[Farmall] practically new 140

Sun Nov 27 11:27:08 PST 2016

Those varying row spacings would drive me nuts!!! I can't remember what 
we planted tobacco on, I'll have to measure one of the Super A's, should 
be in the low 40's. I know we used to plant field corn on 38" rows (I 
still do). We had bean plates for snap beans and butter beans so we used 
the 4 row planter to plant garden. The Super A's didn't do so good 
cultivating so then we would have to hook up the 4 row cultivator. Its 
amazing how much garden you can plant in 3-4 minutes that takes HOURS to 
pick and prepare for the freezer.

John Hall

On 11/26/2016 6:36 PM, Grant Brians wrote:
> 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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