[AT] here I go again

[charlie hill]

I must have jumped right past that comment about packing corn
the first time.  I'd like to know as well.   I grew up on an Allis B
and never realized it was more narrow than a farmall A.  To be honest
I don't think it was but I could be wrong.  I know an Allis B will out pull
even a Super A.  I guess I’m about to start a color war with that statement
but I've seen it back in the day and more recently at antique tractor pulls.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:42 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] here I go again

OK here we go with the regional terms again! What in the heck is packing
corn? If I had to guess it has something to do with a pit silo. But I can't
see driving anything that light and offset over something like chopped corn.

Seriously, nobody kept their tractors under a shed? You used to see that a
lot with poorer farmers here in the South, but you don't see it quite as
much anymore.

John Hall


-----Original Message----- 
From: Ron Cook
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 10:33 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] here I go again

Charlie,
     Excellent idea, but decals???  This is a Farmall.  Just like all
old Farmalls in this part of the world.  It is brown.  The red left
years ago, as did the decals.  Not unlike my 1566 which is 40 years old
and 22 years newer than the Super A.
     But, seriously, the serial number and casting numbers make it a
1952 Super A.  With the exception of the car tires on the front, it is a
completely unmolested tractor.  All original, including the finish,
wherever it is.  I have no doubt this tractor has always had the small
pto shaft, or very nearly always.  I have found the shafts are
interchangeable and the same from the A through the later off-sets and
even into some of the row crop tractors such as the 240 and 300.  I
think my 340 is different and that may be because of the live pto.  IH
made really good use of that part.
      Most of the little Farmalls in this part of the country are B's,
or Cubs.  The Cubs were for packing listed corn and the B's were
cultivator tractors and they both left for Minnesota in the sixties.  An
A is a rarity as there really are no vegetable farms and for sure no
tobacco farms and they do not go narrow enough for the corn packing
duty.  Allis Chalmers B was the tractor of choice for that job and there
are several in the area.  I spent many hours on an Allis B packing corn
and disliked every minute.
     Farming one row at a time just will not work out on a quarter
section, and not very well on an 80.  Too little daylight.  I have a
friend with a B from his home area of south central Iowa that has the
small pto shaft and a farmer I used to haul grain for ran an auger with
a B that had the larger shaft.  Nearly identical tractors otherwise,
however I do not know the serial numbers of either.  Both with the
exhaust driven lift system.  Those little tractors were in this part of
Iowa as a result of WWII.  A tractor was needed and that is what was
available.  The M, H, and C  and their Supers, were the majority of
Farmalls. to be found.  They replaced the Regulars and F-20's after WWII.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
On 7/29/2014 5:53 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Might be time to check some serial numbers and casting numbers
> and make sure it is a Super A and not an A with Super A decals.
> Or is it possible that a used rear casting from an A has been
> used to replace the Super A rear casting.
>
> Charlie
>

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