MASSEY FERGUSON 3000 SERIES
Electronics had featured in agricultural tractors before the arrival of the Massey Ferguson 3000 Series in 1986 but, after that launch, there had been a seismic shift in how farmers regarded electronic control and computer systems onboard their tractors.
As we’ve seen in this series of articles featuring the design, introduction and evolution of the Massey Ferguson 3000, 3100 and 3600 Series, these tractors marked a paradigm shift in terms of how farm tractors were conceived, built and used. Before 1986, most popular tractors were purely mechanical in nature, utilising little or no electronics. But, following the introduction of the Massey Ferguson 3000 Series in that year, everything changed forever!
However, that’s not to say that things weren’t beginning to change already, as several manufacturers began to offer performance monitors with digital readouts and information gathering on their flagship models. Indeed, Massey Ferguson began developing electronic linkage control towards the end
