240 Utility

SouthernFarmall · Jun 7, 2011

There is an International 240 Utility up for sale pretty close by. Serial number 976 J. The hour meter says approximately 25,800. He is asking $3000. It is in good shape, nice paint, and it starts fine. He said that everything on it works (except the alternator, which he plans to have fixed before he sells it), but I will go back over there in a few days to check it out again. The 240 is equipped with a 3 point hitch type attachment. Is this is a good tractor, and is the price good? I believe the 340 differential blew up at Nebraska, which is fairly disheartening, but 140s are very reliable tractors. The heaviest work I would have it do would probably be square baling while pulling a wagon with 100+ bales, as well as pull a 7 foot (give or take) rotary disc hay mower. So, does this tractor have much more power than a 140, and would it do what I ask of it?

SF

Janicholson · Jun 7, 2011

None of the tractors mentioned are in the category of acceptable with 100 bales on a wagon. A 350, 350U, 400, 450, 460U, or 40+ horse tractors with live PTO. Jim

IH fan · Jun 7, 2011

You could pull a trailer with 100 bales, [u:940f0e7629]OR[/u:940f0e7629] a small square baler with a 240U, but not both. I have a 240U and for baling, I would consider a live pto to be important, or an engine on the baler. As a kid I pulled an engine driven baler without a hayrack with a C on fairly level ground and it did okay, but we used the JD A or 60 when we pulled a hayrack and loaded behind the baler. I wouldn't have wanted much less. The 240 series is a slightly "grown up" C- SC-200-230 series, with the added utility version.
As for the 7' mower, I'm not familiar with the power required for a rotary disc mower, but a 7' sickle bar is an easy task for that HP, and a 7' "bush hog" type is too much.
They do not have the best of 3 point systems compared to more modern types, but are servicable.

dhermesc · Jun 8, 2011

We had one growing up, you can pull the baler (slowly) or the wagon - but not both. Those little 240 utilities are light tractors (slightly more than an 8N) and can get shoved around pretty easy. They are not especially powerful either. Road gear is 4th - about 10-12 mph and that's plenty fast for it.

I just looked up the HP claims at tractor data and it tested at 28 hp at the drawbar but that was factory new before they saw 40+ years of work. That's more HP than the H Farmall but the one we had couldn't come close to pulling as much as our H.

SouthernFarmall · Jun 8, 2011

Thanks guys. I'll look into it a little bit more, but I probably won't seriously plan to buy it. One of the things that bothers me is that the engine turns 2000 rpms instead of 1400 for a 140. Seems to me that that would decrease reliability.

Thanks again for your help, SF

IH fan · Jun 8, 2011

(quoted from post at 11:13:29 06/08/11) Thanks guys. I'll look into it a little bit more, but I probably won't seriously plan to buy it. One of the things that bothers me is that the engine turns 2000 rpms instead of 1400 for a 140. Seems to me that that would decrease reliability.

Thanks again for your help, SF

I wouldn't worry too much about reliability with the added RPMs, but I don't think you would be happy with a 240U for what you intend to do with it. If you are looking specifically for a utility type tractor, I wouldn't go less than 40 DB or pto HP... something like a 454 or larger. A 460U would be okay or even a 350U (even though it's not 40 DB HP, but over 40 pto). A 340U is not that much bigger than the 240, but has the advantage of live pto and 5 spd. tranny (or 10 with TA). (or, heaven forbid, you could go with a different color

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