Wheatland tractors

Anonymous-0 · Oct 26, 2012

Every once in a while I see an IH 1206, JD 5020, AC D21, etc. advertised in Canada (usually in ON). A lot of them have 24.5x32 single tires. Just wondering what kind of machines they were pulling with them? Used to get into Montana once in a while and saw people pulling chisel plows with a rod weeder behind. Did they use that combination in Canada also. Thanks

Ralph Bauer · Oct 26, 2012

Pete, I bought last year an 1963 JD 5010 with a (green overpainted)highway dept./industrial yellow 3point here in south central Oklahoma. According to what I was able to find out, the previous owner did not want to get a second set of rims and tires for it, hence upgraded it to the 24.5s. He used it "around the farm", a little disking, plowing. Does not answer your question about ON, but confirms the fact that Okies do as folks in Montana....

Jim in Sask · Oct 26, 2012

Wheatland tractors were the common type here in the west. They'd be used to pull chisel plows (we called them deep-tillage cultivators), disks, harrows, rod weeders, drills and in a lot of dry areas, diskers with seed boxes. Most of the ones up here had pto's (no 3-point hitches) so they were used on haying equipment, pull-type swathers and pull-type combines like a 96 or 106 John Deere, 402 International, etc. Most any job that needed doing the wheatland tractor did it. In later years many became the "second tractor" on a farm when a new, shiny tractor became the workhorse. These old girls usually got a front-end loader or blade for more mundane things like pushing snow in the winter.

Case Nutty 1660 · Oct 27, 2012

here are some pics of a Case 832 and 915 one way disc plow/seeder I recently got out of Canada, as you can see like Jim said this 1966 Case 832 was used for a time in the fields then when a bigger unit was purchased a new model "70" loader was installed some time after 1973 cnt

fixerupper · Oct 27, 2012

I worked with a few Canadians from Sask. on the harvest and one of them asked me why we Iowans need a 3pt hitch. Another one who was pushing 60 years old at the time, looked at one of my narrow front tractors and said this was only the second narrow front he had seen in his life. He said it looked dangerous and ready to tip over. I had to agree with him. Jim

J.Wondergem · Oct 27, 2012

First time I ever seen anything like that, Case Nutty. Thanks for the pictures.

rusty6 · Oct 27, 2012

What Jim said... And its true, a three point hitch was a rare thing here in the sixties. Little Ford Ns were about the only tractors with three point and they were not serious field tractors by that time.
That 900 Case disker is like the one I first planted wheat with, except it has the red seed box. Guys that preferred drill seeding would pre work with a cultivator of some type and then come back in to plant with the end wheel or press drill. Usually harrow it in a separate operation with the 40 feet of diamond harrows to finish off the field.
After planting was done, hitch up to the chisel plow and work the stubble for summerfallow. 4 or 5 more times through the summer would have the field nice and black ready for spring planting next year.

Case 900 brute power by R.Goff, on Flickr

fixerupper · Oct 27, 2012

Ralph, when I was in your neck of the woods I asked the real old farmers what was the first tractor they drove. It was either a 'D' Deere or a 22-36 IH. Here in Iowa it was a Deere 'A', Farmall, or an Oliver 70 with a few WC Allices mixed in. And here in the flatlands most were tricycle. The D's and 22-36's were few and far between. Jim

buickanddeere · Oct 27, 2012

Tractors of that era were purchased by survivors of the Great Depression. To save a few bucks some of those old tight wads would have deleted the seat if possible.
Hence fewer rockshafts and pto"s.
Standard chassis tractors in Easter Canada were generally equipped with rockshafts and pto"s. smaller farms with more mounted equipment.

Ralph Bauer · Oct 27, 2012

Perhaps I should have mentioned that he was not the origional first owner.... had it for "10 or so years" .....
Lots of them had As and Bs here as well as Farmalls .....

notjustair · Oct 27, 2012

Our 856 was a wheatland (western Kansas). Grandpa bought it new with clamshell fenders and later added some sort of a cab that looked like it came off a combine. It didn't have pto or 3 point. Purely a tractor to pull the disc, packer, and drill. We replaced it with a 1086 and I thought we were rich cause we had TWO tractors with 3 point hitches.

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