Massey's FIRST Four-Wheel Drive Tractor! - Massey Harris GP Tractor
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- Massey Harris introduced their first four wheel drive tractor in 1930 and production continued until 1936. The tractor has a Hercules 3.7 liter, 4-cylinder gasoline engine which can do 15 horsepower on the drawbar. About 3,000 of these tractors were built and would have cost you $1,000 US Dollars in the 1930’s or about $14,500 in 2018 US Dollars. Rob Sample of Pennsylvania shares his passion for Massey Harris Tractors and the story of his four wheel drive Massey Harris GP. Visit classictractors... today and get the latest from Classic Tractor Fever!
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Our neighbors had one of these tractors. He used it until the mid 1960's. When he passed away, his sons traded it off on another tractor. Unfortunately the M F dealer had a shop fire and the tractor was in it.
A very unique and wonderful piece of American History right there. Absolutely one of the best Classic Tractor videos.
Thanks Eric!
Our family has two of these GP tractors🤩
There is one of these at the pioneer acres museum in alberta canada
Cool! Does it run?
@@jacobramsey7624 yes it does
Great video, i finally found who inspired Antonio Carraro.
There is a pair of these in san antonio texas still on steel wheels, believe not running and at some time sometimes painted them massey red
Yeah they built all those old tractors for people with 6 arms lol
Manual everything back then which is why you never saw many fat people then like you do now.
I wish you would look up Garry Wilson of North Lunenburg, Ontario Canada. He has a large Massey Harris collection including 1 if not 2 GPs. Plus he has made smaller scale (drivable) versions with implements. Great vid. I enjoyed seeing a GP under it’s own power again. Cheers
I'd LOVE to see that collection
@@357bullfrog9 It’s an impressive collection & Garry does all aspects of the restoration process. From mechanical, rebuilding or manufacturing parts, to body work & painting. Cheers
I will do. Thank You for this
My grandfather bought one new. He died in '79 and we sold it the following summer to a collector in Kansas. Grandpa had the original sales invoice that went with it. The y originally had lugged steel wheels. There were a couple of articles I think in Successful Farming over the years about the collector who purchased it. I remember the one article had a picture of part of his collection in a row and the GP was at the front of the line.
I just bought a Massey Harris GP tractor...mostly complete
i've got one of these...anyone interested to buy? location: san diego, ca.
A friend of mine has one of these tractors. He taught farm equipment mechanics for 30 years. His isn't running but he plans to restore it one day
Wow, sweet piece of American History, 4 Wheel Drive...1930.. Awesome
This video made my life have meaning. Thank you so much.
Pretty cool stuff.
A great machine, excellently restored!
Very nice. I wish we got and up close look at the steering mechanism.
I live about 20 minutes away from Wakefield.
Stop in sometime, we enjoying showing it to anybody that is interested.
I guess Massey-Harris didn’t know you can’t build a four cylinder that big. ???
Cool
2:41 looks like you could run through the corn and interseed some cover crops with that boi.
remarkable
Is the tractor fully retired or does it pull a trailer or plow once in a awhile?
Jacob, it’s had a easy life since my grandfather bought it in pieces back in the late 70’s. It pulls floats in parades now and then but no longer works for his living. I do have a Pulverator Plow for it but have never sunk it in the dirt. To be honest, I am afraid to break anything.
@@pappysmf8117 I understand. With a rare tractor like that it must be hard to get spare parts. My father told me though that for old tractors the best thing to keep them in good working order is to run and use them. We use tractors from the 40s and 50s on our tree farm and they do all the work. So that is why i asked if the tractor was retired or not because I am so used to seeing old iron still working to some extent.
@@jacobramsey7624 There is a pretty good group of guys around the country that have some spare tractors around for parts but I would rather not risk it. The plow is a different story. There are only four of them known to exist in the world. My second passion is the old Ford N series tractors. I would run one of those all day long if I could!
Awesome memories
damn, that thing is bad ass!!! looks mean!
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
I have never saw one before... I can say I have now
That is very cool.
I'd love to see a modern tractor in this form factor.
Great looking machine, love those spoke wheels.
Thanks, Raw!
Sure would be cool if portal axles were available now.
Is it possible to get this guys autograph?
Stop in anytime, you know where I live…jackass!!😂🤣😂🤣
Does it have wet or dry brakes
Lovely, a treat! thank you!
Nice super
Does this guy work out or does he look that good naturally?
This guy definitely plowed a lot of fields in his day.
I NEED this guys workout routine
Don’t get “the Jab”
Dude! The guy on the tractor looks like a bad ass, I wouldn’t mess with him…..dang!