George: Where I grew up it was livestock country, and in those days most farmers were running two tractors. We were in a remote area as it applies to farms, 30 miles from the nearest dealer. In our village we had a guy that made his living rebuilding IH tractors, and he was good at it. He always claimed he could pick out any C, SC, 200 or 230 that was the largest tractor on a given farm. They always came in for rebuild with engine in much worse shape than farms where there was an H or M to do the heavy work. By the same criteria one could not pick out A or SA that were the largest tractor on a farm. He always claimed those 36" tires were just too much tire for that little engine.
I can sit back and come up with all sorts of proclaimations that a certain tractor pulled an unusual load for it's size on any given day. However to me it is the tractor that can go those extra hours pulling that heavy load. I've driven them all, and the only tractor I ever had kill the engine on a drawbar pull in 1st gear was a Farmall 230 and it was working at factory hp. Just too much tire for that engine.
I suspect C, SC, 200 or 230 s will out sell the offsets in your tobacco country. That is not the case around here. An offset Farmall, Ford 8N, Fergie, etc. bring the big money, because they will go in mama's side of the two car garage. That is precisely why I have offsets, big enough for what I wish to do, and they require very small storage. I could say very easy on the pocket book, but so would a C, SC, 200 or 230 be easy on the pocket book doing what I do, just wouldn't fit in that small space.
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