[AT] Farmall 404 had Category 1 3 point hitch.

[Al Jones]

404 and 504 were the first American IH tractors with three point hitch and
draft control.  There were several 404s around here, all International
(utility) versions, not Farmall row-crops.  They were 3 plow tractors (36
hp)  in the same class as the MF 135, Ford whatever, etc.

The family lineage from the Farmall C is very evident if you park them side
by side.  The C-135 engine looks almost identical to the C-113 and C-123 in
the C and Super C.

My dad bought a new 424 instead of a 404.  From a distance they look
identical until you get closer.  They have the same horsepower.  The 424
was based on the British IH B-414. He liked the 8 speed transmission and
the 424 had about a 6" shorter wheelbase.  424 also weighs more.  Without
power steering the 404 handles much better.  Both tractors will pull the
same implements around here.

Al

On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 12:27 AM James Peck <jamesgpeck at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Tractor is red
> Tractor is narrow front
> Tractor does not have Fast Hitch
>
> But, it does have three point hitch.
>
> Draft sensing on the top
>
> https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=farmall&th=415682
>
> *                       By 1961, the tractor industry and their customers
> - the farmers - had reached a consensus that the Ford-Ferguson three-point
> hitch system was the best way to attach implements to the tractors. IH
> abandoned their own two-point hitch system for the three point with the
> introduction of the Models 404 and 504 with 36 and 45 HP respectively.
>
> https://livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe50s/machines_02.html
>
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