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Purchased the 1045. Actually I am a partner in ownership with my Dad and Brother in Law. This is an upgrade for us. We have owned an Internationatal 504 Utility for 17 years. It has served us well. Still a good machine. It is now for sale. My Dad is up in years and had trouble applying enough peddle pressure to the clutch and brakes. He has no problem now. This 1045 seems to be a nice tractor. Has 1100 hrs on it and runs good. Everything works and appears to have been well maintained. Its first life was spent on a sheep farm in East Chatham NY. We purchased it from a local dealer. It had been traded for a new Kabota. Our uses include fire wood loading and hauling and snow removal. There is a MF 232 loader on this tractor. I have noticed the loader is slow. Looks like the supply hoses are small diameter. I guess this means the pump is likley of small capacity. If anyone knows how I could increase flow rate, I would be interested in hearing about it. Even if the pump is small, can I increase speed by replacing the small hoses with larger ones? I plan to some how install a snowplow. I am trying to determine if I should build a mount system to fit in the loader mounts or alter the bucket into a quick release type and mount a plow frame there. Also undesided if I will power the plow position by tractor hydraulics or electric. Anyway we are happy so far with our new tractor. 4WD is new to us. How nice!

MF1045 4wd
Massey Ferguson Tractors
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