Hi, my name is John Olejniczak. I found this page while looking for parts for my MF135. Since I enjoy my MF, which I bought used about 8 years ago, very much, I thought I should tell you about an accident with my tractor. I live on 27 acres of woodland and do all my own cutting, hauling the wood with the tractor of course. That includes logs, which I cut into boards for furniture and sheds etc., with a powersaw-mill. To get to the story, my driveway is about 5000 ft long. One winter,while plowing out my driveway, I stopped at the end to change the angle of the grader blade. Since the tractor seemed to be unwilling to roll in the snow, I did not apply the parking brake when I got off and as I was pulling up the locking pin on the grader, the tractor started to roll. Unfortunately, I had stopped about 10 feet from the mainroad very close to the ditch, which is 8 ft deep. Since I am not too swift on my feet, I was unable to get ahead of the tractor to lower the blade and the tractor rolled down the bank and overturned. It landed upside down and remained that way, still running. I waited about 2 minutes, thinking that it would stall, but eventually I had to go down and shut it off. I called someone to come with a Backhoe and lift the tractor out of the ditch. I thought for sure that This was the end of my Massey. The rear fenders were bent down to the tires and the steering wheel was bent slightly. The Backhoe towed the tractor back to my house and when I looked everything over carefully, there was no further damage. After straightening out the steering wheel and the fenders, I was amazed to find that the tractor started immediately and showed no signs of any mishap. That was 6 years ago. This has been one "faithful" piece of equipment.I can't imagine any better tractor.
Later John writes: "I am just finishing repairs on the clutch. About six years ago I got the tractor stuck in the lake while hauling a cart-load of rocks for my road. With the aid of a block and tackle, a long rope tied to a tree and a friend, I managed to get it back to shore,with the fan throwing water at me. Needless to say, the clutch-release-bearing got wet and every time I pushed in the clutch, it made a whining noise from then on. The other day, while plowing snow, the clutch would not disengage. After breaking the tractor apart, I found that one clutch-finger had been completely ground off by the release-bearing. Wouldn't it be nice to have a building to work in, instead of doing the job in the driveway, in the snow and rain. I am amazed at how simple the tractor is built and how easy it is to work on and, how tough it is."
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