Trivia...........

Goose · Jan 22, 2016

Coupla days ago on another thread, someone mentioned they'd missed a trivia question by assuming an M Farmall, being the bigger tractor, would be longer than an H.

I was down to my shop a while ago and measured my M and one of my H's. From the tip of the drawbar to the front of the front tires, danged if the H wasn't 2" longer than the M. Front wheels dead ahead on both, and the drawbars on both measured the same from the tip to the "hoop" part of the drawbar.

Too danged cold to play around any farther to see where the difference is.

glennster · Jan 22, 2016

hmmm.......now ya did it, i gotta go out and measure. never woulda thought the h was longer.

KenL · Jan 22, 2016

Stretched it by pulling it out of the mud so many times with the M

TomH in PA · Jan 22, 2016

Wouldn't all the "small frame" Farmalls of that era be the same size so loaders and other mounted implements fit?

plow hand · Jan 22, 2016

Does size or length really matter?

Athol Carr · Jan 22, 2016

The Farmalls H and M were given the same wheelbase and frame attachment mounting points so that implements mafde for the H would also fit the M
Most impo0lements where designated H-M xxx implying fitting both tractors. There were some such as four row cultivators which had the designation M which implied only for the M.
There were farmers who wanted the extra power of the M but were happy to cultivate two rows of corn. The earlier 1930s Farmalls F-12, F-20 and F-30 all had different wheelbases etc. so that there had to be different implements for each tractor model.

Bob Harvey · Jan 22, 2016

I'd check with your girlfriend !

Athol Carr · Jan 22, 2016

The implements mounted on front of tractor the back axles were in the same position for the levers and the reach-rods from lever to implement were the same, no different pieces for different tractor models. Both had the same size wheels at back (51 inch diameter on steel, 36 inch rims for pneumatic rear tyres (later 38 inch) and 16 inch rims for front tyres) so rear axle is at same height for both tractors. This could not be said for the F-12, F-20 and F-30 which had very different wheel-bases, 76 inches, 85 inches and 94 inches respectively while the F-12 had 54 inch rear wheels and the F-20 had 40 or 42 inch wheels and the F-30 had 42 inch wheels. The F-12 had a rear axle housing similar to the Farmalls H and M wheras the F-20 and D-30 had reduction housing inside the rear wheels with the high rear axle housing. The Farmall H was meant to replace the F-12/F-14 but with the power of the F-20, the Farmall M was to replace the F-30.

D beatty · Jan 22, 2016

The M and Super H were 133" in length and the H was 125.25" in length.

LarrySTN · Jan 22, 2016

(quoted from post at 21:33:59 01/22/16) The M and Super H were 133" in length and the H was 125.25" in length.

I know the discussion here is talking about Farmall H & M, but Farmall was not the only company that made their tractors the same length so implements could be used on either. Deere also started make the A& B the
same length in 1938, the unsyled B in 1938 is called the long frame B. Funny thing about the lengthened B was it made it look like it had even less engine lol. I suspect the same thing occurred with Oliver, Case and Allis.

Dr. Walt · Jan 23, 2016

Oooo; Farmall H & M .

Is that anything like S & M for tractors?

T in NE · Jan 23, 2016

Nope, it's all in how you use it.

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