Paper vs. Steel pulley on 1941 H

I'm surprised another company actually got in the business. Belt pullies were a dying breed in the late 50s. I know my dad wasn't near as particular in 55 with 300, it came with a steel pulley, and I sold the 300 in the 80s complete with the factory red paint on the steel pulley surface. I can't ever remember that tractor being belted up. That was the last new tractor we ever had with a belt pulley.

I can"t ever remember our 300 being belted up to anything. If dad did belt it up when I was not around, he didn"t do much. When I sold it in the 80s, face of that steel pulley was still red paint. I would judge that about par for our area. I suspect we abandoned the belt faster than a lot of areas. It wasn"t big grain country, probably 60% of the grain in that era, for dairy and beef in the area was railed in to feed mills. We did not have hogs or poultry in the immediate area.

I've never used pullies much and not for big hp for hours on end. I worked on numerous threshing bees, and what I do remember is my dad, his generation and the generation before them comparing paper and steel pullies. They loved their paper pullies, didn't matter what make the tractor was.