I’ve always been an IH fan. But to be honest, I’m a tractor fan. No matter what grandpa drove and you became addicted to, all the manufacturers put out good products. And some bad. I wish all the companies were still around. AC, Oliver, MM, Case. I’m sure when Massey built these, the 24 speed was built with the best intentions. They thought the Big V 8 was going to be trouble free. But I can make a list here of problems from all of them, even my beloved IH. I miss the days of all these brands.

At first glance, I thought this was about economic hardship in the 2000's...

2000 series were one of best general purpose tractors ever. Simple, rugged, not a pain to fix compared to some others. And a good size that wasn't too big or too small.

Love These Old Tractors! Best cab ever!

Great video I had a MF2775 it was a beast

Tengo un 2705 en México y son buenos y económicos palabras diesel

We farmed with a couple of tractors from this series when they were brand new back in the early 1980's. In most ways, I loved driving them. Big improvement in drive-ability over the previous Massey Ferguson series, especially in regards to gear changing. I had mixed feelings about the cab. It was easier to get in and out of than previous cabs, and had better visibility than previous designs. However, I've never been a big fan of the "cab forward" design, even though most other brands have since then adopted that design. With the cab forward design, over rough terrain you do a lot more bouncing in the seat because the driver is located further forward from the "pivot point" which is the rear axle. As the front end goes up and then drops, so does the driver. In older models, with the driver located directly above the rear axle, when the front end would go up and then drop, the driver just "rotates" a little over the rear axle, and that makes for a smother ride. Also, even though visibility is better in the 2000 series, I never really had a visibility problem with previous "non-cab forward" models. The big drawback to this series was reliability, especially with the transmissions. The easier-to-shift transmission of the 2000 series proved to be much less reliable than the transmissions of previous Massey Ferguson models, which were more difficult to shift but very rugged. Some of the problems stemmed from the way the driver shifted the gears. If you waited for the gears to stop spinning before shifting, it wasn't so bad. But many drivers would shift too soon, and "force" the gear in, grinding the gears a little in the process. That bad habit would soon lead to transmission failure. The V8 engines had a lot of "high end power" (horsepower at high RPM's), but not as much "low end power" (lugging ability at low RPM's), and they seemed to burn significantly more fuel than similar sized turbo-charged straight 6 cylinder engines. And though Perkins diesel engines, in general, have a well deserved reputation for reliability, the Perkins V8 offerings of that era were not as reliable as some of their turbo charged 6 cylinder engines of that same era.

Nice !

Aqui no Brasil tratores nesse padrão chegaram somente nos anos 2000 Aí já faziam tratores com boa tecnologia nos anos 70.

Das waren tolle Traktoren ❗❗❗

I have a 2705 and if you don’t beat the heck out of the 24 sp there good transmissions

What song is that at 1:29? I’d like to know where I can listen to it These tractors are real beasts we’ve got a 2675 on our farm down under and I’ve seen other tractors in it’s series Pity they ain’t making parts for em no more

Mans chopping with duals. risky

Rice Krispies! I've got a 690 Massey. I think they used the same body from 80's to 2000's. I think in the 4000'series they just added a couple of rods for extra support underneath the cab. Like damn pants suspenders, looks funny. Enginerding.

Well, I'm sold where do I get one?

What about getting hood open? Like alone? You have to lift it over the exhaust pipe. And gearbox, hydraulic, steering, brakes, differential have only one filter.

Muito bom tractor😊😂❤

I would like to know who designed these tractors. They are Great!

The Caps are good!

i never owned a 2000 series because of that problematic transmission. masseys I've owned were the 1155 100 and 2 1130's all solid runners

What’s the name of the song in the beginning?

John Deere had plenty enough trouble of their own to deal with over their raggedy ass power shift transmissions they had around that time period too !!!

They where good tractor s

That is some dry corn to be chopping

muscle tractors!

My father was a mechanic for a MF dealership. Their were major problems with the 2805. Transmission & Axle problems for starters.

I have never understood why they put a V8 engine in basically anything that needs to lug down...it aint happening versus an inline 6

We still farm with a 2675

QUE CHOU😊

My hart is absolutely beating for US tractors-The Massey V8 tractors are "Prärie Gold" in my Eyes...Massey should go back to a V8 Line that's what I'm convinced of! AMERICA NEEDS BACK OLD SCHOOL POWER! MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGIN!!!🇺🇸🖤♠️🎱💪👍🇺🇸

People, only the 24 sp power shift transmissions were bad. The 8sp transmissions held up extremely good !!

Mr Edwards sounds like a bit of a fruitcake lol

Only bad thing is they dont make parts for them anymore i love my old 2705 but agco sucks now not making transmission parts for them anymore

Not quite the same as my MF 7624 😜

It all looks so quaint now. And not a woman in sight, except for the silent wife in the kitchen!

Unfortunately, after dealing with numerous transmission failures in his Massey 2000 tractor, the farmer in this video went bankrupt. The tractor went no sale at the liquidation auction.

bad transmissions