H Nebraska Tractor Test

[FBH44]

Looking up some paperwork, I found an old copy of the Farmall H Nebraska Tractor test. Some things I didnt expect;
Tractor number = FBH602
Date of Test = October 5 1930 (82 years old)
Fuel = gasoline Octane 71.
Oil = S.A.E. No. 20.
Added weight = 568# rear cast iron per wheel
280# water per wheel
80# front cast iron
Total weight = 5550 lbs.
Max. HP = 25.5 HP observed maximum drawbar.
Fuel use = 2.075 gal per hour max., one hour
Slip on drive wheels = 6.09% maximum, 2nd gear.
Seat = pressed steel with sponge rubber pad.
Air pressure - 16# rear, 25# front.

 

[John M]

There were no Hs in 1930.

 

[Brendon-KS]

The Nebraska test was in 1939.

Here's a link that takes you to UNL's test report archives. From here you can get pdf files of any tractor tests they have done since the beginning.
Nebraska tractor test reports

 

[FBH44]

I know, guys, that's the odd thing. THis copy I have is "Official Tractor Test Number 333", dated October 5 to 11, 1930, University of Nebraska, Agricultural Engineering Department, Agricultural College, Lincoln, signed by Carlton L. Zink, Engineer-In-Charge.
Seems odd to me too.
Maybe it's type errors, but that's what it says.

 

[Nebraska Cowman]

The correct date is 1939

 

[mkirsch]

PDF's of the original Nebraska Test paperwork are available online from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln (UNL). Easily found using google.

The original shows a date of October 5 to 11, 1939. It is a scanned document, originally typewritten.

Whoever transcribed the information you are using, slipped and typed a 0 instead of a 9, and didn't bother to proofread their work before publishing it.

 

[Jim Becker]

And if you can't find it through Brendan's link, here it is directly:
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1108&context=tractormuseumlit

 

[robgIN]

you could tell by the test number, look at tests just before and after and tell it was 39

 

[gene bender]

Hope everyone looks at the octane rating as lots think present gas wont work in the older tractors.

 

[RegulaRog]

They hadn't even came out with the F-20 in 1930.