Thanks for all the responses. The front rims on the two Farmalls I recently bought are both bent. I assumed that the first harrowing was what does it because cutting hay surely does not. It is just that almost without exception, every Farmall H and M I have come across for sale has front rims which need re-rolling. The front rims on my 1939 Farmall M are slightly bent, but it does have a very serious bulldozer blade on it and it was used to push down trees and dig out dams in very very hard ground. They have always been off-round in my memory, though they never have got any worse (or better) working at our farm. Another note concerning ploughing. We have an endless supply of bent grass (agrostis tenuis), very acid soil, very thin topsoil on top of clay, basalt and quartz. Under that is millions and millions of tons of salt; have to be careful with the water table, or nothing grows. Moreover, we get serious dry periods. At the moment you can dig a hole three feet deep and it is dry… we are the driest continent on Earth after Antarctica. It is disc plough or nothing. With a five disc plough you have to run in 1st gear or just burn out the clutch, so speed is not the problem. I am really just trying to make sure that the rims (which are original Farmall equipment) don't get bent again. Front tyres on the H are 5.50-16 and on the M 6.00-16. Rear tyres on the H are 12.4-28 and on the M 13.5-32. The rear rims are entirely made from cast iron. Tyre pressures in front tyres are 30 psi.
SadFarmall
This post was edited by SadFarmall at 23:50:38 02/07/12.
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