[Farmall] m

Fri Nov 25 13:27:10 PST 2016

We had a belt driven saw with a moving table on the front of an  M , used 
for cutting firewood.
I used the M for ploughing too , with a 3PL  plough  and that added weight 
out front really helped get some traction.
My wife and I used to cut the wood out the front of our farmhouse , by the 
side of the road.
We used to get lots of toots , I'd bring up the logs , my wife would take 
the sawn piece , and throw it on the stack.
A funny story.
My youngest daughter , who is now serving in the M.E. bought a new boyfriend 
home , on a "woodcutting day".
She asked him to take over from her mother on the saw , and he was hopeless.
We never saw him again.
We asked our daughter why , she said any bloke that can't saw wood is no 
good to her !.
Regards Rob J.

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From: "E. John Puckett" <ejpuckett at centurytel.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2016 3:45 AM
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [Farmall] m

> 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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