Re: Farmall M's Gas Hog's

Posted by John A. on September 12, 2004 at 13:43:48 from (65.161.170.194):

In Reply to: Farmall M's Gas Hog's posted by Sean Heywood on September 12, 2004 at 10:57:13:

Sean, Our ol M would run , strart with a full tank of fuel at about 7:30AM, don't stop for lunch, plow hard, you could count on her running dry around 4:00PM. When I was 10 yrs old my dad bought a brand new JD 8ft cut Tiller series oneway. On rubber tires. It was a a major jump from the old 5t cut steel wheel 'wor-out' IH we had been pulling. We never thought much about how much fuel it used for we felt that the work it turned out was very good in relation to the fuel used.
In answer to your question.... I will get crucified for this......My dad never thought very highly of the H's as a whole there was nothing an H could do that an M couldn't do better any day of the week.
I have to agree! He said that the H was under powered for what you got.
The two tractors share many charicteristics, from basic design, shared impliments, But to campare them, In an apples-to-apples pulling situation. Is doing an injuctice to both. For that day the M would be as we say today "a primary tillage" tractor. The H fits, and very nicely as the support or "secondary" tractor.
I think that the H was better suited for the cultivation, auger,wagon jobs IMO.
Though the H has been many many farmer one and only tractor they had.
So in relation to the amount of work the M turns out as opposed to the work an H turns out......IMO....NO! Sorry this got long.
Hope this helps.
Later,
John A.

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