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IH 240 Utility ??

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David V

02-02-2006 20:11:19




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I recently bought an IH 240U and have a couple of questions. The rear tires are 13.6 X 28 - should they be 24" rims? It is missing the hood emblems and it seems emblems are available for every other model but not the 240. Why is that? It seems to be a good tractor but I am confused by the limited amount of after market parts for this model.
Thanks for any information.
David




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coax

02-03-2006 19:45:15




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 Re: IH 240 Utility ?? in reply to David V, 02-02-2006 20:11:19  
I"ve got a "59" 240 and have had very good luck finding parts, just takes some sleuthing.Best source has been EBAY and Wengers for the model tags.just like a good Steak,some of our babies are what you call RARE!



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Nat 2

02-03-2006 11:35:52




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 Re: IH 240 Utility ?? in reply to David V, 02-02-2006 20:11:19  
It's pretty simple: They didn't make that many 240s, Farmall or Utility, and relatively few are around these days, compared to letter-series farmalls, where the operational unit count is still in the hundreds of thousands.

Aftermarket parts are expensive and time consuming to develop. They don't just grow on trees. When a company decides to produce an aftermarket part, they carefully analyze whether it's likely they'll sell enough copies to make a profit or not. If profit is not likely, as in the case with a low-production tractor like the 240U, they don't make the part.

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Hugh MacKay

02-03-2006 03:07:53




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 Re: IH 240 Utility ?? in reply to David V, 02-02-2006 20:11:19  
David: While most 240 utilities did come with 24" tires, some did have 28".

Some parts for a 240 will be available, ie. parts common with other models, items such as power train parts. However items like decals and other items exclusively 240 will become scarce. There were only about 15,000 Farmall and Utility 240s ever built. I doubt those few items will ever excite the after market suppliers.

I see this with my 130, I lost one of the model decals, and was close to 10 years finding an original. After market does supply those, but they are different from the originals, and rather cheap looking as well.

Think about it this way, most letter series and supers were well over the 100,000 unit mark, some of them close to 400,000.

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doodelbug

02-02-2006 21:26:18




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 Re: IH 240 Utility ?? in reply to David V, 02-02-2006 20:11:19  
try bates corp. they have a web site



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