If Massey was making up claims of being the world market leader and putting up posters advertising it, that weren't true, I think there would be serious legal problems for them. I just recently saw a poster in the MF dealership that had a chronological order for MF tractor sales. World sales leader since 1962! In the early 90's, MF sold over 25% more tractors world wide than 2nd place. It has been stated many times that 1 out of 4 tractors sold in the UK was a 135. I've seen many brochures for implements with a 135 on them. The Howard model P rotavator was practically made for the 135. It stated in the brochure, along with a 135 in the pictures, that it is designed for tractors up to 37.5 PTO H.P.(exactly the power of a 135). If you look at old brochures for the 135, they even advertise it as the worlds most popular tractor. Maybe not of all time but certainly during its production. How can you do an inframe on a Ford if it has to be bored out? The Perkins is a dry sleeve engine. JD is the market leader in tractors in the US and only the US. World wide, they are number 4 or 5. JD may have the highest sales in terms of dollars but what is covered in their figures? JD out sources more equipment than any other manufacturer. They are very good at marketing but they have many different products as well. MF is part of Agco, should all of Agco be included in MF numbers? In that regard, I don't think anyone comes close to total sales. Comparing a tractor that is decades newer is not a fair comparison. The 35 is the most copied tractor in the world and the 135 is just an updated version. No other tractor can make that claim. If they didn't have such a great reputation, why would they be so copied and why would other countries still be producing a version of them under license? UK 135's were in production from 1965 till 1979 and newer models were basically the same thing for many years later as well. How many other modern tractors can make that claim? There are other good tractors but for the same period of the MF 100 series tractors, they were the market leaders. They did exactly what they claimed to do and did it with outstanding reliability and even better economy. If some people have them sitting in the weeds, they must not know that they could easily sell them to anyone looking for a good reliable lower H.P. tractor. The dealers putting every new tractor on the dyno and turning it up is the most absurd thing I've ever heard. Maybe they just wanted to do more warrantee work? I don't think so. With well over 500,000 135's, 150's and larger 100 series, that's a lot of pumps to turn up. Dave
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