I was a young boy when I fell in love with Minneapolis Moline. My father took me to the truck and tractor pull and your #8 MM A4T 1600 was there. It was the biggest and coolest thing I had ever seen. 😍

The first photo of the M670 was exactly the same tractor we had one on the farm I grew up on. Awesome tractor. A lot of time was spent on that tractor. Enjoyed every minute of it.

I personally think the Z deserves to be on the list. I have one thats been in my family 4 generations and never let us down. It is currently undergoing a full on restoration.

Thanks for the list. A little history about our farm and molines. Our farm bought our. G1000 brand new. We had 2 John deere 4020s one was stock with a loader and the other 4020 they put a “hot turbo” and injectors on it. Grandpa always said the “hot” 4020 was equal in pulling power to the g1000. Even though he said it was the g1000 I thought was a stronger puller. About 1970-1971 they told our local moline dealer he had to convert to white (brand) implements and tractors. He was SUPER upset. I’m talking he called white up and told them to pick up the blanking moline sign he’s done. So the g1000 was one of the last molines he sold. At the time we were mostly John deere, and a little moline. Grandpa always kidded me because dad and him would run the John deere stuff and I ran the g1000. Well because our local moline dealer basically was being forced into white and he didn’t like that he closed shop around 1978 or 1979. From 1972-to when he closed I remember he would try a brand for a year or two didn’t like it he would go onto the next. He did this three different brands then after the third brand he tried he didn’t like he closed.

Back in the late ‘60s-70s two of our tractors were 1) 4 star gasser, 2) U302 diesel wide front. The U302 was stingy on fuel, plenty of power for our operation. Also had an IH Super C w/ fast hitch; great power units for our medium sized farm back in the day. Little under sized by some standards, but we spent more time in fields, MUCH smaller (or no) payments! I really loved the U302 & C as a young twenty something hardworking farmer, spending $ on cows not iron.

I own three 4-Stars. Two gas and one LP unit. My Dad/Grandpa bought a 4-Star gas-powered tractor new and it has a bazillion hours on it and still runs great. Then I found another gas unit with so few hours on it the hood ornament was still attached. Then I found a 4-Star LP model that runs great but needs some TLC. It's a very unique tractor with an odd front axle. We also owned a Z and a UB Special. The Z is in a fencerow somewhere and the UB was restored by a neighbor after changing ownership a few times. My Grandpa was a silent partner in a local dealership. Oddly enough the 4-Stars push and pull about as well as our Allis Chalmers 180, which at mmmmmmllll. Which has always been a great tractor.

I had a G 1000 Wheatland with 3 way hydraual shift ,at 110

My uncle sold MM tractors in the early 50s to the mid 60s. He used a 1954 bf on his own farm .I spent a lot of time on its seat .I have a cast toy of a 1956 455 and manure spreader .

Great video, I have a 1941 Universal Z, it was the 1st tractor my grandfather bought. Best wishes from England. 🇬🇧

Minneapolis Moline is our family's favorite tractors. We enjoy the R the most. Great video.

It makes me smile to see the 445 and 5 star make the list. One of the best tractors I ever had was a 445 universal gas. I loved it. I also had a 5 star universal diesel too. Seeing the U series make the list was well deserved. The MM U was one of the best tractors made during that era.

During WW2 people could not buy tractors -- so my Uncle bought one in parts---- every week he would get different parts --- rear wheel then a front axle-- it tookhim a couple of years finally he had a new MM U he built in his single car shop

Great vid on the Molines, with history. Nice.

Thanks for the info. I grew up on JD and IH. Didnt see very MM around here.

Thanks for the informative video.

GVI . and don't forget about the manure spreader for the uni.. and the HD800.

Love the MM. we use the U gasser & LP for pulling. Just bought a M5 diesel out of a guys fence row for my new project.

great as always MR D l be watchin!!

How about Cubic inches on engine size, MADE IN USA back in the day! Enjoyed the video.

Excellent video great job 😎😎😎😎😎

Yesterday, I saw a guy driving a Minneapolis Moline lawn mower. BUT, a modern one. It looked brand spanking new. It had the smooth look of a new Simplicity style body. But probably twice as big. With aggressive rear tires. It looked like nothing else on the market. I've searched every where on the internet and I have not seen another. Has anyone seen this? I can't imagine it being home made. It was dark yellow, red rims. Super cool. Hopefully someone out there has seen this.

Can't believe the G850 beat out any real Minneapolis Molines to make the list.

Thank You so much

Love the videos 📹, keep it up.

Great video ‼️

My uncle had a model u, thing was a beast, incredible traction.

it's 445 not 455

That MM special harvesting tractor was the forerunner of New Ideas Uni-System. New Idea had to buy the rights to produce it

Nice video! Darned liters for the engines.

Love that opening music! It goes really well with the deep throated roar of the big g-1000s plus .Who is that artist ?

On our farm way out here in Oregon, we ONLY used Minneapolis Molines up until the early 2000s. And I gotta say the Udlx was awesome, but sadly it never took off because it was just too far ahead of its time. Farmers either didn't want to spend that kind of money on a tractor or they thought their peers would call them a wus for using a cab on their tractor. But I think the BEST MM was the U seris, super heavy and rugged. However, the '65 M670 comes a very close second. We got one on the farm here and use it just about everyday and we've managed to rack up about 30,000 hours on her. By far, favorite tractor ever! Plus we got a M670 super with about 15,000 hours and a Jetstar3 with like 12,000 hours I think, so MM knew how to make a tractor! It only took 60 years to figure it out.

The reason there weren't many MM's and Olivers in my area was because there were no nearby dealers. BTW The Unitractor was bought buy out by New Idea which after upgrades and up powered became the moderately successful New Idea Unisystem. Good work D.

For me I like the top 10.

The Chevrolet dealer in our little town sold MM tractors.

My family used to own 3 A4T1600s and our last one was sold to mike verhulst who was a engineer who worked on them

Somehow I knew the UDLX would me number one

I vote for the “Z” series and the M5

Rarest MM was and is a UDLX-OPN!!!!

I used to summer fallow with a G1000. Not a bad tractor all-in-all.

Sweet 🤘

Never thought much for Minneapolis Moline tractors but did enjoy the video

m-m 445 not a 455 just a correction love the clips.......Thanks for what you do Crazy D

Enjoyed the list. Would really have liked to learn about Minneapolis Moline's history. I live just outside of Minneapolis and never heard of them. What happened??

No Z? The Z was write there with the U. Squarely pited against the farmall and JD offerings of the day. Its the tractor I believe made alot of Minneapolis moline fans when there were far fewer models to choose from.

My uncle had a Uni...

I personally think the 4 star sould be on this list

Didn't MM build their own deisel engines? I thought those split jug straight 6's were MM's exclusive idea.

No liters -- cubic inches

My grandfather and dad also my Uncles had a B. F. AVERY AND EVENTUALLY A Minneapolis Moline Dealership in the late 1940's and 1950's Moline did not provide Dealer Support that John Deere or IHC did therefore not very good customer support... we were spoiled in our area as a small boy I remember that we had 5 John Deere dealerships with in 10 to 30 minutes distance from home and 3 IHC DEALERS WITH IN 40 MINUTES FROM HOME.. A J.I. CASE DEALER 20 MINUTES FROM HOME AND A Massey Dealer 15 minutes from home..I think there was an Oliver dealership in the County also that eventually became a White dealer..

mm forever!!

Having never owned or driven and MM tractor and the fact they were few and far between in my area..... I'd still like to give my list based on hearsay from a couple people I know/knew who owned MM tractors, tractor pulling in farm stock against them and one of my first toys being a G1000 hot rod puller. In no real particulate order..... other than the G1000 Vista should be #1. BTW I know nothing of the older models from the 30's etc. #1 = G1000 Vista #2 = M670 #3 = 5 Star #4 = 445 #5 = Z #6 = GBD #7 = G1355 #8 = U302 #9 = UB #10 = A4T-1600

The G model gets skipped ?

What about the UB?

So a versatile tractor that can also be a car....WHY IN THE HELL HAS NOONE PERFECTED THIS!!!!!!! Instead of have a car to maintain or pay on plus a truck(3 in my case) plus a tractor you could just have 1 do all.....take my 💰

Oi tenho un minneapolis moline ub diesel aqui no Brasil

FFS get on with countdown

Why do you refer to Moline engines in metric dimensions? Never have heard such a thing, a true mm man knows the numbers assigned to engine parts

Owned a Z....very slow turning engine....odd valve train setup.... horizontal overhead valves and the longest rockers arms I’ve ever seen. Heavy, no 3 point setup....not very useful as a utility tractor compared to the Fords.

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