Farmwithjunk
Super Member
Weird looking tractor. The hood looks like an MF135, but from the side, rear and overall configuration looks more like a Massey Harris 50.
MF and MH joined together somewhere along about that time, and so it might have even been a hybrid. The running boards were not integral. I've seen some tractors of that era came with foot pegs instead of integral running boards. And some had a removable metal running board that fit onto the foot pegs front and rear.
I'd bet if we had the tractor in front of us we could figure it out pretty quickly.
rScotty
Massey Harris 50 would be more like a Ferguson F40/Massey Ferguson 50.....No radius rods on front axle, straight axle as opposed to swept axle, ect....From the flywheel back, the TO35/MF35 WAS the same as a MH50/F40/MF50....Same tranny, same rear end, same fenders, same wheels, ect.... A MH 50 would be longer wheelbase. The MH50 has it's air filter located in a diffent location, as well as being a different style of filter. MH50 would sit higher in the front due to axle difference.
MH and Ferguson merger was completed in 1957. The brands became one (Massey Ferguson) in late '57. At that point, there was no more MH50. The 135 (DX series) was introduced in 1964. There was no overlap as they rolled off the assembly line.
The DX series (100 series) had a different system of controls on the hydraulics, and a few subtle diffences in tranny/rear end.
It's possible, although I see absolutely nothing to indicate such, that a "tractor jockey" combined 2 or 3 tractors to build one GOOD tractor, using parts from an earlier model.....Just doesn't appear so. Looks like a very typical MF135 to me....
For the record, I've owned several MF50's, a couple Ferguson F40s, a MH50, quite a few TO/MF35's, a number of MF135's and still own a couple MF150's. an MF50 and a Ferguson F40.
Long story short, I don't see ANYTHING similar to a MH50.....