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Connor9988 02-09-2013 09:05:29 24.137.133.254 Report to Moderator	I deployed to Afghanistan a couple years ago as a computer technician. On the compound where I worked just behind my "office" was a short dead end alley with a sad looking little tractor (I would be a sad little tractor too if I was driven by the Afghan locals as they were not nice to it.) It was a MASSEY! I cant remember what model just that it was red and silver and the size of a Ferguson to-20. The seat was gone as well as the hood and it was pretty beat up but I think it could have still run had a little attention been payed to it. I had wanted to work on it but I didnt think the officers would take kindly to a soldier spending his free time nursing a tractor back to health so I let it sit. The little massey sat there for the majority of the deployment until one day I came to work and it was gone. Sadly it was probably shoved in some garbage pit and buried. What a shame. [Reply]   [No Email]
FarmerZeb 03-04-2013 19:50:18 24.166.169.69 Report to Moderator	Re: Old Massey in Afghanistan in reply to Connor9988, 02-09-2013 09:05:29   you'd be surprised what us officers are ok with when you ask. paul [Reply]  [No Email]
DavidP, South Wales 02-10-2013 14:29:50 2.101.129.32 Report to Moderator	Re: Old Massey in Afghanistan in reply to Connor9988, 02-09-2013 09:05:29   Hi, I think its likely to be a 240 or possibly a 135. As I recall MF sold a lot of 240's to Afghan. DavidP, South Wales [Reply]  [No Email]
Tony in Mass. 02-10-2013 07:29:29 76.127.225.182 Report to Moderator	Re: Old Massey in Afghanistan in reply to Connor9988, 02-09-2013 09:05:29   David, yes. 2, you sound like you need a 3 d flashback. You and Sam can be... Walrus Team 6! Get a Chuck Norris headband, Rambo knife and can of ether, Sam can wear a red beret, carry a loaded multi tool/bottle opener.. rescue that tractor from the jaws of ... waste. Call the mission 'finding O Fergie Ben Massey'!!! Just don't let it roll off the side of the ship huh???? [Reply]  [No Email]
2tractors 02-11-2013 06:07:54 192.222.24.245 Report to Moderator	Re: Old Massey in Afghanistan in reply to Tony in Mass., 02-10-2013 07:29:29   Naaa, I ain't into flying. Like this guy usta say at work " I don't wanta get no higher than pulling corn and no lower than diggin taters." [Reply]  [No Email]
2tractors 02-10-2013 05:55:39 192.222.24.245 Report to Moderator	Re: Old Massey in Afghanistan in reply to Connor9988, 02-09-2013 09:05:29   You should be stoned!! No just kidding I can tell your conscous is already bothering you enough.I once refused orders and was up for an article 15, feeling I was right I refused that and found I was up for a court martial, quickly took the 15 back. [Reply]  [No Email]
Connor9988 02-10-2013 08:44:01 24.137.133.254 Report to Moderator	Re: Old Massey in Afghanistan in reply to 2tractors, 02-10-2013 05:55:39   Fun times in the military... Sort of. haha [Reply]  [No Email]
Tony in Mass. 02-09-2013 19:56:48 76.127.225.182 Report to Moderator	Re: Old Massey in Afghanistan in reply to Connor9988, 02-09-2013 09:05:29   Another good reason enlisted men should ignore officers. If Sam was there, he'd find a big enough dufflebag to fit it in. did you ever think that thing got some fresh gas and a new battery, and went back to work? Hopefully not in someone's poppy patch!! [Reply]  [No Email]
Connor9988 02-10-2013 08:46:16 24.137.133.254 Report to Moderator	Re: Old Massey in Afghanistan in reply to Tony in Mass., 02-09-2013 19:56:48   The thought that a little gas and a battery did cross my mind... But then I would spend the next hour trying to figure out how to squeeze it into my bag and bring it home. [Reply]  [No Email]
David G 02-10-2013 06:22:26 205.215.206.18 Report to Moderator	Re: Old Massey in Afghanistan in reply to Tony in Mass., 02-09-2013 19:56:48   Tony, just curious if you have been in military? [Reply]  [No Email]
moresmoke 02-09-2013 11:21:57 216.196.73.183 Report to Moderator	Re: Old Massey in Afghanistan in reply to Connor9988, 02-09-2013 09:05:29   Probably was a 135 or some variation of one. Millions were built around the world. [Reply]  [No Email]
brentp4455 02-09-2013 10:20:00 70.199.98.22 Report to Moderator	Re: Old Massey in Afghanistan in reply to Connor9988, 02-09-2013 09:05:29   a good example of what a global company Massey was. they're literally everywhere. sad to see so many good companies "managed" into the ground over the years. [Reply]  [No Email]