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Farmall Tractors
After years of development and several prototype configurations
International Harvester
introduced the
Farmall tractor in 1924. It was a smaller general-purpose tractor, to fend off competition from the
Ford Motor Company's
Fordson tractors
. The Farmall tractor was the first in the United States to incorporate
a tricycle-like design, which could be used on tall crops such as cotton and corn. At first there
was just one model of the Farmall, but when it became evident the factory couldn’t fill orders fast enough,
International Harvester developed models with more power and new features to carry on the Farmall brand.
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Farmall Brochures
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became known as the 'Regular' to distinguish it from later models which carried
F- designations, followed by the so-called 'letter series' tractors then the 'hundred series.'
bottom 1933 Farmall
F20 Tractor offered by McCormick Deering
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Farmall Regular
The Farmall
Regular was the first successful attempt to build a general all purpose tricycle type tractor,
designed Bert Benjamin, after several years of patient effort. The new Farmall tractor had high rear-axle clearance, gear drive, automatic braking
of either wheel for ouick and short turns, small closely spaced front wheels designed to run between crop rows, vertical steering column with
steering rod over the top of the tractor, three forward and one reverse speed, means of mounting cultivator and other attachments, power take-off
working off the transmission and delivering power at the center rear, and belt pulley It had the same four cylinder engine
as the
McCormick-Deering
, but the horse-power was stepped up to 20 on the drawbar and 25 on the belt.
It burned kerosene with a water intake on the carburetor and became the most popular all-around tractor of the late 1920's.
Farmall F20
Beginning in 1932,
International Harvester Company
commenced production of the F-20 tractor. When production finally ended in 1939,
a total of 148,960 F-20 tractors had been built, breaking all previous records. The F-20 replaced the original Farmall Regular,
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but was slightly larger. Slight modifications can be found during production, but the tractor remained basically unchanged during the entire run.
Farmall Letter Series
Beginning with the letter series tractors (A, B, C, H,
M), the famous industrial designer Raymond Loewy was commissioned to give the tractors a sleek, modern look.
Generally tractors were marketed by the number of plows they could pull in average soil to indicate their power.
Here is a brief family tree of Farmall tractors based on number of plows:
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top Farmall
Tractor brochure
cover
right Farmall
Tractor ful line
2 page center
spread ad.
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1-plow:
Farmall A
, Farmall Super-A, B, BN, 100, 130, 140
• 2-plow (sm): F-12, F-14, C, Super-C, 200,
230, 240, 404
• 2-plow (lg): Regular, F-20, H, Super-H, 300,
350, 340, 504
• 3-plow: F-30, M, Super-M, 400, 450, 460
• 4-plow and up: 560, 656, 706, 806, 1206
There is also the Farmall Cub, a Culti-Vision tractor smaller than the
Farmall A
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Farmall H
Farmall H tractors were originally available with all-steel
wheels, full rubber,
and had a 1940 price of $962.
When equipped with front and rear steel, the price dropped
to $765, World War Two hampered the transition to full pneumatic
equipment. War requirements used nearly all available rubber, forcing many
farmers to be satisfied with steel wheels.
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The Farmall H, produced from 1939 to 1952, became the top selling
individual tractor model of all time in North America with over 390,000 sold.
(The Ford 8N being a close second).
In 1952 the Super H was introduced. It was available in tricycle, adjustable
wide-front or fixed wide-front high-crop versions with optional hydraulics. The
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International Harvester Farmall H |
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International Harvester
Farmall H was the redesigned sequel to the Farmall F-20. The Farmall H had a new engine
that used a water pump. The H was introduced the same year as the popular Farmall M and
since both models shared the same frame, mounted farm implements were interchangeable.
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FARMALL CUB |
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Farmall Cub 1947 - 1952
Despite International Harvester extensive line of tractors.
the need for a row-crop tractor of less horsepower was addressed some what late.
The success of the
Allis Chalmers Tractor
Model B and C emphasized this point, so in 1947 the company introduced the Farmall Cub
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McCormick Deering
10-20 |
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McCormick Deering 10-20
This was the
International Tractor
that followed the
McCormick Deering
Titan. It came out in 1923 and was discontinued
in 1939. A total of 219,000 were made and the peak production year was 1929.
It was slow and cumbersome, but was excellent for plowing
as well as on the belt. It carried the same four cylinder
engine as the "Regular Farmall" introduced that same
Year by
International Harvester
Company.
In 1923, the 10-20 was listed at $785; the 15-30 at
$1250. By 1939, the 10-20 was listed at $950 with
steel lugs, and $1158 with rubber tires.
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FARMALL
REGULAR - F20 |
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International Harvester
Company built 135,000 regular
Farmall Tractors
between 1923 and 1932, when the name was changed to "F-20." (The F- 12 was also introduced in 1932 by IInternational Harvester and 132,000 F-12's were built between 1932 and 1938.)
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