In the early 60's, my Grandpa had an MF Super 90 Diesel. M & W was looking to place a turbo on an MF tractor and called Kuhns Equipment at Arthur, IL to see if they had anyone who might be willing to experiement. They had not placed a turbo on an MF tractor yet. Grandpa agreed and they took the tractor to Anchor, IL and installed the setup. According to my Grandpa and the mechanic at Kuhns, it was a neat setup and was very sharp in how they plumbed it, but in doing do, they moved the exhaust back and according to my Grandpa it was too close to the steering wheel which caused your hands to get hot. The turbo proved too much for the 4 cylinder diesel and the crankshaft broke with most internals creating an inspection hole in the oil pan. Beings it was an experiment, Massey would not stand behind it nor would M & W. My Grandpa had to have it repaired, which he did and the dealership allowed him to pay on it for many years. The experience soured him on M & W and Massey. For the remainder of his farming career, he never owned another piece of Massey equipment and traded the tractor for an IH 806. The Super 90 went to Wisconsin in about 1965. I would like to find it and bring it home. I still have the Operator's Manual for it. Since I live next door to Kuhns, I asked them about the serial number. Unfortunately, the records were destroyed, but the mechanic who worked on it is still living and shared many stories about it. 50 years later, my Uncle bought his last new tractor, it was a Massey.
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Today's Featured Article - An Old-Time Tractor Demonstration - by Kim Pratt. Sam was born in rural Kansas in 1926. His dad was a hard-working farmer and the children worked hard everyday to help ends meet. In the rural area he grew up in, the highlight of the week was Saturday when many people took a break from their work to go to town. It was on one such Saturday in the early 1940's when Sam was 16 years old that he ended up in Dennison, Kansas to watch a demonstration of a new tractor being put on by a local dealer. It was an Allis-Chalmers tractor dealership,
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