where the name came from. I made one 20 years ago & it's saved me a whole lot of grief, especially for something that came out of the scrap iron pile.

That is the best thing I ever made for moving a dead truck or tractor. Very handy if you need to push it into a shed or if it has no brakes.

I helped a neighbor who had one and made one for myself the same day when I got home!

I love it. Rides like a Sherman tank but outpulls my Ford and GM diesel trucks. But, I own nothing newer then 1994.

My 94 F250 turbo-7.3 diesel rides like a Cadillac, but gets much worse fuel mileage and has less pulling power then my 92 Dodge-Cummins.

Weird thing is - my Ford has a much bigger engine and 4.10 axles and the Dodge has 3.50 axles and pulls well in 4th gear (has a 5 speed manual Gertag).

Not sure if original, but old time railroad crews used to carry pole on engines to push cars on adjacent parallel tracks using "poling pockets" on ends of cars, that way engine didn't have to switch tracks as often. I have heard the pole referred to as a "bunt pole".

(quoted from post at 23:59:44 04/07/10) I hauled a "dead horse" for a friend. 1070 case, not running, no oil in it. no power, no brakes and no steering. eased it off using one of Dads old tricks, called a "snub". attatch a chain to a solid point, wrap 3 to 5 loops of chain around a axel on the tractor and hang on to the free end. To let the tractor roll, give the chain some slack. To stop the tractor pull the chain tight, this will tighten the loops around the axel and stop the tractor.

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Another darwin candidate. :roll: