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Plough/cultivator/planter capacity of Farmall M tractor

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Picklesmith

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Will the Farmall M handle 4-row cultivators, planters and Lister ploughs? I have read that the M was built to handle 3 moulderboard breaking ploughs but I have not found information about other implements. Anyone with exprience with the other types of 2-row or 4-row implements?

Thanks.
 
i believe it was rated for a 3 bottom plow (super m, 4 bottom), 4 row cultivators, although most were 2 row and i would venture to guess a 2-4 row planter. unsure on that.
 
Most Ms in cotton country had 4 row planters and cultivators. Had one nieghbor that had 6 row planter on Super M and he planted 5/6 hungred acres a year for years with it even though he had newer/larger tractors. The Ms had plenty of power for 4 rows but the mounted 4 row cultivators were a man killer to drive.
 
(quoted from post at 16:29:05 02/14/11) i believe it was rated for a 3 bottom plow (super m, 4 bottom), 4 row cultivators, although most were 2 row and i would venture to guess a 2-4 row planter. unsure on that.
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Don't be saying that kind of stuff on this board! The old timers will come out of woodwork saying by them you could only pull 2-14s with a good SM. :lol:
 
My Dad used an old M with a 4 row lister back in the 50"s and early 60"s. also pulled 3 14 plow.
 
We always as far back as the early 60's had a 4 row cultivator on our H 30" rows. Would push it in fourth if you could keep it on the row. Was a front mount. took half a day to put it on with the rear track remover. Used to be on and off about once a week during haying. Since we only had the H and a D-4 cat to farm with. The H never has pulled a plow in it's life that i know of and there never was a plow that small here either. Old 4 bottom Oliver with a ring trip tounge.
 
My M pulls a 6 row #60 IHC planter with no problems. That planter can do corn and beans but as a 6 row it is 22" rows. A 4 row cultivator works well on an M and I would stick with a 2 bottom plow
 
Depending where you are,2 to 4 bottoms.Ican pull a 6 row (danish S-tine)cultivator with ease.I do however,have to add a few suitcase wts to the front.
 
In the early 50's the man I worked for had 5 MD's and all had 4 row front mounted cultivators.The farm was a black land cotton farm in Arkansas, as a 15,16 year old at 130 lbs I did not have any problems driving them, a little hard to turn at the end of the row but back then we did not know any better. beat following those hay burners with a 1 row walk behind cult.
 
Most all M's in the Delta had four row planters, four row cultivators, and three row middlebusters. After the Super M came out and during the 400/450 era, farmers started going to six row planters, six row cultivators and five row middlebusters.


Harold H
 
A 2x16" or 3x14" moldboard plow and 8 to 10" tandem disc depending on the soil type... smaller end of that in clay, higher end in other soils. A 4 row planter and cultivator should be no problem.
 
Oh yeah, I pull a 13' JD disc with my MD. It pulls it fine in 2nd or 3rd, but it doesn't lift it very well. (I'm told that is "normal")
 
(quoted from post at 13:53:51 02/15/11) Oh yeah, I pull a 13' JD disc with my MD. It pulls it fine in 2nd or 3rd, but it doesn't lift it very well. (I'm told that is "normal")
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I might try that in corn stalks or real shallow in wheat stuble, but I can't imagine pulling a 13' behind an M or MD in plowed ground.
If it won't pick it up, find a larger diameter cylinder... you don't have a lot of pressure to work with in the old IH systems. It will be slower, but you'll have more force.
 
(quoted from post at 05:58:22 02/16/11)
(quoted from post at 13:53:51 02/15/11) Oh yeah, I pull a 13' JD disc with my MD. It pulls it fine in 2nd or 3rd, but it doesn't lift it very well. (I'm told that is "normal")
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I might try that in corn stalks or real shallow in wheat stuble, but I can't imagine pulling a 13' behind an M or MD in plowed ground.
If it won't pick it up, find a larger diameter cylinder... you don't have a lot of pressure to work with in the old IH systems. It will be slower, but you'll have more force.
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Yeah, I have never really worked it in a real farming operation. I got the disc for $100 and didn't really care if it was a hair too big. I figured it was a JD so I could always sell it for $500 :D I used it last summer with the MD to disc prevented plant ground. Nothing too serious. I also pulled it with the H to knock the moldboard ground over in the garden. That would really get some guys worked up!
 
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