Selling our old Massey Ferguson 690 tractor. Part 1

[@tfideano8086]

Oh man...spent my childhood riding one of these as passenger squeezing behind the seat and watching the Holland baler baling away. The 690 2WD I rode as passenger had a front loader fitted to it. Awesome video.

[@hbeer3480]

My grandad has a 4WD 690 it's a beast

[@7930james]

I love them old Masseys, Always trusty beasts. I got to drive one on my tractor test, simple and reliable.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

I know what you mean, not much to go wrong on them compared with new tractors

[@adamcrane1436]

Good morning @@thefunkyfarmer how many subscribers do you have

[@michaelhealy7964]

Better than any of the new tractors

[@anthony342]

the 690 turbo with the strait though exhaust is one one the best ever sounding tractors .. mind you a chap near us had a david brown 1490 turbo that would whistle like a good un ....

[@garethsinnamon4401]

Very interesting video for a farmer. You are very lucky to have such a friendly and very professional butcher👌👌

[@theyoungfarmer7930]

Sad times the fact you sold the 600 series but the problem is rust its such a big problem particularly this model and it does end up a dear naccesity having to keep carrying out work! Further our conversation a while back regarding our 600 series, shes still going but good god the rots getting there.

[@ericsimpson4732]

What do you need 4wd drive for the contractors do all field work

[@matthewhannath8182]

We 3 massey back in day we had 690 590 575 we still go the 690 we r still farm now

[@ianhaggart1438]

Is the 690 still out there?

[@andyone40]

I cut my teeth on one these. Handbrake used to get stuck and the steering had a half turn of play in it lol.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Yes we would have kept her if the rust wasn't causing such problems

[@will-wv1jl]

what horse power is it?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

+William Copp can't remember off hand, maybe about 80hp

[@will-wv1jl]

Ok

[@kevincarr7856]

thefunkyfarmer videos of very good and I like you and I like your boys

[@jz3512]

We have a 1988 690 2wd we have it for years now and we got very bad snow in winter and the water pump was leaking on it and we thought all the water leaked out of it and never checked it in the snow and the blocked cracked, the saddest day of my life tbh, we still have it but it's going for export soon and I don't want it too leave cause it's been a part of my life for years but it's my dads not mine so I can't stop it from going 😨

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Sorry to hear that

[@michaeldring1818]

my grandad has one of these i was brought up driving this at the age of 6 he still has it now with only 3500 hours but unfortunately due to health reasons he no longer farms its been sat for over a year in a shed but a little bit of heat away she went great tractor he wants to give it to a friend of his but im trying to persuade him to let me have it would love to take it to show

[@thefunkyfarmer]

i hope it goes well for you. Rust is always a problem with this model

[@ettoredeclerck860]

A very good tractor!

[@scottthornton4222]

I miss it 😢

[@cianrooney5155]

Best of luck of the selling the dusty tractor

[@johncook3125]

I had a 698t. Good reliable tractors but terrible for rust.

[@Foss2506]

Hi Richard, what did you mean when you said you'd think it'd be better going for export? Do they get re-furbed before export? Thanks

[@thefunkyfarmer]

some of the export stuff goes to Africa where they chop the cabs off. In this case that would be a good idea as the cab is pretty knackered

[@outdoorswithlarryrobin]

Old massie sounds good

[@CORRIGEEN71]

theres another 10 yrs left in her spend 1000 on cab , although 20 yrs was good service was their much repairs over the years

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Your right that we could have done her up but I've had enough of driving old bangers. We did a bit of cab work about 10yrs ago

[@jonnyandedwardvlogs1886]

its not a chimney its called an exhaust pipe

[@iestynevans9275]

If i were u i would have kept it , its worth more to you than anything else

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Nah I've got enough tractors and it was a rust bucket that didn't like starting

[@iestynevans9275]

thefunkyfarmer ah right

[@buddhudd1054]

power steering,good brakes ,easy started and You are giving out about "rusty mud guards " madness!! How much did You get for it??

[@RPMandCO]

You can see the entire front half of the cab has rotted out and been replaced by bits of angle and flat steel to hold the windows in. It needs a whole new cab really.

[@johnmcdonnell3616]

RPMandCO looks isnt everything

[@DavidBrownFan]

Whey hey old betsy is back !!!

[@fastsetinthewest]

Use starter fluid from the get-go. Regards...

[@thebackyardpyromaniac6040]

you realise if you use starer spray on a diesel once it will then rely on it every time and you'll have to always spray it in each time to start it!!!

[@ferguson20diesel49]

Absolutel poison that shit. Ruins engines. If you use that you are uneducated on your engines

[@gadgetpro21]

Have you sold this yet. If not where will you be selling it

[@thefunkyfarmer]

yes she's gone now. Watch part 2 (uploading now)

[@masseyfergusonman1621]

Lovely old tractor

[@hxrry1744]

Hi how much did you sell the Massey for

[@thefunkyfarmer]

top secret

[@kieranhassett5862]

It would have been a miracle if it didn't start!!

[@joetiller1031]

Old girl sounds good, can't believe you have a inspector for tractors over here in US government don't give a damn about tractors they have too many problem otherwise.

[@datbomb98]

Joe Tiller small country with big government we are lucky over here compared to their rules you have to get licences to drive tractors and even tag your tractors for road use they have to travel with the loaders all the way in the air just a ton of ridiculous rules

[@mohammedghaddari1584]

Massey 675👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@coolkid1632]

690

[@williamturner5406]

We have a massy 1010 it’s is great

[@anthony342]

love the old massey 590 / 690 . series how come the doors are painted red ,,, shame she's gotta go and grrr at the rust .were they made in france

[@thefunkyfarmer]

The doors were red as I gave the tractor a lick of paint about 10 years ago and I didn't have any silver. I think it is French, the rust killed it really

[@bmurphy0296]

we had a mf 2wd.drive with a loader after 20 years it was worse looking than funky farmers 690 we sold it about 6 years ago and bought a mf 390t one of the beat tractors we ever had

[@gaylelucey9532]

My dad has one of these

[@diarmuidlangan3323]

The size of the bolt is 13

[@ryangray7073]

Should have kept it for kids

[@liamfrance5155]

Ya wouldn't let it warm up for a second no instead of revving the shite out of it

[@bradleymatthews6696]

My grandad has a 575

[@assacoon]

Re watching this video again! I think I remember you saying it went off somewhere local, Richard? Have you ever seen or heard of it since she went?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

yes it went off to a dealer near Swindon.I think he still has it

[@assacoon]

He's still not sold it on yet then!? We have just bought an old Ford 3600 for paddock topping and rolling.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

as far as i can tell he still has it. Its a pile of rust treally so i'm glad it went. Hope the Ford goes well, nice little tractor

[@assacoon]

Cheers Richard. ATB

[@RPMandCO]

The dealer is asking far to much for it, hence he still has it

[@oliverlong9693]

Bye massy

[@CORRIGEEN71]

body work who cares on a tractor

[@thefunkyfarmer]

The health ans safety inspector

[@MyDANIELFORD]

I guess the Dutch barn doesn't get much use by the looks of it ?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

not much, it used to be full of hay when we used to make just small bales

[@pascalanne8573]

IL SONT TOUS MOCHE LES MASSEY DES TRACTEURS DE BOCHES

[@sercanaksoy8927]

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