Re: Re: why no mention b450

Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 01, 2003 at 02:24:25 from (216.208.58.128):

In Reply to: Re: why no mention b450 posted by Dave on January 31, 2003 at 19:49:06:

To start with the B450 has a direct start diesel with glow plugs. These tractors were built at Doncaster, England and marketed mainly in Britian, Australia, New Zealand and a few to southern US as Harold has mentioned. The B450 has Super M sheet metal and was produced from aprox 1958 to 1965. It was preceded by the Super BMD. As you can readily see these tractors were produced much later than the American models. There never was a BMDTA. Even though these tractors had a factory 3 point hitch, they were still transmission driven pto right up to the end of production.

These British diesels weren't noted for their starting ability in much below freezing temps. A neighbor of mine bought two of the B275, and said it was good that he kept his Super C to use as a pup start. It was a hard pill for guys used to old gas Farmalls to swallow. They had been used to tractors that would start even when it was so cold no man in his right mind would use them. I asked dealer around 1970 if he had any beefs with IH, he replied British diesels. The 30 to 35 hp British diesels created such headaches for dealers here in Canada, probably IH was smart to have never sold the larger tractors in the north. Harold mentions of B-W450 going to Canada, likely wheat farmers that parked them from Oct to April. Definately wasn't livestock farmers that use them almost daily.

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