My 1972 Massey Ferguson 135 diesel

[ArtMech]

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Here it is with a logging winch on.

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Looks like your tractor stands on the brink of abyss :shocked:. Guess it's usual in your country .

 

[Agvg]

Might look like that but I'm winching up some trees from a creek 3 - 4 m below the tractor.

 

[Norwegian]

Ser fin ut den, de er veldig kjekke små traktorer, har en på farmen min i Aurland.

Had to say hello to a fellow MF135 owner that lives quite close where I have mine MF135.

Den kjem seg meir og meir!
Far min bur i Aurland so eg har vore ein del der

 

[Agvg]

Verden er liten

 

[Norwegian]

Sheesh ... still can't imagine -5C is nice. That's 10deg colder than a cold winter morning here! Man, I empathise with you guys living in such cold climates, Europe, Canada, Northern USA and similar .... I would take 20 years to acclimatise! :shocked: Fortunately with no wind, only a pair of tradie's overalls with electrically-heated thermal underwear and a lumberjacket over them is about all I reckon I'd need! But you're correct - as soon as you start into some physical work you're warm, I hope you are wearing work gloves ... a necessity in my book. But you're right ... as soon as you start into some physical work, you warm up, then take off the jacket. Coupled with those temps is humidity of 75-85% - makes it feel at least 5deg hotter! Not so hot today, but even more humid!

Agvg, I see you're another lucky MF owner - a 135 no less :thumbsup: Great to see. Are there some pics posted I can see?

Anyway, you both enjoy working those icons, and stay safe. :thumbsup:

I reckon we need a separate thread somewhere, maybe for each make, to post a pic of our treasured machines and show them in action ... what do you think?

With snow the grip is better when driving offroad! You don't get mud, sand or dirt everywhere, just clean snow As for the temperature; as long as you are moving it's never a problem. I always use gloves whatever work I do, and in the winter I use insulated gloves

A separate thread with pictures of the old horses in action sounds great

 

[Norwegian]

The easiest way to do this is to take some drops of coolant, bring it to the nearest car workshop and ask mechanic to check the density with refractometer. Usually I'm doing it this way once a year in autumn. The lowest coolant temperature according to the density at you region (since you are not in the North of Norway) should be -21C.

I have a refractometer so that's the plan

 

[Norwegian]

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Here it is with a logging winch on.

Very nice! I have one of these myself "Sandvik" winch?

 

[Norwegian]

If you need a workshop manual its available as a download on Index • Maskinisten

Thanks

 

[Agvg]

No, it's a Fransegard V3000 but the Sandvik is very much the same design

 

[Norwegian]

Looks like your tractor stands on the brink of abyss :shocked:. Guess it's usual in your country .

That scenery is a common view around here