Massey Ferguson Farm Implements and Machinery Part 2 1970-77 (DVD) - George French and Dennis Burston

In Part 2 of this  3-part set we move on to 1970-77, a period when MF was responding to  the drive for increased agricultural output.

The programme features  a range of seven different ploughs from and MF 40 2-furrow to an 86  6-furrow model along with a wide range of ground-engaging and other  implements. The very first MF 1100 tractor sold in the UK is shown  pulling an MF 23 coil-tine cultivator. MF’s famous pressure-control  coupler is seen operating with a set of 520 disc harrows and 178  tractor.

How many MF 51 mowers  are now to be seen working? We have one hitched to an early MF 135  Multi-Power 4wd tractor. We finish with a pair of combine harvesters  – a 415 and a 515 – both new in the late 1960s and a common sight  throughout the 1970s.

The programme  includes: MF 135 and 40 2-furrow  plough MF 135 and 40 3-furrow  plough MF 135 and 11  spinner–broadcaster MF185 and 28 disc  harrows MF 135 and 34  multi-purpose grain & fertiliser drill MF 175 and 727  subsoiler MF 135 and 721  multi-purpose blade MF 135 and 35 loader MF 165 and 19 manure  spreader MF 178 and 41 3-furrow  plough MF 185 and 24 chisel  plough MF 165 and 52 10ft disc  harrows MF 178 and 738 tiller MF 165 and 39  spring-tine cultivator MF 690 4wd and 30  15-row grain & fertiliser drill MF 175 and 40 loader MF 788 combine  harvester MF 65 MkII and red 17  13-ton trailer MF 590 and 711 potato  harvester MF 1080 and 86 6-furrow  plough MF 86 5-furrow plough  (static) MF 86 4-furrow plough  (static) MF 1080 and MF 41  5-furrow plough MF 1200 and 52 12ft  semi-mounted disc harrows MF 1100 and 23  coil-tine cultivator MF 178,  pressure-control coupler and 520 disc harrows MF 595 MkII, 30 4m  drill and Reekie drill transporter MF 135 4wd and 51  rotary mower MF 165 and 60 5ft  cutter-bar mower MF 178, 740 forage  harvester and 17 trailer MF 675 and 124 baler MF 187 combine  harvester MF  175 and 18 5-ton  trailer MF 590 and 22 4½-ton  grain trailer MF 415 combine  harvester MF 515 combine  harvester.