Will an A do the job?

I have three of these tractors; Super A, 130 and 140. I have pulled 7,000 lbs on a flat bottom stone boat. I have somewhere a picture of Farmall 130 when it was almost new coming out of bush in winter on frozen, snow covered ground, pulling a set of bobsleds with 2 cords of pulpwood on sleds. Pulpwood weighs about 4,200 lbs per cord. That was the largest load hauled out of bush that winter sometime after the trail was tracked and frozen. The 130 did however remove a 158 cords from bush that winter in 113 loads. My dad pulled a 140 bushel manure spreader with the 130 for 5 years. And yes I have also run the haybaler, a New Holland Super 69 Hayliner with thrower and pulling wagon, a 20 footer. I baled two loads one day when my 656, 560 and 300 were busy with haylage. Had some product that was too dry for haylage.

With a front mounted snowblade they will push snow with much larger tractors. Truly an amazing little tractor, capable of much more than they were designed for, and the ones that received good maintainence are still around, and probably will be in another 50 years. Economical too.

The other difference is all of the A had Mag ignition from factory, although many have been changed over the years. Very few Super A ever had mag ign, the ones that did were ordered that way.

Another item you might also wish to consider is the fact the A and Super A had C-113 engine with thermosyphon cooling. The Super A1, 100, 130 and 140 all had C-123 engine, all had water pump cooling, hydraulics were beefed up a bit and they had much better brakes. The brakes had a better mechanical advantage giving more positive breaking and the design made them less expensive to buy brake parts for. If you wish send me an e mail and I can send you a few pictures on tractors, hitches, etc. I have had one of these tractors for 45 years.