I grew up around these tractors. Had a 30, a 33, a 44 and a 333. I was given the worn out 44 when I was 6 and drove it pretty much every day. These have such a distinctive exhaust note...very pleasant machines to work with.
i have a massey harris in parry sound ontario i use it often in the bush. i put new brakes on it cause the land is quite hilly.your massey looks like it has a seized brake. my massey jammed up and wouldnt move a couple times . what happened when i put it in gear i put it in 2nd and 3rd at the same time this happened a few times . i had to pull out the shifter and manually put all 3 forks back into nuetral position. then i put in my shifter and it works fine.once you have engaged two gears at once the tractor wont budge.but yours the one wheel moves so it could be a brake
Our 44 would do the same. Usually wouldn't come out of third. We left the cover off the shift rods. Took a pliers and pulled the one that was stuck in.
We had a Massey 44 row crop bought new in 1953. When the muffler went bad, we put a straight pipe on it. After plowing or disking all day and the tractor in the shed, you could hear still hear the engine cackle driving in the truck all the way home. At night there was a red glow under the hood and a 12" blue flame above the exhaust pipe! Wish I still had that tractor.
Wow that sound brings back so many boyhood memories .... we had one on a farm in Southern NZ. She had the lightweight wide front axle, was a real old tart on a cold morning, the carbie would freeze up ... my Dad fixed this using a flexi hose bent around to draw the air from near the manifold ... no more poppy farty ...they had a lot of low down grunt,
