Tractor colours.

[asy]

Hi all!

Well, Andrew and I have been having some 'discussions' regarding the colour of MY (well, ok, his) Tractor.

Mind you we haven't got it yet, coz we don't get posession of the farm for another 3 weeks or so...

But I am the plannin' type.

Here's a photo of Fergus the tractor:



Now, it's old and hackey, but it's ours (nearly).

BUT!!!

I want to repaint it, coz it's sad and icky. It's all scratched and a rather unhappy looking.

The people who own it now have painted bits of it. But I want to paint it PURPLE (or light blue). Maybe with sparkley paint.

Andrew tells me it's sacriligeous to paint a tractor in anything other than it's company livery.

Come on guys, Tell him it's OK to paint a tractor!!!

Oh, and, would also appreciate someone identifying the tractor for me! A friend told us it's a Massey Ferguson (hence it's name) but I'd be interested to know. (Maybe we have to rename it!)

ta.

asy

[EZ]

I'd say what ever color is your favorite and Andrews, mix them together and there you go.
So tractors over there has to have license on them.
EZ

[Mrs._Stump_Jumper]

I think you should go with John Deere Green.

[Roxie]

Asy, I gotta go with Andy on this one.  Last year at an antique tractor pull, a contestant showed up with her John Deere 730 painted fuschia.  It was a sacrilege that I couldnt' look upon.  There wasn't a tractor enthusiast at the show that couldn't wait for her to leave.  

[asy]

I'd say what ever color is your favorite and Andrews, mix them together and there you go.
So tractors over there has to have license on them.
EZ

Good idea...

Tractors here need licenses if you want to drive them on the roads.

You can get away with driving on your road if your property is on both sides, but not otherwise.

I think this one is registered coz he loans it to his brother who lives some miles away, and they drive it there.

The change in registration comes with the tractor, but I don't know if we'll bother to keep the registration up, we haven't talked about it yet... 

Asy, I gotta go with Andy on this one.  Last year at an antique tractor pull, a contestant showed up with her John Deere 730 painted fuschia.  It was a sacrilege that I couldnt' look upon.  There wasn't a tractor enthusiast at the show that couldn't wait for her to leave.   

Gee...  I thought you'd go with me on the colours...   

Does this mean I can't paint the Backhoe pink???   Sheesh...

I will wait to find out what brand of tractor this is and maybe research what colours it came in originally then maybe paint it in original colours...

What kind of paint would you guys use on a tractor?

asy

[Tom]

That sure looks like a Massey Ferguson to me.

A friend of mine has a Ford 3000 that his wife has taken over.  It is painted Hot Pink and trimmed in blue.  She uses it mostly to mow the farm roads and some of the fields.  It looks sharp.  He is a retired Auto Salesmen with contacts and it is professionally done.  Her name is written on the side of the hood in script.

[Mrs._Stump_Jumper]

Tractor companies have their own paint that they sell.  Any of the tractor dealers should carry the paint that you need.

My dad always painted any piece of equipment he got John Deere green even if it wasn't a piece of John Deere equipment.  He would go as far as to paint John Deere on the equipment in yellow with a stencil.

[asy]

Tractor companies have their own paint that they sell.  Any of the tractor dealers should carry the paint that you need.

My dad always painted any piece of equipment he got John Deere green even if it wasn't a piece of John Deere equipment.  He would go as far as to paint John Deere on the equipment in yellow with a stencil.

hehe, I think John Deere would get cross if I painted that tractor and put their name on it... 

Not sure they'd want to own up to it, it ain't so flash.. 

Thanks for the hint on the paint!

That sure looks like a Massey Ferguson to me.

A friend of mine has a Ford 3000 that his wife has taken over. It is painted Hot Pink and trimmed in blue. She uses it mostly to mow the farm roads and some of the fields. It looks sharp. He is a retired Auto Salesmen with contacts and it is professionally done. Her name is written on the side of the hood in script.

Oooh, Hot pink with blue trim...  niiiiice...

I was going to write "Fergus" on the side, as it's the tractor's name... 

asy

[Fraxinus]

Well, it already looks like it's the wrong color so you ain't gonna hurt it much.  Hey, it's yours so do what you want with it.  Why doncha make it like a rainbow?

[DanG]

It don't look "hackey" to me.  Look's like a pretty solid ol' tractor with a lot of work left in it.  Unless you're restoring it to take to shows, etc, you should paint it however you want.  Personally, I think it look's fine like it is.  Tractors ain't meant to be pretty, they're made to do work.  Once you learn to use it to advantage, it will make things possible that were not, before.  Save the paint money to fix things when they break.

[Fraxinus]

Hey DanG, I see where our buddy Bo Gritz got arrested yesterday.  Protesting about that lady that's being starved to death down your way.

[Corley5]

Looks kinda like a MF 35 to me but has little different grill on it.http://www.tractorshed.com/cgi-bin/photoads/classifieds.cgi?search_and_display_db_button=on&db_id=97644&query=retrieval  Is it gas or diesel   I saw a JD B painted like a Farmall once and a Farmall H painted like a JD.  Thought it was sacreligious on both accounts

[DanG]

Errr....Who is Bo Gritz?  Guess I missed somethin'.  

I got my thoughts about that situation, but I can't make up my mind what they are.  I've looked and listened, and all I can see is a "lose, lose" situation for everybody involved.

I don't want to open a can of worms.  They'll escape soon enough without our help.

Who is Bo Gritz, anyway?

Yeah, Greg.  I'm thinkin' it's a 35 also.  Good solid little tractor that will do a heap of work.

[Don_Papenburg]

It could be a Ferguson ,like a TO30  . or a massy hassis  it would be red with wheat yellow wheels under that dime store green. If a massy Ferguson it would be red with silver wheels and a silver engine.
John Deere would paint tractor special colors for customers. I have seen gold yellow orange red and pink . the pink one was a 4440 with a cab . The lady that bought it would not accept any other color . She said that she didn't want her husband to drive her tractor.

[DanG]

    I guess she didn't have to worry about it, did she?

[asy]

Looks kinda like a MF 35 to me but has little different grill on it.
 Is it gas or diesel

Thanks HEAPS...   

Love the fact that it's listed on an 'Antique Tractor' page...   

The current owner is a Boilermaker by trade, and part of the contract for the farm is all the machinery and all the tools in his toolshed go with it. However, we suspect the good tools have already been picked over by his mates...     For example, I didn't see a welder in there...   A boilermaker without  a welder???

Oh well, will mean Andrew can go tool-shopping. Don't think he's disappointed about that... 

Still, the owner has fashioned many bits and pieces and made up stuff as he's needed it, so it wouldn't surprise me if he has put a differrent grill onto it.

Not sure if it's Gas or Deisel, I "think" it's Deisel... 

Yeah, Greg. I'm thinkin' it's a 35 also. Good solid little tractor that will do a heap of work.

It does look a good little work horse!!!

I didn't mean 'hackey' from a work point of view, more from a paint point of view.

Maybe I'll paint all those spare canvasses I have around the place, since I'll FINALLY have a studio at the farm, before I worry about the tractor... 

What are your thoughts on a roll cage for the tractor???

Oh, and, has anyone heard of or seen these:

http://www.abc.net.au/newinventors/txt/s1315421.htm .

It's a device that  cuts the tractor's power if something gets caught in the PTO.

I am interested in these because we will be using the tractor to make quite a number of  fence post holes and I was wondering whether you guys thought it might be a good idea.

Oh, and, Thanks heaps for the model number, I'll go looking for manuals now...  (any ideas?)

asy

[Haytrader]

Might be a MF 60

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[Corley5]

That's a 1960 MF 35

Might be a MF 60

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[asy]

That's a 1960 MF 35

Wowwee!!!  1960 !!!

The tractor's older than me AND my daughter, added together!!!   hehehe

Well, if Massey Colours are Red, I can deal with that, maybe I'll restore it to it's original colours and relieve it of the drab green...   

thanks heaps again guys!

asy

[DanG]

I wouldn't order any manuals until I found out exactly what it is.  The real expertise in this area can be found at  www.ytmag.com  They have a feature where you can enter the serial # and it will tell you the exact model and year.  They also have a forum specifically about this brand of tractor, and those guys can tell ya the thread pitch of the starter bolts.  They might laugh at the paint job a bit, but they're about as willing to help as the guys here are.  I'd trust the info there better than that from the manufacturer.

It would be a good idea to install a ROPS (Roll-Over Protection System).  The less experience you have on a tractor, the more important this becomes.  Tractors have ways of upsetting themselves that the novice would never even dream of, and you don't want to be under an up-side-down tractor.  PTO-related accidents are way down, these days. I attribute that to the plastic sleeves that are standard on PTO shafts these days.  Don't operate without them.  Keep in mind that none of these safety features are a replacement for good ol' common sense.  Try not to flip the tractor even if it has a roll bar, and don't stick your shirttail in the PTO shaft, even if it has a sleeve on it.  Don't be afraid of your tractor, but respect it.