super c verses h

Anonymous-0 · Jan 18, 2014

have a chance to by one of my dads tractors to restore. cant decide witch way to go.the H hays straight sheet metal and a model 30 loader.still 6 volt but doesn't charge.super C has the fast hitch 12 volt one wire altanator .but the sheet metal is rough, needs a grill.has 2 sets of rear weights. one set up front.looking at grills on the web they run about $500.both tractor tires are about %50.he has 3point adapters for the c also.i can have my choice for $1500.i already have a small kabota compact. with a loader.so I don't need a loader.the h is in better shape, but the c would be more handier. I just miss hearing the bark of a straight pipe. raked a lot of hay with that super c. he has owned the c for the past 40 years and the h about 10.can you guys help me decide witch to buy. buy a grill for the c/ or by a three point for the h. cant afford both or I would.

Janicholson · Jan 18, 2014

The SC will overlap your existing tractor far more than the H. Sell the loader to gain a few bucks to assist the restoration. Now you will have far mor versatility in your choice of power. Jim

gab · Jan 18, 2014

If it was me I'd be all over the Super C.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 18, 2014

I can remember dad having that same plow for his, had cultivators to.we had a couple super c and 200s when we farmed.he would buy and sell all of the time.but the neighbor offered to buy the c, so I need to decide which I want.all dad has left is the h and the c,the family wants him to get rid of them and buy some thing more modern.just to brush hog. and plow snow.my dad is 80 and he cant fix stuff like he use too.he has sold off much of his farm and equipment.we had a ford 8600 to do the heavy work.just has a back blade and brush hog left.

El Toro · Jan 18, 2014

I would buy the Super C. I had one back in the 1970's with the fast hitch and plow. I blew one of the hydraulic lines on the last pass across the garden when I lifted the plow. I made new lines and replaced both. I really liked the fast hitch. Hal

400Dtractorman · Jan 18, 2014

No brainer, SC all the way. Worth more the way they are and worth more restored. SC will outwork the H anyday. I just bought an H to resell and my son put it on the trailer and first response was I"ll take our SC or 200 anyday over this H.

Brian Schmidt · Jan 18, 2014

I'd take a SC over an H any day. Live hydraulics and a much more versitle tractor. I guess thats why I have 7 of them and no Hs..... I do have a late '53 SH though. But it is for shows only.

TKelley · Jan 18, 2014

[ I would purchase the superc,can't replace a tractor that's been in family for 40 years

rankrank1 · Jan 18, 2014

Easy answer is buy both. You may never get the opportunity again once it is gone.

Question #1 that I would ask myself: Which tractor would I get the most use out of? Nothing harder on a tractor than sitting around and not used at all.

Question #2: Which tractor would remind me the most of dad and family when I ran it?

These answers to these two questions would determine my choice if I could choose only one.

Loren in MN · Jan 18, 2014

I'd buy the SC any day over an H! Hope they bury me with my SC. Sold any "H" I ever had, don't miss a single one of them.
Seems most everyone else thinks the same way!

Good luck,

IH fan · Jan 18, 2014

Not even a close call, Super C. Around here an H would have to be exceptional to bring $1500 and any SC with a Fast Hitch would be worth $2000 or more. Not only that, the C thru 230 or later is the handiest small row crop tractor ever made.
The SC and plow gab pictured is identical to the one Dad had when I was in HS, right down to the wheel weights.

jdleach · Jan 18, 2014

While I am VERY partial to the "H", I would have to agree with the other posters. There are several things to consider:

1. Not near as many SC tractors made, thus worth more.

2. It is smaller, thus easier to handle.

3. It is smaller, thus easier to sell.

4. Fast hitch and 3-point available.

5. Better hydraulics.

6. And lastly, although this may be subjective, there appears to be a wide variety of implements still available for the small Farmalls.

The one plus the "H" has over the SC is horsepower. Stock SC had about 20 HP at the drawbar, while a stock H had 24. You install the overbore kit with domed pistons in the H, and you will push the HP toward 30.

Still, size is everything. The H is a big tractor, with all that that entails, such as storage issues. It also uses big tractor immplements (remember, the H and M share the same wheelbase and mounting locations on the frames so that implements were interchangeable). Again, there are storage issues with the plows, cultivators, etc.

gab · Jan 18, 2014

My dad bought a new 48 M the year before I was born, the new Super C came in 1953. It had a plow, a rear blade, corn planter ,cultivator, cycle mower and a loader. It wore out everything but the plow, wore out 2 loaders. The tractor in the picture was real rough when I bought it but it had a Farmall blade on frt and I needed a snowplow, then I got the plow and a rear blade. A Super C is nice rig.

jdleach · Jan 18, 2014

I was raised driving an H Farmall, so that is why I like them so. Still, when I was discharged from the Navy in '81 and began looking for a tractor, my first choice was for a C or SC because of the smaller size. Even back then, the prices for them was much higher than for the H's and M's. The M was just too big, so I ended up with a couple H's. Sold the '52 many years ago after getting hard up for cash, but still have the '48.

gab · Jan 18, 2014

Here's another one

IH fan · Jan 18, 2014

(quoted from post at 00:11:25 01/19/14) My dad bought a new 48 M the year before I was born, the new Super C came in 1953. It had a plow, a rear blade, corn planter ,cultivator, cycle mower and a loader. It wore out everything but the plow, wore out 2 loaders. The tractor in the picture was real rough when I bought it but it had a Farmall blade on frt and I needed a snowplow, then I got the plow and a rear blade. A Super C is nice rig.

Dad "downsized" his farming and we moved to a 100 acre farm in Feb. '56. He had a JD 60 and 227 corn picker that did not sell on his auction and the first thing he did was trade the JD for a new carry-over SC, Fast Hitch plow, disk, carry-all, sickle mower, cultivator, all new, plus a used 4 section drag harrow and used hay rake. Then he bought a 2 row mounted planter, flare box wagon, endgate seeder and NI manure spreader and we had all but the harvest equipment to run the small farm. One uncle had an AC All-Crop combine, and another had a Wood Bros. picker that we used by trading help (mostly me) with them the first couple of years. I was a freshman in HS in '56 and did most of the farming while Dad worked as a carpenter except for running the planter and when putting up hay. I put in a lot of hours on that SC for a few years and would sure like to have one like it now. I have a 240U, but it's not quite the same.

NEKS · Jan 19, 2014

My father-in-law sold one on his farm sale in the early 70's. I was pretty poor back then so couldn't afford it. I think they was IH finest looking tractors.

IH fan · Jan 19, 2014

(quoted from post at 00:21:16 01/19/14) Here's another one

Now that's just not fair... you have two of them and I don't have one.

Starting in 1949, Dad always had either a C or Super C until he died in '84, and Mom still had the last one until she sold the farm in the late '90s.

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