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- West Wales
How bad is the salt up with you? I’ve got a opico Harrow bought new in 2018, only used in the dry, oiled before putting in the shed, had to cut the lynch pins off this year as they’d seized on
Cabs rusting
- Thread starter Cowabunga
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Cowabunga
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- Ceredigion,Wales
I'm not going to buy a new one because of this. It's only just run-in I reckon.If it lasted too long you would never buy a new one
Cowabunga
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- Location
- Ceredigion,Wales
Well I'm two fields-width from the sea and about 250ft higher. The metalwork on sheds facing the sea rusts badly but the metalwork on the sheltered side doesn't rust anything like as badly.How bad is the salt up with you? I’ve got a opico Harrow bought new in 2018, only used in the dry, oiled before putting in the shed, had to cut the lynch pins off this year as they’d seized on
However, that's not the point here. The sheet metalwork is otherwise fine. The roof is very poorly protected and mine is no different to any other of the breed. They should start doing something about it at the design stage. No, they should have done so 30 years ago when they already knew this was a flaw. Obviously longevity was no longer a design priority by then.
But easy enough to repair I found.
My 1999 Zetor had a few repairs from branch impacts and the like...
Still watertight last year when it lefty Blighty!
- Location
- West Wales
My landlords put a new shed up 18 years ago and they didn’t get it galvanised, the stays going across the RSJ’s have rusted off
dowcow
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- Location
- Lancashire
Every time I get up on the cab roof to do anything to my circa 2004 Massey I think to myself "I really ought to give this top section a lick of paint sometime." Eventually, I will be on the cab and I'll think "I really ought to have painted this when I first noticed it looking a bit tatty." Sometime after that I'll get in one day and my radio wont work and I'll curse about getting a wet ass when I sit down. Anyone happen to know the colour or code for painting the roof of a x4xx MF? Silver Mist maybe?
Cowabunga
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- Location
- Ceredigion,Wales
You can paint the steel part at the top any colour you like as long as it doesn't offend the birds.
- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
Several Same tractors have dissolved here over the years, my current Dorado is not great.
Mostly due to chemical exposure from spraying rather than salt air. Can't say I am surprised but nor can the manufacturer be either as it has been the same for all my life.
MF35 is on original tin and pretty good nick, old IH434 in relatively good nick and that was an orchard sprayer tractor for most of its life.
Mostly due to chemical exposure from spraying rather than salt air. Can't say I am surprised but nor can the manufacturer be either as it has been the same for all my life.
MF35 is on original tin and pretty good nick, old IH434 in relatively good nick and that was an orchard sprayer tractor for most of its life.
dowcow
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- Location
- Lancashire
I did think a nice bright shiny silver colour would help keep the heat down in the middle of summer
Cowabunga
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- Location
- Ceredigion,Wales
I just paint such things in whatever colour I have in stock. Because I'm tight. If it was a very visible panel, that would be a different story.I did think a nice bright shiny silver colour would help keep the heat down in the middle of summer
Whilst it wouldn't be seen as discussed if you want the correct colour it's called MF smoke grey if memory serves me right.
In the topic I keep an eye on our 5400 roof for this very reason, do they rot under the plastic panels first?
Fairly sure the roof skin on our 6615 was all plastic
kverneland es 80
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- clonakilty , co cork
various 64 mf here ,had to replace the roof of our 6470 last yr as it had disolved
- Location
- Co antrim
Our 5465 sun roof was rustin down 1 side. Took it of and did it with grinder and wire brush till it was like a mirror and painted it with a brush as i dont have a sprayer. No1 will ever see the brush marks and least its preserved now. Its a known problem on masseys so if u dont wash it now n again and fix the rust before it rusts through its ur own fault. Its called preventative maintenance just the same as changin brakes before they go and cost more money to sort it out then. Surely the fount of all machinery knowledge mr ducky should of known this 
Cowabunga
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- Ceredigion,Wales
Yeah right, tranfer the blame for an uniquely pee poor design and quality, made to fail critical component to the ownerOur 5465 sun roof was rustin down 1 side. Took it of and did it with grinder and wire brush till it was like a mirror and painted it with a brush as i dont have a sprayer. No1 will ever see the brush marks and least its preserved now. Its a known problem on masseys so if u dont wash it now n again and fix the rust before it rusts through its ur own fault. Its called preventative maintenance just the same as changin brakes before they go and cost more money to sort it out then. Surely the fount of all machinery knowledge mr ducky should of known this
. Just the response I expected from some idiot. Defending the indefensible.Highway star
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- Location
- North west
The steel used is also probably of a low standard, it’s probably still got some traces of mini metro in it.....or perhaps more likely Renault 4/ Citroen 2cv.... then called “high tensile steel” probably doomed by the inevitable rust from day one regardless of paint
Our 5465 sun roof was rustin down 1 side. Took it of and did it with grinder and wire brush till it was like a mirror and painted it with a brush as i dont have a sprayer. No1 will ever see the brush marks and least its preserved now. Its a known problem on masseys so if u dont wash it now n again and fix the rust before it rusts through its ur own fault. Its called preventative maintenance just the same as changin brakes before they go and cost more money to sort it out then. Surely the fount of all machinery knowledge mr ducky should of known this
Duck's broody, leave her be!
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- East meath/dublin
Much as i like the MF tractors and have owned many of them over the years im 100 % in agreement with the Duck on the quality of the cabs . If only there were traces of mini metro the might last a bit longer !!! Ever since the 600 series MF seem to rely on recycled coke tins for their cabs .
Our ford 8340 has a far more durable and rust safe roof and unlike the 3080 and 6180 masseys we had it wont be departing over cab rust .
The latest addition from the MF stable a 7618 will be closely watched for the dreaded tin worm and treated accordingly , seems to have worked with the 6290 .
But it shouldnt be an issue after all these years MF should get it sorted.