Farmall F-14 Customized

Richard Pruitt · Mar 18, 2014

Does anyone know what this was done for?

Stemmy · Mar 18, 2014

any other pictures? pics of behind the tractor?

orchard use maybe? looks like shrouding for corn stalks. never seen a set up like that.

redforlife · Mar 18, 2014

I don't know, but I must say that it just looks silly as heck. Like something BoZo the clown would drive in a parade. Kinda looks homemade. Which actually confuses me about the elevated seat and controls. The stuff behind the seat and over the wheels looks like is mechanical. Some better photo's of that would probly hold the clues as to what this altercation was suppose to do.

Phil Tibbetts · Mar 18, 2014

I'm thinking for corn cultivation too. Pretty well done I would say.

DeltaRed · Mar 18, 2014

Corn sprayer.For spraying tall corn.It is chain driven.The tank is on the back.Pretty cool!Here is an F20 set up as a spray rig as well. It is in Avoca IA,Farmalland museum.(Sorry for the double)

notjustair · Mar 18, 2014

There's something chain driven in those drums beside the seat. Why would you be in corn that tall - the only thing I can think of it tasseling.

Where is it? If it was in CA I guess it could be for trimming grapes or something. There is some sort of housing mounted in front if the transmission (or in front of the rearend - I can recall on the pic). It had to have added a good two feet. The thing looks like a limo. Around here the only crop that tall is corn.

John M · Mar 18, 2014

It looks like what ever it is is driven from the axles, so trans gear speeds it up and down, since the area where the axle should be is a sprocket of sorts. The rear tires are in thedrawbar area so those are set back, about 2 feet or so, so Im wonerng if the rear tires aren't somehow driven from the PTO, although I don't see an extended PTO handle. Also looks like someone rigged up an electric start setup on it as well.

rhtx55 · Mar 18, 2014

Cotton maybe ??

Paul from MI · Mar 18, 2014

Looks like the drive from the original rear axles was by chain up to a jack-shaft mounted above the top of the rear tires, then back down to the rear wheels. The width of the rear wheels suggests row crops in the 36-40" area, most likely corn. May have been used to spray or pull a de-tasseler set-up for seed corn. There's also an added starter set-up on the transmission input shaft. All in all, a very interesting and well built machine.

redforlife · Mar 18, 2014

You might be on to something. Could very well be for de-tasseling corn. If that's the case, all that framing up and over the wheel, is actually the framing for the wheel creating one heck of a drop axle. the wheel could be chain driven with those chains. Probly would have some sort of cutter up high there to do the de-tasseling. Be nise to see more pictures. Maybe they will put more on.

rusticredacres · Mar 18, 2014

Guys that was a conversion to pull horse drawn wheat drills in standing corn. A very popular thing back in the day. I have a friend that has one just real similar to this one. Sounds crazy but true. The other F20 pictured here as well was used for the same thing. There also is one of those in our area here to.

LMack · Mar 18, 2014

All these I have seen were used to pull dust or spray rigs. Remember we have high clear spray rigs from all the major manufacturers now days. These were not available back in the 1920"s and 30"s. Most I saw work were placed under Fords or Fergusons to get the light weight and wide front for corps like Poll Beans where two rows would be pulled together to one line of polls. In Minnesota you would think it would be used in corn.

redforlife · Mar 18, 2014

so what did the horse drawn wheat drills look like. Was they just narrow enough to go between 2 rows of corn, thus this tractor would pull 3 individual drills. A normal size drill would have to go up and over the rows of corn like the rear of tractor. I'm presuming the corn would be left un-picked after drilling. I'm not doubting that you might be right. They sure never done that in my area.

Greg K · Mar 18, 2014

They had very narrow drills to fit in between the corn rows which were probably 40 some inches wide. They would drill in rye usually for a cover crop in the lighter soils to help prevent erosion and with fertilizer is suppose too.

Oldiron29 · Mar 19, 2014

Richard, What is to become of that F-14? will it be sold? or keep as is? oldiron29

rusticredacres · Mar 19, 2014

Like Greg K said the drills were around 40 inch or less and you would pull three and sow wheat or rye to be used as cover crop for erosion. This was done early before corn got to harvest stage so you would not knock the ears off of the stalk.

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