Farmall C/Super C VS. H/Super H

mike1972chev

Well-known Member
OK, Here is a question for the more experienced. When I was a little kid,my Dad always told me stories of him running my Great Grandfather's Super C. He also told me:There was about a SPIT of difference
between a Super C and an H.(I think he was meaning power wise ????)

So, looking at Tractor Data,it does look as if the C/Super C was fairly close to Drawbar HP to the H/Super H respectively. It also appears that the C/Super C had A LOT more options to be had,More with the
Super C being able to get Fast Hitch and the Touch Control hydraulics. Were there things that the H/Super H COULD do that the C/Super C could not ?????

So, back when these tractors were being sold,WAS the C/Super C a more popular tractor to buy over the H/Super H ???? ( I know the Farmall H was the second largest selling tractor behind the 8N Ford.,but the C
was like 10 years after the H came out and the Super C a few years before the Super H came out.)

Thoughts,opinions, facts ???
 
I have both.The H has more power and is heavier.The C does have a better hydraulic system,and is somewhat handier for some small jobs.The C was a replacement for the B on 1948.If I could only have one,it would be the H.
 
I have had both of the Supers. The Super C is great and nimble but for raw pull the Super H wins hands down. That said the Super C was handier than a shirt pocket, a great tractor.
 
Well, bottom line is, the H and C are two different size tractors as meant to be, the H being the next size bigger.
A Super C may be comparable to a plain h in horsepower, but still kind of comparing oranges to apples. IHC didn't exactly come out with the Super's all at one time. Probly because of the engineering that went on to the different models. A Super C lost all of its gain on the H when the Super H came out with its extra power.
I've driven a C, and I like the H better.
 
I have a H and Super C. The super C showed up about the time plain H's were done and moving to a Super H. The super C was made to have a fast hitch and the hydraulics to go with it. The H series didn't have a fast hitch until they morphed into the 300 models. The H is certainly heavier for pulling and the placement of the belt pully is better than on the C series.
 
When I was a kid we has a SC and H. The H spent most of its time on the manure spreader except for silo filling time when it was the first choice for the belt driven blower.
When this occurred the C got spreader duty.
I hated the light, under powered POS. About the only thing it was good for was raking hay.
 
I lot of people like Farmall C but I am not one of them. I always say "they ain't an A and they ain't an H ?- light little tractor more comparable to a Super A. which neither are built like a brick$hit house Farmall H. if you have ever been inside the 2 different tractors you would be sold on the H.
 
They are two different machines, both great tractors. I have an H and 2 Super Cs. The SCs are for cultivating. Each one carries a different style cultivator. I don't think that either one would budge the JD MW disk when it is all the way down or pull two bottoms in 3rd. The thing is, you need both of them.
Greg
 
Never had an H .
Have two C s and super C . I like them . Easy to maneuver tricycle front end in tight spots , like in the woods , the wide front end are very hard for me to steer at my age. I only recommend the tricycle for sickle bar mowing . I have used both ,
As far as power I hear a lot of hog wash about lack of power. Well thats because they have something wrong with their tractor. Such as lack of maintenance, poor tires . Or their trying to do 60 hp work with it . A well maintained C will do a lot of tasks today after 70 years, we do .
For example the original c Firestone tires wore out and we replace them with B F Goodrich 102x36 made that C into a totally different tractor.
 
RIVERBEND - I have NO idea what a JD MW disk is, only the most absolute diehard Deere fans pulled Deere disks around home, everybody else pulled a good disk, like an IH, Kewanee, Krause, etc. and if your H won't pull 2-14's 6 inches deep in 3rd gear in old corn or bean ground something is wrong with your H. It should pull 2-14's 6 inches deep in alfalfa sod in 2nd. My Super H pulls that and it's got the faster gear speeds. Super M & SM-TA pulled 3-14's that fast, 450 pulled 4-14's that fast. We had way too many acres to cover to play with two bottom plows, always used 4-bottoms, and sometimes a 3 bottom on another tractor. Tried 5-14's behind the 4010-D with a Midwest plow harrow, gutless wonder only pulled it in 2nd & 3rd gear till we pulled the 5th bottom off, then I could run 4th & 5th gear with the inj pump set around 100-105 hp.
 
When you talk about an early, stock, factory fresh H, the HP gap isn't significant at least not on paper. HOWEVER, there is no such thing as an early, stock, factory fresh H in this day and age. Even overhauled with the best of what's available, the H will have at least 10HP more than a Super C overhauled at the same time.
 
Hmm, You may have something wrong with your Super H... I pull 2-16s 6+ inches deep in 3rd to plow under winter rye and hairy vetch in May. It all gets turned under so it would seem that two bottoms is plenty for our vegetable operation.
The choices for small scale equipment are pretty limited unless you want toys.
Greg
 
(quoted from post at 19:01:26 09/21/21) Hmm, You may have something wrong with your Super H... I pull 2-16s 6+ inches deep in 3rd to plow under winter rye and hairy vetch in May. It all gets turned under so it would seem that two bottoms is plenty for our vegetable operation.
The choices for small scale equipment are pretty limited unless you want toys.
Greg

Some day I need to host a plow day at the farm here and give some of you guys a humbling experience. There is NO WAY your little Super H would pull 2-16's 6" deep in 3rd gear on our ground, and there is nothing wrong with your tractor.

Not all ground is easy pulling loam or sand. Some of it is gravel, or cobblestone, or clay. You tend to run out of traction before you run out of power, but the hills will have you down in first and pulling at that hydraulic lever to cheat the plow up a hair just so you don't stall.
 
When I was young enough to think I was smart or from time could steer and reach pedals if I was on front edge of seat until I was 20. Used a H tractor a lot on a 7 foot disc. 41 X-1 gasoline model with the original cast iron pistons. In bottom land corn ground it would pull in third some time but second more often then some spots the disc would sink full in and down to first. Same spots would give good traction most times and in those spots the tractor would choke down so far I would think it wouldn't make it through but most times it did. Power didn't impress me. Never used a C or SC on a load. Have a SH now and power not bad but a hard pull can still bring it to it's knees. It still had the original bore but now bigger that made a difference. Also have a H with fire crater 3-7/16 bore with no other changes, still not real close to the SH power wise. Nice tractor to use on a ground driven hay rake though since it has a 9 speed transmission.
 
I'm glad I don't have to plow your ground. The shares wear out fast enough here. Our ground is mostly sandy loam. There is maybe two acres that has any rocks or clay.
Greg
 

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