Farmall Regular

Last updated
Farmall Regular
Farmall Regular. 1930 (8167774826).jpg
Farmall Regular
TypeRow-crop agricultural tractor
Manufacturer International Harvester
Production1924-1932
Length136 inches (350 cm)
Width86 inches (220 cm)
Height67 inches (170 cm) to steering wheel)
Weight4,000 pounds (1,800 kg)
PropulsionRear wheels
Gross power22 horsepower (16 kW)
Drawbar pull 2,727 pounds (1,237 kg)
Preceded byMcCormick-Deering 10-20
Succeeded by Farmall F-20

The Farmall Regular, or just the Farmall, was the first in the Farmall line of general-use row-crop tractors manufactured by International Harvester. The Regular was the first affordable tractor that could be used for plowing, stationary threshing, or cultivating. For most of its product life it was marketed as the "Farmall," with the "Regular" added when the Farmall F-20 and F-30 appeared as its successors. More than 134,000 were sold from 1924 to 1931.

Contents

Development

International Harvester started development of a multi-purpose machine in 1910, confronting the difficulty of designing a machine that could do heavy work like plowing with the careful, precision task of row-crop cultivation. Until this time, cultivation was done by had or with horses. Tractors were large affairs whose bulk could crush the crops, or which made it hard to see what was being done. The Farmall project was led by International Harvester Assistant Chief Engineer Bert R. Benjamin, who was the tractor's principal advocate in the company. The innovations pursued in the Farmall included making the front section of the tractor as narrow as possible, placing the front wheels close together in front. This would allow the front wheels to run in a furrow, and the adjustable rear wheels to ride in the next furrows out. Differential braking for rear wheels would allow tight, controlled turns. An experimental model was developed in 1920. By 1923, prototypes of the rear-wheel-drive tractor with narrow front wheels were working crops. Production began in 1924, with tractors selling for $825. Tractors were marketed with a range of attachments for various duties. A power take-off turning at 535 RPM was standard, along with a belt drum. [1] [2] [3]

Description

The Farmall was a fully-recognizable machine in the pattern of the archetypal tricycle tractor arrangement, with narrowly-set steel wheels in front, a centerline engine, a seat mounted over the differential, and large steel rear wheels. Portal gears were used to raise the rear axle high enough to clear most row crops. Farmalls were made at the Rock Island, Illinois Farmall plant from 1926, at a price of $950. About 25 were built per day. The Regular was powered by a four-cylinder in-line 221-cubic-inch (3,620 cc) gasoline engine. [1] [2]

Variants

A "Fairway" model was produced with wider steel wheels for use on golf courses. [1] Narrow-tread models were sold, as well as an orchard variant with sheet metal fenders. [2] About 31,000 Regulars of all kinds were produced, selling for between $825 and $950. [4]

Updates

When the Farmall F-30 was introduced in 1931, the base Farmall became the Farmall Regular. More than 134,000 Farmalls of all types were sold through 1931, when it was began to be replaced by the Farmall F-20, F-30 and F-12. [1] [2] [5]

Comparable product

The Fordson F was a similar product offered by Fordson. [6]

Related Research Articles

Tractor Engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort

A tractor is an engineering vehicle specifically designed to deliver a high tractive effort at slow speeds, for the purposes of hauling a trailer or machinery such as that used in agriculture, mining or construction. Most commonly, the term is used to describe a farm vehicle that provides the power and traction to mechanize agricultural tasks, especially tillage, but nowadays a great variety of tasks. Agricultural implements may be towed behind or mounted on the tractor, and the tractor may also provide a source of power if the implement is mechanised.

Fordson Motor vehicle

Fordson was a brand name of tractors and trucks. It was used on a range of mass-produced general-purpose tractors manufactured by Henry Ford & Son Inc from 1917 to 1920, by Ford Motor Company (U.S.) and Ford Motor Company Ltd (U.K.) from 1920 to 1928, and by Ford Motor Company Ltd (U.K.) from 1929 to 1964. The latter also later built trucks and vans under the Fordson brand.

Farmall Model and brand of tractors

Farmall was a model name and later a brand name for tractors manufactured by the American company International Harvester (IH). The Farmall name was usually presented as McCormick-Deering Farmall and later McCormick Farmall in the evolving brand architecture of IH.

Ford N-series tractor Motor vehicle

The Ford N-series tractors were a line of farm tractors produced by Ford between 1939 and 1952, spanning the 9N, 2N, and 8N models.

Farmall Cub

The Farmall Cub or International Cub was the smallest tractor manufactured by International Harvester (IH) under either the McCormick-Deering, Farmall, or International names from 1947 through 1979 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Farmall H Row crop tractor

The Farmall H is a medium-sized two-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1939 to 1954. It was the most widely-produced of International Harvester's "letter series", with approximately 390,000 produced over the 14-year run. It succeeded the Farmall F-20. The H was incrementally updated with new model numbers as the Super H, 300, and 350, but remained essentially the same machine. The original H used an International Harvester C152 4-cylinder in-line engine. Production of all versions lasted until 1963.

Farmall M Row crop tractor

The Farmall M is a large three-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1939 to 1953. It was of International Harvester's "letter series". It succeeded the Farmall F-30. The M was incrementally updated with new model numbers as the Super M, Super M-TA, 400, and 450, but remained essentially the same machine. The original M used an International Harvester C152 4-cylinder in-line engine. Production of all versions lasted until 1958.

Farmall C Row crop tractor

The Farmall C is a small two-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1948 to 1951. The C was developed from the Farmall B as a slightly larger, more versatile implement, raising and moving the B's offset operator seat to the centerline and increasing the wheel size to allow a straight, widely-adjustable rear axle. The C kept the International Harvester C123 engine that had been used in the Super B model. The tractor was heavier and more robust, and featured hydraulic capability from the beginning. The C was incrementally updated with new model numbers as the Super C, 200, 230 and 240, but remained essentially the same machine. The closely-related successors to the C were produced until 1962.

Farmall B Row crop tractor

The Farmall B is a small one-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1939 to 1947. It was derived from the popular Farmall A, but was offered with a narrow set of centerline front wheels instead of the A's wide front axle, allowing two-row cultivation. The operator's seat was offset to the right to allow better forward visibility.

Farmall A Row crop tractor

The Farmall A is a small one-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1939 to 1947. The tractor was popular for its set of innovative features in a small, affordable implement. It succeeded the Farmall F-14. The A was incrementally updated with new model numbers as the Super A, 100, 130 and 140, but remained essentially the same machine. Like the smaller Farmall Cub, the Farmall A features a distinctive offset engine, displaced to the left over wide-set front wheels, to allow vision straight ahead. An International Harvester C113 4-cylinder in-line engine was used for early models, increased to an IH C123 with the A-1. The most significant change was the introduction of hydraulics with the Super A. The series was produced until 1973.

Farmall 60 series tractors Row crop tractor

The Farmall 60 series tractors are general-purpose row-crop tractors that replaced the larger models of the Farmall letter series beginning in 1958. Produced from 1958 to 1963, the Farmall 460 and 560 tractors represented a modernization of the Farmall H and Farmall M respectively, with higher-horsepower 6-cylinder engines in a restyled body. The heavy general-purpose 660 was sold under the International brand, and was a successor to the McCormick-Deering W series tractors.

McCormick-Deering W series tractors General-purpose crop tractor

The McCormick-Deering W series tractors were a range of standard-tread farming and industrial tractors produced by International Harvester that were derived from the Farmall letter series row-crop tractors of the 1940s and 1950s. Branded by International Harvester as McCormick-Deering products, with the same styling and red paint as the Farmall line, the W series had fixed wheel widths, lower height and wide front axles. Starting in 1956 the W series was integrated into the International Harvester numbering series and the McCormick-Deering branding was dropped.

Farmall F-30 Row crop tractor

The Farmall F-30 is a large three-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1931 to 1939, with approximately 28,900 produced. It was a larger successor to the Farmall Regular, and was replaced in 1939 by the Farmall M as the largest tractor in the Farmall line.

Farmall F-20 Row crop tractor

The Farmall F-20 is a medium-sized two-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1932 to 1939, with approximately 148,000 produced. It replaced the Farmall Regular, and was itself replaced in 1939 by the Farmall H.

Farmall F-12 Row crop tractor

The Farmall F-12 is a small two-plow row crop tractor produced by International Harvester under the Farmall brand from 1932 to 1938, with approximately 123,000 produced. An improved model, the two-plow F-14, was produced beginning in 1938 and ending in 1939, when the Farmall letter series tractors were introduced.

The Farmall 340 is a medium-sized row-crop tractor, first produced as part of the Farmall line by International Harvester in 1957. The 340 was a completely new design, unrelated to its predecessor the Farmall 350. Production ran until 1963 for the Farmall model, while production under the International and International Harvester name ran until 1965.

The Farmall 04 series tractors are a family of row-crop tractors with four-cylinder engines, continuing the tradition of four-cylinder engines in Farmall and parent company International Harvester for general-purpose and row-crop tractors. In the early 1960s demand for more power led to the 06 series with six-cylinder engines. Four-cylinder engines were reserved for tractors equivalent to the Farmall H and smaller.

Farmall 06 series tractors

The Farmall 06 series tractors are a family of row-crop tractors with six-cylinder engines, providing greater horsepower than the parallel product line of four-cylinder Farmall 04 series tractors. Until the late 1950s, Farmall and parent company International Harvester tractors used four-cylinder engines for general-purpose and row-crop tractors. Demands for higher performance and greater horsepower led to broader use of six-cylinder engines, with the bulk of International's production moving to the larger engines. The Farmall 806 and 706 were introduced in 1963, with production running to 1976 and 1967 respectively.. The Farmall 1206 was introduced in 1965 as the most powerful tractor of its time, using a turbocharged diesel engine. Production of the 1206 ran until 1967. The 06 series sold well and was regarded as extremely successful.

Farmall Britain

International Harvester's Farmall brand of tractors were built in the United Kingdom between 1949 and 1970. The Farmall name was applied sparingly to International Harvester's UK products, appearing only as the BM, BMD and B-450.


The Farmall eight-cylinder tractor line or Farmall 08 series was briefly produced near the end of the Farmall product run, in response to pressure to increase horsepower and to match competing brands.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Pripps, Robert N. (2020). The Complete Book of Farmall Tractors. Motor Books. pp. 19–31. ISBN   978-0-7603-6389-8.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Klancher, Lee (2017). The Farmall Dynasty (1.2 ed.). Octane Press. pp. 92–96. ISBN   978-0-9821733-0-5.
  3. ↑ "Farmall Regular". TractorData. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. ↑ Pripps, p. 55
  5. ↑ Pripps, Robert N. (2020). The Field Guide to Classic Farm Tractors. Motor Books. p. 107. ISBN   978-0-7603-6844-2.
  6. ↑ Pripps, p. 31.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.