I spent two weeks getting this inherited Massey Ferguson running in order to dig up the front garden I have (also herited) in order to plant roses for my late mother's memory.
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this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2026
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Doesn't seem dull enough, but otherwise yes
Women are just men but not so yes.
You got a tractor. Ain't nothing dull about you!(Butt fuck anyone who says you're not!)
This should not be allowed! Because it’s awesome, nothing dull about it!!!
Yeah … hard agree. Getting an old rusted piece of equipment working again and then have it function to do a job you needed to do is about the furthest from dull you could get.
As a post, sure, I agree. But the process was extremely dull.
Ok yeah I can see that. Working on machinery is romanticized in pop culture but its a lot of screwing and unscrewing shit in hard to reach areas and taking forever because you only have a quarter inch you can articulate the fucking wrench in and the thread is three inches long for some fucking reason.
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Warm welcome.
Yes, but no, this is insufficiently dull.
I can drone on about how the tractor's steering was broken in a ball joint and because it is a power steering model I could not find a part and had to make it instead if you'd like.
You are not making it any duller at all. That deserves its own post to be honest
Nope not any duller at all.
You make a compelling case… oh hang on…
Did you know that this specific ball joint application needs a 7 degree taper? I had to use a lathe and improvise with an 82 degree chamfer tool in the lathe, followed by a 7/8 tap in order to make the part. I knew that I was going to be off by half a degree, but I knew the weight of the tractor would force fit the new joint.
That's pretty neat. I'd have probably modified the knuckle for something current or replaced the entire axle before I'd have even thought of trying to build a ball joint. I've replaced them dozens of times, but I've never cut one apart to see if I could make one.
I have a dull past of 20 years as a machinist, so it makes me think that way.
So, a question then: why use a set degree chamfer tool instead of the compound slide to taper it? I've built a few specialty things but I can't say I've tried to run off a taper, though I understand the concept, so I may have no clue what I'm talking about.
Honestly, it is because I had it on hand and it was fast. 0.5 degrees wasn't going to matter here since it simply needs to fit and the whole weight of the engine will force it in place.
Machinist comfirmed. My favorite mantra regarding precision throughout the life of a project:
Measure with micrometer.
Mark with chalk.
Cut with an axe.
Beat to Fit.
Paint to match.
As a farmer, I can get behind "quick and easy, and on to other things".
OK, here is what needed to fit:
This new stainless part is what I made ( hard t9 get a good shot of it without giving you feet pics for free)
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I am vehemently opposed to this post. You don't belong here.
Not because you're a lady. To that I say welcome.
I am opposed because this is AWESOME. You're awesome. Far too cool for this dull club.
We're too dull to enforce such silly rules.
As with all big planting projects, make sure you do a soil sample first. You don't want to lose a big order of roses because your soil isn't acidic enough. They're cheap, usually around $15-20. You can specify that you're planting roses so the results will include recommended soil amendments for that specific plant (get the exact Latin name for the species/cultivar that you're planting for best results).
Check with your State's largest agricultural university (if in the US), they're likely part of the Cooperative Extension System and receive grants to provide these kinds of services. These folks are an excellent resource for home gardening.
Antique tractors are not sufficiently dull! Especially ones from defunct brands like Massey Ferguson!
Rule 6 says no sexism! Just make sure to keep it dull
Don't think anyone cares. It's 2026, women can be dull too.
That being said you can't make classical tractors dull. You could get a modern cheap tractor that keeps breaking down, that would be dull.
This thing is so unbelievably broken that I have to stand and kinda jump on the clutch (I am kinda small, but still) to get it to move.
That's not far off with how they made things back then. My neighbor used to have a 1953 International grain truck, I had to almost literally stand on the clutch and brakes to get that thing to do what I want, and I weigh 180 lbs.
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Dull fact: "man" and "men" are originally old english for person (male or female). By 1900, the sense had shifted to male person.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/men:
"a featherless plantigrade biped mammal of the genus Homo" [Century Dictionary], Old English man, mann "human being, person (male or female); brave man, hero;"
Less dull fact: old english used "were" to specify male (person). This still lingers in modern english with "werewolf" — male (person) wolf.
Welcome to the dull men's club!
Wait, so we're weremen? There's a joke in that somewhere
We're weremen.. and still are.
I can't wait to tell my wife!
'ow do we know if they's featherless?!
This isn’t dull, this is amazingly cool.
I hope your roses flourish! ❤️
I see no reason we can't all share in our collective dullness. The more, the dullier.
Edit. Can't. Not can. Autocorrect strikes again
https://lemmy.world/c/Dullsters@dullsters.net was created specifically to address the gendered name, but I don't think anyone here really cares that much about the gender of the poster
Thanks. It seems much less active, but I really do appreciate the sentiment behind it.
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You ladies have a very different definition of dull. This is cool AF.
You really need to work on the dullness, Petal.
If you want dull, the clutch is so broken that I have to stand on it to get it to move. Fixing it would apparently require splitting the tractor in half.and in the process draining all of the hydraulic fluid.
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Hell yeah
When I was a kid, my friends grandma would gather all of the non-empty 40s leftover from us partying, collect the liquid and leave the bottle uncapped on the counter for a few days (to decarbonate?).
she would use it to feed her roses and said it was one of the best plant foods! some of the flowers were bigger than softballs.
I cannot attest to the science, but the results were there.
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