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Why did Ford just use the series numbers instead of the actual numbers on their tractors?
For instance: 5000 could be 5200 or 5600. How do you tell the difference if you are not familiar with their product and you have to work on these machines.
 
For the same reason as all the other makes. You can get JD 4440 2wd, 4wd, and serial changes within to get the CORRECT parts,but still JUST a 4440. Oliver 1650 with indirect and direct injection engines. You just have to learn. The model and serial decoding info for Fords is all available online. Also 5000 can be 5200 but NOT 5600. 5600 is next series newer. Many people on this site will be very happy to help you with any questions.
 
On Ford 5000 is series number, 5200 model number for row crop version wether single front wheel, dual front wheels or wide front end.5100 is what would be called a high utility. As said 5600 is entirely different tractor. on the blue 4000 series tractors the 4000 is low utility, 4100 high utility, 42 is the row crop model. Then there is the early versions with steel grill and later versions with plastic grill and on the 5000 series with the plastic grill they went to a larger engine. When the 5600 series came out it was a different engine but same horsepower as early 5000, less than the late 5000. Then some of the very latest of the Major series carried a 5000 number.
 
The 5000 was a standard ag chassis built from 1965 - 1975.
The 5200 was a 5000 but row crop model.
It had a operator's platform so you did not straddle the tractor. They came both wide or narrow front. Significantly taller than a standard 5000.
The 5600 was a later model. Built from 76 - 83.
Basically a 5000 with some improvements and slightly different tin.
 
The one that I have in my shop must be a 5200 as it has a platform for your feet and has short wheel base wide frt.end.

Thanks to everyone.
 
The 5100 had 38" rear wheels and none built with smaller wheels. The 4000 series had the low model with 28" rear wheels, then the 4100 with 38" rear wheels and that compairs to what John Deere on the 2020 called a high utility, The one with 28" rear wheels compaired to what JD caled the RU or regular utility, Then they had the LU that was low utility with 24" wheels. I think that version was the SU4000. The 2020 is the same style as the 5100 Ford so that is why I use the term high utility and Ford did not make a model that in the 5000 would be of the style of the JD RU. Then as you say the 5200 has the platform above the transmission and is a totally row crop version.
 
The 4000s with 28" wheels were SU models,
Ford did badge some tractors as 4100s but like the SUs they had the 3000 style front axle. They only built those for a couple of years - 83, 84? They had a smaller 192 or maybe 183 CI engine.
The standard 4000 had either 30 or 38" wheels.
There were also several derivitives of the 4000. Mostly industrial models - 4400, 4500, 4410, etc
 
5000 was simply the 'series' number that was on the hood of all models in that series. The x100 models were the standard/all purpose. x200 denoted the row crop models. x400 were the 'utility' models that generally had fixed front axles and x500 models were the industrials that had fixed axles and heavy steel noses.
Wheels were not especially particular to any model. I have a '66 5100 with 13.6-38's on power adjust wheels that everyone calls a 'row crop'.... which it is not... but it could as easily have had 16.9-30's or 18.4-30's in this all purpose format had it had flange wheels.

Rod
 
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