Farmall C vs Super C

BigBob706 · Apr 22, 2014

I have a C now and love it, I want another one. I have the parts manual and owners manual for it. I've been seeing a lot of Super C's for sale also...my question is...if I buy a Super C, would I need to buy the new manuals? or is everything pretty interchangeable as far as part numbers?

IH fan · Apr 22, 2014

(quoted from post at 11:06:42 04/22/14) I have a C now and love it, I want another one. I have the parts manual and owners manual for it. I've been seeing a lot of Super C's for sale also...my question is...if I buy a Super C, would I need to buy the new manuals? or is everything pretty interchangeable as far as part numbers?

Quite a few things different. Engine is a C123 instead of a C113 and it has a water pump. SC was available with Fast Hitch, so the hydraulics are a little different to allow for the added valve and has a temp gage, but Touch Control I believe is basically the same. Foot pedals are different and the SC has disc brakes. Steering wheel is larger, grill is taller, gas tank and hood sit higher (these allow for the difference in hydraulics). Probably a few other things different that slip my mind now.

Paul Shuler · Apr 22, 2014

Hi BigBob, If you like your C you will love a Super C. Just more of a good thing. I have one of each and it seems like my super C feels just like the C but its faster with a bit more umph.

IH fan · Apr 22, 2014

One more thing, and I don't know if it was the individual tractor or if it was common to all, Dad's Super C always used quite a bit more gas than his Cs (he had more than one through the years), but it would get more work done.

big a · Apr 22, 2014

I don't know anyone that has put in much "seat time" on a C or Super C that didn't fall in love with them!
Old neighbor had a C and an H, both bought new, and in immaculate condition. Earl always used the C whenever possible, and when I was about 10, I asked him why. His response was that the H was bigger , but the C tried harder! I'll never forget that!
Uncle has both of them now, and keeps them in the same condition as Earl did. A fitting tribute to one of the best men I ever knew.

skycarp · Apr 23, 2014

Bob, Check the photo ads. I have two SC's for sale, cheap!

IH fan · Apr 23, 2014

Dad bought his first C new in I believe 1949, or possibly it was '50. He "downsized" from 200 acres to 100 in 1956, had a sale and sold the first C. I had done cultivating, mowing, raking and small jobs with that C.
After moving to the 100 acre farm, he still had a JD 60 with a mounted corn picker that did not sell on the sale, so he traded it to the local IH dealer for a new "carry-over" 1954 Super C with all the Fast Hitch and a few other implements he needed to run the smaller farm. I was 13 years old and when Dad went to work off the farm, I did all the tillage, mowing raking, etc. and Dad took off work to plant the corn and help bale hay, etc.. All through high school I did almost all the farm work and spent many hours on that Super C... it was a great little tractor. In '59 we took on more farm ground and bought another JD 60 and did less tillage with the SC, but it still did all the cultivating, mowing, etc.

Bryce Frazier · Apr 23, 2014

I have two C's and one SC. I LOVE all of them. The C's have unmatched power/performance/maneuverability/stability compared to my John Deere B, Ferguson TO-30, and Ford 2n.

I personally have never run a C with an ACTUAL C engine, when I got my fist C, it needed a rebuild bad, so we made it a Super C inside. My Super C that I just bought a few months ago has NEVER had the head off from factory!!! Sooo, all I have are the Super C engines, but my goodness they put up a damn good fight!!

I thought that my C was the bee's knee's, then I bought a SC.... WOW that FH with the draw bar saves SO SO SO much time from not having to muscle implements around, or trying to line it up just right, I just have little wood blocks on all of the implements, and when I want to unhook one (plow, disc, etc) just put a block under the drawbar on the implement, then lower the FH drawbar, pull the pin, and DRIVE AWAY!!! Same to hook it up, that FH is just freakin awesome!!!

Bryce

IH fan · Apr 24, 2014

So to answer the original question, if you find a SC without a Fast Hitch, there are still enough differences that you [u:b2839ace5e]may[/u:b2839ace5e] want a new set of manuals, but could probably get by without them. Using or mounting non-FH equipment and many of the parts will be the same, several parts will be different but many of those will be things you will never need to worry about. How often have you replaced a clutch or brake pedal and the disc brake parts are simple to order. If you get one with a FH, you will definitely want manuals, but what the heck... it will be worth it.
I've always said, and if you have a C now you no doubt already know, that the C-240 series of IH tractors are the handiest small row crop tractor ever built. I have used many of the competition, JD, AC, Case, etc. and there is just [u:b2839ace5e]nothing[/u:b2839ace5e] that compares.

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