Purchased a New Massey

[Dftodd]

Just like the title says. Just picked up a brand new Massey 1825E with woods bush hog and a box blade.

Loader came standard with quick attach bucket. So I'll soon be investing in a set of pallet forks as well.

 

[Wagtail]

Congratulations!

 

[plowhog]

Congratulations! Send us some working pix when you can.

 

[MF RED in MT]

Congratulations on your new MF!!

KC

 

[Dftodd]

Here's some taken right after it was delivered.

Then a before and after of the area.

 

[jyoutz]

Nice tractor and nice work.

 

[tacticalturnip]

That's a real nice tractor, good choice; what, if anything, did she replace?

 

[Dftodd]

That's a real nice tractor, good choice; what, if anything, did she replace?

I used to have an old Grey market L1501 kubota that was 2wd. But sold it a few years ago.

It was fixing to need a clutch and some other work done. And I didn't have the time or ambition to deal with it.

I looked at a Kubota L2501, but they were awful proud of that orange color. It was $7000 more than the Massey.

I didn't really get along with the service manager at the local kubota dealership after getting the run around when my zero turn was was in for a warranty repair. After them having my mower for 3 months for a PTO switch, I was out of patience. Then they neglected to call me once the repair was actually done. I found out it was completed when I stopped by to check on when the repair was gonna be done.

Needless to say, I was brutally honest on the survey. Dude had the balls to call me up and ask if a complimentary oil change would make me happy My reply "Why.... so you can keep it for another 3 months???"

Of course, the mom and pop shop was bought out by a large conglomerate, so prices went up and customer service went to he((.

Local green dealer is the same way. Bought by a large conglomerate with similar results.

Ironically, I don't get along with the service manager there either

I dealt with the green dealer through work. After them trying to bill me for utter nonsense, we took our buisiness to the green construction dealer instead.

 

[Torvy]

Nice! Have fun with figuring it all out.

 

[Dftodd]

Nice! Have fun with figuring it all out.

Got it figured out pretty quick. I've been running equipment, and tractors since I was 13yo.

I've operated a hydrostatic a couple times over the years, but about 99% of my time on a tractor has been with a manual transmission of some sort.

With this one being a hydrostatic, I keep catching myself going for the clutch each time I want to change directions

That darn muscle memory keeps getting me

 

[can do]

Just like the title says. Just picked up a brand new Massey 1825E with woods bush hog and a box blade.

Loader came standard with quick attach bucket. So I'll soon be investing in a set of pallet forks as well.

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Nice M-F 1825E. & congratulations; Looks like a Mighty-Fine setup.

 

[aesanders]

Awesome. Nice solid machine.

 

[mapper]

Congratulations, to quote my my niece when I showed her a picture of my new Massey a few years ago: Shiney!
Hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine.

 

[mapper]

One small thing I didn't like on mine, the lights on the ROPS being unprotected on the outside. Fixed it by moving them to the inside of the ROPS.

 

[Yander]

Very nice looking tractor, congrats!

Iseki makes a bullet proof engine.

 

[Thomas]

Congrats on your new investment.

 

[Dftodd]

One small thing I didn't like on mine, the lights on the ROPS being unprotected on the outside. Fixed it by moving them to the inside of the ROPS.

I noticed that as well. But once the lots cleared, the lights on the outside of the rops shouldn't be much of an issue.

It will sure see some use this year. I'll be alternating between brush hogging an area. Then chain saw the bigger stuff to clear out the scrub and clean it up.

As well as dirt work for a home and shop build.

Our goal is to have the property cleaned up, then fenced for some critters.

Wife wants a green house and garden.

So a tiller will be in the cards probably next year.

Once it's cleaned up, the tractor will be relegated to the occasional tree thinning, brush hogging, tilling, and the occasional driveway maintenence.

 

[edgarrian]

Sweet tractor. Massey is a good brand. I have had my 1705 since i bought new in 2016. Ive installed driveways, backfilled my house, land management here on our 8 acres of woods. Its been problem free. It does our mowing as well. Although i do wish i had a new model b/c the loader lever is closer to the operator.

 

[Dftodd]

Got my wife out on it today getting used to the controls.

I spread 5 loads of stone with it a couple weeks ago for the driveway.

Absolutely love having the tractor

 

[kf4uda]

Congratulations on your new Massey. I bought a Farmall 35A a while back and bought a set of pallet forks for it. It’s got to be the handiest thing that I’ve ever had. You can find more uses for them than you ever imagined and you can even move pallets too.