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8/7/04 - This was the
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The following
pictures are of the tractor after about an hour of
pressure washing the grease, dirt and grime off of
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History:
About
Farmall & International Harvester
The McCormick Harvesting
Machine Company, formed by Cyrus Hall McCormick, merged with
several other manufacturers and formed the International
Harvester Co. They were primarily known for the production
of harvesting equipment. They began experimenting with
tractors around 1905. These tractors were huge, powerful and
clumsy and although they were useful for large areas, they
did not work well for the small acreage farmer.
Their first attempt at a
smaller tractor was the Mogul 8-16 and was a big hit.
International Harvester continued to refine their small
tractor line with several follow-on models. The famous
letter series tractors, including the A, B, H and M begin
production in 1939.
IH produced many tractors
during their reign and were ranked as one of the largest
manufacturers of farm tractors. In 1984 IH was purchased by
Tenneco and merged with the Case Corporation.
This tractor was purchased
new by my Grandmother's first cousin. After he passed
away, the family held an estate sale and I was able to
purchase the tractor and implements on August 7, 2004.
In the
future, we would like to investigate converting it to
biodiesel but for now, we use it so sparingly that it does
not yet make sense. We have averaged putting about 10
gallons of fuel through it per year.
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3/11/05 - Grill was taken off, dents pounded out,
cleaned up, primed, painted and a logo installed. |
3/11/05 - muddy and
dirty from tilling. Dad took care of a couple
of minor repairs. replace a sheared bolt on
the front axel, replace a tire and rim.
Painted the from rims and replaced the pins on the
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3/27/06 - Last fall I bought a truckload of crushed
rock from a cousin. As he pulled into the
barnyard he recognized the old tractor as it was
from his side of the family. Anyway, he said,
"There are a set of forks for the tractor up at
the old homestead behing the skidder." Dad
was playing at a family poker game with the cousin's
dad and mentioned it. He said we should call
another cousin as she was handling all of the estate
that I bought the tractor from. She is the one
I bought the tractor from in the first place.
She said that we were welcome to go up there with
her and if it was there, we could have it.
Sure
enough, it was there, buried in the back of a bark,
akwardly shaped, and heavy. I was not gonna
waste the 20 mile drive into the mountains and
determined to get it out of there. Dad and the
cousin were leaning towards coming up on a weekend
and getting the skidder running and out of the way.
It was heavy and none of us needed to blow out a
back so I was just about to give up when I saw an
old rusty bolt. We scrounged up a wrench, some
WD-40, and I got it apart into two pieces. I
am guessing that each half was close to 150 pounds
each. Anyway, got it home, as seen in the
pictures above
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