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Utility Equivilent to the IH 706

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Doug - Iowa

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What would be the numbers of the utility or industrial tractors in the same HP range and physical size of the 706? Looks like a 2706 or 2504 might be close but I thought those were called Wheatland's or Standard's. Basically I'm looking for an IH tractor similar vintage to my 706 only closer to the ground.
 
There was a number of international industrial tractors that had the same HP as the row crops with a 2 in front of the model. I'm not sure if they made a 2504 but they did make a utility version of the 504 that was lower to the ground.

The 504 is defiantly not in the same class (about 2/3 the HP with a smaller frame/trans) as the 706. The utility version of the 6xx series would be closer with a little less HP and one frame size smaller. Many of the 6xx used the same engine as the 706 - there were a lot of different engines for the 7xx and 6xx tractors. The frame and trans were smaller.
 
A utility 656 is as close as you will get to a '7'.'Utility' tractors tend to be smaller models.A 706 and larger were 'farm' tractors.The 504 is way smaller.There was a 606.It was only available as a 'ulility' but there were not many made.I would NOT reccomend one. they are basicly 'rebadged' a 460 utility.
 
The '2' designated an industrial model.Farmall was the rowcrop model.Wheatland models were International.
 
606 would be the same vintage, in a closer to the ground utility tractor.

Only thing is it's "next size smaller." About 62HP. You also lose the nice hydraulic TA, and the hydraulic brakes, and the hydrostatic steering, and the 8-speed transmission.

65HP was about the cutoff point for "utility" tractors in the 1960's. Anything bigger was a row crop or a wheatland or an industrial. The difference in height between a row crop and wheatland and industrial is negligible on 1960's tractors. They were basically the same except for some minor styling differences, wheels, and fenders.

If you want a tractor with about the same HP as a 706 but in a utility model, look at the 784 and 884.
 
A 656 utility would be very close but if you do much work in hot weather it will just about cook you.You set in a hole straddling the trans with high fenders which makes it seem worse than many other utility tractors.A neighbor had an industrial with hydro and only used it one summer.He was packing a bunker with haylage on a hot humid day and with the added heat of the hydro he said he felt like hamburger on a gas grill.Nexy year he had a row crop tractor.If getting on and off the tractor is the issue several companies make some nice steps to improve that from the factory.But sometimes you do need a unility tractor for some jobs.I have a 2520 with the fancy steps and it is easier to get on and off of than my 2040 utility.
 
I can only agree with these guys on the 656. I had one, a 656 Hydro. Nice tractor and easy to operate. But in the middle of the afternoon in a hayfield was one place you did not want to be on that tractor. It was a good machine for cooking lobsters or steaming shrimp in warm weather. It was also great for plowing snow because you didn't need a heater cab after it got warmed up. The Farmall versions weren't bad, but the International utility versions were misery in the field.
 
(quoted from post at 16:04:09 01/24/14) There was a 606.It was only available as a 'ulility' but there were not many made.I would NOT reccomend one. they are basicly 'rebadged' a 460 utility.
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606 has far superior steering than the (N-series Ford inspired?) steering setup the 300-330-350-460 Utility tractors had. 606 steering is more like the -66 series and later row-crop tractors.

If someone was dead set on having an IH utility tractor with a loader, I'd recommend a 606 over any of the 300-330-350-460 utility tractors for the steering setup.

AG
 
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