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

[James Peck]

Was the 424 designed in the UK and then manufactured in Doncaster and Louisville?

http://www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/000/3/3/330-international-harvester-424.html

Al Jones] 404 and 504 were the first American IH tractors with three point hitch and draft control.  There were several 40's 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.

[James Peck] 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=41568

*                       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