That was pretty neat.  I've never owned a Ford 3000 (always had Masseys) but my neighbour used to blow my snow with one.  Great little tractor.

Hi LB: Nice video. Real Canadiana.

Hi Gecko:

You probably understand attachment to tractors.

I too was a "Massey man" for the nearly fourty years I was in farming. The oldest Massey I ever had was a Massey 65 built in 1957. The newest was a 275, built in the early eighties. When I moved to town, I consigned it to the local dealer and visited it regularly until it was sold.

Hi Arminius:

Nice to meet a fellow "Massey" person.

One of my first tractors was a Ferguson built in 1948.  It didnt have live PTO so I traded it in for a Massey 50, also built in 1957.  From it moved up to a Massey 135 gas which was a great tractor.  It started no matter the weather. I presently own a Massey 165 diesel which I hope to sell this spring.

May be a bit odd for a woman to like tractors, but I like machinery, old cars, etc.

Oops, you're a Massey woman—sorry!

I had a Massey 35 gas for a while, and a 65 and 165 diesel for most of my years in farming. The 275 I just sold was a recent aquisition. ("recent" meaning six years ago :-)

No problem, Arminius.  I've been a tomboy all my life - much rather be up to my ears in dirt and grime than inside cooking or housecleaning.

The Massey 275 is a good-looking tractor.

When I was about 10 our father purchased a little gray Ford Ferguson.  I learned to operate a tractor at a young age as my brother and I assisted dad with farm chores - haying, etc.

I'm not as comfortable operating a tractor as I used to be, especially when I do most of the work alone.  Since all my close neighbours have tractors and have offered to loan me one as needed, think it's time to sell the 165.  I call it the "beast" - big, high tractor compared to the 135.   It's best feature is the front-end loader which comes in handy.

Life changes and we must change with it.

My tractor man is a Deere fan, we have two, an ancient Ford and a new to us Deere ... the ancient Ford is working, the new Deere's PTO is not.

Ah, nothing runs like a Deere except when it won't ;-)

Re, the clip, I think my favourite line was 'I thought I would be replaced, perhaps by an Italian'

Yes, that was an interesting line.  Italian tractors have certainly made their name in the Canadian marketplace, thinking New Holland and Landini.

This is a video about Italian tractors....for tractor people.

What? Italian tractors? They are about as reliable as Italian cruiseships.

Don't know anything about reliability of Italian tractors, but there is a huge New Holland dealership about a mile from where I live.  

My one neighbour seems to like Case, another has a John Deere and the other a Ford.

I'm loving this thread. I am very much a city boy and know next to nothing about tractors save for brand names and logos, so this is actually rather educational.

Mendalla

My father was the village blacksmith in a village of about 50 small to medium farms in Bavaria. In 1954, when I started apprenticing with my father at age 14, there was only one tractor in our village, and we did mostly blacksmithing. Then the German economic miracle unfolded, my father gradually changed his shop over to farm machinery repairs and started selling International tractors. But I became a traitor to my father and the International brand by secretly admiring the English-made Fergusons, which I considered state of the art.

When I started farming in Canada in 1973, my first tractor was, of course, a Massey Ferguson. And I remained loyal to the Massey brand for all of my farming days. (It probably had more to do with brand loyalty than the superior quality of Massey tractors :-)

Some people dream of the afterlife, others of a better life in the here-and-now, but I dream of alfalfa fields, irrigation pipes, drainage ditches, Massey tractors, New Holland swathers and balers, and cows. Each to his own, eh?

I think our video tractor was referring to that other Italian ... Zamboni

but, how many (waving at Mendella) know that Mercedes makes a tractor or, and I  think this is my favourite tractor manufacturer just for the cool factor, Lamborghini ....

Yes, LBmuskoka - I missed that reference.  But this has developed into a very interesting thread - I've strayed off topic a bit.....

Did you know that Porsche also made a tractor.

Hi gecko:

When I was in my mid-teens, someone in our village bought a Porsche tractor. It looked a bit hilarious, had too little weight up front, and he traded it for an International after a year or so.

Hi LB:

In my days as a young farm machinery mechanic in Germany, the Unimog was a popular and very good Mercedes tractor. It actually was a 4x4 tractor and truck in one, with oodles of accessories, and, because of its versatility, was especially popular with road maintainance contractors and departments.

Like all addictions, mine started with a gateway. It was the reel lawnmower. It was some odd criss-crossed handled green thing with small rollers in front and a large one in the back along with a cover for the blades. I wanted it! I coveted it! Dad said my toes would get cut off, but I wanted to live dangerously. Who cared if I lost a few toes... When nobody was looking, I would sneak and use it in secret.

Within a few years I was walking beyond the Lawn Boy mower and then it escalated to the 8 HP green snowblower with the tan chute at Grandma's house in the UP of Michigan.

Before I knew it, I was into rototillers because the neighbour had one I borrowed. The red Gilson ride-on lawmower from 1978 was the first thing I bought after my 1st car in 1985. 

One of my first jobs was at a Christmas tree farm in order to drive the tractor.... before I knew it I was driving a dump truck for a landscaping company... even now I am still an addict. A few inches of snow and I get a machine out. I housesit in order to drive the John Deere.  

Never farmed... but addicted to machinery....

It is not just lawn and garden stuff.... I am addicted to saws and drills and anything I can get my greedy little hands on....

Step #1 down, admitting I have a problem..... 11 more to go

Hi SG - nice to meet a fellow machine-lover.

While I'm reluctant to use my table saw when alone (hokey flying wood,sometimes), I regularly use my skill saw and do enjoy working with a drill press, power drill and I have a little battery operated chain saw which is neat.  My husband taught me how to use his metal and wood lathes, but I sold them after his death.

We had a YardMan lawn tractor for years - think it was at least 18 years old when it bit the dust 2 years ago.  Replaced it with a White, 15.5 HP Briggs & Stratton engine, which is okay, but its narrower wheels make cutting on inclines a bit trickier.  

I like trucks - my first truck was a 1976 GMC pickup which I used to haul hay and grain for horses and cattle, wood, and many other objects.  Hated to give it up but repairs got costly.  It always started, no matter how cold the morning.

If I had a need, could afford it or won the lottery, I would buy the tractor pictured below.

Massey Ferguson 1533 Tractor, 33 hp. with loader.  A little gem.

Course that money could be much better spent donated to good charities, but its fun to consider.

Oh, gecko, I love your little Massey!