[AT] here I go again

[Tyler Juranek]

Charly,
Tell us all about the worn out A! I like hearing stories about those
old tractors.
Thanks,
Tyler Juranek

On 7/29/14, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Not seeing the tractor, I didn't know if it had an earlier "restoration"
> that
> might have the wrong decals.  Sounds like you have it figured out.  I've
> been
> around A's and Super A's all of my life but when that one was new I was
> almost
> new myself and don't remember the details.  I don't know where Al Jones is
> lately.
> He's the ATIS, small farmall expert.  I'm pretty sure he could tell you
> about the history
> of the shafts.
>
> You are right, tending big acreage one row at a time won't work today but
> you'd be
> surprised what we did with one row tractors in the S/E tobacco country.  My
>
> dad and
> I tended about 50 acres one year with a D-10 Allis with a 2 bottom 14" plow
>
> and a 16
> blade disc harrow.  We spent a lot of time in the seat.   One of my friends
>
> was the
> youngest son of a tenant farmer.  He had a Super A and a completely worn out
>
> A.
> They tended close to 100 acres including about about 15 acres of tobacco.
> When it was
> time to break the tobacco ground with the bottom plows they worked in
> shifts, 24 hours a
> day until it was done.  The old man and 3 sons on two tractors.  The cost of
>
> fuel and labor
> would make that impossible now particularly with gasoline powered tractors.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----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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