h wide front vs tricycle

If you go with a Swartz wide, you won't even notice the turning radius. It is a non-issue as she'll spin around on a dime just as the later model IHs do.

The factory wide fronts are another matter entirely and are indeed a bit of a pain to turn.

Allan

1) I don't farm, so I don't need it for better farming.

2) I'm restoring the H to look more like my Grandfather's H. So I will be putting a narrow front end on it to match his.

I'm planning on using the money from it to help pay for additional parts for this restoration. We'll see how that goes.

Two years later he purchased a 300 with narrow front. Around 1965-66 I gave a guy $100. for a wide front on another 300 and I switched them. Two years later I picked up a narrow front for $15. and I switched my 300 back to narrow front.

Sometime we live and never learn, sometimes we learn a little. With the little bit I have learned, I'd never put a wide front on a Farmall unless it had tyrods behind axle and had power steering. IH improved that wide front greatly when they put tyrods behind axle. I wouldn't even consider the old type with tyrods out front. If you want a truly great Farmall wide front tractor, go 04-06 series or newer.

They limit radical pivot turns
They have more wear points
They are harder to jack up (a bit)
They are less handy for parking in a "condensed" shed or garage
They require more "geometric" loader construction to clear the axle
They can't be driven with one front flat
They afford no more stability on hills (unless restrictors or modifications are made to limit or control center point pivot travel or using a centering spring to control roll, ""my opinion"")
JimN