IH 856 Wheatland

[FenskeFunnyFarm]

Hello everyone just wanted to post the newest piece to the collection. 856 Wheatland out of western MN. Haven’t seen one set up quite like this. What other variations are out there wheatland/standard?

 

[J Wendt]

I like it, Are those 23.1 x 30 on the back.

 

[FenskeFunnyFarm]

23.1-34

 

[E.B. Haymakin']

Hello everyone just wanted to post the newest piece to the collection. 856 Wheatland out of western MN. Haven’t seen one set up quite like this. What other variations are out there wheatland/standard?View attachment 92851View attachment 92852View attachment 92851

Never were any wheatlands in my area of south Alabama. May have been one. So the only IH wheatlands I've seen were in pictures, and like this one there are no front weights. Why? All the row crop wide front tractors that pulled tillage were weighted front and rear axle.

 

[Brendon-KS]

That's a nice looking tractor! Thanks for sharing the pics.

Here in central Kansas the wheatland tractors from the 60's are relatively common, as might be expected since this was the type of area and farming practice that they were intended for. The full-coverage rear fenders were typical and were intended to reduce the dust and dirt blowing onto the operator. Little row-crop back then so a fixed front axle was all that was needed and the large tires gave a better ride. Most are "bareback" without a hitch and possibly even without a PTO. Not a lot of need for either when pulling one-ways, spring tooth harrows, and grain drills was all they were typically used for.

 

[jon f mn]

Never were any wheatlands in my area of south Alabama. May have been one. So the only IH wheatlands I've seen were in pictures, and like this one there are no front weights. Why? All the row crop wide front tractors that pulled tillage were weighted front and rear axle.

Wheatland tractors generally didn't have 3pt and only pulled drawbar equipment, so front weights weren't necessary.

 

[jwal10]

When I wanted to buy my first big tractor I was 16 and there was an 856 standard at the coop. It had 4x4 front axle, 18.4x38's, flat top fenders, 3pt and PTO. I really wanted that tractor but they would not work with a 16 yr old. I went to JD dealer and bought a 1970 4020 with hfwa.

International Harvester also offered the model 856 Farmall in a version called the "856 Custom". The 856 Custom was a low-cost tractor with single hydraulics, Fast Hitch, smaller fuel tank, and single headlight on the fenders

Edit, the Wheatland model was kind of like that, a lower cost standard model....James

 

[Part Time Pete]

No wheatlands around here. A friend of mine has an 856 custom. He said it was built to compete with the JD 4000

 

[Mrfred54]

Most wheatlands didn't have a TA either. Here in Michigan you can't find a IH tractor without TA. Might be a few here and there but very unusual

 

[FenskeFunnyFarm]

A good friend of mine in Kewaunee WI has been talking with me for a long time about an 856 Wheatland/Standard that has the solid front axle, 18.4-38, 3 point, and TA. Very odd I thought.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

A good friend of mine in Kewaunee WI has been talking with me for a long time about an 856 Wheatland/Standard that has the solid front axle, 18.4-38, 3 point, and TA. Very odd I thought. View attachment 92927View attachment 92928View attachment 92927View attachment 92929

Could be any number of situations there. That could be an entire rear end off a Farmall. Mechanically they are identical. Could be someone robbed the wheels and fenders off it, and someone replaced them with ones off a Farmall.

 

[FenskeFunnyFarm]

I have this one too that I’m going to repower. Can you tell I like the 856?

 

[jwal10]

A good friend of mine in Kewaunee WI has been talking with me for a long time about an 856 Wheatland/Standard that has the solid front axle, 18.4-38, 3 point, and TA. Very odd I thought. View attachment 92927View attachment 92928View attachment 92927View attachment 92929

Seemed IHC built a lot of 1 off tractors. You could order without fenders. They would even paint it any color you wanted. That tractor looks a lot like the one I wanted to buy, dual PTO and 3 pt, it just had the front wheel drive axle driven off a gear box on the left side of transmission down to the axle. I think it was only a 3 year old tractor at the time. I have only seen 1 other standard with 4x4 and I think it was a different axle, had big hubs sticking out from the wheels. Seen several Farmall 856's with same axle. It had the caps over the hubs, seen quite a few 1206's with same axle. To me the 56 series was the last good Farmall. Never did get a 856, but had several 656 hydros. I really liked the look of the 706 and 504 and the early 656 with the 06 grill and white paint. Always wanted to take a later hydro tractor and give it that look. At the time everything was going wheat, fence row to fence row and I needed big tractors for the time, here. 4020 traded for 4430 in fall of '72, added a 4630 in '74, 4440's and a 4640. Years later we went more cannery crops (narrow row and double row), specialty seed crops and grass seed. Didn't need such big tractors as grass seed, red clover seed and peppermint were 5-6-7 years between replants. 4240's were our big tractors, 2550 rowcrop with cab for smaller tractors, but we had a lot of small older rowcrop tractors....James

 

[55 50 Ron]

That's a nice looking tractor! Thanks for sharing the pics.

Here in central Kansas the wheatland tractors from the 60's are relatively common, as might be expected since this was the type of area and farming practice that they were intended for. The full-coverage rear fenders were typical and were intended to reduce the dust and dirt blowing onto the operator. Little row-crop back then so a fixed front axle was all that was needed and the large tires gave a better ride. Most are "bareback" without a hitch and possibly even without a PTO. Not a lot of need for either when pulling one-ways, spring tooth harrows, and grain drills was all they were typically used for.

Standards (wheatlands to some) have drawbars which are hitches, just not 3 point hitches.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Always liked the look of the Standard/Wheatland models just did not fit in good with row crops. As for the Front axle I see they are 8 bolt hubs instead of the normal 6 bolt commonly seen on an 856 front axle. I also suppose most of them could be had with whichever you wanted to order.