I put 'er to work..........

Goose

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I put my M to work this afternoon plowing up some corrals that I had trees taken off of last year. It was actually a bit wet from some rain we've had, but at least I got to know the plow and got it adjusted. I bought the plow on an auction last fall and hadn't used it yet. It's an IH 3-16.
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How many hp Is an m? Looks like the plow is running level to me. I?d sure like to find a plow like that not that I need another but always wanted a drawn plow I have 3 mounted rollovers and and a semi mount but a drawn plow would be nice for my crawler tractor
 
It sticks in my mind an M is about 38 hp. I bought this one like it is several years ago, so I have no idea what may have been done to it. I just know that for a 73 year old, it's still a good old workhorse.
 
I wish I had a nickel for every hour I spent with a rig like that. I think you need more weight on the tractor wheels. Dad's M and my H handled the same plow nicely with calcium in the tires and two IHC weights on each rear wheel.

Loved the sound of the engine purring along.
 
I like it, one of these days I?m gonna bring an ?M? home to park in the barn, they are scarce in my area is one reason I don?t already have one
 
M?s extremely rare in south Alabama, I do see some in central
Alabama all along but not many, even in northwest Florida
they are rare to see. Back in the production years here, the N
Fords and Harry Ferguson tractors along with John Deere
tractors were more prevalent. Farmall tractors evidently
weren?t marketed in my area back in the day, I occasionally
see Cubs here and there, A?s too, once in awhile a C and
maybe an H but the M?s are completely invisible, never see
them sitting in the weeds, fields, woods or old home places...
 
Looks good to me. If when you look at the field and you can't tell what size plow was used it is good. If it has ridges at each plow width it needs leveling out.
 
Comments aside, I'm impressed with how well you got it set-up and looking at the M, the weight (lack thereof), tire size and tread condition, pulling that much plow as well as it is....or as it appears to be doing.

Lots of Ms and Hs and hundred and thousand series red tractors down here in the 60's working cotton mainly. Had 3 dealers locally, red, blue and green. The green dealer outdid the red because most every day the sales guy was out in the field with the farmers getting inputs on what they needed. Eventually the red dealer disappeared and the green dealer (multiple locations across the state) covers most of the state of Texas. Blue didn't catch on all that well as you don't see many relics around but they are still in business and holding their own....lots of construction equipment mainly.
 
(quoted from post at 17:30:09 06/23/18) How many hp Is an m? Looks like the plow is running level to me. I?d sure like to find a plow like that not that I need another but always wanted a drawn plow I have 3 mounted rollovers and and a semi mount but a drawn plow would be nice for my crawler tractor

The M was rated at 36 horsepower when introduced in 1939. The 4 inch over-bore kit, which most Ms have, added about 10 horsepower. The M&W "add-power" kit increased the power even more. Probably to over 50 horsepower.
 
One of my H's has weights and doesn't need them for the way I use it. I should put them on the M.
 
IH plows of that era were usually P & O. Does it say P & O on any castings or other parts?

Did you mean the tractor is 73 years old or the owner is 73 years old?


Depending on the soil in the part of the country you live in, that plow could be a heavy load or normal load for an "M".
 
I'm 10 years older than the tractor.

Actually, that plow is a pretty good load for the M in second gear. And this ground hadn't been plowed in 50 years. I might put my D19 Allis on the plow for the rest of what I need to do.
 

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