Re: 1943 Farmall H - Wide vs Narrow frontend

Posted by Hugh MacKay on June 02, 2005 at 02:45:27 from (216.208.58.137):

In Reply to: 1943 Farmall H - Wide vs Narrow frontend posted by ChrisL on June 01, 2005 at 16:07:36:

Chris: In the 1950s I would venture a guess there were 50% more H & M narrow fronts with loaders than wide fronts with loaders. My dad's first loader tractor was an H nf followed by a 300 nf. Always kept tires filled with chloride plus wheel weights. My dad, four brothers and myself did all our first loader work with those two tractors. 54 years later none of us have ever recorded broken bones or have any stiches in our bodies. My dad and one of my brothers are no longer with us but not the result of any accident.

My dad did have a wide front for the H but it couldn't be used with the model 31 loader. Some years later I did install a wide front on 300. I could readily see all I really achived was to make tractor more cumbersome and clumsy.

One final bit of advice, set those rear wheels at 72" minamum tread, center to center. The rear wheel tread plus rear wheel weight, is basically what keeps all loader tractors upright, nf or wf, and don't forget that dose of common sence.

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