[AT] TMCOTKU tractor count is down by one.

[Dick Day]

Years ago, I had an IH 2444 industrial, my was that a beast.  Talk about an 
over-sized loader, there was nothing that tractor could not lift if I had 
enough weight on the back.

The bad thing about that tractor was the incredible heat that came up from 
the gear box which sat right between your legs. Summers were a killer.  Even 
the gas tank got hot. So hot that the service tech told me that he had seen 
some of these get hot enough that the gas would actually bubble.

Other than those two issues, not a bad little tractor.

Dick


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:46 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] TMCOTKU tractor count is down by one.


I agree with you about the transmission case Cecil.  It did get a bit warm
sitting straddle of it.  Too bad it didn't get hot in the winter and stay
cool in the summer.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] TMCOTKU tractor count is down by one.


>I grew up with Massey Fergusons, from a to-35 to a MF50D, to a MF65, to
> both Diesel and LP MF85's, a MF1100, and then finally a MF1155.  The
> 1100 was the best of all of them.  The 1155 was built when Massey had
> some union problems and that tractor was the worst about keeping
> hydraulics working of any one I owned.  It seemed like overnight it
> would either drop a gallon of fluid or just stop working. The Multi
> Power would quit at the drop of a hat.  The PTO never worked from the
> day it was new.  I pulled the top deck and found a missing snap ring
> when it was 11 years old.
>
> When I got on a 930 c ase after being away from one for over 20 years, I
> was plowing with a 5 bottom case plow working up terraces.  I had
> forgotten what fresh earth smelled like.  The old small MF tractors had
> you sitting straddling the transmission.  You had all that heat from the
> trans and the engine all day long.  That housing got pretty warm after a
> day of plowing.  I had forgotten how enjoyable driving a tractor was
> when you sat on top of it instead of down in it.  However for utility
> work you still cannot beat them for size and maneuverability.  I wish I
> had one to run the grain wagon while I plant some oats.   I gt to go and
> get some parts right now for the TYE drill I bought.  I am going to use
> it to plant my wheat field in oats and just let the frost get the weeds
> this time.  I don't have time to do much now since I am the nurse for my
> DAD who is bedfast.  2 days a week I get relief, then I have to feed and
> change him every 2 to 3 hours.  That can really screw up a working day...
>
> Cecil in OKla
>
> Steve W. wrote:
>> Al Jones wrote:
>>> Well yes, they cast a very similar shadow.  But the IH was built so much
>>> better.  I believe you could drop a 424 or 444 IH off the side of the
>>> grand
>>> canyon, and once it hit bottom, you could crank it up and drive it out.
>>> (Unless it landed in the river in which case you would have to dry it
>>> out
>>> first!)  Then, you got an 8 speed transmission.  And better hydraulics.
>>> Etc.
>>
>> If I showed you my 35 you might just think it made that trip.....
>> It's had it's (and a few others) share of abuse.
>> When it was on the farm it was THE tractor, anything done on the farm it
>> did (even after he got a low hour TO-20). Not sure how many hours are on
>> it but he bought it new and ran it until about 1998.
>>
>>> What I have been trying to say is, Ford/ Ferg. might have pioneered the
>>> small, light weight, low-bodied tractor, but IH, JD, and others
>>> "refined"
>>> it and made it something way more useful. With the other choices on the
>>> market now, similarly priced, and many now old enough to be called a
>>> "classic," I just can't understand why somebody would spend the money on
>>> the Ferd/Furg.
>>>
>>> But, to each his own! :)
>>>
>>> Al
>>
>> The main reason I like them is simple, I grew up with them. :-)
>> The TO-20 was MY tractor on the farm, I used it a bunch and even skidded
>> more than a few LARGE logs with it. (most were large enough that to
>> steer it down out of the woods and up to the drop I never touched the
>> steering wheel, But I did wear out 2 sets of brake shoes!!!)
>>
>>
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