Antique Farmall tractor pumping flood water | Here we go again…
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2024
- We got 3.5”-4.5” of rain over the weekend so we had to break out the old Farmall M to do some pumping. We can handle the rain we got so far but with more rain on the way, we decided to run the pumps to get the ditches down so they can handle the coming rains. This tractor turned 80 years old this year and still runs like a champ!
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Dad started farming in 1946 with a new "H" and traded up to an "M" in 1956; what a difference. He had it overhauled a few years later and it would pull a 3' 16s plow all day long in 4th gear. I loved pulling our stalk chopper on a crisp fall night and watching a red glow on the muffler. I sure miss those days, but most of all miss my dad.
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That old Farmall, like so many of its contemporaries, was built conservatively. Nothing is heavily stressed, the governor won't let it rev over 1400 if I recall, and the compression is like 6.5:1. She won't do anything big or fast, but she'll do everything, given enough time. Newer tractors are designed closer to the limits, and it shows in how quickly they wear out. They can do more, and faster, but not for as long.
The very first video I ever saw of yours, last year, was you pumping out water from these fields!
same
I've got a 1947 super A for cultivating and side dressing...runs like a Rolex.
RED POWER THEN...RED POWER NOW!😊
We have a 45 super A we use for mowing starts up first crank in the winter
Even in today's world I am sure a farmall super a is one of the nicest little tractors you could possibly own
Yes sir RED POWER THEN...RED POWER NOW!😊
God Bless our American Farmers for their hard labor and long hours are appreciated 🙏👍
Grew up on a Super C, an M, & 400, they still run good to this day, my brother restored them, he has big equipment now ofcourse & farms like 3000 acres, i will always think highly of the old International Farmalls , great video 👍
Nothing cooler than a trusted old tractor saving the day
This and old ford pickups, this is great stuff sir
any old pickup
@@viperstrike3827 before they were chock full of stupid electronic bullshit
Wes I live to the west of you in Peoria,IL I work at Keystone Steel & Wire ( now Liberty Steel) and our fence dept., the old machines are still driven by an 8 inch leather belt. These are the original machines from the 1880's. The barb wire machines are 1903 to 1950's. These machines run hundreds of feet of wire every day. We have been wet here also! Stay safe!!!!!
New does not equal better. Keep that Farmall going!
Farmall saves the day again....lol. And a idea for checking on things when you can't be there is a long range drone camera that can throw a long wireless signal so you can leave it parked then call it and turn it on and look at what you need to check on, then fly it back to a safe place and park it till you need it later.
I saw tractors just like this one while I was at the Nowthen Threshing Show
Kudos to the pump too. It has to be pretty old to be flat belt driven. That was back when we actually built things in this country, and they were built to last. Now it is all Chinese built junk.
Agreed, It's disgusting man....
Flat belt is not outdated technology, there is about 10 year old hydro power plant not far from my house that has two alternators about 350kW driven by flat belts. I don't think that there is anything else that would be capable of transmission of such power while providing high transmission ratio.
0:46 *offended cow sounds intensify*
That’s Rexy our pet T Rex
The sound of an "M" is iconic. Seems like everyone had an M or an H at one time or another.
Growing up on a small farm in VT, we had an H and an A
never even been on a farm and i had a Super M for a minute. lol
Love hearing your "M" as I spent many hours on one as a kid on the farm.
I love seeing old tractors still going & sometimes they do the best work tho.
I know a farmer who runs 4 massive greenhouses as a market garden. All the work is done with a farmall cub, doesn't even have a 3pt hitch.
He prefers it over his 110hp Kubota low-pro because it's so much smaller and more maneuverable
People would not believe how strong they are good video
You could replace that m110 with a stationary power plant. Find an old scrapyard motor and transmission, build a cradle, and just haul it out on the balespears when you need it.
From experience, old VW ALH engines and 4cyl Toyota cars/forklifts from the early 2000s are great power plants.
If its an air cooled deutz, it'll be absolutely worth picking up, even if it only ever runs a pump. Those things are incredibly effecient
Aicooled deutz v8 413 are what powers the old german military man kat 1 trucks, the a1 got the 513, and some still run in the military (of the first gen, the a1 most still do) many others have found private and commercial friends
Nothin better than an old Farmall!
Great to c u all still using the real equipment,.
Used for years on our grain augers…..
B careful out there…..
Also, might not be easy but you could get a time lapse of the tractor and the ditch behind it as it drains out, that'd be kinda' neat to see!
That would be cool! Good idea!
I hope you appreciate the "education" you are getting by being a farmer. I am 70 YO, grew up on a cattle ranch and 5000 tree apple orchard in New Mexico and the lessons, physical and mental strength, and work ethic I learned has lasted a lifetime. I was successful doing everything I have set my mind to. The "M" was a dream machine for me as a kid. We ran John Deere B's and Farmall F20's all built in the 30's and 40's and still used today. Had a Case 811B and a WD9 IH and TD9 IH. We ran flat belts for a lot of jobs, but the one dear to my heart was grinding grain for livestock. I have Kubotas now. Great tractors, but just not the same
Happy to see young people still active in Ag. Proud of you! :)
Designed to fail started in 64, many old Farmalls are still running and never been apart. The modern stuff will not make 20 years old and be parked. I know M’s that still work daily on farms. The biggest problem for the old tractors is the fuel we use today. The shelf life of fuel is awful and destroys old engines. Pure gas is getting hard to find but needed on these old tractors
That’s awesome. My grandpa had a tractor like when I was kid. Used to take us for rides on it. But very cool to see you still using it for its intended purpose. Thanks for sharing.
Love the engine sound of the M it's like your favorite song
We used to grind our feed corn in to feed for our cattle and pigs with an M and an old belt driven hammer mill.
We used a Bearcat Hammer mill grinding Corn, Milo, Wheat, and Oats for cattle, horses, and pigs. Great way to grow up!
That tractor sounds as smooth brilliant , smooth as a greasy weasel
It’s old technology but it works. Thanks for the explanation and good luck with the wheat crop.
The era when tractors are made in usa and very high durability and quality!
It’s good to give the old M a work out! Sounds good!
Hope all goes well like seeing the Farmall M the pump!!
Gotta love those old machines
i just can't imagine it being that wet you gotta drain your land. here we are trying to conserve every drop and even then we don't have enough water
We are too wet a lot of the time
Were you at
@@aaronmcfee506 South Australia
We have several vintage tractors in the collection. 5 of them are M's. and like yours have the larger bore sleeves and pistions. I envy your straight sheet metal. In the Ozarks most are beat up dented and rusty. We have video on or channel of a super A mowing and a H and 350 we are currently working on.
We have a 1940 wide front that Factory was a steel wheel tractor. It has normal rims welded on the old spokes on the rear. No fenders ( _you don't need to worry about getting caught in the tires_ )
Love those old Farmall s . great road speed too
We bought a super MTA in the 80s and we used it for feeding the herd of milk cows. The replacements up the road a piece. It was quick on the road and did crank easy
Every farm needs an old Farmall!
@@WesFarms pulling the mixer trailer it didn't use much fuel but don't try pulling a heavy bog. I rescued it twice. My dad bought it at auction cheap because it wouldn't crank. Then when we sold the herd of milk cows that tractor went with the deal. After setting for a few years the guy had started missing payment's and I stole it back.
@@WesFarms I pulled it home and got it running that afternoon. We used it to work the ground and plant grass. I then used it for parades or running around the neighborhood.
We also have a super M that we got in a similar deal. Hadn’t run for years bought it cheap and threw a coil on it and it fired right up. Then it locked up, turned the engine backwards with a pipe wrench until it popped and it’s been running ever since. We figure a piece of carbon broke loose and wedged in one of the pistons that’s all we can think of.
@@WesFarms I finally let mine go because I was needing a lawn mower. Never tried to sell but it would be setting in the front yard and people would all ways stop and ask. The guy who got it had grew up farming some and wanted a old tractor
Great video wes
Brings allot of pleasant memories with my dad .63 now miss him
I see you’ve switched it to 12 volt. The diode is the give away..
There ain't nothing like some old IH Tractors, we still use a 49 Cub for work at our Cabin.
Nice old tractor crops look pretty good👍👍👍
Still earning its keep.amazing
And every part on it can be repaired by a good mechanic. No computer needed. Did it belong to your family back then? Yeah none of the new stuff will still be usable in 25 years let alone 80 years. Like your attitude, just keep on trucking. New subscriber. Thank you for sharing
This M was bought on an estate sale from a neighbor. Thanks for the sub!
love the M tractor,,,, God bless,,
Love that old M
The antique tractor is a hit! Love the M. I got a 1958 IH 560. Hadn't run it in a few years either. Just went out yesterday and it fired right up. Got to love them!
Cool process with the old tractor that runs like a Swiss watch. It's good that you watch the tractor; I don't know if it has an auto cutoff if oil pressure is lost. Although that would be rare, it would be a shame to lose the engine that way. Like you say - a beater tractor with a good engine/PTO might be the best way.
Awesome vid and edits and filming and tractor
That sure brought back some good memories! I used do the same thing on my uncle's (& dad's) family farm to mill the corn we brought in. We used a Ford tractor (grey & red, wide front tire spacing, always started), and getting that belt set on the pulley could take a few tries. We had a iron stake in the ground that the front of the tractor was chained to (the pulley for the belt was on a removable unit attached to the rear PTO). I was around 8 the first time I got to help with that and did it many times after. My uncle would rub a rosen bar against the belt to keep traction on the mill pulley, as it was smaller diameter. That Ford tractor was the first powered equipment that I learned to drive when I was 9. (My uncle taught me. I would have to pull up against the steering wheel to overcome the force to push the clutch in -hehe, Thankfully, I was heavy enough to just stand on the brake.) Used to drive the mile round trip to to get the mail for him on my own. I felt so big back then!
He was legally blind, but his rows were as straight they could be in the fields. Thanks for the wonderful flashback to 1971!
(First view of your channel & I subscribed today.)
Edit: tractor would be chained once belt was set, to keep tension.
Thanks for the sub and glad you like it!
Love the video and really love to hear theM running She sounds real solid
Interesting VLog. You're struggling with managing too much fresh water while many others struggle with not getting enough. The dynamics of the differing farm locations and the management of the needed resources vary from one extreme to the other with all being dependent upon mother nature and the farmers.
Thanks for showing the old ancient belt pulley setup still earning it's keep. At 80 years old it was working before you and your Dad. Wonder what your little man will use in the future?
Carry On.
The "M" and "H" 's are excellent pto and belt tractors. They are good on fuel too.
For your PTO issue, use an old VW diesel or a listeroid diesel and build a pump house to store it.
Had an IH 300. Loved it - it fired up every time as well. I needed something with a bucket and more power so I traded it in and got double what I paid for it.... Kinda wish I still had it, but I don't have enough room for toys of that size....
Sykes Supply in Asheboro North Carolina used to sell flat belts and the stuff to put them together with if You have trouble finding them, they might can help You.
Interesting video.
Thanks
I just realized that bridge is a flatbed train car, haha that's awesome.
Yep!
In Australia we call wheat that germinates in the head "shot and sprung". Good luck, hope you don't suffer that type of damage.
You know what? I bet that FarmAll would line up easier with GPS steering! It's a beauty for sure. Thanks for another great video.
A Farmall m with auto steer, that would be something to see!
That M isn't 80 years old, it has 80 years of experience! The stories it could tell!
She’s seen a lot!
@@WesFarms As has my 1963 A-C D-17 diesel. "Lil Allis" only has 58 years of experience and she agrees that she could probably learn a few things from your M! The 2 of them would probably enjoy swapping stories over a few oils after a days work lol!
They’ve been around the block a time or two that’s for sure!
I like your videos man I like that old tractor it's pretty Kick-Ass
I got a 48 M still runs and sounds just like that one great ole tractors. Even the rain cap slap
It’s amazing how well they run!
I suppose the low RPMs that they run has a whole lot too do with it
put a suitable ramp in front of the front tyre drive up belt will tighten and give as it pleases. bit of fun getting it right do a good job
A great uncle used to run a sawmill with a Farmall H off the tractor side pulley up until the early 70's. That Farmall H would really snort with large logs. The Farmall 460 worked hard as well occasionally. One of the best memories of my youth taking boards from the saw blade.
Good to see you still use the trusty ole M. If it’s got M&W pistons in she’s probably doin 50-55 hp if it’s tuned up good.
Good ol Mr Pemberton. They stay wet constantly.
Grew up an Dairy Farm with 2 Super M, 1 MDTA, 2 350 D 1 400 D one of the 350 stayed on the blower silage into 4, 80ft silos fist 6 cylinder was a 706 . M were rated about 50 HP.
Hope it all goes well like to see the farm it all on the pump!!!
you were saying you couldn't do the PTO drive to the other pump because of the angle of the driven pulley was making the v-belts fall off
you could take a rearend from an independent rear suspension car (they got real short axleshafts and good axle seals to keep the oil in) and mount that straight on the pump shaft, then you put your PTO shaft onto the pinion of the diff, bingo bango no V-belts
That M is hummin jack.
M's were top o line!!#
Big Red...a legendary tractor indeed! I'd put one up against any new tractor of the same horse power.
Rain rain. Crops in grundy look good. Beans yes little scary. You got it worse good luck man. Hope you have been safe.
my dad had an old W4 International (I think it was built under the McCormick-Deering brand) that had a belt pulley; we used it on a feed grinder for our animals... not the strongest tractor out there, but it was functional all the same...
Great content! Lots of rain in a little time, it can stop anytime now 🙄😎
Some mornins Im a cranky start.lol
Imagine using one of the old rumley or oil pull kerosene tractors to power that or better yet a steam traction engine
Hey, what's wrong with a steam traction engine? LOL :-)
@@84953 nothing's wrong at all although it will acquire extra watching because you will need an extra man to watch the fire and water level now if it was an oil pull tractor you would just make sure it doesn't run out of kerosene
@@TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan Not necessarily if the distance for the tractor wasn't too far away. Once you're set, and even driving it there could be done by one person. But for other reasons it would be a lot more work. You'd have to have plenty of relatively clean water , and fuel (wood/coal) ready ahead of time as well as staying there the entire time that you're planning to run the pump. Yeah, my previous comment was said in jest.
Just suscribed. You dont see belt driven pumps very often.
Purring like a kitten
Love the sound of the M! Reminds me of the tractor that was used on the farm behind us, probably as old as yours! Thanks for the video!👍
Flat belts - have you looked at importing from India or Pakistan? Such belts are still routinely used by farmers to pump water there. Low level ground drainage - if there are any Dutch farmers within striking distance of your operation, it could be interesting to hear their take on canal drainage.
That's what my 255 mf dose it con set fore 5 years and it'll still fire right up
Big Red...the legendary M...RED POWER THEN...RED POWER NOW! No you'll never see any of today's tractors working 80 years from now.
Wes. Could you please explain why the ditch just does not drain. Why is there a dam there.
I love the old M Drove a H as a kid
Ditch is lower than the creek that drains the area for them. That's why they have to pump the water up. Looks like it's only a couple of feet - but that's all it takes :/
The ditch does drain under normal circumstances but when we get a lot of rain the creek rises and the ditch also rises to the height of the creek
@@WesFarms Thanks it makes more sense now
My dad had an H with belt drive front slidin table big £££: saw for firewood to keep us threw winter.
I think I would be building myself some air cooled diesel power units. Start them with a jump pack and just keep fuel in them with a pick up truck. probably only need to change the oil every umpteen years.
No modern trackor from this age will be around in 80 years
These tractors will be around in another 80 years.
Unbelievable you can leave your tractor running like this behind! Where I live it’s gone when you are coming back!
Have a super M and a super H, both have the flat belt pulleys on them......you would be amazed how much power they have.
Shout out to you mentioning Tom Pemberton's channel @ 15.00 mins in, live a couple of miles away in Lytham, UK, the local Environmental Agency mentioned they prefer to flood farmers fields rather than houses built on flood plains, when Tom & Pop had a meeting with them in a video zonks ago, probably someone who has the 'why do I need a Dairy Farmer, I get my milk from the store', crazy attitude... 🤔🙄🤭
I really enjoy Tom’s channel. Thankfully the attitude towards Farmer’s over here isn’t quite that bad but it’s getting worse all the time. That’s one reason why I started this channel! Thanks for watching!
Me and my dad had a farmall H back in 2012 i was 4 but loved doing stuff with my dad we traded it because it had no pto and got a 56 ford and then traded an air compressor for a mower then carb stoped working and we just sold I miss that tractor though
We have only had around 3" of rain this year. Some how the corn that came up is doing just fine.
Nice tractor .so you save wather in the ditches if needed?and you harvest the wheat dry you dont dry it after like here in finland.
We could save water if we wanted, we haven’t done that in a while. We usually let the wheat dry in the field
@@WesFarms keep up the good work
Awesome video!! Saw your video of this similar job of pumping water. Remember all the mathematicians arguing about the GPH this was pumping?!
Yes it got to where I had to turn comments off 🙄 lol
@@WesFarms I remember it well! Love some water related projects. Should’ve been a civil engineer!!
I have a 39 and I have a 40 and they’re still running strong and a 40 I have a bus seat on and I do try to ride with it so I put probably 1500 miles on a year since I’ve owned it in 2004
After you get the position set on the tractor perfect take a can of Red Spray pain and trace a line around where the tires sit on the road. Next year drive the tires on to the spot and it will be aligned just as perfect as last year!
Paint would never last on a dirt road.
@@anderleof Look like a gravel road to me. The Orange paint the gas company uses lasts in the grass and on the roads lasts.
crown the pulleys that way they center more that is you know about crowning pulleys v belts kids stuff.
They are crowned but you still need to be lined up fairly well. Kid stuff
The Farmall M is great tractor. You video running the belt is one of the very few I have ever found. The engine runs so smooth on the belt that it just purrs. I grew up on my Grandparents farm and he had an M. Ran belts on a silo filler and grain blower... lots of power for those jobs.
Could you use the M to run the PTO pump?
I’m thinking the pump would require more horsepower to run if it was PTO powered. We have run it on the PTO pump once and it didn’t like it
@@WesFarms put a smaller pulley on the PTO side of the v belt. The tractor will have more RPMs and you will move more water. But this is only true with a smaller horsepower tractor.
Or we could just use a bigger tractor and burn less fuel
@@WesFarms I agree. I just thought if you wanted to still use the M to pump water. This would be a way.
That M is such a nice tractor you guys should really give it a tune up and give it a wash job and maybe use it more too
Me, you need an old Deutz for the pump! You: I need an old Deutz for the pumps.
I got one for free a few years back D4006 small 3 cylinder engine.
The guys who irrigate around here love them
Joe have to instal a windmill on IT like we do in the Netherlands. 👷