Posted by LenNH on November 14, 2009 at 15:52:49 from (71.192.137.159):
In Reply to: Help Identify posted by 1944bgardner on November 13, 2009 at 14:27:39:
No question. It's a B. I spent some time on an A and a B in the 40s. I think the A came first, a one-row cultivator job that I never quite understood. IH and others had been making small two-row cultivating tractors (F-12, John Deere B, for example) for years. I know veggie growers love them, however, so maybe there is something I don't understand. Somebody explain why one is better than two? I am not sure of this, but I think the B came a long a little later, perhaps after farmers said they wanted something F-12/F-14 sized with two rows. I loved the A--wonderful vision, very nice ride, big platform, excellent control placement, good choice of speeds, easy steering, very pretty styling, nice and quiet with a muffler, and so on. I liked the B, too, but it always felt a little strange sitting on the side with nothing in front of you. The next step in the progression is, of course, the C, which has a lot of the internal machinery of the A and B (I THINK--not an expert on the details), but is built with large, adjustable wheels, like an H. Speaking of the A and B, I never did understand why IHC went "backwards" and built a tractor to replace the F-14 with a machine built with the old solid dropped axles, like the Regular Farmall. The smaller tires didn't help traction much either, in my opinion. The F-12/F-14 had excellent traction with the big 40" tires.
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