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John A.
03-08-2008 22:28:33
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Re: Farmall Super M Value? in reply to KRUSS1, 03-08-2008 16:31:03
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KRUSSI, I hate to be the one to burst your inaccurate bubble here! LOL! A regular ol run of the mill M was 35 horses, a SM was 45 new from the factory. Most all tractors of that era have been overhauled at least once since they were made, so getting 50 horses out of a SM is not all that hard, or difficult. I dare say I have sat a enough hours/days/weeks/months on a farmall M/SM that only a few guys here on the boards will top ..ie Hugh MacKay, Allan in Neb, Ia Gary, Rusty Farmall to name a few who I belive have more seat time on a tractor than I.
I have my family's Farmall M It had a Super kit installed around 1968..(1st OH), in 1974 I was shredding waist high weeds with our neighbors 10 ft, 2 swing, rigid deck shredder it handled it quite nicely in 2nd a d 3rd gears. 10ft would be the widest shredder to run on one, a 7ft or 8ft would be a better choice for all around work, also when in weeds 4 ft and up in height. Again I am not trying to get in a pi$$ing match here or totally dispute what you say. But these tractors were basically all over 50 hp from the factory when new, also IH was notorious in under rating the hp of these tractors too. My ol M when I redid it in College @ Tarleton , I was gettin 42 horses out of her and I was still 100 RPM south of High Idle. When I dynoed it after I was done with the engine overhaul I did at that time. And new paint, etc, etc. My instructor belived if we had had just alittle more time, another 4 to 6 horses would have been realized. In closeing unless the tractor you sit is sickly, the Ms and SMs I have sat have had more than enough "Power In The Blood" to do a shredding task like above.
Later,
John A.
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