[Farmall] McCormick-Deering 10-20 Engine Serial Number

[john hall]

Ben, most of these have already been bought up by collectors. Still a few 
left "in the wild". I actually know where a pair of 22-36 are still sitting 
in the woods--family won't sell.

 I doubt you'll find any salvage yards with these other than Biewers. Like 
Bob was saying, there are guys that specialize in these and they are a good 
source of knowledge and parts.

  I believe you mentioned these ran on kerosene. Practically everyone runs 
them on gas--too much headache for kerosene. We ran ours on kerosene a 
couple times a few years back just to say we did it. It's not that 
difficult, just need to have it hot before you switch to kerosene and then 
switch back to gas and let it burn all the kerosene from the carb and lines 
before you shut it down.

John Hall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Wagner" <supera1948 at gmail.com>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 2:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] McCormick-Deering 10-20 Engine Serial Number


> Thanks to everyone who responded!  I'll know where to look now.  One of
> these days, even if I can't find my Great-Great Grandfather's tractor, 
> I'll
> succumb and purchase a 10-20.  I love the way they look, and operate.
> Kerosine, right?
>
> Bob, if I see one with 3 numbers, I'll be sure to let you know!  501 
> starts
> the line in 1923, anything before that is experimental.  I saw a Farmall A
> with serial number 639 for sale on EBay a few months ago.  I think it 
> ended
> up closing at around 4000, but I'm not for sure.  Usually, if the owner
> knows what he's got, the early numbers are accompanied with an appropriate
> price tag.
>
> How hard is it to get parts for these old 10-20?  I know Rice Equipment 
> has
> parts, and occasionally I see some offered in larger corporation's
> magazines.  Probably the best chance is salvage yards?  I was looking at
> some old company sale books (Stickleys out of Harrisonburg VA) from
> 1912-1960, and I saw that quite a few 10-20's were sold.  Most probably 
> hit
> the WWII scrap drives.
>
> Ben Wagner
>