History On Farmall Tractors
The history of Farmall tractors originally dates back to the early part of the 1920’s when International Harvester began to develop their first prototype machine for cutting crops. Orignially fairly odd in appearance, the front wheels were together and the rear wheels spaced as we would find today, making these early machines look a little like oversized tricycles. Since then many different Farmall tractors have been designed for a whole range of jobs, here we take a look at a few of those.
The Farmall Cub is the smallest tractor in the International Harvester line, capable of pulling one 12-inch bottom plow. Production began in 1947 and continued relatively unchanged until 1964. Variations of the tractor (International Cub Lo-Boys) were continued for some time after that. The Cub was the only Farmall built with an L-head engine.
Farmall Cubs built in different years can be found with McCormick-Deering, Farmall, and International Harvester decals, depending upon the configuration of the parent company International Harvester in the year of production. For the purpose of this article, we will refer to the tractor as simply a "Farmall Cub".
This little tractor was aimed at the needs of the small-acreage farmer - farms of 40 crop acres or less and truck gardens, or for larger farms that needed an extra tractor. Seven or eight implements were initially designed for it: Plow, Disc, Backblade, Sickle-Bar Mower, Belly-Mower, and a one-armed front-end loader for starters. Like the Farmall Model A, the Cub was off-set to the left with the driver and steering wheel on the right. This concept was called "CultiVision" in reference to the ability of the driver to have a perfect view of a belly-mounted cultivator. In 1947, the Farmall Cub sold for around $545.00 - attachments and implements were extra.
The Farmall Cub was easily one of the most popular small chore tractors made in history. This is shown by the sheer numbers of Cubs that were built. People would not stop buying them! With a production run lasting almost 20 years, over 200,000 of them were built between 1947 and 1964.
Article Courtesy of YT Mag.
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A Brief History of the Farmall Tractor
In 1923 American Farming would change forever.Enter the Farmall. The first Farmall Tractor produced by International Harvester (IH) was released only in Texas because the people in IH were not sure the tricycle type tractor would be.
The Farmall Cub Tractor
Built with an L-head engine, the Cub was the smallest tractor in the International Harvester Line. The 1947 base price was $545.00. The Farmall Cub was possibly the most popular small job tractors in history as shown by the quantity of.
Farmall Tractors F Series
The Letter series of Farmall tractors was produced until 1954, and was a defining product line in the history of International Harvester.
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