How much can my Farmall H handle?

Anonymous-0 · May 20, 2010

I am looking to get some small tillage equipment for my Farmall H to use in some larger gardens. How wide of a disc or field cultivator/digger can it pull pretty well?

KenB_Texas · May 20, 2010

I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
I am far from an expert on this question. But I can share my experience. For the past 2 years I have been using a worn out distillate 44H (burns almost as much oil as gas) to plow and disk my 2 acre garden. Equipped with a Saginaw 3 pt, and she has handled everything I have thrown at her with out flinching. I have used a 6 foot tandem (about as deep as it will go), a 6 foot brush hog, and a 2-14 plow. I got the plow stuck year before last and broke a wheel center out. The old H has plenty of power.

HTH
KenB

Janicholson · May 21, 2010

Ken B is on target. The H will do all he describes.
Put a over running clutch on any Bush hog or belly mower used for safety in stopping the tractor,
Jim

Anonymous-0 · May 21, 2010

Thanks Guys, is a 12 foot field cultivator out of the question? Not looking to go real deep, but there is one locally that looks to be in good shape for a good price.

Janicholson · May 21, 2010

Yes it is too big as is. It might go to 3 or 4 inches and still pull OK but I would consider a 6 foot (maybe 8 shanks) to be max at about 6 to 7" depth in open non sod ground.
Could it be cut down reasonably, to reduce the size?
Jim

Anonymous-0 · May 21, 2010

There ya go! Cut that big cultivator in half and sell the other half to someone else who has a similar sized tractor.

MN Scott · May 21, 2010

A field cultivator is designed to be pulled 3 to 4 inches max. If you want to go deeper buy a chisel plow. A 12 foot cultivator is to much for an H maybe to much even for an M in some soils.

Anonymous-0 · May 21, 2010

i just plowed 10 acres with 3-16 inch plows with my h. mine pulls them even when they're all the way down. iv gotta go in 1 or 2nd gear but them tractors git the job done.

Farmer Devin · May 22, 2010

I pulled a 12 foot spring tooth drag in 2nd. It worked it pretty good in 3rd. I think mostly because the ground was so soft from moldboard plowing that it had to over come rolling resistance. I would suggest 8 feet. It has pulled a 7 foot horse drawn disk nicely. With a moldboard plow, fewer bottoms and a higher gear will give you a smoother field.

The Dukester · May 22, 2010

Could you describe how you've weighted your H to enable it to pull a 3-16 plow "all the way down" as you claim? It's been my experience that even a M has to be weighted with liquid in it's tires and/or several sets of wheel weights to capably pull 3-16's in average soils....and the average M outweighs an H by 1000 lbs. or more...and has around 10 more drawbar horsepower. I own both an H and an M and I find the H happy with 2-14's (IH Little Genius No. 8 with plow chief bottoms). The M can pull the 3 bottom plow.

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