Vintage Thursday goes modern. Massey Ferguson 3095 arrives.

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[@hedydd2]

The best tractor of its generation and a pioneer of linked electronic control systems. The Dynashift is a superb transmission but the big thing about the 3095, 3120 and the four cylinder 3075 is the so-called Dynatorque engines. These three out of the range were the high torque rise ‘constant-power’ engines that performed much better than the rest of the range or anything available from rivals at the time. MF had between a five and ten year advantage over rival brands, starting in 1986 with the introduction of the 3000 series.

[@sweed58]

Our local dealer Tweedies motors Dumfries ran a trip to Stoneleigh for the launch of the 3000 and 300 series tractors in 1986,i still have all the brochures and stuff they handed out

[@markogilvie9497]

We got a new 4wd 3065 datatronic H reg back in 1991… A good all round tractor

[@andymercer8092]

I remember those tractors at Lackham! I was there in 95/96

[@masseyman6290]

Great video Dan, glad you’re happy with the tractor, I’m sure we all look forward to seeing her in use… thank you for the shout out, much appreciated.

[@alanjones7545]

Great memories Dan, In 96-97 I was working for contractor driving blue tractors, went to a potato farm trailering off, they had a 3095's and 3115's. on short staff days we seat swapped and I regularly got to drive the 3095 and loved every moment, nothing sounded or pulled like it. Looking forward to seeing your restoration

[@zftransmax1]

The 2nd gen 3095 was launched in 91.. we had 1 in 92 and we drove a jf 900 with it for 2 year then I got it and ran a jd 1365 mower with grouper ... it was a awesome tractor... I bought a 3125 couple year back cause I wanted one again and it has all the extras on it... they just make me smile when I'm driving it... enjoy the new purchase

[@mark-lh1ur]

i liked driving a 3060 it was a lot more comfortable than a 300 series, the only problems we had was the odd electrical issue and the drive shaft to the front wheels 4wd would screw up every now and then, but the 3000 series was a nice tractor to operate back in the day.

[@shirleydrury5565]

Dad had two brand new 1200 hundreds in the 70s had some great times in cab with him. Thanks dan thank for vids😊

[@jamiebayliss5263]

Hi dan my first tractor I ever drove was a 2wd 3065 with front linkage was an awesome tractor for all the jobs it used to do from mowing,drilling, carting grain was surprising for how much power it had

[@robertallen3441]

Looks a decent tractor. The early 3000 models did have some reliability issues, but most of these were ironed out by the time the 75/85/95 models were produced. The Dynashift was a great step forward over the original A/B 32 speed tractors. I cannot imagine there are many MF fitters who haven't pulled the speedshift out to find the A/B coupler in bits. Most electrical issues are down to voltage supply problems, early tractors had a fuse on top of the battery that corroded out due to the fumes. Later models like yours have fuses by the air cleaner behind the front grille. These power the Autotronic under the RH cab step. Always check for voltages with a test lamp, not a digital meter and make sure the earths are good (some will have replacement earth wires fitted). ELC (rear linkage) needs alternator voltage to work, 12v is not enough. Position sensor works on the top cross shaft, make sure the lift arm retaining bolts are tight (can shear off or work loose). Lower link draft pins sometimes cause issues, try disconnecting them one at a time if you have problems. Rear couplers leak, but at least the linkage wont seize up!!! PTOs are always noisy when running light, make sure the PTO shaft inner bearing is good as the rollers can fall out and make the shaft wobbly. Front axle pivot is critical, jack the tractor up on the weight frame and check for any play when the axle weight is taken. Any play at all needs addressing as it will soon wear the splines on the pinion, requiring an axle overhaul. Always jack the front up to grease the pivot bushes and check the splined couplers have good splitpins. Hope you got a good 'un and look forward to seeing do some work.

[@nicklovell8148]

Great knowledge and insight.

[@mikecollings6889]

Just watched this video,you might of sorted the window scratches by now but in Halfords you can buy Maguires headlight restoration polish,it certainly clears scratches etc from headlights. Hope this helps.

[@farminginkent.1004]

Spent many hours driving a 1992 3690 datatronic which belongs to a friend of mine.even now still a nice place to spend the day . Thank Dan for sharing looks like a nice straight example.

[@ClarenceFudWeasel]

Lovely! I regret selling my 3085 even more now seeing that.

[@calumanderson5617]

Go on... You know you needing one again.... ☺️

[@ClarenceFudWeasel]

@@calumanderson5617 I know I do...

[@AllSortsOfStuff58]

You can't keep them all Clarence. I'm sure it went to a good home...

[@ClarenceFudWeasel]

​@@AllSortsOfStuff58 I hope so, it was a Dynashift Autotronic with three spools and all the extras in excellent condition with only 6000 hours. I'd like to find it again.

[@dafyddroberts3608]

3095 does all my round baling and spraying, firstly test the alternator, and all the fuses in the dashboard, then the yellow wire at the battery, and at the ECU under the cab step, the yellow wire also has fuses near the air filter that blow

[@douggilroy1188]

Great to get the back story, great to fulfill a young lad's ambition!

[@joshuadransfield2900]

Not a massey fan but the 3000 and 6000 I remember from my youth. Nice tractor sir !

[@mikejh321]

Very nice example she’s straight and very tidy great find chap can’t wait to see in work 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@joebrownagri1792]

That 3085 you said was at auction, was that Shaftesbury? Because that one is currently in my shed 👀😂. Started up a treat and drove 36 miles home. The 4wd was stuck in so the front hubs were dismantled. We replaced the front axle bushes and found a lot of matched up bearings in the front diff. All rebuilt and 4wd operative, and now onto sorting the rust around the back of the cab (where the back end of the gutter drips water under the window seals). I’ve recently bought a plough for it, ready for this autumn’s ploughing matches so you may see it out and about with a bit of luck🤞

[@CowfarmerDan]

Yes, that's the one. Let me know where it'll be, I might come along 😁

[@FlyingFergyMan]

Great video Dan we had 3085 and traded it in for the 6290. Had same issue as u had with the pump and steering difficulties. New pump solved the issue. Now have a little 3075 which is my favourite of all our tractors. Great little bus to punch above its weight. Good luck with the 3095 and looking forward to seeing it on the channel.

[@michaellynskey7124]

Yes they are products that will polish those scratches away,🇬🇧🇮🇪

[@johncooke3353]

Hello Dan, I worked for a local contractor and he bought two new tractors, a 3125 and a 3635, The 3125 datatronic was my tractor and I clocked up 3800 hours in two years. I absolutely loved the tractor and couldn’t fault it, I wished I could have it now! It was M Reg so early nineties I think. Good luck with your 3095.

[@pauljones2633]

Awesome video Dan. She looks a beauty fair play. Shame you didn’t start it up though, love a nice 6 pot

[@steviechalmers1218]

Happy new tractor , the 3095 is a great tractor but it does develop faults , the injectors can sometimes play up , the autotronic selector for FWD is another fault that pops up , as well as buttons and switches failing mainly to dust finding its way in and causing shortages on the contacts, usually a good clean solves the problem,, water under the cab mat can rot the floor, door hinges should be kept well oiled , door handle can fail ,,

[@owen0379]

Drive a 3075 for my neighbour was a great tractor a pocket rocket, did everything from tedding hay to pulling the 12ton digger, never let them down

[@shirleydrury5565]

Try 1500 wet and dry sand paper with t cut on a small bit of screen dan.

[@hedydd2]

These were the first popular tractors with automated electronic systems such as radar slip control that overrode draft control, 4wd that disengaged when over a certain speed, PTO that was killed before engine stall or if clutch slip was detected. Also one of the first with the optional Datatronic performance monitor with a crude headland management system. These represent the biggest step up in tractor design since The Ferguson System three point linkage and centre drive four wheel drive.

[@andreas515c2]

Hi Jim, nice tractor which was quite popular. I didn't hear too much about issued, maybe some electronic topics but that caused no big Problems or even Break Downs. Farm on, Andreas

[@shirleydrury5565]

Dan my dad had two brand now 1200 in the 70 s had many happy hours in

[@russellpetrie119]

no havent driven one but remember contractors having the datatronic and always liked the look of them glad you got one

[@paulthompson8467]

Very very nice tractor Dan wish you good health and happiness to enjoy our Massey's are all very old as we only have a small farm but I've been very lucky to have driven a3070 ,3080 and 3120 for a friend of ours at silage time I thought they were great ahead of their time👍

[@Robstew9000]

Nice tractor I worked on a farm that traded a John Deere 2140 4wd and it replacement was a Massey Ferguson G reg 4 wd 3080 autotronic. I liked it and always thought the shape of them still looks good 30 years later.I worked on another farm and got to drive a 3630 that was the biggest tractor I had driven 👍

[@stevehucker7170]

Another great video Dan thanks for sharing,I can remember that brochure with the dry ice around the 3000 series from down the farm as a lad,they had a 3065 G reg 1989 brand new and I Remember thinking what a tractor in it’s day, they still look great even now

[@hedydd2]

The Speedshift persisted alongside Dynashift all the way to the replacement by Dyna4 and Dyna6 in the 5400 and 6400 ranges respectively, so there was only a launch of Dynashift.

[@minidigger1000]

There's plenty of life in the old girl yet I'm sure ,they were a beast back in the day

[@andrewpriestley9611]

Great video, thanks for sharing a little slice of childhood dreaming. We all have those things we lusted after as kids and I'm pleased for you to get one after a quite a long time. Must be a good feeling?! Very cool to still have the brochure too and badge too!

[@ebxo269]

The second generation 3095, was introduced in 1991 with perkins engines rated at 107hp.

[@graemebowyer4901]

Dan, as you know, I have a 3070 which was the first iteration of the 3000 series and was shown on Tomorrow's World !! As far as I am aware, the second iteration, i.e. those with a model nr ending in 5 had Dynashift, A/C and a 40K box as standard. My main problems have been electrical and cab rust, but we are slowly getting all these sorted. Re the screen, I had scratches like yours but couldn't remove them, so ended up fitting a replacement screen.

[@johncallaghan3367]

Dan their is a glass polish product like brasso or T cut we used it to polish out scratches on Aircraft windows,

[@justinglenn1844]

Great video Dan,back when we were dairy farming,our main power horse was a Massey Ferguson 3505,our dairy farmer friend in I think in 1988 bought a 3070 two wheel drive with loader,I did drive and rake hay with it super nice I won’t my dad to buy us a 3650 of the 3000 series but did not happen,back to the dairy farmer friend the 3070 did well but he did trade it for I think for a New Holland and claim he had electronics issues with it cause as the Massey Ferguson dealer said who ever put the electronics in for Massey Ferguson they when out of business so parts were a problem so the dealer hot wired a lot of things pto hydraulic pumps all on toggling switch and the grandkids used the tractor and was bad about leaving the switches on to burn something out and I did think the shift was two gear sticks one was I think four speed and the other was two range and you pushed to the side to get other gears range and something happened not sure and it had to be split and think it was transmission and all the thing that happened to it was always taking care of by the dairy farmer friend of ours i think and he traded it had original 4000 hours on it and look super nice like your new Massey Ferguson have a blessed evening

[@roberthiggins6401]

My favourite massey even though I've never driven one. I wanted a 3080 or 85.

[@tractorsarebest]

There's some videos on youtube regarding removing glass scraches , but it dues depend how deep the scratch is

[@sjaak3231]

Back in Holland, we bought a mf3060 16/16 in 1991, trouble free 9000 hours later traded against a mf 5460.

[@charleshart6992]

Very nice addition to your collection Dan

[@philipwhite5933]

Good tractor, I've got a 3634 and a 3645. 3635 still does all the fertiliser spreading,baling and drilling

[@patodwyer721]

Nice tractor Dan, best of luck with it

[@johnlydon533]

Great video Dan. Good luck with your tractor, enjoyed watching. 👍🏼

[@jerry3972]

I have driven a 3095! I spent a day tedding and a day with a baler on the back. It felt like a massive overkill for a small square baler after using a MF 565 and a Universal 640 with the same baler but it worked very well. I thought it was the Rolls Royce of tractors after driving the others available to me at the time. I don't recall the owner having any problems with it

[@roba4297]

Good memories. Never driven that model, mostly 500 series and the 2640 (terrible turning circle). I believe some 6 cyl engines could have a problem with No. 6 cyl because of poor coolant circulation. Perhaps that got sorted. Will you be needing more sheds for your collection?

[@bencarter2334]

Nice buy dan. Our neighbour had a 3065. Think he still has it. It was a good fit on his diary farm. I always thought my dad should replace our 290 for one! but he didn't seem that keen. 😂

[@markallen6961]

Spent a few hours on a 3065 droop nose with a 16 speed box,a great little tractor.the 3060 and 3080 with the 32 speed box were a bit more of a challenge but still ahead of what was around at hte time.

[@marctunney3743]

Omg one of the best ever i drove one for 5 years loved it

[@bigjohn7609]

The best tractor I drove was a MF3080 it was a very usable tractor in the five years we had it on the farm we no real issues regular services it will work all day long

[@wulliewhyte544]

Good looking tractor Dan I used to drive a 3095 at college loved it

[@msheep66]

Great video. We have a 3085. Like you I was after a 3075 but couldn't find a decent one. Looking forward to some more videos on this tractor.

[@fieldfurrowpitchandpasture988]

I was the same, my dad took me to J Wood and son Massey dealers in Dreiffield E Yorks, for the launch… wow they were like spacecraft ! We got a 3080 that year… and I loved it, gutted when it sold 😢

[@philipjmcloughlin2299]

Lovely tractor Dan best of luck with it

[@colmcultra1870]

Bought one last year great old girl best luck with yours 👍

[@davidlaw8676]

Spent many happy hours in both a 3075 and 3095 both fantastic tractors in their own right. 3075 was a very sharp capable tractor for its size, and the 3095 was a lovely smooth tractor to drive. Remember drawing silage with a 3095 and when it got dark there was about 6 inches of flame coming out the end of the exhaust! Always preferred the 3000 series tractor the the 6000 series that replaced them! Drove a number of 6000 series tractors, and never really warmed to them! Always felt that they got it wrong with them. But luckily they started to build the 6200 series and totally turned things around! Still maintain that the 6290 was one of if not the best tractors Massey ever build!

[@amps8lfc]

Nice video and tractor Dan!!!... you should get a reco mengle chopper to put behind!!... one of our neighbours used to run them together.. the sound was amazing

[@michaelcollins1552]

My dad had a 3080 and he loved it

[@pjdoyle5105]

Best of luck with it Dan. Tidy bit of kit

[@aranconnell8790]

The father bought a 3085 new in 1995 there was one left in the dealers as the 61 series was just out. Thankfully he went with the 3085 and we will never sell it. Has 9000 hrs now and has taken a back seat from the main duties now. We had to redo the cab as the rust was becoming a issue. The dynashift ECU under the right hand side of cab has blown twice but other then that we never had electric problems

[@aranconnell8790]

Also have a look at the front axle pivot bushes they go in them if left to long theyl eat into the casting and also wear out the 4wd shaft Coming out of the front axle

[@dafyddmason4559]

We had a L Reg 3085 first dynashift I ever drove loved that tractor it got upgraded for a 6475 butt if she came back happy to spend time in it yours could be D1 spec only missing front fenders could be wrong enjoy your new purchase 👍

[@jdchris7481]

Tooth paste is good for scratches on cds and head lights but u could try it on the window. Good video as always and nice to see a new tractor to your collection.

[@2010sweep]

i had one of these i done 7000 hrs it was prob the best all round tractor

[@themeparkkieran4573]

Love the 3000 series it's my dream tractor

[@GeigerFarm]

I have that brochure 😂👌. That’s a sweet tractor ❤️❤️❤️❤️. I personally want to restore a 3060. My wife just made a sassy remark that we sound the same 😉. That’s the forerunner of my 6180👌👌. I like your front weights. I have to use the older weights 😢. You will come to love it 👍🏻

[@JonDingle]

Nice beast that young man. You could try one of those windscreen repair firms that film cracks and similar damage with a resin. It may even be possible to buy the yourself and apply it? Obviously the screen would need cleaning and the danaged area would need a good wipe of acetone to shift and unwanted contamination.

[@casto-]

She’s a nice tidy old lass 👍 no merc mind 🤪🤣. Think I had a drive in one at college but I’ve slept since then so can’t remember much about it! look forward to see her out

[@bobpaterson1845]

Congratulations on your new tractor 👍 never drove one 😟 drove 500, 600, an 2000 series i have heard that to polish out scratches in glass you can use diamond dust which is perhaps the same as Jewellers Rouge 🤔 looking forward to seeing it at work 💪👍

[@paulweston2326]

I've a 3085 datatronic, great tractor

[@SpudSlingsby]

I had a brilliant 3085 from new in 93, swapped for a 6170 in 97, which was terrible, chopped that in for a 6290(which became a 7480, now a 7618VT). Bought a 3075 in 2003 to replace a beleagured Case Maxxum and still have it. The 95 came along in 93 I think, a year after the 85 (iirc it replaced the 3115). Dynashift would be late 1992.

[@ritchieblackmore5204]

Hi Dan in 2005 I worked on a farm we had two brand new Massey's an 80 horse with loader and a 100 horse we also had a 125 horse 4 wheel drive datatronic with front three point linkage but I can't remember the model number I think it was brought new in the 1980s I'm hopless at remembering model numbers but guessing you will know what it is, personal I'm a CASE man but I was quite impressed with this 125 horse Massey

[@paulwilliams3494]

A good tidy Lincolnshire registered tractor, a clean and polish after a few rust issues being sorted she would be a cracker. Someone could have bought a dozen oil filters in one go, I scratch the date and hours on when I change mine. Was it built at Banner Lane ?

[@CowfarmerDan]

All 3000s were built in France.

[@ywilliamhamill5585]

you know the rams in the back window or what ever there called the things that keep the back window open there the wrong way because what happens is that the dirt builds up and they seel up and thats probably why u had to change cause they were the wrong way round

[@cartech22]

Cracking looking tractor!

[@mrvanahead]

Nice looking tractor! And curious about that window scratch and repair, as we have some scratches on our nh's window

[@masseymadgalway4613]

She’s a beauty. Well ware. 👌👌👌

[@orkidknog4147]

you will have to have the air con all changed to r134a because i expect it was on the old gas at that age. so that wont be a cheap fix. as for the front window its new glass or look at scratched glass

[@simonhill2254]

Iv same leaflet plus later one when the 3075 was launched my 3075 has a lot less hours on it but yours is nothing too worry about for them my 3120 has moor hours on it

[@jasdunlop9907]

New window never seen any window repair products that work tidy tractor for it's age good find

[@tomwhelan4607]

beautiful tractor. an amazing machine in their day, and srill are.

[@calumanderson5617]

Congratulations on your exquisite acquisition Dan !!! 🤩👍 I just love the 3000 series 😍☺️ and your right I think it was 1986 they came out 🤔, nice try to fooling me on your Instagram post, 😁 I shell be even more glued to your channel for years to come especially with the 3095.🙂 Only one incident I remember was coming back with the power harrow with the 3115 or was it the 3125 in 93 came crashing down on the road, don't what happened but didn't do it since then.

[@simonharrison8230]

Our 3095 was new August 1992 and Dynashift wasn't available on it at the time of ordering which would have been earlier in 92. Oddly it was registered K95 NDO which is a latter number than yours!

[@claesmansson9070]

Don t know why a 4 cylinder should be better, there must be some 6,354 engines as well in UK from old cut up combines, just as I did with my 1200 when the dieselpump said good bye, then it was cheaper to buy a combine engine that maybe had run 2000 hours instead of having the pump repaired by some dieselshop, now I know how to repair them myself, so not running into that problem again, and maybe it s cheaper to get something repaired in GB, think is, thank you, and good luck with the new horses.

[@Rickwardful]

I was lucky enough to go to the Worldwide launch of both the 300 and 3000 series tractors at the MF farm at Stoneleigh. They did the 300 series first, which seemed a bit boring as we had just bought a 690! Then they launched the 3000 series, starting off by saying something like this: In 1969, Apollo 11 landed on the moon and it had more computer power in it than existed in the world 10 years earlier. In 1970 something BMW launched a car with more computer power on it than existed in the world in 1969. Today in 1986, we are launching the MF 3000 series, each one of which has more computer power on than existed in the world in 1970 something when BMW launched that car. By chance I had lunch at a table where one of the designers was eating his lunch. He asked me what I thought of it and I said I thought it was brilliant and wondered what on earth tractor they would bring out next. He replied “That is simple: The driverless tractor, we have already built it. But you are not ready for it and we wonder if you ever will be!” That was 37 years ago!

[@nickhill3362]

Hi Dan looks a genuine tractor that's came straight from work 👍 I operated a brand new 3000 series a few times back in 1989 it replaced a worn out 2640 that had a opico turbo and had been a great tractor I was told it didn't have any issues but it was a new tractor I have JCB fastrac with a perkins in it runs well but does breathe when hot yours has a few hours on it does it breath much Dan is it normal for perkins phaser to breathe 🤔

[@paulhunt1836]

Hi dan i had a 1993 3095 absolutely loved it no issues with it pulled 10 ton silage trailers up down hills better than the 6290's which spun out.

[@Kermit306TCI]

thats weird, because the 6290 has 135 HP against 3095 110HP. I worked at a farm where they give the 6290 155HP at the PTO, around 165/170HP at engine

[@atp6064]

I think jewellers rouge can be used to polish slight scratches out of glass, not sure how it would work on toughened windscreen glass though.

[@duncanmardell6688]

hi dan great video i used to work on a farm in essex back in 1998 i had a brand new 3120 dynashift / datatronic it was a great powerfull tractor i used to plough close to 500 acres a year with it using a 5 furrow reversible kv-lb85 variwidth it had loads of power but did lack a bit in weight some times on slightly heavy ground. in general it was a great tractor for all sorts of jobs the farm ended up buying another and a 3690 aswell .

[@robertsmith9810]

i thought i would throw my spanner in a neighboring farmers tractor driver a man known to me as mothy used to plough 1,000 acres each year with a Layland tracror and 3 furrow ransomes reversible can`t remember wich model of tractor ,this was 1970`s when life seamed not in so much rush , and the farmers crops would be as good and maybe better than now for he had more labour and he grew a larger variety of crops including veg and potatoes

[@duncanmardell6688]

@@robertsmith9810 yes i agree things were different back in them days these days its all rush rush in and out the field as quick as possible and they all seem to think you need 300hp to do any job !!! and wouldent dream of using a small tractor now a days

[@multipower617]

Another good video And a nice straight tractor You must be chuffed to finally get one I remember the first time I seen a 1200, must have been 6 or 7, I knew I wanted one, took 20 odd years to finally get one

[@marctunney3743]

One off the best 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@stephenhill8364]

I use to drive 3060 and that was a bad tractor it had no pulling power and the 3095 I remember them really well when tipping a trailer make shower the pick up is right up because the trailer came off the pick up hitch

[@robertsmith9810]

You will need to keep it on charge a mate had one years ago as it stood in the shed most of the time the electronics kept draining the battery , your dad was right not to buy one

[@malcolmtyler2565]

Hi Dan I would be interested to see if you can polish the windscreen I have the same problem on my 6710 🤔👍

[@russellpetrie119]

i was told 00 wire wool and water plenty of elbow grease for glass screen but try on an incospicuas area first

[@claesmansson9070]

Usually wienerkalk/Wienna chalk, limestone powder in water is used for polishing different things from plastic garden furniture to glass, think you must have some help from a rotating polisher, or you must polish for hours, looks like scratched a lot?Doesn t look like it s a problem looking out though.

[@michaelcard9288]

Yes 3125 in the 90s

[@FayJackson-mw4bt]

Great video again Dan. We have a 3060,3065,3070, 3075 just purchased and a 3630 along with two 65 mark ones. The 3070 is my favourite for lots of reasons but mainly as I know it’s ways. I like the 307, like COG keep the wheel turning just like the business going. The 3630 still to be launched, as had a refurb, so fingers crossed she doesn’t blow up when we finally get her out. Keep up the good work. 👌

[@CowfarmerDan]

Well done for refurbing one.

[@donaldthomas5852]

I have a1990 MF 3070 2wd and it’s my favorite tractor. I have 2 other tractors a IMT 539 and a JD 5320. I was raised up driving MF’s , my son has had 5 different JD’s 2 5400’s , a 1070, a 6120 and a new 5090 I’ve worded them all there great tractors, but I like driving and working my MF 3070 over all of them.