Reverse Loaders

[redgems]

Hi Guys,
Wondering if anyone has information or has one of these?
I just bought this from a estate in MN.
It runs perfect and very comfortable to operate around the yard .
I don't plan using it other then for show &tell
I fell for it being a factory propane & single front & 350 ,I.H. loader.
Any comments or knowledge on it appreciated
Tony

 

[rustyfarmall]

I've seen one H reversed that way. Also have seen a couple A.C. WDs.

 

[mkirsch]

The one pictured above is a farm-built unit. IH never made anything like that and if they did they would be more sophisticated about it.

Honeybee is a company that made reverse loaders out of A's B's and C's in the days before skidsteers. Once skidsteers were invented they pretty much became obsolete.

 

[redgems]

Never for one minute thought I .H. made these conversion .
What I have heard was that there was a machine shop in upper Mid-west that manufactured these conversions and they really never caught on but there were more then a few around.
Any info on that or pictures?
Tony

 

[rustyfarmall]

The H that I saw was at the Albert City, Iowa show. MANY years ago. I tried to get a picture, but my camera was out of film. That tells you how long ago it was.

 

[Dieseltech]

Nicely done! I have a Cockshutt 30 I reversed back in the 80s, it's on LP also. Had a 7 foot home made mower deck for it when I had a huge yard to mow. Never did get it painted yet though..

 

[CenTex Farmall]

Homemade but they did a decent job. The only ones I've seen in person that were reversed were 560's with a forklift.

I missed two 350lp's within the last year or so! On one, pullers had got the motor but I got the rest of it (bedders and cultivators too). The other one had been sitting for a LONG time but had spin adjust wheels. Poor old guy had started cutting (!) it up for scrap about a week before I found it. I did save a WR9 and WD9 from that he hadn't started on yet.

 

[DeltaRed]

I have a reversed F-12.There is a Reversed AC D17 and a reversed M in the neighbornood.There is a reversed H at FarmallandUSA Museum...I personally know of another M and H and Case VAC.Yes they are out there.All are 'farmer made'.Like said,the skidsteer and the higher hp frontwheel assist pretty much killed the reversed tractor...

 

[redgems]

Appreciate the comments ,Fellas, Yes ,as far as I know they were all farmer or blacksmith built.
In my 69 years of farm living I have never seen one out here in Cali. Have seen them years ago in pictures in the Mid-West. This one came from Mn.
When I saw this one I fell in love with it the more I looked at it because of what I stated before.(I.H.350,L.P. Single wheel front & they used a I.H. loader. It looked clean enough to leave as is)
I don't plan restoring it other then clean-up things like Dash location & wires, Exhaust pipe with new full muffler & weather cap , Donaldson glass Jar Air cleaner bonnet, Proper I.H. battery box, and anything mechanical it may need . So far mechanically only thing that need repairing is a small leak on power steering pump.
I plan on taking it to our Antique Farm Equipment show in 10 days.I think it will be a good conversational piece.
Tony

 

[redgems]

CenTexFarmall,
I know you have stated before that there are many L.P.'s in your area. However, It breaks my heart to see a good Farmall on propane go to scrapper or any Farmall for that matter.
However ,I cannot save anymore, LOL,I have three I.H. L.P.'s & a MM U L.P. & L.A. Case L.P. Not to mention the five Gas I.H's I've saved.
If I get anymore I'll need saving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tony

 

[Red Mercury]

In my area there were a few W-9's and WD-9's reversed with loaders. One of the WD-9 reversals also had a motor swap to a 350 Chev with the automatic transmission. The tractor transmission remained as a range selector and the automatic was used for quick forward-reverse shifts for loader work. It was used for loading round bales on a tractor-trailer.

 

[504]

The MFA feed and seed stores(Missouri Farmers Association) had loaders in the early sixties that were reversed. H or C, they were painted white and the name was Busy Bee, or Honey Bee. I was 8 or 9 but I knew they looked like uncle Keith's Super H. I saw them at different stores around the county.

 

[fastfarmall]

There was a blacksmith in Bowdle S.Dak.that had reversed 4-5 H's for different people,He extended the shifting rails,[maybe about 12 inches] and put in new crossovers and a new socket for the shift levers, on top of the belt pulley plate. That worked pretty good, but you also had to flip the ring and pinion over, so u had 5 gears going the direction you were faceing. Its a lot of work!

 

[Dave OBrien]

That is a really neato piece. Enjoy it!