Pic of MF203 if you are interested

fpappal · May 3, 2017

Thought I posted this a few days ago but looks like it never went through. Here is my 1961 MF203 enjoying retirement. It worked most of its life in a gravel bed and was not babied one bit. My uncle bought it from the gravel bed and I bought it from my uncle. Too many dollars later it is essentially a new tractor and I use it on my little hop yard. The homemade basket works great to get me up to 18ft. Those are old potato bushels. I like to see pics of these old tractors actually working and thought some of you on this forum would too.

Tony in Mass. · May 3, 2017

That's what Inno needs to do. grow hops.
Did that one ever have 'work bull' decals? I like the heavy grill, good job.

Benj R · May 3, 2017

Nice.Thanks for the picture.

Inno · May 3, 2017

(quoted from post at 20:07:19 05/03/17) That's what Inno needs to do. grow hops.
Did that one ever have 'work bull' decals? I like the heavy grill, good job.

That's a good idea, might keep me from messing up the yard every time I try to make improvements.

The heavy grill is just what I have on the 202 and now the 204.

Good looking tractor. And we love seeing pictures!!

fpappal · May 4, 2017

The only decal on the tractors was the one on the hood that said "Massey Furgeson 203". The heavy grill is an understatement! I
had to use my engine hoist to remove it from the tractor.

Inno · May 4, 2017

They weren't messing around when they built these tractors. Very good machines!

fpappal · May 4, 2017

That basket cost me $100 to make. My buddy donated the steel for the frame and coincidentally he is also a welder. So I cut the
pieces and he welded them all together for free. The baskets where $8 each from a potato farm. The most expensive part was the
two pieces of angle iron I needed for the basket frame. Those tires are loaded and each wheel weight is around 500 lbs and the
back end is still a little on the light side when I am up that high.

Caryc · May 4, 2017

(quoted from post at 18:58:10 05/03/17)

(quoted from post at 20:07:19 05/03/17) That's what Inno needs to do. grow hops.
Did that one ever have 'work bull' decals? I like the heavy grill, good job.

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That's a good idea, might keep me from messing up the yard every time I try to make improvements.

The heavy grill is just what I have on the 202 and now the 204.

Good looking tractor. And we love seeing pictures!!

I also have a 202 with that heavy grill on it. It was kind of a PIA though when I needed to drain the radiator. I couldn't get at the drain cock which is supposed to be somewhere on the bottom, up under that grill. I had to use the petcock on the right side of the block.

Pic of MF203 if you are interested

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