Re: Harold in need 544 PTO 540?

Posted by Hugh MacKay on December 02, 2004 at 03:20:49 from (216.208.58.141):

In Reply to: Re: Harold in need 544 PTO 540? posted by K.B.-826 on December 01, 2004 at 19:26:40:

KB: In my opinion when 04 - 06 tractors came out, IH basically said you small Farmall users can go to H%&^. The 606 was only ever produced as a Utility, and 504 was not much of a replacment for 300, 350 and 460.

By 1965 they did under presure from customers bring out the 656 and in 1968 the 544. Then they went off to Britain and Gremany and eventually produced a line of Utility tractors with transmission and PTO very similar to the big 06, 56 and 66.

How they ever figured North American farmers with hotter summers than Europe were going to tolerate sitting straddled a hot transmission, is more than I can imagine. Then they put these Utilities on the market for less money than a 544 or 666. IH basically killed the 544 and 656 size Farmalls.

That sizing thing really hasn't stopped, I doubt if there is much new iron on the market today with 6 cylinders and under 100 hp.

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