Farmall tractors?

[Xi Bowhunter]

Anybody ever have any experience with Farmall tractors? My dad and I are going to look at one tonight for doing work on the farm. It is one of the smaller ones.

[philipfleek]

XI. Pm ducky41051. he's not on much= but I'm sure he can help you out.
Tell him phil sent ya.:)

[Cornpile]

Is it a 140 model

[treerat]

bunches of people have them around here,,,,i used the one out at the farm when i was still hunting,,,great tractor as far as i am concern,,not as good as a deer though

[barney]

Keep it on level ground.

[NonTyp]

Anybody ever have any experience with Farmall tractors? My dad and I are going to look at one tonight for doing work on the farm. It is one of the smaller ones.

There are lots of models of IH farmalls. Which is best for you all depends on what you have planned to do with the tractor. I grew up on IH, we had two 806's,a 674, and an H to plow tobacco with.

[12 pointer]

Owned a "Super A" for several years. Had an LT-59 woods belly mower under it. sweet cutting machine. I ran it too hard one day and split the crank in half. SAD SAD DAY!!!

[randy grider]

Got an 'M' Farmall ( a '49 model) about 15 years ago for $500, it ran like crap, but ran. I overhauled the engine myself, spent about $800 on it, and it has ran good ever since. It is my second tractor, mostly just pull hay wagons,rake and tetter hay, and has baled on a few occaisions. Mine does sterling service, and It would take a mint to buy, but they are out there, fairly cheap, and heres why
1) No live power. When you push the clutch in the PTO shuts off as well as the tractors drivetrain. This makes some PTO work tricky, but not impossible. bushogging and baling especially are 2 that come to mind.
2) tricycle front end. They are not a hill farm friendly tractor. Some were made with wide front end, but they arecollectors, and not cheap.
3) No power steering. Kits are available to install it, but there goes cheap again
Other farmalls in this class are the letter series A, B,C,H, The M being largest, A the smallest.
The A is a wide front 1 row cultivating tractor, great for that job, but too small for alot of other jobs. The B is kinda scarce, C is a 2 row cultivating tractor and higher than the others as it is sought after for cultivating tobbacco. The H and M are similar in price.

[Xi Bowhunter]

Well, we went and looked at it last night. It is a Super A. It is in decent shape for an old tractor I think. It comes with a disc, plow, and maybe a bushhog.

Here is my question:

The tractor has a 1-point hitch, and the bushhog is not in very good shape. How hard is it going to be to find a 1-point hitch bushhog for this tractor?

This is not the tractor, but it looks similar to this and it is in similar shape:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/xibowhunter/421_FarmallSuperA.jpg

[Xi Bowhunter]

Forgot to add:

All we will be using this tractor for is bushhogging the farm and planting some food plots. Do you think this tractor will do the job?

[mwezell]

Forgot to add:

All we will be using this tractor for is bushhogging the farm and planting some food plots. Do you think this tractor will do the job?

JMO, but, they are great old tractors...They may also be about as bad a choice for a bush hog tractor as there is.---Mike

[Xi Bowhunter]

JMO, but, they are great old tractors...They may also be about as bad a choice for a bush hog tractor as there is.---Mike

Any reason why?

[predator]

I grew up using an "H" and a "M". These were the tri-cycle type and I hated them on rolling ground, but they were work horses. If the "A" you are getting is like the one pictured, I'd say you would be alright, but the 1 pt. hitch system will probably limted you on any equipment you may need. I'd shop around a little more.

[westkybanded]

We had an "H" type growing up with a belly mower. Good machine, but I wouldn't want any tractor with a 1pt hitch. You'll cuss it regularly.

[lab]

Xi, I would shop around for something with more horsepower than a Super A has to offer. While they are great tractors (more towards the collector side) the limited amount of hp did not allow them to be used for much. A person could not "bury" the cultivators in the ground or he would find himself sitting on that very spot digging holes with the back tires and holding on for dear life while being bounced out of the seat.

I am afraid that if you buy the tractor we will see it surface in the classifieds in a short time. To do the work you want, this size tractor will just not cut it.

[duckslayer870]

No, Nothing wrong with a farmall tractor, you might be better off looking for a 300 or 350 or 400 or 450 theses are later versions of the letter series farmalls but they usually have 3 point hitches and live pto. 1 point equipment is very hard to find and are becoming highly collectable in certain circles. I have and A, C, 3 Hs an M with 3 pt hitch, and a super M and several other IH # series tractors they run like tops and are cheap to keep up and running Most parts can be bought a local NAPA stores. You just want a little to much from the little A. I would look for a wide front if you have to many hills. PM me If you need any Info on farmalls. My FIL and I have a pretty extensive knowledge of the IH line. BTW where is the little tractor if your not interested I might be. It will add to the collection if its what I want.

[finelydeerhunting]

On our farm, we have (1) M, (1) Super M, and (2) H's, and that is just in the Farmall manufacturing section of International.

If I were looking to by a Farmall right now, most definately, it would be a Super M, or Super M T/A. :)

[Colorado_Hunter]

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/xibowhunter/421_FarmallSuperA.jpg

A good steam cleaning and a fresh coat of paint and you will be back in the hunt. :D

Well maybe you will have fix a bunch of leaks and other stuff.

[droopy]

Any reason why?
the main problem is they dont have live power for the pto,in case you dont know what that is it means you dont have power until the clutch is out.

[KYBOY]

Have you thought about any other brands Xi? A good ol' Ford 9n can be had relatively cheap..Also we farmed for years with a MF 135 and it was a fine tractor..

[mwezell]

the main problem is they dont have live power for the pto,in case you dont know what that is it means you dont have power until the clutch is out.

IMO the biggest problem with not being live pto, is that the blades of a bush hog will carry quite a bit of momentum. This can be a big problem if you need to stop fast. The bush hog can literally drive the tractor forward through the pto because it is driven through the transmission. The little super A has less hp than most lawn mowers(17-18 I think), is tall and narrow, and light. I'd keep shopping if it were me. The Oliver 550 is a great old tractor that can be found pretty reasonable. Some had power steering too. How big is your bush hog and how much mowing do you have to do?---Mike Ezell

[randy grider]

Not a good choicefor bushogging. A 5 ft bushog would be a big load for that tractor, and like he said, the bushog PTO would push you even after you push in the clutch, not to mention the narrow wheel base of an "A" makes it pretty tipsy.
You are limited to a 1 bottom plow, and a very small disk, making food plot work slow.
An 8N Ford would be a much better choice, and cheaper.

[Xi Bowhunter]

Thank you for all the responses guys. I think we are going to pass on the farmall. We went and looked at another tractor last night, a Ford workmaster. We got the phone number and are going back tonight to hear it run and maybe talk about the price. It looks similar to this:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a231/xibowhunter/ford601.jpg

The tractor we are looking at has been restored and really looks great, but we just need to hear it run now.

[lab]

That would be a much better choice for what you are wanting to do.

[Xi Bowhunter]

That would be a much better choice for what you are wanting to do.

I am glad I asked now. I really don't know much about tractors. I'm just trying to find that balance between my budget and what I want to do.

[duckslayer870]

The little work master is right up your alley. they will do all you need to do for food plots. They are pretty bullet proof in the engine dept. Just remember that most of them are upwards of 40+ years old. Most parts are very easy to find and they are very easy to work on.

[westkybanded]

Great choice on the work master!! Fine machine!

[KYBOY]

Ill second that, a nice machine :cool:

[owcobro]

I have a 71 Ford 2000 diesel, 38 hp, does everything I need for bush hogging, post hole drill, pto driven rotary tiller, etc.

I believe what I have is very similar to the workmaster, I can tell you if you type in "ford tractor parts" on the internet you will get many hits. I have had my best luck with parts online at " walts tractor parts" out of Mexico Missouri. Stay away from "cheap tractor parts . com", they will sell you stuff, but if you have a problem they will not respond to e-mails or phone messages.

Not sure if the workmaster has a hi/low transmission, mine does and gives you much slower speeds possible for heavy duty work.