WD-45 vs. MF 35

My neighbor wants to trade his Massey Furgeson  35 for my WD-45. Apparently, his granddad had one like it. 

wow,  no way would I trade on one of those turds.   with the loader it will steer like a lumber wagon and unless it has a front pump the hydraulics wont be too woopie.   I don't like how you sit down low straddling the tractor,  but im am partial to orange

Edited by CAL(KS) - 19 Mar 2018 at 3:41pm

I wouldn't. If you want a loader, find one for the 45 and learn to use the hand clutch. The 35 is a handy little tractor, but not with a loader

My grandpa bought a new MF 35 Deluxe Diesel in the early/mid sixties and he and my dad only have good things to say about that little tractor. Dad said for its size it would do a lot of work. They also had a WD 45 and only had good things to say about it also.

If you search it on the internet, Massey Ferguson is still building the 35 diesel tractor in some part of the world, and has been building it since its introduction.

russt66 wrote: My neighbor wants to trade his Massey Furgeson  35 for my WD-45. Apparently, his granddad had one like it.  The 35 has a loader with lift and tilt bucket. Two valve remote hydraulics.  My Wd-45  was recently converted to 12v. It also has the three-point conversion.  Rebuilt carb, new coil, battery etc. It is in perfect shape with wheel weights.  I am giving up a little hp, but get a loader and live hydraulics.  Would you trade?

I'll bet he'd like to trade! If it was me the WD45 will stay at my place.I think about you guys trying to hook-up to a three point hitch plow backing up and then pull forward time and again only to get mad just to get off and pull or push the plow around so the lift links will line up. As I back into a SC plow and not get off  one time to hook up. Well I forgot them little two bottom MF plows are not that heavy.

I'm with Dave.  It would be a no go if no PS.

I wonder if you could try out that 35 for a while first since it is your neighbor? Maybe swap tractors for the summer? Who knows, you both might want to keep what you already have.

Take both to a sale and I'd bet the 35 will bring 2X as much as the WD45 so trade sell the 35 and buy another WD45 and then you'll have enough for a loader may PS for the new WD45.

Thanks for the comments. I have the 3pt conversion on the WD-45 already. So the hydraulics and loader is the only upside to the 35 on the trade. I'm only farming 7 acres.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking.  Sure the WD45 has a lot more power, but if you're just using it as a utility tractor then the MF35 would be handier.  Like you said those small MF and Ford 8n tractors always bring high prices at consignment auctions, you never know what that Allis will bring.  My neighbor growing up had a MF TO35, he used it a lot for mowing, raking, and pulling hay wagons.  My neighbor now had several MF's including a MF 50 utility that we put a Paulson loader on.  It was kind of clumsy because it didn't have PS, but it wasn't any worse than a WD or WD 45 w/loader.

Well...all factors considered, I think I'll change my initial opinion. If you only have 7 acres, farming with a 35 would be just fine. I could go into my long spill about the Ferguson system and its advantages, but I won't. 

I've plowed all day sitting on a WD as well as on a MF 35. The 35 is more comfortable, without a doubt. The 35 has a six-speed transmission, but it's kind of a pain going between 3rd and 4th and back. The 35 deluxe will have power steering.

I'm not real familiar with the MF line, but the 35 I used had a dual stage clutch.. partway down stopped the forward motion but left the hydraulics and PTO engaged. All the way down disconnected everything. No PTO was needed for hydraulics.

I have a mf65 diesel been a excellent little tractor, been to a few auctions trying to buy a mf35 for my old man and they brought way more than a wd45, but then again that's around here and not saying there a better tractor.

i don't know if my MF is a 35 or a 65, don't matter cuz my azz don't fit down in the seat tub!