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Mark in Mi

03-30-2004 11:06:26

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I just put rear steel on my 1944 farmall H. Looking for front steel. Man, does it ride ROUGH. How did you old time farmers keep your kidneys intact? Tell us your stories.

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CNKS

03-30-2004 19:03:28

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Re: How many farmers remember farming on steel whe in reply to Mark in Mi, 03-30-2004 11:06:26

I spent many hours on an H with rear steel in the 50's. In the field you could not tell the difference from rubber as for as ride. We usually swapped it to narrow steel from rubber for cultivating vegetables in narrow rows. This was a common practice. I have also seen Ford 8N's and the equivalent Ferguson model with rear steel. I have never seen an Farmall A or B with rear steel, probably because the rear tires were narrower. The 11-38 rear rubber on the H was a little wide for our rows, and also caused compaction in the rows the wheels ran in. We had a small farm and no road travel. I simply ran beside the packed field roads when I could. The tractor came with rubber, so 5th was not locked out. It didn't matter. The H wouldn't turn the rear wheels in 5th with steel anyway.

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donwisc

03-30-2004 14:07:39

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Re: How many farmers remember farming on steel whe in reply to Mark in Mi, 03-30-2004 11:06:26

I can remember all too well. The first tractor I drove was my dads 42 JD B on steel. When I got a little older and doing more work with it, it got so bad that I threatened to not help any more unless he put rubber on it.

By God if he didnt take it in to the dealer had it rebored with oversize pistons, new rubber with cast wheels, and a new paint job. Boy was I proud the first time I took it out in spring. It was better than when it was new.

He would not put in the 5/6 gears but we did not do a lot of road work.

To this day I will not look at any steel wheel tractors no matter what they are worth.

Sorry to get so emotional but you had to be there to appreciate it

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Minnesota Marv

03-30-2004 11:52:47

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Re: How many farmers remember farming on steel whe in reply to Mark in Mi, 03-30-2004 11:06:26

When I was growing up, we had an F12 with rubber on the front and steel on the back. It was ok in the field, but on the road it wasn't much fun. We had 120 acres about 3 miles from home and used the F12 for mowing hay, so we had to drive it over there when the hay was ready to cut. We put rubber on the rear in later years. My cousin has it now. He has restored it and shows it in parades and at a local tractor show.

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Dick Davis

03-31-2004 06:04:56

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Re: Re: How many farmers remember farming on steel in reply to Minnesota Marv, 03-30-2004 11:52:47

So, Minnesota Marv, was the hay over ripe by the time you got there to mow it, or did you like leave right after 2nd cutting to be there by 3rd cutting time?

Does anybody remember the story posted by the fellow who bought an F-12 on steel with mounted cultivator at auction, cold day, new bride, towed him home behind the pick up that had a blown muffler? She rolled up the windows couldn't hear his hollering all the way home at a high rate of speed? He wrote it well. Dick Davis

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old

03-30-2004 11:47:08

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Re: How many farmers remember farming on steel whe in reply to Mark in Mi, 03-30-2004 11:06:26

First off we went slow, and gritted are teeth, I still use a steel wheeled tractor but never in high gear and a stand up a lot when I drive it. There not bad on plowed ground but on hard ground its the pits.

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Minnesota Marv

03-30-2004 11:54:51

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Re: Re: How many farmers remember farming on steel in reply to old, 03-30-2004 11:47:08

Wit the F12 we didn't worry about road gear. Didn't have one.

Minnesota Marv

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John *.?-!.* cub owner

03-30-2004 12:26:11

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Re: Re: Re: How many farmers remember farming on s in reply to Minnesota Marv, 03-30-2004 11:54:51

When an H cam form the factory with steel instead of rubber, the 5th gear was blocked out.

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Russ

03-30-2004 16:41:21

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Re: Re: Re: Re: How many farmers remember farming in reply to John *.?-!.* cub owner, 03-30-2004 12:26:11

On Steel? If your gonna put that tractor in a non-moving display then steel is appropriate.
If you intend to work it alot and travel between fields you might try parking on the side of the road and hope someone uninformed steal's it.
We used to run a steel wheeled wagon and that too was pathetic. I hope you have steeled yourself to running on steel until someone even more misguided steal's it in error. Only advantage is you can steel home quite often.

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wayne

03-30-2004 17:19:31

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How many farmers remember farm in reply to Russ, 03-30-2004 16:41:21

You people have got to be kidding me. I am relatively young (41)to have experience with steel wheeled tractors, but I have plenty. I grew up with most all of our tractors with steel on the back. You at least need the rubber on the front to keep the radiator from shaking apart. We lived at the end of a gravel road and there wasn't any pavement for 4 miles. Yeah, it was a little rough on the hard gravel.

I'm thinking of putting steel on both tractors that I currently have, Farmall H and MM JstStar 3 Super. They probably won't leave the farm grounds and I look forward to not fixing anymore tires or rims. Last year purchased new tire fot MM at $365. Needs another one, but putting the funds towards the steel.

If you need to run the tractor up and down the roads, then rubber is what you would need.

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