Lord Ferguson Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Imagine trhe faces if you pulled up at the local road run in one of these :D To the best of my knowledge... one of the biggest Masseys ever made... Badge engineered though I am ashamed to say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 same era as the 48'S mark ? looks a beast , but overly big when compared to todays rigid tractors . ok so the detroit throws out 390hp , but 375 for the cummins , isnt bad considering fendt have the 936 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 Just after the 4800's Marcus... 1989 I believe... In it's day it must have been a real head turner.. still is for me now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 hell marky that thing is a beast u got any more info on her cheers Reece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 What a beauty, I'm sure the Cummins NTA 855 engine was also fitted in these DMU's: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Imagine trhe faces if you pulled up at the local road run in one of these :D To the best of my knowledge... one of the biggest Masseys ever made... Badge engineered though I am ashamed to say In a way your quite right to say it's badge engineered, as the tractors were built for MF by McConnell [uS], however , MF had previously sold the 4800 range tooling and rights to Ward McConnell. So the 5200, although not actually built by MF were in fact from a thoroughbred MF lineage. Later AGCO would buy the McConnell tractor company and uprate the 5200's as the Agcostar range of tractors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Not one for the country lanes Mark ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 hell marky that thing is a beast u got any more info on her cheers Reece Sorry Reece.. I do have a back page to this leaflet... I'll post that up mate shortly... I'm not sure if a bigger brochure of the 5200 exists.. I've never seen one... I guess they would only make a small few of these giants... perhaps it wasn't worth investing in the cost of a large glossy brochure \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rorsday Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Dear Marky, Very nice! I have this one. The MF 5200 was produced by Ward McConnell in the States for Massey Ferguson. Later tractors were painted in McConnell's yellow colour scheme. There are leaflets for these as well, although I don't think they sold many. Regards Rory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Never seen one of those even in any one of the magazines - I don't think Robert Ferarnely or any others imported one of these Nice Find there Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ertlerik Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 That is a very nice machine, the first time i have seen one was at a farm show in the USA back in 1990. It had a microwave and a little fridge in the cab, i could not believe it. Here is a picture i made back than, it is scaned out off my scrap book so not real clear, sorry about that. The last i heard scale models is going to do a 1/16 model of this tractor in 2009, based on the Agco star they did in the past. For the massey guy's, i also put a 3680 pic on here. Erik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spud Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Marky heres a bit of info http://www.bigtractorpower.com/masseyferguson4wdhistory.htm Reece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 Thanks all... I'm a little wiser now as to the story behind this tractor... I'd love to see one in the flesh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 This is what the 5200 evolved into after AGCO took over McConnell, the Agcostar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Dug out my old Agcostar brochure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 As you can see it's basically still the same tractor under the skin, same chassis and same cab frame, just updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Last one of the Agcostar, you can really see the similarity here. and one of the McConnell-Marc 900, same as 5200 but with a 320hp Detroit Diesel Series60 motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 This post is getting better and better... thanks Allis... what a super looking machine as well.. still think it looks better in red :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 bit of a monstor aint she marky, wonder how many got made, and if any made it over here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 I've not seen any over here advertised... ever... I would have thought the bloke who runs all those 4880's would have one if anyone \ What a head turner one of those would be to own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 bit of a monstor aint she marky, wonder how many got made, and if any made it over here Well ,at least one was made over here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 :P - You'd best send that over to me I reckon - what a peach... I think I love you Allis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Well ,at least one was made over here. whos that made by mate, and what scale, i asume ertl , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allis8550 Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 whos that made by mate, and what scale, i asume ertl , It's a convo of the old ERTL 1/32 scale MF 4900/4880 model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the other green Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 You really should come and see Lois and I Mark. The boss of a friend of mine had 2 of those, still has one. The one he still has started life with the Detriot engine but one autumn evening after spending the day doing primary tillage work with it, he decided to drain the engine oil overnight and finish the oil-change before he started work early the next morning. Unfortunately, very early the next morning his Dad came over and decided to use the tractor to move a large (100') set of harrows over to the workshop to work on them. The tractor seized on its way back to the workshop. It now has a 500hp Cummins truck engine. Seems he wasn't too much bothered, he's a Cummins guy anyway. \ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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