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Re: PHOTO English IH 434 tractor
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on June 21, 2006 at 07:38:54 from (209.226.106.75):
In Reply to: PHOTO English IH 434 tractor posted by David in England on June 21, 2006 at 06:11:58:
David: Great to see your photos. Of course we here in Canada are quite familiar with the B-250, B-275, 276, 414 and 434. We both swore by and swore at those first B-250 and B-275. They were an effecient little hay making tractor, but IH didn't climatize them very well for our Canadian winters. Most of them got cured after the first engine rebuild. We always called them a great little summer tractor, but for winter starts in sub zero weather it was a tow start. Bear in mind also, most Canadians didn't have enough patience to hold the glow plugs long enough. But then, even the best of patience wears thin, sitting on a B-250, at -20F, holding the glow plugs on for 3 to 4 min. I might add IH should have used larger batteries on the ones coming to Canada. Once we got those circulating block heaters, glow plug diesels worked very well. It was not only the British tractors that didn't like our winters. A Yorkshire immigrant bought a farm near me. We had an exceptionally cold winter that first year he was here. He was beginning to think he would need the tow start, or at least have his head examined. "By the hell fired, but it's cold", he would tell me. I guess he figured only the fires of hell could warm this place up.
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