Fairway Tractors

Harold H

Well-known Member
This Fairway posting is a continuation spinoff of the Steel Wheel thread started 12/18. IHC produced several different Fairway models. There was a Fairway based on the Regular, a Fairway based on the F20, a Fairway based on the W12 and probably a Fairway based on the W14. All of the Fairways were standard with wide flat steel wheels with airating spikes rather than lugs on the rear wheels. I don't have specs on the Regular and F20 based Fairways but the W12 based Fairway had foot brakes, rear pto, fenders, and a low positioned folding seat as standard. Low pressure pneumatic tires with diamond tread were optional in lieu of the wide steel wheels. A more modern version of the Fairway tractors, though not called Fairway, were the various Low Boy models which were designed for cutting such as the Cub Low Boy, Cub 154 Low Boy, I404 Low Boy, I2424 Low Boy and other Low Boy utility tractors. All of these were standard in a lower profile than the same conventional model and were standard with turf tires soas not to mark the fairways, lawns, or other areas being mowed.

Harold H
 
Here's a Fairway12. A farmer in Ohio owns the tractor. It may have been used by the military. Hal
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Hal, what makes that a fairway 12 and not a
I-12 Just the size and style of the front tires?
A Fairway would have turf diamond on the rear?
oldiron29
 
The Fairway-12 is an O-12 with the I-12 brakes. They are numbered with the O-12 with the distinction of having the prefix FOS rather than the OS of the O-12 The industrial tractors had the prefix IS (the Framall-12 has FS). Normally the I-12 did not have a governor and a pto was not standard whereas it was with all the W-12, Fairway-12 and O-12 after the very early ones.
 
Athol, I was talking about looking by eye without reading the tag. But thanks I do need a lesson on tractor I do not have. oldiron29
 
Athol,

Thanks for the additional information. I have the original sales information on the Fairway 12 but have never actually seen one.

Harold H
 

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