Massey 698t

[King of the hill]

Not long aquired a massey 698t. The pto is ridiculously close to the pickup hitch I'm now noticing. Anyone else find this a problem with hitching things up?

 

[capfits]

Only 35 years ago...

 

[rob h]

We had the same problem with a 565.used to pick implements up half way then conect pto before lifting fully up to lock pickup hitch

 

[feilding]

Only had one for 18 months. 1986-87. had to trade it in. too dangerous on steep banks, if the engine stopped for any reason you lost 4wd. and not enough gears, but otherwise a good tractor on flat ground never had a problem fitting a machine, PTO or hitch.

 

[King of the hill]

Thank we are on a flat farm here then. Yeah when the dung spreader or round baler is crooked up the pto touches the drawbar. Might have to look into some way of adjusting. Thanks

 

[jpd]

bit late complaining about a 50 yr plus design
not a problem on all the 100-200-300-500-600 series tractors
never stopped me from doing anything with my 38 year old 290

 

[rob h]

To be fair ours was only a problem on the slurry tanker.as it was on the hook things like the baler were on the drawbar so moved things further back giving more room

 

[Deutzdx3]

Not long aquired a massey 698t. The pto is ridiculously close to the pickup hitch I'm now noticing. Anyone else find this a problem with hitching things up?

Any pics showing issue?

 

[King of the hill]

Yeah did think about putting the drawbar on to be fair. And it's not really a complaint, but thanks for reading . More to see if anyone had any useful input.