Worst ever 4

johnlobb · Jul 31, 2021

How about your Minneapolis Moline stories? My brother told me our uncle had a Z that would get stuck in a mud puddle!

Tony in SD · Jul 31, 2021

They quit making them!

Janicholson · Jul 31, 2021

Wide open on a U, the single point of attachment of the seat mount failed and I fell off the back. Hanging onto the steering wheel the tractor turned right a few degrees, and dragging my feet on the limestone county road, the right rear hit a utility pole. My face smashed into the rear housing, I let go the wheel, and the engine stalled on the second bounce against the pole. The seat position hanging off the back was/is a bad idea. I had no lasting physical scars, but I retain the memory of the entire event 58years later. Jim

lenray · Jul 31, 2021

Lenray here up at Clare, Mi. Our last tractor we bought together was a MM M5. MY Dear wife said---you aren't going to buy that piece of junk are you. I had it in a building close to the house and I would go out there for a few minutes at a time to turn a wrench. She was in her last days of a difficult fight in her last months-days of cancer. It kinda gave my troubled heart and mind a few minutes to somewhat recover...I still have it. 1961 MM M5 Power steering, live PTO, Torque Amp, narrow front, 3 PT. spin out rims and quite fast on the road. I run it on a 7 ft. Mott 23 pt. hammer mower in really tough high weeds etc. It just plays with the Mott...Strong diesel and big 4 cylinder cube engine...Thanks for the question today....

Ellis Kinney · Jul 31, 2021

That is a scary accident, but the worst and most cringe worthy is getting hit in the teeth with the shovel. That gives me the shudders. Ellis

Janicholson · Jul 31, 2021

A good solid shudder is evidence that your nerves are still operating! Jim

IaLeo · Jul 31, 2021

Another seat break-off story. One night a long time back a young man was discing (in Kansas, I think) but didn't come home in the morning.
He was running a JD D and had removed a helper leaf from the seat mounting spring (pair?) so that it would flex more yielding a softer ride. Remaining spring broke.

Don't know how true it is as it was told to me by a fellow from Kansas, a fellow engineer at JD. Leo

johnlobb · Jul 31, 2021

I don't know if this fits in with the worst ever but I was driving my brothers '53 wide front U and going up a steep hill next to our house, and I pulled the clutch in for some reason. It started rolling backwards, and I thought it would be a good idea to engage the clutch while rolling. Bad idea, it ALMOST came over backwards on me. Woulda wrecked my whole day! Had to change my undies!

DIM · Jul 31, 2021

I was plowing a MM ZA and seat bolt broke. The next thing I knew I was walking on my knees with a plow hitch between my legs trying to reach the hand clutch and save my life and man hood. We both made it.

Charlie M · Jul 31, 2021

Worst tractor I ever drove was something star - maybe a four star back in the mid 60's? It was about a 50 horse tractor and painted more of a brown color than the normal MM colors. Neighbor owned one and we were given a loaner for about a month in hopes we would buy it. It had smaller tires on the back so it wasn't as good in the mud, relatively small gas tank for its size and it shifted hard unless you used the hand clutch over the foot clutch. Neighbor used to put his on the one row corn chopper instead of his JD 70 as the MM was a bit bigger tractor and the chopper was a full load for the 70. More than once he went back to the 70 as the MM couldn't get through the mud. It was on loan to us with the salesman hoping we would trade in our W9. The W9 would outwork it any day of the week and so did the neighbors 70.

matthies · Jul 31, 2021

Mom said Grandpa tried out a M602 and they couldn't keep a clutch in it. Like 2 clutches in a month, got traded for a 4020.

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