Little farmer: Of 16 Farmalls my dad and I bought new or nearly new, 656 gear drive diesel was the most economical horsepower I ever farmed with. That started with a W4 in 1942 and ended with a 1066 in 1975, and there was at least one tractor from every series in between.
In the first 10,000 hours the repair bills were less than $1,000., and that included a set of tires. It burnt roughly one Imp gallon of fuel per hour the whole time I owned it.
If your farming 160 acres don't even consider a gasser. 656 diesel one of the finest IH ever built, and the gasser one of the poorest. IH did not put much R & D into 6 cylinder gassers, they were only converted truck engines. By 1960s, IH figured the day of the 50+ hp gasser was over. I believed that as well, having used a 300 on a 9' haybine using 3 gallons per hour, then turn around to use that same haybine behind 560D and 656D and only use one GPH. When I came to YT in 1999, I could not believe the numbers of 6 cylinder gassers across the USA. I had only ever seen one IH 6 cylinder gasser lifetime, however here in Canada we always paid 30% more for fuel than in US.
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Today's Featured Article - History of the Nuffield Tractor - by Anthony West. The Nuffield tractor story started in early 1945. The British government still reeling from the effects of the war on the economy, approached the Nuffield organization to see if they would design and build an "ALL NEW" British built wheeled tractor, suitable for both British and world farming.
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