A few folks have asked "Who is that Ethan Berry dude?" My answer: Nobody to get excited about. The Berrys have used M-M since Grandpa started farming in the late forties. I grew up on Dad's Jet Star 2 doing hay and multiple gardens. I started pulling on a 14 h.p. 1939 Deere H until I got my R and U. Since then, I've owned probably about 30-35 M-M tractors and a few implements, not to mention some other colors. "The Mopower Ranch" is an assortment of a dozen or more running and non-running tractors with some rusty and greasy parts scattered about an acre-and-a-half just inside the Vermontville, MI city limits. For a 27 year old on a shoe string buget, it's a little piece of heaven. I like to keep track of what parts bolt to what models. After all, it's the interchangeability that makes M-M pretty convenient and unique (even though I love an old Johnny popper or smooth Olie as much as the next guy). The M-M knowledge (in that dusty file cabinet I call a brain) came from paying attention to more experienced pullers. Folks like Henderson Power, Welters Farm Supply, Lawrence Wilson, Dieselbear, Motec Engineering, Wendell Everett, Richard Kenyon, and the late Bruce Mellema to name just a very few. Even a few from other colors like Marty Feldpausch, Gary Baker, and Andrew Curry. So if someone tells you I know the most, they are only being polite. My knowledge comes from asking the right questions from people that have turned far more wrenches and had more full pulls than I ever will. No big dollar 200 h.p. UB here, but a fella can daydream can't he? M-M folks are unique. Most of them seem to have grown up on prarie gold and continue to use them regularly. I don't think I have even met a M-M puller that wouldn't be happy to share storys, jokes, tech info, or even a six-pack. I hope I can do the same. Anyway, I hope this answers your question. Thanks for the e-mails and phone calls. Always enjoyable to swap stories, parts, and advice. Happy New Year!Ethan D. Berry
The Mopower Ranch
Vermontville, MI p.s. The Mopower Ranch Collection includes:
112 Hydro, RTU, 2x UTU, UBUD, 2x GBD, JTU, 2x KTA, ZTU, 335, Jet Star, Jet Star 2, 4-Star Super, RTI, and a buddys red-nosed ZBI Special project. Dad's place holds a UTU, UBU, M5, GTB, and several implements. Charles Viele Excavating (Grandpa) has a Deere H and Massey 44-6 not to mention three vintage Caterpillars purchased new and used regularly.
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