Big tractors are common place these days, with most of the main manufacturers offering ranges of tractors capable of tackling pretty much everything. As modern implements demand more power, a 200+hp tractor is now essential on a large, modern farm, however, having a big tractor hasn’t always been an essential requirement.
If you cast your mind back to the 1970s – a decade which many regard as a ‘golden age’ for British farming, there wasn’t the demand for large, powerful tractors here in the UK. Fields were smaller and implements were lighter. In fact, a Massey Ferguson 135-sized machine would do everything that most farmers needed at that time, which is why spotting this mighty MF 1505 – a
