[AT] here I go again

[Ron Cook]

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
>