Standards ARE NOT Farmalls

To guys that farmed all their lives mostly with Farmalls there is a huge difference. My dad started off in 38 with a Fordson, said it didn't help the horses, but rather created work for the horses tow starting it. He traded that off for a new W4 in 42, and thought what a great tractor, but it wouldn't hold a candle to the new H he bought in 51. In fact the lowly little Farmall 130 he bought in 58 would match the W4 anyday. Two jobs I remember was 130 bu manure spreader and two bottom plow, 130 was quite a match for the W4 in the field.

If you look at the years from 54 through to 62, those Utilities were bought by folks too old and crippled to climb on a Farmall, and for the most part were farming very small acerage. In my area the farmer that had a lot of acres to cover bought a Farmall, without exception.

Yes, I can agree with the guy that started this thread, IH put the name FARMALL on those row crops for a reason. The rest of the line up were not worthy of the same. In my opinion, if one can not properly identfy the tractor he is not capable of intelligent discussion. Quite frankly, I never bother with those guys. Then you have the guys advertising tractors for sale. A Farmall W series is false advertising.

I don't usually get involved with spats, but it is America and I just disagree with this comment. Thanks, Rusty AKA "PerryCountyFarmalls"

For example your point about V or high crop tractors, no question they were very job specific. I can't imagine baling hay with one. I know on my own farm, I sometimes wished I had a utility type tractor, especially around those older low ceiling barns. I guess I cured that one when I went to skid steer loaders. But then my 45 hp skidsteer soon pointed out to me, that my Farmall 560 with 2000 loader was not a very worthy loader tractor.

For 30 years my dad and I used farm tractors in our 500 acre woodlot, started of with W4 then H, 300 and 560. This worked well as long as we were the principle operators, however by the late 60s and ever increasing hired operators, work place safety regulators were frowning on tractors operated by hired help in the bush. I went to a John Deere articulated forestry skidder for use in the bush. What I soon discovered was that articulated vehicles were far superior to conventional tractors on heavy tillage equipment like plows, disks and cultivators.

Well put! You are far more experienced than I at this stuff and I was meaning no disrepect, just my 2cents. Thanks again...

Bailing with an HV...That'd be fun....lol

Rusty

I am in 100% agreement with you. A standard wheel type tractor is definitely not a Farmall.

Harold H

Harold H

This Farmall has an IPTO (Incredibilly Fast Power Take-off).

That said, to a bunch of Farmall guys sitting around talking about tractors, a McC/D W9/W6/W4 qualifies as a Farmall in the general sense of the word even if it isn't 100% correct.

Paul

Tim