[Farmall] m

E. John Puckett ejpuckett at centurytel.net
Fri Nov 25 08:45:14 PST 2016 

I forgot to mention in my original instructions, that if the ramps are 
the kind that attach to the trailer by just setting in a groove rather 
than a solid attachment there needs to be some kind of stop at the end 
to keep them from sliding out the end.  As the front wheels go up they 
tend to push the ramp to the outside.  In addition, if the ramps are 
longer it can be a problem,  I was using a trailer with long ramps that 
day and as the front wheels reached the trailer one of them was not on 
anything as I made the cut to straighten out.  A little pucker time 
there, but I never let on.  LOL

Regarding the tractor, it is a 41 my father bought used in 47 and farmed 
with for 45 years.  Among other things the engine has been rebuilt 4 
times, possibly 5, I am not sure which.  I have in more hours on it than 
I can even come close to counting.  If the pictures came through, one of 
them is me at 5 years old (68 now) working on it, and the other is as it 
looks now.  If you have old editions of Red Power, there was an article 
I wrote about it in 2004, somewhere in the range of March through May, I 
don't remember the exact month.  The title is "Powering the Chopper".


On 11/25/2016 12:00 AM, Ed Greany wrote:
> GREAT story John.
>   
> Ed Greany
> crest25 at verizon.net
>
>   
>   
> -----Original Message-----
> From: E. John Puckett <ejpuckett at centurytel.net>
> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thu, Nov 24, 2016 6:45 pm
> Subject: Re: [Farmall] m
>
> When Red Power was Mo State Fair grounds several years ago we had a lot
> of rain and could not get trucks off the road.I had a 3 ramp trailer,
> but while I was bringing my H to the road to load it another truck
> pulled in and parked about 10 feet behind my trailer.  As I pulled up
> the truck driver just looked at me and smiled.  I pulled up cross ways
> behind my trailer, and used the maneuver I described to load the old H I
> had driven most of my life.  When I swung up on the trailer and locked
> the brakes down he was just staring with his moth open.  I looked at him
> and said "This ain't my first time on this thing".
>
>
> On 11/24/2016 7:50 PM, farmallgray at aol.com wrote:
>> It becomes a little easier when you see someone else do it. Coming back off you have to be a little more careful.
>>
>>
>> Todd Markle
>>
>> Spring Mills, Pa.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: E. John Puckett <ejpuckett at centurytel.net>
>> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Thu, Nov 24, 2016 8:46 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] m
>>
>> This takes practice, and confidence in both your self and the tractor,
>> but set the ramps the width for the rear wheels, Drive to the trailer at
>> a 90 degree angle with the rear wheels just a few inches out from the
>> end of the ramps.  just before the rear wheel reaches the ramp crank the
>> steering hard over and use the inside brake to control the turn.  The
>> front wheel will go up the ramp and come off the edge just as it reaches
>> the trailer. and you just drive on.  Unloading takes a little more
>> courage.  LOL
>>
>>
>> On 11/24/2016 1:55 PM, Ed Greany wrote:
>>> Well not necessarily.
>>> Use one ramp to get front wheels onto rear of trailer then reposition that ramp and add the other ramp for the rear wheels.
>>>     
>>> Ed Greany
>>> crest25 at verizon.net
>>>
>>>     
>>>     
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Thomas O Mehrkam <tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net>
>>> To: farmall <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>> Sent: Thu, Nov 24, 2016 11:51 am
>>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] m
>>>
>>> My H is just like that.
>>>
>>> Only problem is you need three ramps to load it on the trailer.
>>>
>>> On 11/24/2016 12:08 PM, Ed Greany wrote:
>>>> I'm in SoCal and my "H" has the two front wheels centered also. I'm not convinced it is an odd wheel arrangement.
>>>>
>>>> The tractor wheel setup all depends on what use you are going to use your tractor for. I have 6 tractors and only two are similar.
>>>>
>>>> I use this tractor for pulling my disc harrow and a large "I" beam for weed control on my 10 desert acres. I don't do any farming or irrigating so it doesn't really matter what wheel configuration it has. It does hills just fine - - within reason and safety.
>>>>    
>>>> Ed Greany
>>>> crest25 at verizon.net
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>      
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Grant Brians <sales at heirloom-organic.com>
>>>> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>>>> Sent: Thu, Nov 24, 2016 9:25 am
>>>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] m
>>>>
>>>> I was happy to see that picture. It reminds me that there are tractors
>>>> with that odd wheel setup that exist.... Here in California, I did not
>>>> see a tractor with that strange midwest setup with two front wheels in
>>>> the center in use until my 20s and even today they are beyond rare. Why
>>>> are they rare? Because wide front ends were and are used for field work,
>>>> loaders etc. and single front wheels were for cultivating, hay raking
>>>> etc. When needing to irrigate, those twin wheels are totally useless and
>>>> since most farming other than hills for hay or grain are irrigated
>>>> operations, why would anyone want them. For the hills, tracks or wide
>>>> wheels were and are used still.
>>>>               Grant Brians - Hollister,California farmer
>>>>
>>>> On 11/21/2016 5:02 PM, John Hall wrote:
>>>>> Looks like we can post pics so here is one of dad's M right after we
>>>>> got through rolling a corn field to be planted in wheat
>>>>>
>>>>> John Hall
>>>>>
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