Farmall M rear wheel width

paramedicchuck · Sep 13, 2010

Hi all,

This is my first post! I am a newbie in collecting older tractors, and am on the verge of buying my first. My first tractor interest is the Farmall letter series, and I am contemplaiting the purchase of a Farmall M.

I have one that I am very interested in. I looked over it thoroughly today. I measured the rear wheel width, and it was 88 inches from outside wheel to outside wheel.

I know the rear wheels are adjustable, but they looked like they were nearly as narrow as they could go. Does this sound right? One thing that is making me hesitant to buy this great looking tractor is that, at 88 inches wide, I am concerned I will have trouble trailering it if I take it anywhere.

Any thoughts on if you think I will be able to move them in, even four inches? How narrow can I get them? I saw an M at a show over the weekend and the rear wheels seemed much narrower that this one.

Any ideas you have are welcome.

Thanks!

Chuck

mkirsch · Sep 13, 2010

You've got two choices here:

1. Get a "deckover" trailer. A deckover trailer has the deck over the wheels so you can trailer wider tractors. They are available in up to 102" width.

2. You can turn the wheels around to get the tractor narrow enough to fit on a conventional trailer.

Just be sure to purchase a trailer that's adequate to haul the weight of an M. Bare, and M weighs 6000+ lbs.

Trailers are rated by GROSS weight. That's trailer plus payload. A 7000lb car hauler is not strong enough to haul an M, because the trailer weighs over 1000lbs.

paramedicchuck · Sep 13, 2010

Really? 6000 bare? I was thinking without wheel weights, which this one doesn't have, it would be about 5000.

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