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Mike CA

11-17-2006 18:42:20

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I found the picture I had been thinking of, of my Grandfather's Farmall. I couldn't remember from memory if it was an H or an M. My Dad told me he owned both at one point or another and wasn't sure which I had spent my time on. So after discussing it with him, and with you folks, I decided to get the H because of the size.

Tonight I was unpacking a box and found a picture box. I started going through it with my son. After about 30 minutes I found it. A picture I had taken as a kid of that Farmall.

It was an M.

Well, I'm already ankle deep in the H, so I might as well continue. But I can't say that I'm happy that it turned out to be an M after all.

Maybe I'll by an M someday, who knows. I have no idea where I'd put it though.

oh well

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F-Dean

11-18-2006 08:40:23

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to Mike CA, 11-17-2006 18:42:20

Welcome to "Farmallitis." We all started out with 1 farmall! Better make room for a M in the future.

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Janicholson

11-18-2006 07:13:01

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to Mike CA, 11-17-2006 18:42:20

I'll bet you drove both of them at one point or the other. Maybe the M was new on the farm and impressive so it was in the photo. I would have my child run an H first and most often if I had both to choose from because it handles about twice as easy as an M. I was raised with an M and an F20 when I could barely remember anything, then we got a stage 1 SH and the M became secondary to the shine of that tractor. Then we (gasp) traded the M for a 350U (we still have it and the SH among 15 other IH tractors). So I point out it is likely you were on both. Pleasant thoughts, JimN

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Allan In NE

11-18-2006 07:04:08

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to Mike CA, 11-17-2006 18:42:20

Mike,

Sell the H and buy an M. That frontend is worth more than you paid fer the whole danged tractor. :>)

Allan

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Mike CA

11-18-2006 12:32:57

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to Allan In NE, 11-18-2006 07:04:08

Can't do that. THe H is all I can handle behind my SUV. So I'm sticking with it.

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John M

11-18-2006 04:28:39

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to Mike CA, 11-17-2006 18:42:20

I know how you feel. Earlier this year I was finally able to find my gramps H and C. Before I could get the money to buy them, someone else bought both of them. Fortunately, I know the guy who bought them, and he plans to restore them both, and I got to drive both of them once more before they get tore down, and he says when he decides to sell them Ill be the one he calls first. It wont be a totla loss, as Ill get to see them occasionally at shows.

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David Kronwall

11-18-2006 02:37:36

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to Mike CA, 11-17-2006 18:42:20

Mike...Been there, so I understand. Here's my story, yours in reverse: My grandfather did have an H, the first tractor I ever drove when I was 11. The auction I went to 18 months ago when I was 58 had an H and a Super M. I wanted the H, but when the bidding climbed above $3,200, I bowed out. Then I bid on the Super M and got it for $2,200. The first tractor I ever owned. Felt a bit sorry for myself too.

Now get over it. Really. Cause know what? My Super M is now special to me--the largest and most powerful of the letter series and a mighty tractor. I WILL have an H someday, when I've finished what I need to do on the Super M and learned a lot in the process. I'll appreciate that future H much more.

You will too. LEARN on the H, then apply that knowledge to the M you'll have some day.

Give it a little time, Mike. I predict that your FIRST tractor--H or M--will grow on you and always be special in its own way, if you give it a chance. The H is a a wonderful tractor--more comfortable, more maneuverable, and the most popular letter series tractor IH ever made.

Best of luck on your journey.

David

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Blue3992

11-17-2006 23:07:16

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to Mike CA, 11-17-2006 18:42:20

I can understand your disapointment. Keep in mind though, the H and M are very similar. If you can resotre an H, and darn sure can resotre an M.

And the H has the advantage of being a little smaller, so its easier to store and easier to trailer to shows and what-not.

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banjo

11-17-2006 21:15:47

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to Mike CA, 11-17-2006 18:42:20

Your grandpa still had an H also didn't he. Just do what you want to and don't let that little detail get you down.
I can remember my grandpa plowing the garden with a mule but i don't want one.You might not have room for another tractor at this time but your still young . I'm only 42 and just now started on my second tractor.

Had grease under my nails as long as i can remember. Yep, even went through ground support equipment (ASM)school in the Navy. You will eventually retire and still have time to do other projects.

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PaulW_NJ

11-17-2006 20:55:41

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to Mike CA, 11-17-2006 18:42:20

Mike

A similar thing happened to me. My initial interest in tractors began with memories of my grandfather"s red Farmall. Didn"t remember much more than the steering wheel was offset on the right side. I really had little knowledge of tractors. When I stumbled across a Cub for sale 4 years ago, all I could think was there"s one just like my grandfather"s! I bought it, and affectionately restored it.

I was going thru boxes of almost 50 year old 35mm slides this past Spring, many barely discernable due to discoloration of age. After removing years of dark color shift with Photoshop, I ended up with this slide . . . my Uncle teaching me to drive my grandfather"s Farmall in 1962. Priceless, what a find! But, well, turned out it was an "A", not a Cub.

Well, I still have the Cub and it still reminds me every day of my grandfather"s Farmall. And I wouldn"t sell that Cub for anything. It"s the memory that matters the most. I"m hooked on old Farmalls, and working on my second tractor now. Is it an A? Nah, I"ve got the Cub. Moved on to a 340U.

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Harley

11-17-2006 20:24:29

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to Mike CA, 11-17-2006 18:42:20

Look at it this way Mike. When you get done with the H look how much you will have learned, and the M is just like the H only a little bigger. Basically the parts are not interchangable, but at the same time, they are the same if you get what I mean. While the parts are not the same, the tractors are basically the same with the M just being a little bigger with a little bigger parts. You can always get the H fixed up, sell it and buy you an M and be all ready to go with it having learned on your first tractor. Don't fall into the same rut the rest of us do. Keep the H, buy an M, keep it, get another one, on and on and on. It's called tractoritis and there at this time is no known cure. Harley

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1953 Jubilee (Steve)

11-18-2006 08:20:32

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to Harley, 11-17-2006 20:24:29

Harley, Jim and the others are right. You will be amazed at how you can get hooked on them. No cure known and hopefully they will never come up with one! We had a 1944 M and the first Super M in our neck of the woods in 1952 and those are the ones I grew up with. When I was a Sophomore in High School, I got an H and farmed my grandfathers farm when he passed away and that little H was as special as any tractor I have ever been around--matter of fact--if I could find it I would go get it regardless of condition! Look at it this way--you have definitely invested in Farmall history and by your involvement will keep that spirit alive! Finish the H and then look for an M. Take a look at Harley and his Dad with his Dad's M in the tractor pictures--that is what its all about! Steve

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1953 Super M (Steve)

11-18-2006 08:21:39

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to 1953 Jubilee (Steve), 11-18-2006 08:20:32

OOps--used the wrong Name:) Have one of each:)

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JayWalt

11-17-2006 20:21:32

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Re: I can't say I'm happy. in reply to Mike CA, 11-17-2006 18:42:20

I feel your pain. Many a times, I remembner things from my childhood and when I get a chance to relive it, its hardly ever as I remember it. I guess time plays tricks on our memories. The M and H are simaliar (size and era). In any event you own a peice of history, A piece of iron that was made to last, and that is something to be proud of. I would continue on it and when u find the other, grab it. People who own them and restore them or take care of them will have them for MANY years. My 300u is pretty much a piece of crap to most people's standards, but I love it.

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