[Farmall] 330U info?

Sat Feb 4 09:25:14 PST 2006

Matthew,
I think it is great you want to discuss non-American IH tractors.
I happen to have a herd of French and German built IH tractors.
You would be surprised at the number of people who are surprised that IH
built outside of
the US.  I get all sorts of questions at tractor shows when I have a German
2 cyl. diesel tractor at a show.
I think a lot of this has to do with the American narrow mind and (hate to
say it) arrogance that everything came from here.  As long as we keep
educating 'em.
I mentioned once that I had a Super Cub and a guy unloaded on me with all of
his fury that IH never built such a thing and I was full of it, why would I
fake a tractor, etc.....and this guy was a  IH guru that everyone took his
word as gospel.  It is fun to prove those guys wrong.
Ken Updike told me that the only reason he writes books is to prove the
"experts" wrong. :-)
They are still copying IH tractors in India.

Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew" <pudding at puddingsworld.com>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] 330U info?

> http://www.tpaktopc.net/russiantractors.htm
>
> the blue one on steel wheels is a IH variation
>
> i think from memory fordson did something over there too......that would
> explain the one that looks like a N
>
> i heard an interesting story, i have a friend who spent 7 years in russia
> working for CNH, now he is back there with AGCO
>
> he heard that IH orginally copied the axial flow design off the DON
machines
> in russia, he asked when they started building the DON......they said
> 1985.......lol
>
> do i need to remind a group of IH gurus when the axial flow was
> concieved?.....lol
>
> heres another site of interest
>
> http://www.zzgt.ru/prod/fotos/
>
> sorry for getting off the beaten track, non US tractors interest me more
>
> matthew
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roberto Rivero" <rj.rivero at gmail.com>
> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 2:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] 330U info?
>
>
> I would like to know something about the russians IH tractors, i worked
with
> a MTZ or Bielarus,  and found,  in the mid seventies that the Bielarus
> tractors were  similar to a British B-450 or a Farmall M too.
>
> Roberto
>
>
> On 2/3/06, Mike Schmudlach <mschmudlach at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> > Most people forget IH built a ton of tractors in Germany, France,
England
> > and even tractors in
> > Russia and Poland and of course Australia etc.......
> > IH was building many utility tractors before 1958.
> > The B-250 was designed and built in 1955.
> > The Neuss factory was building utility tractors in 1950.
> > I would call a W-12 a utility tractor and it was built in 1934.
> > Mike
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Guy Fay" <fayguyma at execpc.com>
> > To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 12:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Farmall] 330U info?
> >
> >
> > > Here goes:
> > >
> > > THe 330 is actually a 350, but with a 340 engine. The rest of the
> > drivvetrain is 350. Just the engine changed.
> > >
> > > The 330 and 340 were both built in 1958, but not really at the same
> > time.
> > The 330 was discontinued and the 340 went into production. Any actual
> > overlap would have been short.
> > >
> > > Of course, the International 300 was the first utility tractor IH
built
> > here in the United States. I don't recall if the B-250 or some of the
nice
> > German lines beat it to production.
> > >
> > > I guess we would need to seem some images.
> > > >
> > > > I did a little research (OK, I looked a a couple of my books and on
> > > > Google), and it seems that the 330U is a rare bird. They only made
> > about
> > > > 1000 of them (almost nothing for IH). They appear to have the 340
> > drive
> > > > train and running gear but sheet metal like a Farmall 300 row crop.
> > > > According to one Website, the International 330U was IH's first
> > utility
> > > > tractor, but I don't think that is correct.
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > > Ferg8n9n at aol.com wrote:
> > > > > I have a military tractor similar to a 340, no tag, can you
> > identify?
> > > > > also a little newer one, no tag
> > > > > _______________________________________________
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> > > >
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> > > > Mike Sloane
> > > > Allamuchy NJ
> > > > mikesloane at verizon.net
> > > > Website: <www.geocities.com/mikesloane>
> > > > Images: <www.fotki.com/mikesloane>
> > > >
> > > > Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged
by
> > > > silence.  -Henri Frederic Amiel philosopher and writer (1821-1881)
> > > >
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