Posted by mkirsch on December 29, 2011 at 09:53:13 from (64.80.110.75):
In Reply to: Wheatland tractors posted by Johninmn on December 29, 2011 at 08:08:47:
Even in the grand scheme of things, they're pretty rare.
By the time of the 56 series, you could do anything with a row crop tractor that a wheatland could do, and a whole lot more. Even the crude cabs of the time protected the operator from more dust than the round fenders ever could. Wheatland style tractors were a concept whose time had passed by then.
IH only offered Wheatland tractors because they perceived a resistance to change among their customers. They figured going from an open WD9 to an 806 row crop with air conditioned cab was more of a jump than some farmers would be willing to make, so they put round fenders on the 806 so it would look more like their familiar old WD9.
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