Wheatland Tractors

Tractor,Tractor · Jun 20, 2009

I grew up in Northwest Ohio, raised on a small farm used Allis Chalmers tractors, WC&WD , went in the service came home got married and help farm father-in -laws farm using IH, bought a small farm used IH tractors all had 38 inch wheeels. What is the theory behind Wheatland Tractors.

just another old geezer · Jun 20, 2009

Wheatlnd tractors were for the grain crop states where narrow front and ajustable tread was not heeded like it was for row crops. They were mostly for pulling tillage inplements. Big rear tires. wide fenders to keep the dust away from the operator, minimal pto work and no need for a 3 piont hitch.

Eric Rylander · Jun 20, 2009

I grew up in central MN and old row crop tractors were the norm, never saw "wheatland" style stuff there, except a couple Case LA's or a John Deere "R" here and there.

Now in the plains states they were all over.

Now my wife's family lives in Virginia coal country, there are small farms- but I brought my Case SC there and it's a conversation piece! "Oh, that thing's dangerous, going to roll over" Heck it's not like central MN was FLAT by any means! However the farming done in the area my wife is from is very very little row crops except tobacco, you see a lot of older Fords and Massey Furgusons. Farmall "A"'s and B's, but almost no tricycle front stuff unless it's being run by a vintage puller.

Walterdavies · Jun 20, 2009

Wheatland tractors are low to the ground very heavy lots of pulling power.
an example this is mine.
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Tractor,Tractor · Jun 20, 2009

So just a heavy weight to horsepower ratio with not alot of versitility.

buickanddeere · Jun 20, 2009

With a standard tread 70D with live pto & rockshaft. I've cut and baled a lot of hay, picked corn with a drawn picker and foraged corn/hay silage. Ran forage blower, forage wagons, standby generator etc. Plus ploughed, disked & cultivated.
Doesn't seem like a disadvantage.The fenders and platform give good cover from mud,muck and moving parts/wheels/brakes etc.

NEKS · Jun 20, 2009

Versitility come in the operator to judge distance of a implement a lot wider then the tractor and not leave skips or overlap to much

greenbeanman in Kansas · Jun 20, 2009

Wheatland model tractors were cheaper as they didn't have the 3 point mechanism thus adding to the initial cost. They didn't need the clearance so sat lower to the ground on wider tires of smaller diameter. No adjustable axles either of course.

They were widely used in areas such as western Kansas where there just wasn't the moisture to provide good growing conditions for traditional row crops.

Only since chemicals have become widely used did row crops start coming back except for irrigated acres.

My dad came to Kansas in 1910 and never did own a row crop tractor. He planted milo only a few times after wheat failures and simply used a rotary hoe and spiked tooth harrow for early cultivation, then none. He planted it with a 16-10 grain drill with every other hole plugged.

My first tractor was a 1070 Case row crop and was a great tractor.

Today we would be hard pressed to live without our 3 point implements such as back blades, box blades, mowers, etc. Kind of like why have a tractor if you can't use it.

MarkB_MI · Jun 21, 2009

I spent a lot of time in my youth running wheatland tractors like the John Deere 820/830 and 5010/5020. No need for three point or adjustable axles when you're pulling big one-way disks. You just lots of weight and power. Wide tires rather than duals.

Leroy · Jun 21, 2009

The AC WF could have been considered a wheatland. Mostly as said wide front end low down and small diameter tires (all the W series IH W4, W6, W9 & JD D, BR, AR, R) all fit that description. Also fenders that on some covered most or all of the tire to keep the dirt away from operator from riding that low. Some also had no PTO and only a drawbar to pull with

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