Ford tractor 741-5

[Ron Kingland]

Looking for information, just found a 741-5 which followed us home. However information seems to be scarce. Can anyone out there provide us with any?

 

[Ultradog MN]

Have heard of them from reading this board. Never seen one. Seems there was a municipaliy or municipalities, Detroit? that wanted some 5 speeds in a 701. So Ford built them and stamped them special. That's all I know.
7XXs are not real common. A 741-5 might be considered rare.
Nice score.

 

[stevob671]

Go to this site for a good breakdown of numbers...
http://www.oldfordtractors.com/

There are also plenty of guys here to give answers as well...
Basically you've got a 134 c.i. engine in a row crop tractor with 4 speed tranny and wide front end.

 

[Ultradog MN]

Steve,
You are correct but...
I'm pretty sure some off the others here will confirm this.
His is not your typical 701.
It should have a 5 speed.
All 700s and 701s were 4 speeds.
Ford didn't offer a 5 speed in those models.
Maybe they offered an SOS - Not sure about that.
If he has a 5 speed in his it's an oddball like I mention below.

 

[Fordfarmer]

Nope, Steve's got this one right. The -5 on a pre-'65 rowcrop means it came with a factory wide front axle.

 

[Ultradog MN]

Hmmm,
Am I correct in thinking the 7XXs only had 4 speeds?
Do you remember a couple of threads about the 7XXs
that were special built with 5 speeds? They were stamped differently. An extra letter or number maybe.

 

[Fordfarmer]

Yes, there was a post about them a while back. The 701 was offered as a 4-speed, not sure if the SOS was available or not. The 5-speed wasn't "officially" available, but there were a few built. I can't remember if they were stamped differently or not. But the -5 mentioned in the original post is just the suffix for a wide front. My 971 was a -5.

 

[Ron Kingland]

Yes this has 5 speed with the double clutch.