Let's Go Plowing! Using The Massey Ferguson 1085 Pulling The International 710 3-Bottom!
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Watch on YouTube ↗Skip to contentRed Massey Ferguson 1085 during a parade in Owatonna, Minnesota — Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar, USA, CC BY 2.0. Resized; converted to WebP. · Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar, USA · CC BY 2.0 commons.wikimedia.org source ↗ Red Massey Ferguson 1085 during a parade in Owatonna, Minnesota — Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar, USA, CC BY 2.0. Resized; converted to WebP. · Greg Gjerdingen from Willmar, USA · CC BY 2.0 commons.wikimedia.org source ↗
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Years in Production / 1973–1978
Massey Ferguson
1085
Explore the specifications, hardware, and original references for the Massey Ferguson 1085.
90hp
Engine estimate · from PTO
2WD Only
Drive
1973–1978
Production years
Massey Ferguson
Manufacturer
1085 / 01
At a glance
Overview
1973 - 1978
Row-Crop tractor
Production
Row-Crop tractor
Built in Detroit, Michigan, USA
Original price was $17,000 in 1978
- Manufacturer
- Massey Ferguson
Mechanical
Two-wheel drive
Power steering
Mechanical disc brakes
Open operator station. Optional cab and air-conditioning.
Capacity
- Fuel
- 45 gal170.3 L
- Hydraulic System
- 8.5 gal32.2 L
Hydraulics
- Capacity
- 8.5 gal32.2 L
- Pressure
- 2300 psi158.6 bar
- Scv Flow
- 10 gpm37.9 lpm
- Steering Flow
- 5 gpm18.9 lpm
Hitch
- Rear Type
- II/III
- Control
- position and draft control
- Rear Lift
- 3550 lbs1610 kg
Pto
- Rear Pto
- independent
- Rear Type
- 540 (1.375)
- Rear Type
- 1000 (1.375)
- Engine Rpm
- 540@1700
- Engine Rpm
- 1000@2000
Electrical
- Ground
- negative
- Charging System
- alternator
- Batteries
- 2
- Battery Volts
- 12
1085 / 02
Under the hood
Engine Detail
Perkins A4.318
diesel
4-cylinder
liquid-cooled
- Displacement
- 318 ci5.2 L
- Bore Stroke
- 4.50x5.00 inches114 x 127 mm
- Fuel System
- direct injection
- Air Cleaner
- dry
- Compression Ratio
- 17.5:1
- Rated Rpm
- 2000
- Starter Volts
- 12
- Oil Capacity
- 9 qts8.5 L
- Coolant Capacity
- 16.5 qts15.6 L
- Fuel Type
- diesel
- Cylinders
- 4
- Cooling
- liquid-cooled
Engine Options
Perkins 5.2L 4-cyl diesel
1085 / 03
Gears & controls
Transmission (Option 1)
- Transmission
- Multi-Power
- Transmission Type
- partial power shift
- Gears
- 12 forward and 4 reverse
- Clutch
- 304mm dry disc
- Speeds Description
- With 18.4-34 rear tires.
Transmission (Option 2)
- Transmission Type
- gear
- Gears
- 8 forward and 2 reverse
- Speeds Description
- With 18.4-34 rear tires.
Transmission Options
12-speed partial power shift
8-speed gear
1085 / 04
Size. Stance. Footprint.
Dimensions
- Length
- 153.9 in390 cm
- Width
- 114.2 in290 cm
- Height
- 79.1 in200 cm
- Wheelbase
- 97.6 in247 cm
- Front tread
- 61.4 in155 cm
- Rear tread
- 70 in177 cm
Dimensions And Tires
- Wheelbase
- 97.6 inches247 cm
- Weight
- 8400 to 11540 pounds
- Front Tire
- 10.00-16
- Rear Tire
- 18.4-34
Tires And Tracks
- Front Ag
- 10.00-16
- Front Ag
- 6.00-16
- Front Ag
- 7.50-16
- Front Ag
- 9.5L-15
- Front Ag
- 7.50-18
- Rear Ag
- 18.4-34
- Rear Ag
- 13.6-38
- Rear Ag
- 15.5-38
- Rear Ag
- 16.9-34
- Rear Ag
- 16.9-38
- Rear Ag
- 23.1-30
1085 / 05
Tractor Photos
See it in action
Videos
Watch Massey Ferguson 1085 videos from their original YouTube creators.
1085 / 07
Tests (NTTL)
Nebraska Tractor Test 1133
Diesel 12-speed 2WDMay 29 - June 8, 1973
PTO performance
Drawbar performance
Gear 1-Hi-L used for power test.
Gear 2-Lo-L used for pull test.
- Id
- 1133
- Power At Rated Engine Speed
- 81.58 hp60.8 kW
- Fuel Use
- 5.2 gal/hour19.7 l/hour
- Fuel Use
- 5.1 gal/hour19.3 l/hour
- Max Power
- 69.16 hp51.6 kW
- Max Pull
- 10,355 lbs4697 kg