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1950 Farmall H (Chad S help!)

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Kevin

07-11-2005 06:47:32




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Well i have a 1950 farmall H. It is a buitiful original tractor and i want it to look 100%stock, sound 99.9% stock, and be as reliable as stock.
What are some little tricks i can do to make the stock stuff it has pull better? So far i adjusted the stock hitch to the highest position step by step by the old manual. But is there any other little adjustments i can do, It has 12.4" tires on 11" rims. Im curently running 13 lbs of pressure in them, is that to much or to little?

Now this is a question for all the H fans, this is by no means a pure pulling tractor, it is a show tractor and a working tractor. It has the whole works on it, just about every option available, Hydraulics, all the lights, belt pully w/ out the pully and one set of rear wheel weights. What do you think it will weight? I know of an H w/ out the hydraulics, no generator, no belt pully system, and narrow 11.2 tires ran the 3800 lb class.

Thanks for any help, my first pull will be the 30,31st of this month.

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Don Mc Cartney

07-12-2005 07:55:16




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 Re: 1950 Farmall H (Chad S help!) in reply to Kevin, 07-11-2005 06:47:32  
I have a 1947 H, one set of wt. on rear wheels and all the outher stuff you have. I add 220 lbs. for me. 200 lbs. on the reare and adds up to 4600 lbs. which is our wt. class.



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superih

07-11-2005 13:54:27




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 Re: 1950 Farmall H (Chad S help!) in reply to Kevin, 07-11-2005 06:47:32  
You are going to weigh very close to 4500.



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ChadS

07-11-2005 07:12:48




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 Re: 1950 Farmall H (Chad S help!) in reply to Kevin, 07-11-2005 06:47:32  
Id say it weighs around 4250 fully dressed with the weights, 4350 on the high side. Depending on what weight you pull at,, 4000lbs is ideal for a stock H and get a good balance from the frame. I usually run 120lbs on the front stock IH wheel weights on the front wheels in the stock location, the tractor is about 3750 and it pulls like a dream. Only options it has on it is the PTO, everything else is removed, and my tractor is a Super H. I pull off the stock hitch, not the drawbar,,, bolt the clevis right to the axle mounted D shaped Hitch,, we only run 18 inches high, and 28 inches from the center of the rear axle,, if you measure your H hitch,, thats the exact same distance. Keep it in low gear, and keep the front kinda heavy,, Run a compression test on your H, 100-110 psi is pretty much stock, not much to do,, carbs are usualy good enough to feed it enough fuel, you dont need racing gas,, maybe 90 at the most,, if it is 150psi and up,,, you may have a bit of tuning to do and pick you up a bit more power,, run a compression test, start from there, and let us know what the results are, Chad

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Kevin

07-11-2005 12:12:54




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 Re: 1950 Farmall H (Chad S help!) in reply to ChadS, 07-11-2005 07:12:48  
My hitch is 19" high and i think about 23" out. This is the stock hitch with the drawbar at the highest position. I am building a wheelie bar and probly pulling at the weight it is depending on if its a 4000 lb class or 4500 lb class. If its 4500 lbs what kind of wheel weights should i but on it, front or rear?



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ChadS

07-11-2005 18:09:39




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 Re: 1950 Farmall H (Chad S help!) in reply to Kevin, 07-11-2005 12:12:54  
Is the hitch still in the factory location off the axle? 23 sounds too close for it to be still in the stock location. Im still going to say its close to 4350 on the high side,w/o a driver, depending on how much the driver weighs,, if your hook point is at 23, you need to put the weight more forward, on the front. The HP to rear axle weight should hook up and work the engine with 12.4's, if it does have the power, and spins, dont run it full throttle, give it the gas if it seems to need it if the tractor will allow it, powerwise. Id say your gong to run full throttle on a stock H engine. 4500lbs is heavy, but thats where it is,,, and I dont wanna see a show tractor stripped out just for a pull. Guess youll find out, depends on the track, if it a loose track, it can take less weight onthe front, if it is a tight track, keep the nose down. Chad

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