MTZ-5 - these simple and reliable tractors "raised" the village

There was a time when the fields were cultivated with a plow harnessed by horses or oxen. It often happened that it was necessary to "raise" the land without draft animals. Collectivization and the Soviet Union brought to the villagers a miracle that they saw only in rare landowners - a tractor. Since then, this simple technique and the Soviet countryside have been inextricably linked. The tractor driver was respected, and he himself had the opportunity to earn extra money in the countryside.


The author of the channel "Ivan Zenkevich PRO Cars" will show you one interesting instance. This is MTZ-5 - the "grandfather" of modern agricultural machines. This model has been produced since 1956. The tractor is the simplest - it does not even have a covered cab. And why is it - it's more expensive, and it will take more time in production! And you need to plow!

MTZ-5 was produced not only at the Minsk Tractor Plant, but also at YuMZ. Several generations studied on this tractor, the chassis was universal. Attachments were developed especially for MTZ-5. On the basis of a rural hard worker, a family of excavators was created. Only now you will not meet this tractor in the fields. Unless the collectors have them in working condition, ready to work for days, as before.