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My Dad bought a used Super M Farmall from a local IH dealer in early 1960's It pulled a 3 14" rope trip plow. I learn to drive it when I was 13. The clutch was nearly impossible to push in to change gears. Diffcult to turn around at the ends even with that roller ball brake assembly they put on it. The gas lever was worthless, jumping out of its notches back to idle a lot, put a new one on it same thing. But at 13 I thought I was really something getting to drive this thing all day plowing, and that exhuast pipe turning white from burning that good ole leaded gasoline. In comparsion Dad also had a WD Allis-Chalmers. I was driving it at 12. Much easier tractor to drive, nice hydraulics. I really miss those days.

Sad I'm only 35 my tractor is a Ford NAA full metal body unlike today's tractors we need to go back to the way they used to be built on all models

I worked at Farmall from 1972 till the end. Worked with Spike.

They were never much of a tractor anyway not when you compare them to a real tractor John Deere

Worked there in the 70s

and then 20 years later they demolished IH case plant in east Moline Illinois

Cyrus McCormick was a wise man. Sorry his company was forced to merge. A Farmall tractor was tough to beat. Farmall M was a masterpiece of farm implement.

I remember driving past FARMALL as a young kid with Mom & Dad, the west yard full of brand new RED tractors, pallets of rims, red fronts and silver rears. When I graduated from college I thought I'd won the lottery when I got my summer job from the year before back. But about 3-4 months later it became a part-time job, and I was at the bottom of the seniority list. When I'd get a day off I'd head to Moline & Rock Island, I have no idea how many 5"x8" application cards I filled out for the IH E.Moline plant, and never got a call. Then one day I'm heading down to downtown Rock Island looking for the place to take the Gov't Service exam to get employed at the Arsenal, but I go by this HUGE iH plant, I drive around the office and see the EMPLOYMENT OFFICE, I park, walk into an empty waiting room, I wait about 5 minutes when a guy in dress slacks & white shirt & tie walks past the door into the offices, He comes out and asked, " Can I help you?" Yes, I'd like to apply for a job. He asks if I'd applied there before, "No", He gives me the 8 page application. 10 minutes later he comes back, asks if I was done with the application, "Yes", I had ALL my past work history and references written down or memorized. Took me 5 minutes. The next morning I'm back driving my ready-mix truck, first time all week, on Thursday, BOY this week's paycheck will be small. My first load of concrete takes me past home, little did I know my new aquaintance from the day before is on the phone with Dad wanting me down to FARMALL for my physical and other tests on reading & writing aptitude. I'm at the job site, pouring the floor & base for a grain bin, and DAD pulls in the yard. He tells me "FARMALL wants to talk to you". I park my truck and tell my dispatcher I had to take the rest of the day off. This is all on Thursday, I'd worked Monday & Thursday, and FRIDAY I started at FARMALL. Seems like they had me is Saturday to work too, I was running an industrial parts washing machine, washed wide front end axle castings, the outer frt axle extensions, power steering cylinders, and as the days, weeks, and eventually months piled up I learned how to build most of the whole front axle. Then the day the foreman comes over, says I'm laid off, I head back to the employment office, and see my Employment Manager, He comes over and asks if He could help me, I tell him I'd just been laid off, really no surprise to him, He says, Give me a day or two, I may be able to get you back, which he did as a PRODUCTION SCHEDULER of a gear and shaft machining dept, I mostly chased parts out of the warehouse, into the plant via purchasing, and from other departments. This all lasted 3-4 months, and Black Friday comes, laid-off again. And within about a week, maybe sooner I get called in and interview with this supervisor, I'm going in Material Scheduling, chasing parts from suppliers into the plant, I chasing tires, wheels, rims, O-rings, batteries, clutch pressure plates and friction disks, and to fill my free time I can chase paint. I have this job for 3-4 years. Ohhh, I had Elwood Mfg also, the front wheel assist axle supplier. I had worked chasing parts in from the IH East Moline plant for a month or two, and the IH Canton, Ill plant, and Melrose Park engine plant. The guys at East Moline were terrible to work with, Canton not so bad and the engine plant guys were O-K. All this lead to a 30 year history of chasing automobile shredder part's and machining at local suppliers, Machine tool parts for mills and stuff, and finally getting parts for water softner timer clocks, Oh, and there was a couple years chasing parts for ice cream freezing machines that make and dispense thousands of gallons of ice cream per day to ship to retail sellers. I lived in the Quad-Cities till I relocated my family to Freeport, Ill to buy drinking fountain and water cooler parts for a couple years So much manufacturing experience doing so many processes.

IH built quality tractors back then. A true testament in time for lots of those tractors still existing

Thx for sharing

Thankyou guy international guy s international

Ain’t no difference between men and boys when it comes to toys

International Manufacturing turned Big Wheels in it day ,the people in this Plant would go to work confidently happy worker , Farmers using these tractors were just as excited ,confidently about their business in the fields ,early morning till dark most of times content, thanks IH .

My old man supported you guys by buying IH tractors even though he worked at Deere in Waterloo. My future of not working on Ag tractors matched the folks in Moline.

Who agrees that they should’ve turned this into a museum?

So sad that the men at the "top" destroyed an entire company.

Does this thing have a regular pto?

BACK when we were self sufficient now we are in the hands of the global economy this country has been sold out buy greed!!!!

Still use a 1940 Farmall A to cut grass with a belly mount wood's mower and push snow with a belly mount grader blade. Bail hay with a 1957 Farmall 450 and a New Holland bailer the 1945 M pulls the wagons. Simple and reliable when things weren't throw away.

Very sad for me this was the greatest country at one time its being picked apart and dismantled and its truly a shame to see

Hey Monte! Was wondering what the thickness on your angle is for the track?

I got this mill and had wavy cuts. I fixed it by tight blade tension and i dont use water i installed a brush on the blade and let diesel lube it. World of difference straight boards and no dust build up in mill

I had the honor of studying under Dr. Schultes. What an amazing, humble and fascinating person. High point of my educational experience.

Looks like the upright on this side is not 90 degree with the frame or the log, could be twisting blade making it cut rough.

This completely convinced me no hf saw mill. What's the point if you get more waves than the ocean

I drove one of the last international harvester truck made. It was better than the navastars.

I was there. 78 Bill Lillis was my boss.

The day John Deere won the race

How is that work overall? I’m thinking about getting one

This guy is the second coming of Phil Hartman

What was your cost for the project and what kind and size axel did you use?

Me n dad cut hickory once for a man. Wanted to warp coming off the mill. But we had a 54 inch saw on a frick mill may have sawed it to fast. Band mills cut clean but I think I saw some drift in that cut. Harbour freight. Lol

This is fast ass speed on dirt...... I once seen a guy hit turn 1 wall when his throttle stuck......... They said it was a 150 mile per hour hit......... He survived and I got to see the mangled car after the race in the pits........ It was no longer a car.............. Not a single saveable piece left.................... I miss the old days.......

I know this was six years ago but the idea of a homemade fruit picker is actually dope though.

hey freind what size are the band wheels on he mill sir as i can not find out via web site? thanks God bless

I've my grandfather's all original "regular". And restored a "b"n with my son. Both are running great, and wonderful conversation pieces with the retired farmers around here.

That's some hella blade drift.

Like the Wheelhorse very nice. I own a 1960 Wheelhorse suburban 400 needs paint. I do have a video posted of it plowing dirt with my front blade. Definitely like the tires 👍🏻

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Good project, horrible welds, but good project

Always nice improving tools that you can come to depend on!

Is your new engine a Techumseh?

Glad I watched it, that Mill is extremely unimpressive, guess I’m gonna have to spend more money

Growing up we had IH tractors and trucks on our farm. My father had IH construction equipment and trucks as well. I had a Scout in high school. Then years later in my business I bought and old IH R-190 truck that I wish I still had today. The first time I drove at 6 years was in a hay field picking up hay My father put the truck ( a R-200) in first gear and I had to stand up to steer it to drive around the field while the helpers threw bales on the trailer.. The good old days.

I’ll never forget where i was and what I was doing when I found out IHC had died. I was 7 years old when my dad came home and told my brothers and me that IHC was out of business and there would be no more new IHC tractors on our farm. I started crying

The good old days... IMO this family atmosphere is sadly missing in society today... 😥..

I have that IH quilt with the early Farmall tractors.. Still use it to keep warm on the winter...

Thanks Max Armstrong for preserving the history of IH.. I've been an IH FANATIC and collector of IH Farm Toys , Literature and Memorabilia for many years....

That turned out real nice Monte. The 21' board ability is awesome, I maxed out at 18' boards and it hurts me at times. When we get big logs that long we then have to figure out how to turn them on the bed, double edge sword sometimes.

Very nice