The massey 65 is a good tractor and about 13-15 more hp than a Ford 2000 which is significant. Price sounds very good and sounds like your dad knows some history on it too which is worth something. The continenetal is good on fuel for a gasser, but it will burn more fuel than your Ford 2000 cause it makes more power.
If it has multi-power then make sure it works as it can be a little pricey to fix (alternatively it can be bypassed with some work in lieu of fixing). Honestly, on a tractor of that age I would prefer no multi-power myself but I like simplicity. (multipower is a lever on the dash that you can shift on the fly without clutching. The multipower effectively doubles your forward speeds from 6 to 12 and reverse speeds from 2 to 4 but the tractor will freewheel in low range on hills so always run in high multipower when on hills for safety sake. Do not confuse the high low multipower terminology with the high low range gear shifter that the tractor will definitely have. They are 2 totally different things).
Only thing that I do not like about the 2 digit (and even the 100 series) Massey's is the funky clutch and brake pedal arrangements. Not great ergonomically at all for taller guys like me, but probably no problem for average size guys. I like the ergonomics of the 200 series much better. (i.e. 255 or 265 would be the closet relatives to the 65). Course they lots newer and lots more money and no more capable.
FWIW: Even a 6' light duty bushog is too much cutter for a Ford 2000 when cutting anything meangful. A heavy duty 6' would be way too much cutter for a Ford 2000. I would make the person who destroyed your original cutter provide a suitable replacement identical in size and brand to what they destroyed. Alternatively you could sell the 6' and buy a 5' replacement cutter and likely pocket some money in the process for your troubles.
This post was edited by rankrank1 at 04:43:20 03/23/15 2 times.
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