My neighbor 1 mile over had 2 4880s with straight pipes and used to work all night .those two tractors barking at the moon was music to my ears. Oddly enough I miss not hearing them anymore
We run a couple 4880s still on our farm, they pull 80ft of heavy harrows as well as 50ft of anhydrous cultivator, or “chisel plow” as the Americans say. We’ve had great luck with them, ran them for over twenty years and the only major part we needed to replace was the hydraulic pump, they pull hard and work great! From Saskatchewan Canada
As a massey ferguson nut I find this video absolutely brilliant. For me the big articulating tractors are my favourite. You don't see many of them in the UK but I am lucky to know a man with a mf4840 that is his pride and joy. Great video.
I always like the videos the old moldboard plows. I farm in eastern Iowa and I’m young enough (around 30) that I don’t think I’ve ever seen one being used in a field around where I’m at as far back as I can remember. It seems most people went the chisel plow+disc route 40 years ago here, or the big guys use a disc ripper.
My grandfather bought a 4880 new, last tractor he bought before passing the farm to my uncle. My dad put many hours on it, mostly used for tillage work. One day while pulling the chisel, and with a Dodge pickup behind that, it snapped the power shaft while climbing a curved road up a tall hill in road gear. No way to stop it at that point, freewheeled back down the hill. Totaled the Dodge when it jackknifed but kept the rest straight. Traded in 1992 for both a JD 4650 and 4850 MFWD shortly before I came into the picture.
We owned one of the 4880 tractors. The 903 Cummins was quite an engine, with lugging power unmatched at the time, the 18 spd transmission was great, you could always find a speed/gear to get the job done. We had a 10 bottom White plow, then added an 11 bottom White plow so we had 21 bottoms turning dirt at one time, made easy work out of 80 acre fields. During the spring we pulled ft 25 ft, field cultivator with an Unverferth rolling basket harrow.
Great video. Can’t imagine why 39,000 people. Viewed this and did not give a thumbs up. Come on people, give a thumbs up for the hard work of providing this video. Helps the producer with sponsors. Thanks for producing and sharing. Please keep them coming. Love these monsters.
I love these big tractors, although they may be surpassed by newer ones, I still love these big monster tractors. Also Massey is my father's preferred brand.
My son and I bought one and only used it one year. Too bad, our 4880 is all pimped out with extra live hyd. (atom jet) for running an air drill, and a sat-loc gps auto steer as well. We shut down our farm for lack of land. Tractor sits beside the hi-way with a for sale sign on it. We want 20k cad for it, but I guess it's easier to lease new ones. Cab and paint are rough on ours. My son has a paint shop, so its getting hauled to his place for paint, cab kit and some luvin. Lol!! Price after the work will be 30k cad. Try finding 325 hp with these options on a lease...for that $ you won't. Tractor is located in Sask. Canada. Always enjoy your videos with that "take no prisoners sound 903 V-8". Lol!! TOG out!!
Got a 1987 mf 3650 and a 298, not sure on year 86 maybe. Had a 3545 n wish I still did. Don't use them much but for playing now. Mow some crp in August is all
These tractors were quite impressive for the time. Video on RUclips showed one 4880 out pulling JD, Steiger, and Case Ih on sled.Title" No weight limit farm stock tracors Osgood, in Ripley. "
Should have a 903 Cummins turbo with 320 HP they produced a larger HP model 4900 as well. My dad had purchased one in 1980. The 4880 we had never had any issues we pulled a 8-18 bottom plow and a 36 foot field cultivator.
@@robellenberger6816 when the tractor start to hop like that the tires tend to slip because, the weight comes of them and the tire slips. Wheel slippage or power hop, take your pick of words you want to use.
Beautiful black soil. We don’t see much of that here. If we worked our soils like that it would all blow to NZ on the next westerly change. Great to see US farmers still using older equipment and keeping machinery costs down.🇦🇺👍
some did use Perkins motors. We had two wheel drive Massey with Perkins V-8 diesel. Others used Cat V-8 diesels, at least in their smaller, older four wheel drives.
Before the MF 1100. Massey Ferguson bought Minneapolis Moline 705s painted red with MF hood calked the MF 97. 101 hp. Also bought big Oliver think 990 with a GM Detroit diesel Excellent puller painted red with Massey hood called MF 98. I remember as my Dad had both MF and MM later White with both MM and Oliver.
Très beau et très bon tracteur MASSEY FERGUSON .......................................................... ANCIEN AGRICULTEUR ! Cordialement Joseph FRANCE /////////////////////////
It honestly kind of blows my mind how much maintenance is required to keep these tractors running even if they're a few decades old and no longer in production today. I bet spare parts for these older tractors have to be hard to come by.
It's a screamer for sure... Sounds kinda like a Scania V8. Think I would have harrowed it first. Would have buried the trash a little better. Only problem with those plows is it takes a big area to turn them around. Think he needs a little more weight. Started power hopping some. That tractor has been a few rounds in it's day.
The IH 700 and 800 plows are high clearance so shredding or disking stalks is not really necessary with them. A few stalks sticking up is normally. If it was wheat they would all be birdied. This 250 bu corn so there are tough stalks. This ground had not had rain for a few weeks so there were some tough spots of the tractor to work through.
Ploughing/plowing is expensive, I like to see old soil turned over and fresh soil on top ,but I like to see the all the rubbish buried and if the plough/ plow is set up correctly you shouldn't see any rubbish especially if the plough is fitted with skimmers, the operator hasn't set his plough properly, he would be better off pulling a chisel plough or a set of reel discs. All the very best , Kevin Fox,England.
That generation of 903s must have been better than the early ones. The early ones had a tendency to puke the guts out through the bottom when turbocharged
Not the best of ploughing, residue as you call it isnt getting buried like it should, Nice to see big Massey artic, looks like a McConnel parked up at the farm.
Hey my parents and brother just sold out their share of our family farm and we'll be having the equipment sale next April 12th so you could get a great deal on a JD8970 on almost new 42" triples or a Smart-track NH T9.615. i might be looking for one of these older 4wd, tho i'd far prefer an FW60 with 3pt.
@ Dang it, never noticed the type-o, its an 8970 4wd with the factory N14 Cummins. Thanks for your kind words, and yeah i'm gonna try vlog the transition back to a sustainable lower chemical use commercial farming practice.
The 903 was used in a bunch of tractors. Over all it seems to have held up on the ag side. Most company made V8s like the IH and the Deere have out quickly.
nothing more satisfying than watching a classic tractor doing traditional honest labor good old fashioned plowing , absolutely love it !
It is still impressive even after all these years and still going strong and no def or overhyped electronics
My neighbor 1 mile over had 2 4880s with straight pipes and used to work all night .those two tractors barking at the moon was music to my ears. Oddly enough I miss not hearing them anymore
Great tractor to this day! Also. Beautiful Illinois soil!
I like to see old massey work
Loving the Massey videos! Amazing tractors
First tractor I ever drove was a Massey Ferguson, I've had a special place in my heart for the brand ever since. Thanks Jason for the Massey videos!
We run a couple 4880s still on our farm, they pull 80ft of heavy harrows as well as 50ft of anhydrous cultivator, or “chisel plow” as the Americans say. We’ve had great luck with them, ran them for over twenty years and the only major part we needed to replace was the hydraulic pump, they pull hard and work great! From Saskatchewan Canada
As a massey ferguson nut I find this video absolutely brilliant.
For me the big articulating tractors are my favourite. You don't see many of them in the UK but I am lucky to know a man with a mf4840 that is his pride and joy.
Great video.
Very cool. The Massey 4wds really stand out. I have a 4900 lined up to film in 2021. Great to hear about a 4840 in your area.
I always like the videos the old moldboard plows.
I farm in eastern Iowa and I’m young enough (around 30) that I don’t think I’ve ever seen one being used in a field around where I’m at as far back as I can remember. It seems most people went the chisel plow+disc route 40 years ago here, or the big guys use a disc ripper.
Plows really make them work.
That was awesome to this classic big Massey at work, cream of the crop at the time and still is,
Man you’re making my weeks lately with all these plow videos!
I liked how you followed the tractor and plow. Even got to see one trip! Good video!
The ole sassy massey workin hard with that bottom plow
These classic iron videos make John Deere Finance Company weep inside.
Boy...She's pulling hard on those compacted headlands. Great video
Thanks for another awesome video. I love seeing older farm equipment at work.
GO BTP!!💪Thanks Jason for sharing. 👍👍
My grandfather bought a 4880 new, last tractor he bought before passing the farm to my uncle. My dad put many hours on it, mostly used for tillage work. One day while pulling the chisel, and with a Dodge pickup behind that, it snapped the power shaft while climbing a curved road up a tall hill in road gear. No way to stop it at that point, freewheeled back down the hill. Totaled the Dodge when it jackknifed but kept the rest straight. Traded in 1992 for both a JD 4650 and 4850 MFWD shortly before I came into the picture.
Awesome video please keep the older muscle tractor's plowing videos rolling in love them
I use to own 3545 and 2705 both good tractors wish I had them back
Great Vlog, One of the more spectacular early large masseys. that V8 engine noise "rocks" thanks for sharing
We had a 4880 and still have a 4840. Fun old tractors
That 4880 is my favorite tractor growing up. Love video. 👍🇨🇦
We owned one of the 4880 tractors. The 903 Cummins was quite an engine, with lugging power unmatched at the time, the 18 spd transmission was great, you could always find a speed/gear to get the job done. We had a 10 bottom White plow, then added an 11 bottom White plow so we had 21 bottoms turning dirt at one time, made easy work out of 80 acre fields. During the spring we pulled ft 25 ft, field cultivator with an Unverferth rolling basket harrow.
Very nice tillage combo. IH and WFE made the best plows.
Thank you very much for bringing this here for us to enjoy.
Australia here. I've done a lot of hours on these. They are loud even with a muffler, you can hear them miles away on a cold clear night.
Great video. Can’t imagine why 39,000 people. Viewed this and did not give a thumbs up. Come on people, give a thumbs up for the hard work of providing this video. Helps the producer with sponsors. Thanks for producing and sharing. Please keep them coming. Love these monsters.
Thank you Jim. It’s fun filming and sharing these classic tractors.
I love these big tractors, although they may be surpassed by newer ones, I still love these big monster tractors. Also Massey is my father's preferred brand.
That was impressive, thanks for posting 🇬🇧
IH made the best amd heaviest moldboard plows ! 👍👍👍👍👍
We used to have a Massey Ferguson 4840 with a 36 ft field cultivator
You can sure tell where the ground is more compacted from loaded trucks or grain carts.
Neat vid.
My son and I bought one and only used it one year. Too bad, our 4880 is all pimped out with extra live hyd. (atom jet) for running an air drill, and a sat-loc gps auto steer as well. We shut down our farm for lack of land. Tractor sits beside the hi-way with a for sale sign on it. We want 20k cad for it, but I guess it's easier to lease new ones. Cab and paint are rough on ours. My son has a paint shop, so its getting hauled to his place for paint, cab kit and some luvin. Lol!! Price after the work will be 30k cad. Try finding 325 hp with these options on a lease...for that $ you won't. Tractor is located in Sask. Canada. Always enjoy your videos with that "take no prisoners sound 903 V-8". Lol!! TOG out!!
Would be great to see a before, during and after of the restoration
Another good video!
Old iron still going strong😁👍 nice plowing action, thanks for sharing👍😉
Look at that amazing soil
Central IL grows some great crops.
Go classy. Go Massey!
8:59 that was a big rock or something besides dirt. Thanks for the V-8 Massey.
A bit earlier too.
Got a 1987 mf 3650 and a 298, not sure on year 86 maybe. Had a 3545 n wish I still did. Don't use them much but for playing now. Mow some crp in August is all
My custom operator has two of those tractors, that sound can be heard for miles
We have this tractor. It's my favorite 1 to work ground with.
We had a 4900. It was a great tractor.
I'm more of a Allis Chalmers person but I like the 903 cummins I've owned three in big trucks and if serviced right they will last forever
Go big muscle allis
Its really fun to watch
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That tractor is a good looking one
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Looks like a mile long field. Nice part of the world.
I had a 4840 great tractor for the price.
Transmission was fantastic.
Must have hit a few rocks or hard spots I noticed the plow tripped a few times. But the old Massey never checked up. Just kept right on going
I remember when a local guy got this tractor new. That thing would bark in the bottoms and you could hear it 3 miles away at our farm
A Stud Massey! 👍 - Doug in Iowa
Hitting the like button as always!
These tractors were quite impressive for the time. Video on RUclips showed one 4880 out pulling JD, Steiger, and Case Ih on sled.Title" No weight limit farm stock tracors Osgood, in Ripley. "
Most of the Massey Ferguson 4000 Series tractors along with the Ford FW-30,FW-40 & FW-60 used the Cummins 903 V-8 I rememner
The Steiger Turbo Tigers and Versatile 900 did as well.
@bigtractorpower we have 4 of these tractors a 4840 2x 4880 and a 4900. Use them on disk, honey wagon, turbo till, and sunflower tillage equipment
Wow. Very cool. I hope to film a 4900 next spring.
@@bigtractorpower would be more than happy to do ours. Have few clips of ours working on our RUclips
@@bigtractorpower runyon family farms channel has few clips of our 4900
We have a 4840 and 2x 4880 and a 4900. Nothing beats the sound of a straight piped 903
4840 v903. 4880 VT 903
@@leedawson1875 yes the 4800 and 4840 doesnt have turbos. The 4880 and 4900 have turbos
Have 1805 I want a plow to work with. I have a 52 foot Glencoe cultivator for it and a 14 ft. Snow plow. Love the MF's!
Should have a 903 Cummins turbo with 320 HP they produced a larger HP model 4900 as well. My dad had purchased one in 1980. The 4880 we had never had any issues we pulled a 8-18 bottom plow and a 36 foot field cultivator.
Very cool. Was the 8-18 a Massey plow?
Nice
That’s some serious slippage going on there.
When
Power hop or wheel slippage, tires are to hard and needs more weight.
@@scruffy6151 I know what wheel slippage is I dont see any I must be missing it
@@robellenberger6816 when the tractor start to hop like that the tires tend to slip because, the weight comes of them and the tire slips. Wheel slippage or power hop, take your pick of words you want to use.
once he got off the headlands it worked fine, but yeah there's some slippage and wheel hop going on
Beautiful black soil. We don’t see much of that here. If we worked our soils like that it would all blow to NZ on the next westerly change. Great to see US farmers still using older equipment and keeping machinery costs down.🇦🇺👍
Almost smell that plowed ground
Wow I did not know that
I thought Massey's used Perkins Motors
One of the reasons I like watching your channel I learn stuff 🖒
some did use Perkins motors. We had two wheel drive Massey with Perkins V-8 diesel. Others used Cat V-8 diesels, at least in their smaller, older four wheel drives.
Akso used Continental gas and diesel engines years ago.
Before the MF 1100. Massey Ferguson bought Minneapolis Moline 705s painted red with MF hood calked the MF 97. 101 hp. Also bought big Oliver think 990 with a GM Detroit diesel Excellent puller painted red with Massey hood called MF 98. I remember as my Dad had both MF and MM later White with both MM and Oliver.
I put many hours on 4880. We pulled a 48 foot duckfoot with harrows
Love the videos man, will you be able to get hold of a John Deere 9620T 2 track tractor to make a video off?
Très beau et très bon tracteur MASSEY FERGUSON .......................................................... ANCIEN AGRICULTEUR ! Cordialement Joseph FRANCE /////////////////////////
It honestly kind of blows my mind how much maintenance is required to keep these tractors running even if they're a few decades old and no longer in production today. I bet spare parts for these older tractors have to be hard to come by.
It depends on the brand really. Steiger, Deere and Big Bud probably give you the best odds for parts availability
@@nellsonstout7001 really? Because I run IH and every time I need a part I'm able to get it quickly from my case ih dealership or online.....
Sounds like a 903
Eyeballing up your next V8 articulated Jason?
Just added to his collection lol.
Love me a 903
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Id love to have run one of those
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If this was an original British company they did well to produce these tractors 😊😊😊🚜🚜
It's a screamer for sure... Sounds kinda like a Scania V8. Think I would have harrowed it first. Would have buried the trash a little better. Only problem with those plows is it takes a big area to turn them around. Think he needs a little more weight. Started power hopping some. That tractor has been a few rounds in it's day.
The IH 700 and 800 plows are high clearance so shredding or disking stalks is not really necessary with them. A few stalks sticking up is normally. If it was wheat they would all be birdied. This 250 bu corn so there are tough stalks. This ground had not had rain for a few weeks so there were some tough spots of the tractor to work through.
What is the spacing on those plows?
Nothing sounds better than a V8...
Yes sir
Nothing like an IH plow in cornstalks!
Big difference in soil between central and southern Illinois
Is this the same farm that was ripping with the 2 Masseys and the Mcconnell Marc last year?
Yes
@@noahrichardson4407 thank you. Those are nice looking workhorses
@@dougschmitii6165 You are welcome my father works for that farmer
Why was the right disk “ kicking up “ ? Rock ....
Yes
Ploughing/plowing is expensive, I like to see old soil turned over and fresh soil on top ,but I like to see the all the rubbish buried and if the plough/ plow is set up correctly you shouldn't see any rubbish especially if the plough is fitted with skimmers, the operator hasn't set his plough properly, he would be better off pulling a chisel plough or a set of reel discs. All the very best ,
Kevin Fox,England.
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👍👍👍👍👏👏👏🚜🚜
That generation of 903s must have been better than the early ones. The early ones had a tendency to puke the guts out through the bottom when turbocharged
At 7:50...looks like a rare 5200 in the background
😃👍💪🚜😎
Any idea how much fuel that tractor would burn in a 12 hour day hooked to that plow?? Anybody ?
I do not know.
Not the best of ploughing, residue as you call it isnt getting buried like it should, Nice to see big Massey artic, looks like a McConnel parked up at the farm.
Close enough for government work
Thanks for another excellent video. I always enjoy the specs .
Heeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaavvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeennnnnnnnnnn basically lol. 🤜🤜🤜🤜🤜🤜🇬🇧🇺🇸
Hey my parents and brother just sold out their share of our family farm and we'll be having the equipment sale next April 12th so you could get a great deal on a JD8970 on almost new 42" triples or a Smart-track NH T9.615. i might be looking for one of these older 4wd, tho i'd far prefer an FW60 with 3pt.
Hi Doug. I usually see you over on Nick's channel. Check out my post here. Once ours is loaded, it can go to Manitoba instead of Weyburn. Lol!
@@touchofgrey8922 Who’s is Nick’s Channel?
@ "South Sask Farmer"
@ Dang it, never noticed the type-o, its an 8970 4wd with the factory N14 Cummins. Thanks for your kind words, and yeah i'm gonna try vlog the transition back to a sustainable lower chemical use commercial farming practice.
@ Nick's channel is South Sask Farmer. Lots of old iron on there.
Whas that a 5200 massey parked at the edge of the field?
Because it would be in the way if it was parked in the field.
@@fisherh9111 ..LOL
The 5200 has an issue in the axle from spring tillage
In the trucking industry it was called the 90 nothing.
The 903 was used in a bunch of tractors. Over all it seems to have held up on the ag side. Most company made V8s like the IH and the Deere have out quickly.
7:42 what happened here
Tripped, probably a rock
WOW that tractor can pull ,that's hard going ,not much wheel slip either.
Massey built some solid 4wds.
more at the 4000 Series at
facebook.com/MasseyFerguson4000Serie
MF1100 8' Rome offset
Lots of slippage
my uncle had 2 of these transmission broke in both of them
Cole the Cornstar had two and transmission broke on one of them so he sold it.