Original Farmall

Two Banger · Jul 17, 2011

Did the original Farmall seats have a cushion built into them?

rustred · Jul 17, 2011

36F30 · Jul 17, 2011

here's a pic of THE original Farmall. First one sold to the public and on display at Farmall Land. Later F series had an optional leather covered seat with foam rubber padding. Almost impossible to find one of those intact.

504 · Jul 17, 2011

OK I ll ask, H,M C did the Letter series have covered seats?

rustred · Jul 17, 2011

Jim Becker · Jul 17, 2011

(quoted from post at 15:54:00 07/17/11) OK I ll ask, H,M C did the Letter series have covered seats?

It was an option.

Athol Carr · Jul 17, 2011

The original seat, as used on the 10-20 and early F series Farmalls in the 1930s was the MB488 seat (originally McCormick). This was a metal pan seat also used on mowers and grain binders. In the 1930s (about 1933) the F series Farmalls got a deeper pan seat and this was also applied to grain binders in 1936. The O-12 tractors initially had a cushioned bucket seat but was changed to the MB488 seat in 1936 when the Modified O-12 tractors appeared, I presume there was then a surplus of the older seats.

JRSutton · Jul 18, 2011

Farmall Land? I never knew such a place existed. I'll have to change the families summer vacation plans... Who needs the beach when there's a farmall land?

In that picture - what's that cable/pulley/spring thing? Just curious.

Duanes · Jul 18, 2011

When you got to the end of a row you turned the steering wheel sharp and then the cable pulled the spring and locked up that brake to turn sharper. There was no foot pedals then. The other end of the cable is anchored on the front of the bolster.

JRSutton · Jul 18, 2011

Figured it had something to do with the steering, but I would never have guessed THAT.

Very interesting - thanks!

Old-F20 · Jul 18, 2011

(quoted from post at 12:49:03 07/17/11) here's a pic of THE original Farmall. First one sold to the public and on display at Farmall Land. Later F series had an optional leather covered seat with foam rubber padding. Almost impossible to find one of those intact.

Oh Brian, im gonna hafta bust your chops. You are correct that this was the frst 'farmall' sold to the public, but there were other 'farmalls' before this one so its not technically 'THE' 'farmall'

sorry, had to do it :twisted: :lol:

F-Dean · Jul 18, 2011

The early F-20s had a cast iron steering wheel whick acted like a flywheel. You could just flip it while you were busy raising the cultivator and it would turn itself using the "Automatic" brakes - the cable would brake the wheel in the direction you were turning. After the tractor was turned, you just flipped the cast iton steeting wheel back to staight ahead as you lowered the cultivator.
The more "Modern" steering wheels were too light and made your hands black!

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