Farmall H wide front vs. narrow---swap?

What kind of value does the narrow front or single front hold as compared to the wide front?
Is it realistic to expect some cash on top of a good narrow front in a swap?
The rims from the wide front should fit the narrow front, correct?

How difficult is it to remove the wide front and replace it with a narrow?

Thanks for the advice!

Over the years I've had several narrow fronts given to me. That was before scrap became as valuable as it is today. Narrow fronts are so plentiful, scrap price is all they are worth. $25.00 is top value for one. Don't bother looking for a trade, you'll just get hosed. If your wide front is in good shape, it's worth $500.+. Buy your narrow, make your switch, then sell.

I once thought I wanted a wide front for my 300, this was 1966. A dealer, two brothers, had a Super H with factory wide front, tyrods behind axle. I offered the one brother $100. plus I do all the labor for a trade, he took me up on it. Well, the other brother growled all the time we were there changing the front ends. He also growled about the deal, everytime I went in their shop for the next 5 years. "$100. cash in hand and destroyed a good saleable tractor", he always said.

Don't let anyone do that to you. It's also interesting 2 years later I took that wide front off my 300 and reinstalled another narrow front I had in shop. Damn wide front just destroyed a nice manuverable tractor.

• Hobby farm

Narrow front shouldn't cost more than $50 with the wheels and tires on it. It's an easy swap to go from wide to narrow.

Allan

Providing the WF and NF have the same type cast hubs (there's both adjustable and fixed tread cast hubs) the wheels will interchange. However if the front ends have different style hubs, it's a simple matter to swap the hubs between the WF and NF spindles if necessary.

The single wheel front end however is a completely different animal - no tire/wheel/hub swaps are possible with a WF.

Aside from having to handle some heavy parts, swapping front ends is relatively straightforward. It's best however to have a suitable O/H hoist and an assistant before starting in.

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Keep in mind an WF is considerably less manueverable than is the NF. With the WF your H won't turn much sharper than you car!