H Farmalls--Show of hands...

[Eagle Beagle]

I have a 49 H that I leave up on my wifes farm in Iowa.

 

[NDIHC]

4 Ms but no H. Would kinda like to have one though. Sometimes a smaller tractor would be handy around the yard.

 

[scootergmc]

Only 95,000 made? I thought the H was one of the IHC's biggest sellers? Maybe that number is right but I thought it was a lot higher.

 

[stdsch40]

I wouldn't turn down a good running Farmall H if someone was offering one. In the meantime I'm happy to have a 1949 Farmall C.
Baby brother to the H.

 

[flying belgian]

I wouldn't turn down a good running Farmall H if someone was offering one. In the meantime I'm happy to have a 1949 Farmall C.
Baby brother to the H.
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What brand rake is that?

 

[stdsch40]

What brand rake is that?

It says on it 'Cockshut 311' . It has 5 bars, works pretty good. I cut the grass with a sickle bar on another tractor and then rake with the Farmall C.

 

[Goose]

4 Ms but no H. Would kinda like to have one though. Sometimes a smaller tractor would be handy around the yard.

Yeah. I have an M also, and you don't realize the difference between an M and an H until you get off of one and onto the other.

 

[NDIHC]

Yeah. I have an M also, and you don't realize the difference between an M and an H until you get off of one and onto the other.

I'm not a tall person and the hood of an M is almost at eye level for me. An H i can rest my elbow on the hood. I agree, you don't realize the difference until you compare them side by side. From a distance I have to look at the steering shaft angle to know which one I'm seeing.

 

[NY 986]

I mentioned in an earlier post I had a 43 H. My unwritten rule is since I can't afford to buy all the models I'd like, I'm not going to spend money on buying more than one of any model. I did see an H a few years ago at a show I would considered buying if it had been for sale. It was a bare bones, no thrills added H. I don't know the year but it had steel wheels and no options at all such as a PTO, belt pully, electrical system, hydraulics, etc. I thought that idea was kind of neat as I have never seen another tractor that didn't have at least a PTO or a belt pully.

My cousins had a M they bought new which had a belt pulley and drawbar but nothing else. No electrical besides the magneto, no PTO, and no hydraulics. I wish I had the money to buy it at their auction.

 

[Vito]

Currently don't own one but I have had 5 or 6 over the years. Something about that tractor that makes me keep coming back to it.

Vito

 

[47fivewindow]

Have a 1945 and a 1939 Here is the 45 Still earning its keep. Use the 39 pulling water trailer in summer andmaybe a parade once in a blue moon. Had the 45 here since dad bought it january of 63. View attachment 97767

Wow. Three point hitch, lights, ROPS,' radio, weight rack, canopy, and a huge seat. Beautiful!

 

[dairyman]

For kicks, how many of ya'll own an H Farmall?

I own three, a '41, '44, and a '51, All running and able to do what's asked of them.

A friend, now deceased, who owned a cow ranch north of Ogalala, NE, owned six, each with a specific job on the ranch. Up until the day he died a couple of years ago, he swore they were still the handiest tractors for putting up hay.

Out of the 95,000, give or take, that were built from 1939 to 1952 it would be interesting to know how many are still alive and well and earning their keep.

Grandpa bought the super H sometime in the 60’s it’s still earning its keep on the farm, the super M was bought from my brother in 2019.

 

[Mrfred54]

For kicks, how many of ya'll own an H Farmall?

I own three, a '41, '44, and a '51, All running and able to do what's asked of them.

A friend, now deceased, who owned a cow ranch north of Ogalala, NE, owned six, each with a specific job on the ranch. Up until the day he died a couple of years ago, he swore they were still the handiest tractors for putting up hay.

Out of the 95,000, give or take, that were built from 1939 to 1952 it would be interesting to know how many are still alive and well and earning their keep.

I believe there were over 390,000 built, not 95,000

 

[onefarmer]

For kicks, how many of ya'll own an H Farmall?

I own three, a '41, '44, and a '51, All running and able to do what's asked of them.

A friend, now deceased, who owned a cow ranch north of Ogalala, NE, owned six, each with a specific job on the ranch. Up until the day he died a couple of years ago, he swore they were still the handiest tractors for putting up hay.

Out of the 95,000, give or take, that were built from 1939 to 1952 it would be interesting to know how many are still alive and well and earning their keep.

I have one and use it all the time. It's a 47 or 48. Even rake hay with it. Use it to bale when the hay is lighter.

 

[Jarrod32]

My FIL has two. He has one that he has had for years, was used on their farm. He used it for parades and tractor drives, but it is in rough shape and not running any more. So he bought another. It is cosmetically rough, but in good operating condition. I'm a Deere guy, but I recognize that the Farmall H and M are iconic tractors in history.

He said I can have the old one, so I have lined up someone to do a full restoration on it this winter, so I should have a fully restored H by spring. I think he said it is a '49, but don't hold me to that...he has miscounted these things before.

 

[tractorguy2]

I think IH made closer to 400,000 Farmall H tractors. My great grandfather and grandfather both had an H. Grandpa's H spun a rod bearing in 1974 when I was three or four. It went to the pasture and sat for years. I kept telling myself when I get older I'm going to fix it and drive it in the local parade. Then when I was 13 went to the neighbors farm auction with dad and found "my" H was in the line up. Stood there and watch it sell. it was a 1941 model sold for $500. Brought more than the running H sitting right next to it.

Every time I hear an H running or see an H at a parade I think I need to find one.

When I was in high school in late 80s a local farmer had 16running Farmall MD tractors all with duals plus six gas Ms with loaders and one H. I believe he had six estate auctions. More MD parts tractors than a salvage yard.

 

[tractorguy2]

Local farmer I helped from time to time was a WWII vet. Came home and bought a new 1945 Farmall H. Only H I ever saw with a cast iron gear shift knob. He told me he paid $1400 for it new. His retirement sale was March of 1999. I helped prepare for the sale. The H was sitting in the yard still hooked to a drill half full of seed. The H was stuck. It was the most worn out H I've ever seen. We poured oil in the cylinders and then pulled it. We pulled it about five feet when the rear wheels started to turn instead of sliding. About another five feet and it started. We unhooked it and drove it to the tractor row with his other tractors. Case 930, Case 730 LP, McCormick W6, JD 620, and Ford 9n. His WD9 was sold for scrap before the sale. The H sold for $750. Erving was thrilled to get half his money back. I bought the 9n for $1000.

 

[bob p mn]

I remember when I was a kid one of the old neighbors had an old H with the cast iron shift knob, I'm not sure where that one ended up. I bought a 53 Super M last year that had been my Dad's cousins, bought it from his daughter and it has a Prentice shortwood skidder hooked to it. She also has a nice straight H in a shed that I should check on all the H talk is giving me the itch to own one again!

 

[wh]

Wow. Three point hitch, lights, ROPS,' radio, weight rack, canopy, and a huge seat. Beautiful!

As handy and good as a new $15,000 rig. Probably better!

 

[Cuznguido]

1951 with aftermarket 3 point hitch. Surrounded by red stuff of various sizes and shapes.