Abandoned Massey Ferguson Track Conversion Will it Start?

[@Wornout1]

Wise move swapping the engine oil before attempting to get it started 👍

[@walterwhitaker1395]

Im amazed at the farmer mentality of spending thousand's of dollars on farm equipment then leave it out in the open for years on end! Just because it was designed to operate in extreme conditions doesn't mean that it should be stored in extreme conditions! Just an old heavy diesel mechanic saying! You can protect it now or pay guys like me after you've abused your equipment!

[@jackrussell7190]

Although the farmers always complain, they obviously have too much money💰

[@dietznutz1]

That's what farmers are like

[@Frank-Thoresen]

Same with construction companies. Lack of maintenance and complain when repairs takes a week.

[@IDT69]

@@Frank-Thoresenhahaha I experience that everyday, “it’s been making a horrible grinding noise for about four months now it won’t move, we’d like to have it up and back to work in 15 minutes”

[@andrewd.1113]

Wow that was great! Keep the videos coming! It would be great to see a total or partial restoration on her! Could you do a video on the history of how it got made.?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

There will be more videos on this later in the year I’m looking to do a restoration in the autumn after harvest

[@Comissar_NKWD]

То что этот старый трактор легко запустился через много лет простоя ещё раз доказывает что раньше технику делали инженеры и конструкторы поэтому старые машины надежные и с большим запасом прочности. А сейчас делают маркетологи цель которых побольше продать и чтобы машина быстрее сломалась и невозможно было починить её.

[@BeerWineandShine]

Man that thing is Awesomesauce! Id love to have that on my property

[@charliejones7574]

Might as well do a teardown on the engine, it will be hard to replace that one. WHAT a BEAST

[@TheDistur]

That is a wild machine.

[@user-rw2um8ro2p]

Great video never seen one on tracks

[@TheClassicFarmer]

We built this one many years ago

[@larrykrise3609]

awsome setup there.

[@PaulHigginbothamSr]

So watching this pull out of a field the onliest fortlift that could have left that field that day was this tracked Massy. I did watch you drive back and forth over either a light or grease gun driven into the turf never to be seen again by man. Since it had a hook on it I assume a light.

[@guitarfinn1428]

Remarkable how well it started, like it was parked yesterday.

[@roblonsdale8927]

And did,nt it run clean too ?

[@petergrinnell2500]

I've never seen a Massy Ferguson tractor like that it must be a rare old thing with tracks on as well it's good you drained the oil/water out of the engine I hope you get it cleaned up and give it good grease up and service and some sort of paint job on it 👍

[@TheClassicFarmer]

It’ll be getting a light restoration at some point in the near future

[@billclan]

A bit of track tensioning wouldn’t go astray 😊

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Could do with a little bit alright 😂

[@farmerthatflies]

I think the rails and grousers are worn just a little

[@TheClassicFarmer]

@@farmerthatflies there are no grousers on this style of track it is a similar pad to an excavator

[@jamespayne8781]

So the question on my mind is how does it steer? I can see you turning the steering wheel and the tractor slews around but how? Must be more of a modification than just throwing on the tracks.

[@TheClassicFarmer]

So the steering wheel doesn’t actually do any thing. It’s steered using the side brakes.

[@bishopcorva]

Neat. Water powered tractor. Very neat indeed.

[@johncook3817]

Massey ferguson rule!!! Great video !!!

[@JonDingle]

That is a great tractor and unusual to see on tracks. I was quite amazed to see how easy it started up. What grade of engine oil was that, it looked like some modern synthetic stuff? Good to see the ole girl being put inside out of the weather and hopefully sorted out and used one day. Did you try the forklift attachment? I noticed that you praked the tractor next to a modified Lightweight Series 3 Land Rover with a truck cab on it, did you put it on the Range Rover chassis or does it belong to someone else? A video on that would be interesting too.

[@TheClassicFarmer]

It’s 5w30 oil that was put in to flush the bad stuff out it’s right to run for short periods on the lighter oil. It is indeed a lightweight on a 200tdi discovery chassis. I have a bit of work to do on it so I’ll have some videos later in the year.

[@gearsandtears7643]

Looks like universal hydraulic oil but it's only for flushing so no harm what you put in it

[@Thedar561]

@@gearsandtears7643it definitely looks like hydraulic oil

[@theirishfarmer]

Lovely engineering I’d say a lot of work went into that between the tracks never to mind the forklift mast should be handy for you! Great video 😊

[@TheClassicFarmer]

There was a lot of chalk lines on the floor 20 years ago when it was built alright ☺️

[@theirishfarmer]

@@TheClassicFarmer always an engineering marvel to have 😉

[@LisaCabelarow]

​@@TheClassicFarmer what did the crawler undercarriage come off of ?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

@@LisaCabelarow it came from 2 drott loading shovels

[@Mechexplorer-6596]

Omg Amazing bro look insane bro no words to say

[@jonnyteeee]

Excellent video 👌🏽

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Thank you

[@georgedoorley5628]

a good add for the 1 saeris massey .............we had a mf 165 .....212 engine square axle ......punched well above its weight and could not be killed .........and we tried hard to kill it ..........!

[@TheClassicFarmer]

The 100 series masseys were one of the most reliable tractors ever made. Still great for odd jobs on a farm

[@robo919]

Why would you try and kill it? Like what is the point? 😂

[@njseashorechas2698]

Wow! Who made that?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

We made it ourselves about 25 years ago

[@gearsandtears7643]

Loved the 188 multi power Great tractor Id imagine the top speed wont be great off the hub size but id love to restore it Ive a bonser with a good mast id use

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Too speed is about 15mph but it’s not nice at that speed

[@FordsonMajor6D]

Fertig zum restaurieren 🤩

[@oldamericaniron5767]

Wonderful unusual restoration candidate. What year is it, high drive before Caterpillar?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

It’s a 1978 I think it was originally a wheeled tractor before we modified it

[@andrewwilson8317]

You turn the steering wheel? It would be steered using the brakes?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Just a habit to turn it. Yes it is steered with the brakes

[@dakotak8437]

Any new videos coming for this old gal

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Hopefully some restoration videos coming over the winter

[@charliem5332]

What was the original use for.

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Harvesting potatoes

[@johncooney9332]

That would be a very unusual restoration project. It would command a lot of attention at shows etc. I do have one question though. Are you going to keep the steering wheel?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Yes the steering wheel will be staying its very handy to hold onto And entertainment on a boring day driving

[@Chucthihien]

very good video

[@andrewwilson6085]

Looks like a typical farmer has used this tractor! I've never seen a track conversion like this before, what is it from?

[@frontagulus]

What an interesting conversion. Could you tell us what the undercarriage came from, and whether you can still use 3 point linkage implements or do the rear idlers prevent some of them from being used? How did you decide what diameter to make the sprockets? I'd guess you'd figure the top speed as a wheel tractor, the ideal top speed of a tracked machine (say 7mph), and then just calculate the sprocket size to reduce it to that speed? Since it's a forklift, I imagine that the undercarrriage is non-oscillating?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Hey there the 3 point linkage still works as intended we used it for harvesting potatoes and ploughing. The under carriage came from 2 case drott loading shovels that were welded need to end and the sprocket is the one from the loader with the centre cut out and the centre from a tractor rim welded in. Too speed is about 15mph but it’s bumpy at that speed it’s more for low speed jobs.

[@micks-scrap]

Lightweight on a defender chassis im guessing?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Discovery chassis

[@Nak1315]

Rip grease gun lol

[@unclerobert7532]

4:42 the grease gun

[@simonworman7898]

Must have been made up to be a Bog Trotter and very handy it must have been to handle peat. I have owned Llandini / Massey Crawlers but this is a very different thing.Very Interesting

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Good guess. It was actually made to harvest potatoes in poor conditions. But we did nick name it the bog beast

[@MrT79shakeshake]

Got yerself a subscriber. I see a 188 and I click the button, interesting to know the history of this, are you in Donegal?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

It was originally a standard 188 we built the track set up about 25 years ago for harvesting potatoes. I am indeed in Donegal

[@willybilly9301]

Do more vids on it :)

[@TheClassicFarmer]

I’ll do more when I start restoring it later this year

[@masherco]

Good old Perkins

[@gaslight5]

The grease gun didn't make it, been there before

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Grease gun was on strike that day

[@gaslight5]

@@TheClassicFarmer if he wasn't at the start, he definitely was at the end

[@darrenplatten454]

Lovely old lady

[@villijs33321]

I was thinking to buy dooser but all of them what are on sale here is way to heavy for my need - this is something what I could make it - why I didn't think avou this solution before?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

There is a lot of making in one of these. But yes it would be good if you cannot find a small dozer

[@villijs33321]

@@TheClassicFarmer i work in company with access to sheet and tube laser cutting and welding, I Do cad drawings aswell. i cind a see easy project. The hardest part will be to get used tracks in ok condition.

[@TheClassicFarmer]

@@villijs33321 you need to make sure the tractor you pick has oil brakes aswell. Dry brakes can not take the pressure of steering.

[@50mi55ile]

There’s one for sale on eBay but with no fork truck mast

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Won’t be the same as this one bud we built it

[@50mi55ile]

@@TheClassicFarmer no it’s not ,the tracks are slung over the tread tyres and an extra jockey wheel positioned as track tensioner

[@TheClassicFarmer]

That’ll prob be a genuine Massey job

[@50mi55ile]

@@TheClassicFarmer I’ve had a second look at it ,,it is a Massey conversion and looks good

[@marcoantoniocolombo2860]

Boa tarde tò ...Põe o trator pra trabalhar.....planta qualquer coisa........coisa que fica barata para planta...

[@TheClassicFarmer]

The tractor will be restored and put back to work ploughing next year

[@HorseMalone]

I think that sat out side longer than four years...lol.

[@TheClassicFarmer]

It’s been out side all it’s life but it’s been sitti here for 4 years 😂

[@diggerdave.6587]

5:55....squish

[@tootired76]

Matt from Diesel Creek will almost always make sure it starts before putting any time into oh, changing oil, etc. first. The crap flows out better warm... What a waste of a tractor!! Or what a waste of a forklift!!

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Luckily in this case I’m not matt. If I had started that without changing it would have been dead in minutes. It’s different with some of the bigger stuff he works on where oil for it costs hundreds of dollars.

[@victorhugocedillo9475]

❤esta ala venta

[@markward6076]

Like I always say is you can't kill a Fergie.

[@lablackzed]

😆😆😆😆😆😆Lets see an EV replace these old girls not in a millon years.👊💥💥💥

[@sobat_traktor]

❤👍🇮🇩

[@damienobrien1463]

a massey is classy but a zetor is better

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Forget zetor case rules the place

[@jondoherty3884]

What great a piece kit and no don't send to the scrap yard

[@TheClassicFarmer]

I would part with this for the world

[@RallyRobert976]

Is that a MF 188?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Yes the skid unit is a 188

[@chrisclarke7828]

l have no idea.

[@mirek8557]

Maznice znicena pasy 5:50 kameraman nezajem 👃🤕

[@Johndonvan861]

You need that sump off

[@brianbloom1799]

I have been looking for a track, with forks for Years, and You have 1 rotting away, That's not Fair,LOL

[@TheClassicFarmer]

All you gotta do is build one like we did. 😂

[@brianbloom1799]

@@TheClassicFarmer I would have in to I got over 60, Now getting up there, I built My first Bull dozer, 4 ton machine, Did my Private road for 10 years,, But got sick and almost left this world. I was only Joking, I also built backhoe, for mine, Regret selling. al I have now skidsteer

[@TheClassicFarmer]

@@brianbloom1799 a skid steer is a better all round machine unless your in very wet ground. I have a project one arriving next week 😂😂🙈

[@rustyvonarx1345]

Should of give it wash

[@TheClassicFarmer]

I forgot my bucket and sponge that day

[@wademacdougall1600]

Scrap metal only

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Spoken like a guy who’s lost a lot of money in the scrap business

[@irastrauss7555]

Bad steering clutch

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Bad break pads on one side

[@altruida]

Looked like the back of poorly cow that oil

[@richardthompson6366]

That old oil belonged on an episode of Dr. Pimple Popper.

[@gowdsake7103]

who is the ole eeejit !

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Uncle

[@ДмитрийТатаринов-э4ш]

Инструмент был лишний и его вбили в землю.

[@brianbloom1799]

Guys You can buy a tarp these days for nothing, How hard is it to cover over you toys, Come on?

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Tarps make things worse here

[@TheBigShedProjects]

Should have just sent it straight to the scrap yard

[@TheClassicFarmer]

Maybe we could send you with it

[@JonDingle]

@@TheClassicFarmer 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 The perfect reply!

[@briankemp2290]

Much the same as you shite channel. TheBigShedProject is empty.

[@roblonsdale8927]

Idiotic comnent, go watch some football

[@АлександрГригорьев-э2ж]

Шприц раздавил.

[@ShakirAuto067]

Good working bro 😊😊😊😊😊 support me 💯👍