Massey Ferguson 1250

[liamjordan]

 

i do love these tractors, cousin had a 1200 up till a month or so ago, one of these would be my ideal tractor

 

this ones pretty sweet, had the back axel moved back, had bolsters installed and with a sweet fmv crane, tidy rig

 

Massey Ferguson 1200/1250 Forwarder Forestry on eBay (end time 12-Feb-10 10:43:20 GMT)

[BigRedDog]

I saw I think two of these (maybe only one - bit fuzzy the old noodle) at a dispersal auction down past chichester a few years ago. Can't remember the name of the firm that was being retired, big outfit though, actually where I bought the Dolmar saw mentioned in your other thread. The Massey(s) were bought by a dealer for big money, very clean machines. Tractor Porn:thumbup:

[tractorboy1]

One of those 1250's were in classic tractor a few years ago think it went to a farmer in Scotland. It was a minter it had only had a few hours put on it after the the Crane was put on. Think the contractor kept in in case there was another big storm like 87.

[18 stoner]

Looks like that beast could go cheap!

 

If its as he says with "no leaks at all", it will be even rarer! They really were like a cullinder!

 

His refernce to "only 7 ever made" must be to do with it being a forwarder as there were many 1250's around 25-30 years ago, but not sure if it would have a crane fitted as new?

[Charlieh]

is it a 1250? looks like a 1200 to me, thought the 1250 was the v8 version from the states and that doesnt look like the v8 lump?

 

nice bit of kit though,

[liamjordan]

Looks like that beast could go cheap!

 

If its as he says with "no leaks at all", it will be even rarer! They really were like a cullinder!

 

His refernce to "only 7 ever made" must be to do with it being a forwarder as there were many 1250's around 25-30 years ago, but not sure if it would have a crane fitted as new?

haha yeah the hydraulic pump packed up on my cousins and it was in rather poor condition anyway so that why he sold it

 

nah they werent fitted with a crane as new, they were designed for big farms basicly, but were good for in the forest, easy to mount a crane to.

 

During 1971 MF in america released the MF 1500 and 1800 rated at 150 and 180 drawbar horsepower from a caterpiller V8 disel engines. Such was the success of these tractors in america that MF decided a British equivilant should be produced and hence the MF 1200 was introduced in 1972

 

Rated at 105 and 112 horsepower respectively, the 1200 and 1250 articulated tractors were big machines in their day, with remendouse traction and pulling power they were ideally suited for heavy cultivation work in the UK and Europe

[garth mc garth]

my mate has a 1200 with a big farmi crane mounted behind the cab and a stroke processor on the rear linkage. gearbox packed up on his and replacemnt parts are difficult or expensive to come by so he is trying to fit a massey 590 box in it currently.

[Charlieh]

cheers for that i was getting confused with the 1500

 

there was one on ebay last year with a timber crane mounted on it, dont think it made a lot from memory,

 

The engine parts are easy to get, but i have been told that as soon as they start playing up with stearing and hydrulics they can be a right pain due to all the hoses,