A Massey Ferguson for the Tractor Lovers out there!
This photo was taken in 2015 when dad did a wee tour of his 'children'! He came out to France to stay with us for a while, then he and I went over to Cambridge to visit brother Steve and then Kent to visit brother Johnnie. Johnnie lives on a small farm and dad couldn't wait to get a shot of the tractor. We were all amazed that he jumped on as if he'd been doing it all his life. He was however brought up on a farm and did work for a year as a tractor driver (Third tractor man, I believe, is the term he always uses) at a farm in Laurencekirk when he was studying agriculture at Aberdeen Uni.
The photo may seem a little random, but @happypat Pat posted an image recently of tractors which reminded me of this photo. Then yesterday, my Australian cousin sent me a photo of her dad sitting on their new tractor, at age 93. NOT driving, I may add! Anyway it made me remember this photo, and so I thought I'd post it today. Dad was 83 at the time it was taken, and of course it also features in his 90th birthday photobook, which he'll be receiving on Sunday. :-)
Great memory.. This style of tractor you could drive without any lesson.. but the new modern tractors with all their computers are a bit complicated.. I learnt on a MF .. older than this..
Happy Memories fill our hearts with joy, this immediately takes back to my Boz grandad on his orange tractor - I feel filled with joy 🤩
Simply wonderful 🙏
What a lovely narrative and photo! Happy 90th birthday to your Dad! (My Dad is 86 and he putters around the woods on his "four-wheeler", climbs up on the roof to do repairs and clean out his chimney, uses a chainsaw, etc. I still worry a lot, but have also come to some peace with it over the past 2 years. He's gonna do what he's gonna do. Let him be happy and independent for as long as he can. It's hard on us kids though. Well, sorry for rambling on.)
Happy times! Your dad will be so happy in this photo! I think farmers are always proud if the fact they can drive any tractor……or used to be able to! As @julzmaioro says the modern ones are so complicated!
Harry still has his MF35 in the shed but doesn’t seem to be starting it so much these days…..I’m sure your dad will be happy to see this photo in his birthday book.
What a classic! Great to see your dad at work.
My uncle worked for Massey-Ferguson his whole career. There are still some model MF tractors in my basement, I think.
@juliedduncan Yep - they're going to do what they're going to do! We may want to 'mother' our elderly parents, but they need to do their living as well. It's a hard compromise to find sometimes.
Simply wonderful 🙏
There don't seem to be any half measures with them!!! ☺️
Harry still has his MF35 in the shed but doesn’t seem to be starting it so much these days…..I’m sure your dad will be happy to see this photo in his birthday book.
My uncle worked for Massey-Ferguson his whole career. There are still some model MF tractors in my basement, I think.