The Massey 550
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- May 09, 2023
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By Dwain Duxson dwaind@farmtender.com.au
The Massey 550 - Quite possibly the worse Header ever made was the Massey Ferguson 550. And yes, in my teenage years on the Farm, we had one.
Some people say they were still Harvesting in February this year. This was a yearly occurrence for us, rain, hail, or shine.
You might ask why? The main reason was that it kept breaking down. It's not as if we Cropped heaps of acres, I would say around 2000, in the 80's and 90's.
If we didn't have a breakdown of some sort each day, it would be a bloody good day. In the end, when it was getting older, the air conditioner didn't work at all, so you had to have a window or the door open, which wasn't much fun when Harvesting the itchy Oats. When she died, we all had a celebratory drink and got the Contractors in. That sharpened the job up immensely.
PS. The image isn't of the Header in question, but an overseas file image. We didn't take any photos of it for the reasons why above.
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