I don't abuse machinery however I have witnessed plenty of abuse. Back in the late 60's my next door neighbors had a Massey 65 diesel they flogged and it kept going. It was the one tractor they could not destroy. I gained a lot of respect for those little Masseys because of it. Another one was the Minni ÃœB Marilyn's family used for a chore tractor. It was either being lugged down on the grinder mixer or beaten around pulling the feeder wagon over frozen ground or through deep mud. The lights were beat out so they were always driving around in the dark doing chores. I can still see the red manifold glowing in the dark when they ground ear corn for the dairy cows. Another tractor that impressed me was the Deere 8420 front assist we had on the grain cart in the harvest. Those young bucks driving it would pull a 1000 bushel grain cart as fast as the tractor could go across the wheat stubble all summer long without it breaking. That power shift was darned near indestructible. They did have the power shift overhauled at 6000 hours of severe abuse the drawbar broke at 7000 hours and the Pistons started flaking at 9000 hours so it finally did break down but in my opinion a lesser tractor wouldn't have made it near that far.
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