MF 300 As new..

[JimInOz]

Found these local pictures of an old favourite of mine.
Compliments of the Melbourne Museum website,where there are some other MF tractor pics,etc.

MF300 Drott 1975 New.jpg

MF300C Drott City of Sunshine.jpg

3366 Drott Australia.jpg

MF600C Drott Australia 1985.jpg

My uncle bought a new 300 in the early 70s,& it was the first bit of gear I ever "operated". I started by just going forward & back,while we were manually loading the bucket with bricks on demo sites.I threw thousands & thousands of bricks into that bucket..
I can still hear that Perky in my head,as the decel pedal was lifted.

One time,I had to unload the 300 off a UD tipper..I just lowered the ripper & backed it off into a raised garden bed ,which broke my fall.

PS: I've never seen a cabin on a MF crawler,& never seen a GP bucket on a Massey crawler either.Most Crawler Loaders here had no cab,& were fitted with rippers & 4in1.

Jim

[martyn williams]

The MF 300's were a good machine.Loved working on them
Martyn

[tctractors]

The Massey range of shovels worked very well and to all intents seemed a well put together bit of kit, the 3366 was called the "trouble free double 6" they were a tough well liked item.
tctractors

[martyn williams]

I may get a M F 300 loader one day Tony, loved them.Very reliable. Rebuild a M F 300 years ago after it took a dip in the water at Cockwood habour, Devon. It went under up to its cab worklights
Martyn