Farmall H. Almost 400,000 built. Good, simple start. Reliable, dependable, easy to fix also very easy to get parts for. 7 foot disk is about perfect for it
I think it should most likely handle it fine, maybe play around with the depth of the disk a bit but if not than like you said break out the nitrous bottles 😂
@@JunkyardDigs depending on the weight of the disk, fill the back tires with fluid. You already have a set of weights on the back but the more is better, it will give you more traction to pull the disk better.
@ Trilogy Jack Do NOT put liquids into the tires! Unless of course you're looking to rot out the rims!! Attach dead weight to the exterior of the rims, to the bottom of the tractor itself or both. Is it possible to put a liquid into the tires that isn't an oxidizer and which won't rot out the rims or have an effect on the tires themselves? Yes but the expense most likely won't be worth attaining it. There's also the leak factor. Adding any liquid into the tires then pressurizing them gives rise to the liquid escaping. I urge everyone who is thinking of installing water to rethink it. It's a bad idea from square one! Peace & good vibes! 🤔 👨🔬 👨🔧 🇺🇲 🚜 - Max Giganteum
@@JunkyardDigs the way the old timers did was to get another set of cast hubs and tires from another tractor and run duals but you gotta turn the inner set around so they are dished inward to make room on the axles
Also, with that H it’s Hydraulics are 1 way. Power up, gravity down. So that is also something to keep in mind finding equipment to use. Tractors are an area I am very well versed in
Oh you’ll be fine lol. Sitting my bias towards Farmall’s aside a Farmall H is still one of the best beginner tractors for people new to working on tractors or small farming. And there is a huge amount of info online about them as well
@@JunkyardDigs Old Farmalls are cool relics and I've restored several, but I would look for something with a 3 point hitch if you want to be able to do much work at all
I’m 29. I ran a handful of these as a kid (they were old then) and they never die. Absolutely incredible tractors. For the 4-5 shift, pull it outa 4 with no clutch and drop the throttle to idle, it’ll fall right into the next gear. When you get good, you can shift them without the clutch through all gears, just like a semi truck. Be safe, many of them tractors have tipped over. Never had it happen to me, thank god. Cool video guys!
That looked like so much flippin fun. You guys had me rolling with the Pliers running gag. I'm warming up to Angus, you two are funny as hell together.
Hey guy, if you have not found it by now, there is a screen in the inlet fitting at the carb. The brass fitting that the fuel line screws into. I had many of them plug over the years. I was IH mechanic for 40 Years. But you will find it if you rebuild the carb. Fact is, I own and H and an M. Great machines!! Good luck. 👍
I have my grandpa's 1951 H Farmall in my shop that is ready to restore but where do I get parts and a new set of tires? I actually drove it and bush hogged with it in 1995 but it hasn't been started since. It has been out of the weather, however.
@@manofreedom Talk to your local farming/tractor supply shop. The tires are standard sizes and parts are very accessible. Rebuilt a mid-50's one during covid, had no problems finding parts.
My old school Batavus moped has a similar filter basket hidden in the inlet nut on the carburetor. It took me forever to find it, because it's hidden so well.
Yes, struggle is the same, attitude towards struggle is epic, and when they pull it off, the reward feeling will be bigger then usual, So what’s not to like!
I got so emotional watching this. My dad passed away a few years ago. We had an allis d14....it never died. We used it for everything. Pulling hay wagons...a hay rake. Pulling huge silage wagons. It really gave all. These are now just memories growing up on the farm. Life was hard back than but simple
Love this! When we moved into my Grandpa's house, he left an H and some implements. A lot of brush hoggin and hay wagon trips were made with it. Eventually Dad windowed the block! Hilo mechanic down the road put in a new engine and did the 12V conversion. A couple years later a local guy painted it for a good price. The H still pulls the hay wagon once in a while. Love that old thing!
@@willemkauffeld7679 Might be just learning how to drive on one since I was 8 years old but I have no problem doing that. Out of gear, pull throttle closed, clutch in, into gear, add throttle again. Pretty easy once you get the hang of it. Although we did also jurry rig a foot throttle as well later on.
@@willemkauffeld7679 Grew up with Farmall M, H, BN, and A. Timing your shifting was a learned skill. Once you got it it was easy. Shifting on hills was an issue. Learned to shift down B4 so you didn't have to do it while going up (or down) but if you clutched and shifter quickly it could be done second nature. Cars of that era had the same issue ... you just learned how to drive.
@@pslowazo I find it easier to do on cars because you have foot controlled throttle while on many tractors you only have the cruise control lever, which you can't actuate at the same time as the shifter since you need to keep one hand on the wheel.
I want to thank you guys for the great videos and keeping me entertained while I was laying on my possible death bed....no joke. Recently I ended up with some lung infection and I spent my nights gasping for air. The only way I could really breathe was by setting up in bed . The only comfort I had was watching your videos and reminiscing when I was young working on vehicle. Luckily the antibiotics have work and I am doing much better now. Thank you again for your great videos and keeping me entertained during my scary nights. God bless you all.
Reminds me of our family farm back in the 60's & 70's... we ran a nice Deere, a Ford for small work, and an old monster Farmall. Good memories on all of them. Looking forward to this series.
Love this! I grew up on a farm in New Zealand and we had tractors similar to this! One thing I would note from the video, at about the 37 minute mark when you've hooked up the external fuel tank then standing beside it to start it, (between the rear wheel and the body), that is rather dangerous, if it somehow managed to jump into gear then it could cause you injury. I'm sure you both are well aware of the dangers and ensure that neutral is selected etc but always keep your safety as number one! And on a lighter note.......hurry up with episode 2! 🤣🤣🤣
That was EPIC!!! Those old Farmalls are real workhorses. My 75 y/o neighbor still uses his for everything. Bushhogs both of our fields, dug my French drain, grades the driveway, you name it. I wish I knew more about maintenance. If I did, I would want one!
A tip i learned for these tractors is to shift to 1st roll forward about 10 ft shift into 4th roll forward about 20ft and put her in road gear and let her fly
Nice to see some different revivals. My grandpa has an old Farmal around that year and it has sat for a number of years and we got it running about a year ago. those things are boarder line unkillable. Love your videos. Also I have learned that violence is sometimes the answer when dealing with a stubborn tractors shifter😂
This brought back fond memories of working summers on a farm when I was a teenager. The owner had an M and an H. The regular hired man always drove the M and I drove the H.
Brings back memories. It's like the big brother Farmall, to our F-12. Of course we didn't update to the H, because the F-20, was a runner. And when they were sitting out in the clay spinning their wheels, I got the neighbor's F-30, comfy seat in and highway gear.
The jump between 4th and 5th on those old farmalls is pretty big. The Hs really don't have enough power to start in 5th especially if you have an implement behind them. You can shift them on the fly but you need to double clutch between gears. With a little practice you'll be able to shift from 4th to 5th without grinding.
I learned to drive stick on a Farmall Super C. Got to the point where I could wind through all the gears without crunching pulling a huge load of firewood. Those things are beasts!
Luckily they closed the gap a little when they brought out the Super H. My 46 H my grandpa bought new was the first thing I ever drove, it was rebuilt using a Super H engine kit.
Brought back a lot of memories. At almost 78 yrs old I have a lot of seat time on a Farmall M which is the next step above an H. Gotta have that spinner (steering knob). And the left brake is always way more worn as left turns are way more prominent. Great video and Good luck with the farming!
@@JunkyardDigs if you are interested, I know a guy with a John Deer 95 combine. Its been sitting in a quansit for 30 years. If you came and got it he would likely just give it to you. North central south dakota.
@@quinnjohnson198 if you want to do a V8 swap use a Oliver 770. They have the same bellhousing bolt pattern as a small block dodge. We had one on our farm with a bad engine so we put a 360 out of a wrecked truck in it and it became one of the best tractors we had.
I drove an AW6 in Southern Australia when I was 16. I absolutely loved every minute of it! After a week in the fields my skinny "boy" arms and legs were stiff and sore! The steering was so heavy and the clutch took all my effort to push in. Those days you filled the small gas tank, and the other with power kerosene. You started it cold on gas, warmed it up, then switched to Power Kero...she was ready for a days work! That was in the late sixties, they were an old gal even then. It seemed like every farm in ozz had one as a second or even third hack about. They were a big part of the 20th century in this country, just as much as in the US. And Hella fun to drive as a kid!7
You should account the #1 rule in tractoring Never start one from the side always start it in the seat it sounds dumb but it saves lives Just letting you know because my grandpa went to start an old John Deere and it was in neutral but it jumped into gear and damn near ran him over
@@RRRIBEYE It’s true that safety is priority. You need to get into the habit of ALWAYS checking that it is in neutral before starting. Like the other gentleman said, “the older hand started units cannot be started from the seat. And I have never had one jump “INTO GEAR”. They usually came in the shop because they jumped out of gear. But then again, I’m a red power guy, and JD always had their special quirks. But thanks for calling attention to it. It is important to talk about. 😊
YEEEEESSSSSSSS!!!!! I haven’t even watched it yet and I already know I’m going to LOVE this!!! During Covid I rebuilt a 1950 Ford 8N tractor, full engine rebuild.
Enjoyed this video I grew up on an old tractor very similar to that one that my uncle had and taught me to use by the time I was 8 I was operating it by myself while he watched over me and it made me so happy... it's hard to beat an old tractor like that Happy farming
We had a Farmall B when I was a kid. It was very old at that time. For the longest time it was a hand crank with levers to lift the implements. My grandfather eventually put an electric starter on it and then eventually hydraulics. When I was young I rode on the space between the driver's seat and left wheel. I eventually got to drive it. That thing would road walk when you got up the faster speeds. This video brings back great memories of being a kid and my grandfather. Thanks!
Omg you look like a genuine farmer. I want to ad if any one ever has the chance to meet you and Mook at an event I want to say you both are the most genuine approachable nice folks Bill in Fort Wayne Indiana
Great subject ! It brought back memories from when I was a teen when my dad revived a Farmall A with a sickle mower and I got to drive it home about 15 miles. Looking forward to the rest of the story!
I once drove a Massey-Ferguson 65 backhoe 84 kilometers/52 miles, had to get it to my friends house. Blew a front tire going up-hill. Limped it to the closest gas station, used the front-loader to lift up the wheel, and drove it the remaining distance on 3 wheels. That was fun lol
Learned how to drive one of those about 3 weeks ago, my grandpa learned to drive it. It was fun. It is practically mint, he takes amazing care of all his equipment
I think this was my favorite video of all. I can tell you guys were really having fun doing this. Angis was too funny with those gears, and of course Kevin with that seat. Thanks you guys.
Loved this episode. My dad always had Farmall tractors when I was growing up and I always thought they were awesome. My grandpa was an Oliver man. The sound of those old tractors is really nostalgic.
Oliver had a shot at being the 'John Deer' of it's day and could have out sold every tractor but the Company was sold and poor management hurt it's sales and sucked the company dry. Sad because at one time they had the most advanced tractor out there.
@@pslowazo spot on summary! I have several Olivers. I think they're great tractors, even after many years of service and being halfway worn out, ha ha!
My Dad's side of the family has Farmalls, Oliver's, and Deeres with some Alices for good measure. The running joke is my family can put on a tractor ride all by ourselves 😀
I love all of your videos they are the best i am 12 years old and now i am fixing lawn mowers making a profit from it and working on cars to because of these videos thank you 🙏
Thanks for the different revival! Those old tractors are pretty bulletproof, kinda hard to kill! A word of caution, and I’m sure Angus might be able to agree with this. What you’ve got there is a narrow front end not a “row crop” wide front end. Depending on what you’re doing that narrow front end can make driving that thing a little dangerous. They can tip over kinda easy if the front end gets down in a furrow while you are turning. Those H’s came with a OEM wide front end. Maybe the fellow you got it from has one in the barn or out in the weeds somewhere. Good luck, look forward to seeing more of your overall games!
That narrow front end is very much a "row crop" front end. Yes, they could and did turn over but in truth that was not a big issue unless the operator put the tractor into a precarious position where roll over was a possibility. In normal operation that was not a big concern. I have driven an H and also it's big brother the M and Super M for many hours. My dad had a front end 4 row cultivator on our M that I think only would work with a narrow front end. He also had an H which he used as his planting tractor. Those narrow front ends made excellent thumb busters, especially when a cultivator was mounted. After one broken thumb, one quickly learned to drive these tractors with the thumb and fingers on the same side of the steering wheel rim. Not sure but I think the H was rated at about 25 hp and the M came in at 35 to 45 depending on whether it was a Super M or not. Those tractors, if maintained were indeed bullet proof and would provide many hours of trouble free operation. I would strongly suggest draining out the 90W oil in the rear end, and flushing it our thoroughly. You might even have to pull the top deck off the rear end (not as big a deal as one would think) to get out all that rusty sludge otherwise you will be facing transmission bearing failures in the near future. Again, not as big a deal as one would think but definitely a bigger deal than pulling the top deck and cleaning it out. Enjoyed the video and I will be back to see if you get the crop in on time.
Back in the day my family ran all ihc equipment when everyone around us went jd and our h could pull a 3 bottom plow with a little difficulty but our m-s and super m's handled it easily then came the oliver 70 with wheel and front end weights and it pulled ok but it had no 3 point hitch so it only pulled epuipment that lifted itself or by hand and our little farmall c was for spraying alot of weeds with roundup now im the only one left that did farming and i dont own any tractors or equipment and im quite happy about it but my kids all remember grandma and grandpas farm 👍 great video
Have spent plenty of time on NF equipment as back in the day thats what most northern Iowa guys bought. Tractor wont roll over unless you put it in a dangerous position, and NF are handy as they turn on a dime as it were.
This is awesome! My dad had a Farmall tractor like this! Our last photo of him was of him plowing with it in 2006. The sound of the engine brings back memories.
Awesome content! As usual, that is. I'm just happy to see a Farmall. Good luck on the Prospector as well. That would be a great video as well. Those campers seem to always miss the restores because they are in such bad shape after sitting so long. It would be great to see the truck and camper revived together.
I can’t wait to see the full series! I really love reviving old vehicles and also enjoy farming really enjoy farming. I’ve always grown up in the county of south/central Indiana
Love the bibs guys and The Plier Segment is Just Hilarious you got pliers oh here you got pliers 23 sets of pliers later lmfao 🤣🤣 nice work Angus and Kevin @18:14 @Junkyard Digs
I always look forward to your videos, but I can tell I’m going to enjoy the next few even more than usual. I spend a lot of my free time trying to keep at least one of my old tractors running and it’s a lot of fun watching you guys struggle just like I do sometimes!
Watched Episode 6 came to the beginning to check it out. I appreciate the educational aspect of all of this. I am an ag. educator and so many folks in this great nation of ours do not know where our food comes from let alone understand what it takes to grow it!
Grew up with a Farmall M, H, BN and A. The H was the tractor of chose. We could do just about anything with that tractor. The large wheels and low gearing made it a workhorse and very economical on fuel. I could put 5 gals, in the BN and A and run them all day and still have gas. Get that thing tuned up and the carb. cleaned and it will treat you well. The old oil in both the engine and tranie are likely making it work a lot harder than it should for a 25 horse power engine with pistons the size of coffee cans. You got a real gem.! It's not a synchromesh transmission so you need to learn to use your clutch and it likely doesn't have live hydraulics as well .... that came latter. Got to remember that when those things were built it was originally designed to replace 'pony engines' to power stationary equipment off large leather drive belts. The letter series tractors were dropped in favorer of the number series that transitioned to power steering, live hydraulics and PTO drive. Still if you were good with your feet in clutching and shifting in and out of gear these old girls could often keep right up with their newer sisters.
Awesome, probably the #1 favourite of all your videos so far! Two tips though: you don't have the torque to start in 5th, I'd say 2nd, 4th, 5th, or even just 3rd to 5th. Might have to double clutch also. Secondly, there's probably a metal screen filter in the carb where the fuel line enters that's going to be needing a clean Edit: and this reminds me of my late dad's Ford and cockschutt tractors
Man this makes me want to go out and find one of these and get it going for my Dad. He grew up farming with an H as a kid and it would make his world to be on one again. Great job guys.
Love watching folks work on these old Farmalls. I live in a suburb on the west coast but would love to have the chance to own, restore and use one of these tractors.
Two guys in bib overalls blocking traffic pushing a Farmall H out of the way.... been there! Now I'll have the theme to Green Acres in my head all day. Loved the pliers gag. I usually have at least three pair on me when I'm farming. This episode was a perfect example of how to get something old running again. Great work.
Great video! It took me back. My dad had a Farmall just like it. I used to brush-hog 40 acres with that thing. As soon as it fired, it took me back a few years. Such a familiar sound. I miss that tractor.
Love those old tractors. I have a 62 Farmall international. Larger than this one with a front bucket. Don't use it for planting, got livestock. Use it for light work mostly although been pushing it pretty good this past year. Do you know what year yours is?
From the non-pressurized radiator, rubber front engine mounts, tall oil filter, and second style PTO, my guess would be a late 1940 or a 1941 model. The serial number would reveal just when it was built.
You driving down the road bouncing on the seat, I started singing 'Greeeeeen acres is the place to be.....' (That TV show may be before your time.) Old tractors never die...they just take long rests.
Ol farmall never dies, in 2016 me and my dad went to look at a farmall 460 diesel, it sat for 31 years. After some wrenching and having to manually heat up the glow plugs it fired right up.
Awesome dudes! Me and a buddy of mine save old Oliver tractors from the field and scrap pile and rebuild them for the fun and love of old steel. Some of them are still working in the field for us even today.
Exactly! Unless you want to kill it, just go easy on it. Power shifting destroys transmissions! Those old guys that used to, where are their tractors? Rev matching an old tractor is a PITA! Left hand on the governor, right hand on the shifter, left foot on a clutch that needs most of your weight to depress, and what is supposed to control the steering wheel, with no power steering and alignment that isn't exactly adjustable? The new stuff (with P/S, AC, BT, ETC…) it's fuckin easy to slip'em-in, and I drove a 5-spd 240sx for 3mo with no clutch! (shitty "burnout", only clutch smoked, friction disc welded to flywheel :D ).
You can't imagine how much I would love to travel to America and drink 1, 2, 13 beers with YOU guys!!! Absolutely great content and extremely likeable people.
Yesss love the old equipment revivals !!! Reminded me of when my grandpa paid to have his tractor’s gas tank cleaned….. got ripped off lol ….. spent a day or two watching him replace filters and cutting gaskets 😂 Even that old 2 stroke washing machine engine was cool !!!! Keep reviving these fine works of art and engineering !!!
As someone who spent most of his childhood on Farmall Super C's, H's, and MD's, that starter sound was music to my ears. When it first fired, sure made me grin! 😁
Love seeing yall bring the classics back to life, Hell Yeah Damn Right! HYDR!!!Vicksburg Mississippi❤️✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻 you don't see old tractors in junk yards in my neck of the woods. We fixem'' and run'em.. Mississippi Delta ❤️❤️❤️ Again I love what yall are doin'❤️
Way to go guys, I grew up and worked on a farm till I was 16 and moved to a big city. I started driving tractor when I was 11 on a small Case tractor (it was the only one I could reach the peddles), then to a Farmall H or a M don't remember now. Wish you all the best I will be watching as you move along on the farming.