ploughing with a massey 1080.

BILLSCHAFFAER · Aug 22, 2015

Have heard that this is not really a good tractor for ploughing...Plough i'm going to use is a 4/14 Kniverland....yep an oldy but goody one, heard that ploughing is hard on end drives...is this so...& how come...

jon f mn · Aug 22, 2015

A neighbor had one as his main tractor, he did all his tillage with it. Don't know if he had any problems with it, but it wasn't big enough and he traded it for a case 2090.

BILLSCHAFFAER · Aug 22, 2015

I know...had used one years ago at MacDonald college, mid you those were rentals...& relatively new..mine has 4,800hrs on it in good shape...just had heard that from some....

Alan K · Aug 22, 2015

Have you posted this on the Massey forum? They may be able to give you some help as well.

Don-Wi · Aug 22, 2015

I can't speak of the 1080 specifically, but we've got a 285 that dad plowed with for years. He hated plowing and would choose to rent a large MFWD tractor with a chisel over using the plow unless he had to.

Not that the tractor couldn't do it, but being that the draft senses from the top link and the plow was a semi-mounted, there was no draft on it. Some ground was better than others, but in tough ground, it was miserable.

Now we've got an Oliver 1855 as the heavy hitter, and plowing with that is a breeze. Some tractors are better for certain jobs than others.

Donovan from Wisconsin

BILLSCHAFFAER · Aug 22, 2015

no thought it was a generic question...but why not...

DeltaRed · Aug 22, 2015

Neighbor has a 1080.Awsome 85 horse tractor! Amazeing what that 4 banger will pull.He's had it for 20+ years,no major problems.318 Perkins gets good economy,too.Never fails to start,no matter how cold.

JD Seller · Aug 23, 2015

Don all you needed to use the MF 285 for plowing was the Massey semi mount hitch. It has a top link part that transfers the pull to the draft sensing linkage. It actually works pretty well. Here is a picture of one.

IF your tractor has top link sensing draft control you use the top set of lift arm pins. If your tractor has lower arm sensing draft control you use the bottom lift arm pins.

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Don-Wi · Aug 23, 2015

I think secretly my dad just hates plowing. I've seen some of these things in the manual before, but never in person.

I was lucky enough to score a 1000 RPM pto setup for the 285 a couple years ago for $20 (another rare find for the 1080/1085/285). Dad asked me why in the world I bought it, and now if he needs to just pick up a little bit with the chopper, or spray corn, he puts the 1000 RPM on the 285 and uses that.

Donovan from Wisconsin

unclemerle · Aug 23, 2015

Have a 1080 and it will pull 4-14's just fine. Yes the final drives are weak and what wrecks them is heavy 3pt loads.
Merle

ploughing with a massey 1080.

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