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LenNH
02-27-2008 08:43:41
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Re: Farmall A vs. Super-A, What's the Difference? in reply to dej(jed), 02-27-2008 05:08:54
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I don't have all the info at hand about the difference between these tractors, but this I can say, from considerable experience with both an A and a B: They are not toys. The A has an engine that is exactly the same size, and runs at the same rpm as the F-12. It will pull about the same load (2 12" plow bottoms in second gear, and a 7' double-disk harrow, also in second; they were not designed for this load, and that is maximum, but they will just handle it). The A was designed for one-row cultivation. I never quite understood why anyone would want to cultivate one row if they could do two just as easily, but I guess there must have been a market for that. Both the A and B were delights to drive: easy steering, fantastic visibility, a comfortable seat, a nice platform, very accessible and well-placed controls, a nice quiet exhaust if you opted for a muffler. Any of these models will handle a 7-foot sickle-bar mower and do all kinds of lighter chores around the farm at minimum expense: raking hay, pulling loaded wagons to and from the field, mowing, spreading manure, planting, cultivating. IHC sales brochures of the day stress that these tractors were intended for very small farms and that they would do ALL the work that previously was given to horses. I seem to remember also that the sales pitch included the idea that the small tractors could supplement a larger tractor for the lighter work. A relative of mine did all his farming with an F-20, and I can tell you from a lot of experience with his tractor on my father's farm, it was mighty heavy and clumsy as a "chore tractor." The relative bought a B (two-row cultivators) to do the lighter work and was delighted with it. I used to drive it from time to time, and I found it a very nice little machine.
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