Farmall Regular front steel wheels

I have a Regular Farmall that my Grandfather bought new on April 28th, 1930. I was able to save this tractor and his drill from scrap but sadly its too far gone to restore. I'd like to use it for yard art in order to at least keep it around the farm. The steel wheels were replaced with F&H wheels and tires forever ago. The tires and rims and are now rotted all the way down to the spokes from sitting half buried so many decades. I thought it would display better on steel like it had originally when he bought it and found a pair of steel wheels for the rear but haven't been able to locate any front steel. I'm located in S. Dakota. If anyone in the state or a nearby state has a pair of factory front steel for this tractor, I would appreciate hearing from you. My email is open if you want to respond privately. These wheels don't have to be in good condition since they will never roll so please respond with whatever you have. I did try the classified ads here but got little response so I hope you guys don't mind me posting here. I'd sure like to move this tractor from hiding in the tree grove to its rightful place in front yard. Thanks, Brad

Here's a picture of the tractor when it was new.

For yard art you could make some steel wheels using the centers of your front wheels and some flat bar and rings. They don't have to be real round if they don't have to roll.

Good idea but I was hoping to keep the original look with the flat spoke wheels it came with. There were a gazillion of these regulars and F-20s made. Surely someone has a set. Please ??? Anybody ???

Straw Boss,

Actual Regular wheels are becoming harder to find and are expensive... we bid on two different pair, and took 'em up to 600 - got outbid both times.

We eventually gave in an bought rusty F20 wheels for our Regular... so you may want to consider going that route. It'd be a lot cheaper.

Google the following & call.

Rusticredacres.com (best source)
Riceequipmentinc.com
thefordsonhouse.com
jptractorsalvage.com
salvagetractors.com (Biewers Tractor Salvage)
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One I can recommend as I have dealt with him in the past.
Leave Mike a message as he is extremely busy.

French Tractor Restoration, Repair & Salvage
101 n Main
Craig, Missouri.
660-683-5348

Thanks. I'll do some research on them
this weekend. Hopefully I can make a
few calls Monday but I hope they're not
located too far away. I appreciate
your information.

I'm not a farmall man myself (can I say that here?) so I wasn't aware the F-20 wheels were different.
Would it help if I offer a whole tractor in trade? I have another regular on rubber and an F-20 on rubber I could trade for a set. Both tractors are old restorations that are now stuck but they are complete. Long story how I got them but I could trade one of them for a set of wheels as easy as advertise them.

I'm still waiting for someone to identify those black fighter jet looking moths for you as we have them heavy up here also. Kind of curious myself just what they are but last I checked you haven't received a straight answer.

Hi Boss, Regular and F20 wheels are different, but not much. A purist will spot them but the tractor and 99% of the people that see it will never know the difference. Front steel is getting harder to find for any of them. I agree that you would be ahead if you get some front cut-offs and put a steel rim back on if it's yard art only.

As stated above. F20 steel wheels are much more plentiful, will bolt right on, and are much cheaper. Original regular steel wheels have a differing spoke & hub configuration, very slight, but different.
The F20 steel wheels will look just fine from the road.

Thanks, you verified what others said. I'll turn my attention to F-20 wheels.

I think your right. My problem is my wheels are round spoke F&H conversion wheels so I need to find a set of flat spoke cut offs to "put back" as they were. So I'm shopping for different wheels regardless so thought I'd ask for originals first. I didn't know they were so rare. I'm guessing most of the steel wheel take offs back in the 30s must of got recycled into Japanese battle ships and aircraft carriers.

If you have a scrapyard nearby they may have some cut-off centers, I don't know where they are all coming from but Farmalls are still pouring in here. Would also be a good opportunity to shop for some steel implement rims to weld on. If nothing turns up I have some, that could be yours for next to nothing, but you will have to get a ride for them out of southern Nebraska.

Straw Boss,

I'm going to call the county on Tuesday to see if they have an idea on the black moths... and yep, when they are "parked" at rest - they remind me of a Stealth fighter jet. Only much, much smaller. LOL

Here's a labeled pic of F20 and Regular wheels so you will know what you are looking at if you find some front steel.


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Also, if you find wheels and are in reach of Spee-Dee Delivery - they are worth checking out for shipping. They were pretty reasonable when we got ours shipped to our home a couple years ago.