World War 2 Production 1942 Farmall H Tractor - Classic Tractor Fever

[@mattvisuri9906]

To all the men and women who gave everything they had Thank you God bless you long live America and long live the farmers of this great country ❤.

[@rodneycraig3118]

Around 1966 our neighbor had a Farmall M. That fall was wet and they put a set of set wheels on the rear so they could pick corn in the muddy fields. I think they still have the tractor.

[@GENOG54]

Good looking belt pulley, and have magneto,.. crank her up! We had Farmall H & M on rubber, in the mid 1960's Army Corp of Engineers built a dam upstream on the creek that ran along the back of the farm. Dad bought steel for the rear of our H, it was my job to disc the field the spring after the D-6 cleared and plowed it. I learnt real quick how fast those spades could dig two holes in the soft bottom ground soil. No progress with the tractor sitting on the rear end and a big frown from Dad, made it a one time mistake. Thanks for sharing this fine looking tractor, Dave.

[@lloydwagner3709]

Mine was a '42, just like this one (except no paint left on it, anywhere). My grandfather bought it almost new, a repo. I was still using it for vegetable farming in 1998, but the farm went belly-up and I reluctantly sold the farm and the tractor together in 2004.

[@markwheeler202]

My dad's '41 is still on the farm, and still runs AFAIK (he passed away a couple years ago). Last I saw though, the tires were in bad shape. He was told when he bought it in the mid-60s that it was originally built with steel wheels but was converted to rubber at some point. The wheels themselves look like the ones on the '42 in this video.

[@robertheinkel6225]

Never had to worry about a flat tire, but I understand during the winter, the rims could freeze to the ground. The tractor could flip over if the operator tried to drive off without backing up first.

[@georgedoolittle9015]

Hard to imagine just how revolutionary a farm tractor of this time was in point of fact...let alone one that was both reliable and able to be "used"(maintained) by an individual. To me it was Tractors such as is as well as diesel electric locomotives which were also a revolution for the time that won World War 2 for the USA as the boom in productivity from these items was enormous. This would also spill over into construction equipment which was still running on steam power by and large prior to World War 2.

[@jimmesc]

I still have my grandfather's H in the machine shed. Rubber tires, wide front axle.

[@toddjacobs5660]

My dad had a set of steel wheels sittin around the farm for the M , & 400 dont recall seeing him use them...

[@mikkelcvx8043]

i have a ih farmall mccormick b450 from 1959 an it has 12 cm play in the stiring

[@janbill79]

I just bought a 42 farmall H , Aug, 2024, Its been used for parts by previous owner., But the main pieces are there, minus the pistons and cyl, head among other small items , rims and tires. It was only$225. My original idea was to use the transmission in my 1945 H but there's a chance being, because, (it has almost all December 1941) casting dates. I might fix it up.

[@nathanalmond8280]

My Grandfather bought a new H in 1942 just like this one except it didn't have any hydraulics either. It cost 895.50.

[@ShortArmStrongArm]

It would have pulled a disc hairy? Whats a disk hairy? Is that like a disk harrow?

[@grayson8133]

Go Maryland

[@Last-Varangian]

1:00 mark; absolutely the wrong way to hand crank one of these. He is risking a broken arm or worse that way.

[@ShortArmStrongArm]

his tractor his arm

[@mattydsmowershop2730]

How did I know this was gonna be in here??😂 I’m not mad just called it

[@melchristian3638]

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[@nighthunter8846]

Random question. What's that music on 0:41 called?

[@jeffscott8323]

No starter lights battery rubber tires no frills

[@MinutemanOutdoors]

You would have thought the military would have took all the steel leaving the tractor to be 100% iron but it's the exact opposite

[@Last-Varangian]

Yeah, that would seem logical, but they needed all the cast iron to build ships. I have one of these H's and most of the frame parts are stamped steel instead of cast iron as on the later models. It weighs substantially less then the later models too.

[@stevew270]

He must be a transplant because he doesn't talk like a New Englander. lol

[@danvanhoose6783]

Its just a toy now.

[@darthgraggus2690]

My words in English...Fuck rubber tires and go for Steel Wheels. Just saying.