[Farmall] practically new 140

[Grant Brians]

John, I'll put on a photo pretty soon. We use 1 bed, 2 bed, 3 bed and 4 
bed equipment. The single bed applications are 60" beds as are the 3 bed 
ones. 2 and 4 bed equipment is for 40" beds and 34" beds. Potatoes are 
34" beds, Beans, peas, and some other large size items are 2 row 40" 
beds like most vegetables were until the last two decades with a switch 
to 80" beds. The 60" beds are Tomatoes, Corn 2 rows, Peppers two rows, 
baby greens, most root crops and bunches with 3-5 rows per bed.
      We list 3 beds for the 60" beds at a time with a 21' wide lister 
that when the markers are working right actually does 4 beds at a time. 
We list 2 or 4 beds for the 40" bed equipment and we plant flat and 
build beds for potatoes on 34", two beds at a time with the Farmall 240 
tricycle.
      The Farmall 140, the Farmall 100's and one of the Oliver 77's are 
60" cultivating, the Farmall 240 is 2/4 bed 34" and the other Olivers 
switch between 2 and 4 bed 40". Complicated enough????
      In regard to the little Farmalls, I cannot drive them at all. My 
knees are well into the steering wheel and even a small steering wheel 
would not work as there is simply not enough space! My workers do fit 
and my youngest son who is 13 will outgrow the 140 within the next month 
or two! I am 6'6" tall and he is 6'2"... for now. I like the Olivers, 
the New Hollands, the old AC's, the new John Deeres and the Caterpillars 
as I fit on them.
                Grant Brians

On 11/26/2016 2:32 PM, John Hall wrote:
> Lord knows I don't need a 140. They are so common here you can't spit
> without hitting one, well if you include Super A's, 100's and 130's (not
> to mention Cubs). Dad has 2 Super A's and a Cub. My cousin next door has
> 2 140's (he only has about 1/4 acre of garden). The next house is
> another cousin--he has a Super A with belly mower and a Cub with sickle
> mower.  I have another cousin that has one of the last 140's built, it
> has from the factory, a Super A oil pan with plugs where the petcocks
> went--he bought it new. Dad remembers getting in whole semi loads of
> 140's and putting them in a warehouse so they would have plenty of
> stock. Hey when tobacco was king of the Southeast, 140's were under
> every farm shed.
>
> Grant, when you have a minute, post a pic of the cultivator on your 140,
> curious as to what is different. I know at one time there were short and
> long arm models. What are you dong with it, I thought you used 2 row
> exclusively (Oliver I believe)? If I remember right you are a tall
> fellow---I imagine you hate the steering wheel on a 140, think all of
> them were big. We actually switched one over to a Super A steering setup
> for a big fellow not too many years back.
>
> John Hall
>
> On 11/26/2016 1:59 PM, Grant Brians wrote:
>> On 11/20/2016 1:08 PM, John Hall wrote:
>>> Got a minute then take a look at this link. Tractor was sold new to a
>>> farm about 15 miles form me. The farm bought a couple of them and never
>>> used them to speak of. I think it got just a few hours the first year
>>> but was then mothballed. They have sent it to Ritchie Bros to be
>>> auctioned off. I saw the tractor 10 years ago inside of a dark building.
>>> Other than dirt and spotty surface rust it was like it left the factory.
>>> I don't know how much work they did to get ti running, hopefully not
>>> much. The second tractor was sold many years ago and was, I think, put
>>> into service.
>>>
>>> https://www.rbauction.com/1979-INTERNATIONAL-FARMALL-140?invId=9583538&id=ci&auction=RALEIGHDURHAM-NC-2016253
>>>
>>> John Hall
>>>
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>> The tractor being auctioned is like our Farmall 140 that I bought this
>> spring. Ours has a California style cultivator (bars front and back),
>> but otherwise is identical! Even the original paint looks like ours.
>> That unit looks ready to run for a small vegetable farmer.... Maybe I
>> should mention it to some of the North Carolina vegetable farmers I sell
>> seed to! John, are you interested in buying the tractor?
>>
>>                        Grant Brians - Hollister,California farmer of
>> vegetables, edible flowers, nuts and fruit
>>
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