[AT] My M; now road gear

[Al Jones]

A friend of mine has an IH 1066 and that thing will just about run out
from under you on the road.  I had an 856 IH until recently and it
wasn't nearly as fast but it had 16.9-34 rear tires and he has
18.4-38s.

Al

On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:
> Yes, 27 MPH seems fast enough; in fact 15 MPH on My D14 Allis seems plenty
> fast for me today.  Golly, when I was growing up on the farm the 18(?) MPH
> on our Farmall Super M did not seem fast at all. That was the predominate
> tractor in our area; never did hear of one being turned over.  However most
> of the time farm tractors were pulling equipment when they were on the road;
> they were not being used as transportation.
> If memory serves, advertisement on 1938 M-M UDLX farm tractor was 40 MPH.
> Google articles include Barney Oldfield and Ab Jenkins record rides (in the
> 60s MPH) during the 1930s; a writer named White noted that Jenkins compared
> his ride to 'that of being on a frightened bison.'
> Herb(GA)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Vinson
> Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2017 12:23 PM
> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
> Subject: Re: [AT] My M Farmall
>
> Al, your road trip sounds like a success on all counts.
>
> Loose steering is certainly common on M-series tractors.   First thing I'd
> check is the sector gear in the worm gear housing at the top of the
> radiator; sometimes they can be flipped over 180 degrees to put the worn
> side away from the worm gear.
>
> Curious about the 9-speed:   How low is 1st compared to a stock
> transmission, and how high is 9th?   Are the ground speeds relatively
> uniformly stepped up from 1st to 9th?
>
> As I recall there was a low, low 1st gear option from IH for tractors with
> mounted pickers.
>
> My Super M has what I assume to be an aftermarket 5th gear, high enough that
> I wonder how practical it would have really been in actual farm use.   27
> mph top speed, which is more than I want on any but the best road and
> without anything heavy in tow.
>
> Dean Vinson
> Saint Paris, Ohio
>
>
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