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Well, this looks like maybe the same model, gives me an idea what I'd be looking at. The one for sale appears to have some welding on the frame sides, though.

This blade is for sale about a 90 minute drive from me, I'd like to see more of it before driving all that way, and since it just dumped a bunch of snow here, I doubt I'll get better pics from the seller any time soon. Wondering if anyone recognizes the make of this, it looks older, and more...

I just recently completed the hydro oil change (and not a moment too soon - yuck!) I ended up taking the advice of some folks on the Antique Tractor email list (antique-tractor.com) and I figured out how much clearance I have under the tractor, and I cut a plastic 55 gallon drum down to that...

I've been doing some HEAVY clearing (some should be done with a rotary cutter, but I have to make do with what I've got.) After a long day of work, a look under the mower showed that many of my blades were missing or broken, and a LOT of the cotter pins were missing on the pins that attach the...

I've been bush-hogging with my Alamo SHD74 flail on my Massey Ferguson 135 diesel vineyard model. Been having a great time clearing out terrain that you really couldn't walk through without a machete. Having some trouble with some heavier brush. A rotary cutter would be better for some of it...

My flail's pto doesn't stay on anymore. I figured out that one of the plastic "collar" pieces is missing, the one you slide back against spring pressure to slide the shaft onto the tractor's pto. When I look at the Alamo parts manual, they make you buy all the parts for the collar, for about...

1972 MF 135 diesel with 8 speed (no multi power) - what trans fluid (budget is a concern) should I use? And what would Tractor Supply carry that would work for me? I'm more likely to do that than to locate a Massey Ferguson dealer locally to buy pails of oil. Also, I'm not set up with a shop...

I just bought an old 68" York rake on an online auction and I need to go pick it up, and I'm wondering how much this thing will weigh (and how much trouble I'll have getting it loaded.) Any educated guesses welcome. I've got to contact the seller (government agency) and see if they can help...

I just got a 1972 Massey Ferguson 135 Vineyard diesel, and the hydraulics work very slowly and erratically. I will try to follow the wisdom of the collective tractor web and clean out the filter and change the trans/hydro oil. My problem is that the tractor sits at the site of my former and...

After buying my Massey Ferguson in early August, expecting it to be available in late August, I was finally able to pick it up today (the seller's new tractor came to him late.) I picked up my Alamo SHD74 from the Highway department a couple weeks ago, and about a week later, finally "unloaded"...

1972 MF 135 diesel with 8 speed (no multi power) - what trans fluid (budget is a concern) should I use? And what would Tractor Supply carry that would work for me? I'm more likely to do that than to locate a Massey Ferguson dealer locally to buy pails of oil. Scott in Brighton NY

I was reading about someone building their own implement, and they were describing the pictures they'd uploaded, and others were commenting about how good things looked, but there were no pics, not even a missing pic icon or anything. It is much less helpful to read older content when the pics...

I picked up my Alamo SHD74 flail today. Built like a tank! They loaded it for me with a forklift. Wow, did this thing look huge when I got it in the back of my van! I'm not sure yet how I want to get it out of there, so I won't be using my van this week. I think I'll use a 3 pt crane "barn...

Also, the brochure linked to above shows the "forward rotation" of the Alamo flails (forward, as in your wheels rotate forward when you drive.) Scott in Brighton NY

I just got an Alamo SHD74 (super heavy duty 74") flail mower from a local county highway department auction, about $700. Now I've got to figure out how to get it home. This will go behind my 45hp diesel tractor. Hoping there are no problems with the unit, this was an "as-is" sale! Scott in...

I just got a Massey Ferguson 135 diesel, and need something to tame our 5 acre jungle. I probably will still need to get a rotary cutter, but I haven't seen any good deals locally for any, and while I was searching, I came upon an online auction for a rural county's highway department. Didn't...

Thing is, this rotary cutter is for sale, price isn't bad, but the ad says it's a Ford, and I haven't seen any Ford cutters that look like this. I wonder if they just mistakenly believe it's a Ford because of the color. But who knows, even though I haven't seen one like this, maybe Ford made...

Can anyone tell me what this fits? It looks similar but not identical to a plow someone said was for an NAA. Are they any good? What would you pay for this one? What else is required to make it work (does it need a hydraulic cylinder, etc.)? Thanks, Scott in Brighton NY

Looks like I've found it: David Brown 950 Implematic Tractor, from 1958-1959. 4 cylinder diesel, around 40hp. My question would be, what kind of tacked on afterthought is that battery tray? Scott in Brighton NY

Here are pics of an old tractor for sale (that I won't be buying, but you never know...) Just wondering what it is: It doesn't look completely unfamiliar, but it also isn't a model I readily recognize (being new to this stuff.) But I'm always ready to learn more about old tractors...

I'm getting a 1972 MF 135 vineyard diesel. I looked in a 1973/1974 Operator's Manual, and it makes no mention of thermostart, but does mention spraying starting fluid (with caution) to start in cold conditions. I looked in the Service Manual for the 135, and it mentions "thermostart" only...

I found some great pages of brochures online (somewhere in Europe) and made them into PDFs. The dates are just my poorly-educated guesses, so if anyone can give me better date information for these, please do! They give good information about different models of the 135 (like the Vineyard and...

I figured this deserved its own thread. I couldn't find a MF 135 Operator's Manual anywhere online, so I found an original one for sale on eBay and bought it. It came a few days ago, and is a great reference, answering questions that people on this and other forums were vague about. It's a...

I'm sure this has been done before, so I don't want to reinvent the wheel. I've got a couple Unimount plows (have the lights and plow hydraulics and pump all together on the plow) and I also have most of a late '80s Ford F250 frame mount, which I had cut apart to rework it to fit a truck...

I just bought a '72 MF 135, won't pick it up for a few weeks yet. I was looking a the pics I have, and it looked like the front wheels are a lot closer together than any other 135 pics I've seen anywhere. Is that just because they're adjusted in as far as they can go? That got me looking at...

Because our house burned on Nov. 1, 2014, we're building a new home farther back on our 5 acre property - the old farmhouse was RIGHT by the road. The new house will now have no back yard, until I can clear out the overgrowth back there, so I've been looking at (old to very old) tractors and...

I bought an old farmhouse with 5 acres 16 years ago. When I got there it was all overgrown. I started clearing the land using a push mower, then bought a 1966 Cub Cadet 123 (first hydro) with a 44" mower deck. It was a true workhorse, and I cleared a lot of ground using it, but it was...

I've found a repair manual for the MF 135 online, but I was hoping someone could give me a link to an operator's manual. Also, I see in the archives, mention of a CD that used to be sold by a very knowledgeable member, but has since passed on. I was able to find the data from one of the 2 CDs...

I didn't find anything the first time I searched for this, but recently I searched again and found a link to a service manual download: http://www.satoh-s650g.com/Satoh_S650G_Repair_Manual.pdf Now if someone could please scan and post the operators manual, we would all appreciate that! Or, if...