Massey Ferguson 1855
 

Anyone have experience with these? Overpriced but is interesting... :bigthink: My dad had Massey Ferguson Farm tractors on the farm. I've always liked the look of them but know absolutely nothing about them. Thanks! :beerchug:

I picked one up maybe 6-8 months ago. I did some work on it, and it's no Cub Cadet, but still very sturdy machine. I bought it for the back blade and it really works well. I found a good use for it for this last 16 inch snow we had here in the Poconos.

Bob

MF= More fixing. :biggrin2:

A quick google search produced this:
The first Massey-Ferguson garden tractors, the yellow "Executive" series, appeared in the early 1960’s, and were made by the Dura Corporation, who also made the Moto-Mower and early Porter-Cable tractors. In the late 1960’s the firm came out with the red and gray 7, 10, 12, 14 and 16 models, designed to look like the big Massey farm tractors. Some of these tractors were made by the Badger Northland Company in Wisconsin (Badger was at that time owned by Massey). AMF also made some of these tractors and sold them under their own name in blue and white colors. During the 1970’s Massey come out with the 1000 series tractors, which were made by Snapper. In the early 1990’s, Ingersoll produced Massey garden tractors. In 1993, AGCO Corporation purchased Varity Corporation, which owned the Massey-Ferguson tractor line. After that Simplicity began building the 2000 series Massey-Ferguson garden tractors at Port Washington. Therefore, currently produced Simplicity, Agco, and Massey-Ferguson garden tractors are identical except for paint and decals.