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Bill Pugh

10-19-2000 08:19:20




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New to H and confused. I have an H with a model of HX6 with serial # of FBH 49620. On the ID plate it is made by International Harvester Co. My questions are (1.) Where does Farmall fit into the name or does it? (2.) I have been told this is a 1937 model while others say the H did not appear until 1938?

Thanks to you who can answer my questions - Bill




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RB

10-19-2000 18:58:40




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 Re: H questions from a novice in reply to Bill Pugh, 10-19-2000 08:19:20  
Posts below verry well said!Wha tIm confused about is the HX6.The X6 should be after the serial no.,right?What would X6 be?Little brother has my originality guide so I can look it up.



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Harold H

10-19-2000 13:11:14




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 Re: H questions from a novice in reply to Bill Pugh, 10-19-2000 08:19:20  
Generally speaking (there are exceptions) during the letter series time frame, 1: all Farmall tractors were row crop tractors (officially called McCormick Farmall or McCormick Deering Farmall) 2: all McCormick or McCormick Deering tractors were wheel type or standard type farm tractors and 3: all International tractors (officially McCormick International of McCormick Deering International) were industrial tractors. For example in your size tractor, the Farmall H is a row crop tractor, the McCormick W-4 is a standard type or wheel type tractor, and the International I-4 is a industrial tractor. Likewise the Farmall M row crop, McCormick W-6 wheel or standard tractor, and the International I-6 industrial tractor. The A was built as a Farmall A row crop tractor and the International A industrial tractor. It basicly held till the early or mid 70's that all row crop tractors built by International Harvester Company were Farmalls and after the late 50's all standard, wheel, or industrial tractors were called International. All this applies to the USA only.

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C.R.

10-19-2000 12:01:05




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 Re: H questions from a novice in reply to Bill Pugh, 10-19-2000 08:19:20  
I have several Farmall tractors and have been using my dads on our farm sinse I was a kid,but until recently they were just tractors to me.If you have more than a passing interest in farmalls like I now do, you should read the book "Vintage International Harvester Tractors" by Ralph W. Sanders, published by Voyageur Press Inc. Keep using this site too, The Red and many other Knowledgable people have answered more of my questions than I can count just by being here.

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Denny

10-19-2000 09:59:03




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 Re: H questions from a novice in reply to Bill Pugh, 10-19-2000 08:19:20  
Bill - They call them FARMALL's because IHC bought the plant in Rock Island ILL where your H was made to build the Farmall Regular in 1925. Production started in '26, the the F-20,30,12, & 14 and then the letter series in 1939. Start-up dates of models were usually staggered. The plant was referred to as the "FARMALL" Plant until it's closing in May 1985. Employed over 3500 people most of that time.(I was one of them) Most of the machine tools to build the 5X88 series were transfered to JI Case's Racine WI tractor plant and became the Magnum CIH series. There's a thread in this forum about 5 to 10 days ago about how Case/IH/New Holland is going to close the Racine plant now.

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The Red

10-19-2000 08:33:01




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 Re: H questions from a novice in reply to Bill Pugh, 10-19-2000 08:19:20  
Bill you have a 1940 H. The first Hs were produced in 1939.



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Ludwig

10-19-2000 08:26:05




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 Re: H questions from a novice in reply to Bill Pugh, 10-19-2000 08:19:20  
Simply put, all H's are Farmalls, as are A, B, C, M, and Supers.
You'd refer to it as a "Farmall H" which helps keep confusion down from the JD H.
Otherwise its a "Mcormick Deering Farmall H" but not an "International Harvester H" which would be an industrial and have a different letter.
It could be an "International Harvester Mcormick Deering H" though.

Confused yet? Yeah its a confusing thing. Others can probably hit it better.
I'd guess without checking the book that yours is a '38 or '39. I don't remember which year they started production...

If nobody else gets it I'll check when I get home tonight.

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