Tell you what this man has a amost unbelivable memory for remembering every detail about all these internationals......no wonder the dealership was tops with him selling to you. Could listen to this guy for hours and never loose interest he is a treasure.
Maybe we got too big? Not a big fan of corporate farms. We’ve lost a lot of the so called “ ag culture” Old tractors and our love for them help us reminisce.
The 656 diesel I grew up with looked like that. It was the largest tractor on the farm before I was born. 3-14 mounted ih plow, one row fox chopper. Then it ran a 435 baler with a thrower, haybine, rake, unloaded chopper wagons. The hour meter went around at least once. It never would start without being warmed up without using the glow plugs. Not even on 100 degree summer days
Had a 71 Superbee 383 Magnum. That was a lot of fun. It was one year older than me and it was no slauch. Needed a pickup truck and sold it. Chrysler like International was an American legacy. Symbols of freedom and they're gone now along with our freedom.
First tractor i ever drove was dads 656 gas. It did everything planted with a 494jd plate planter sprayed ran the Baler then in the fall we would take the loader off remove the wide front put the narrow front on the mounted the ih234 picker on.
What were the narrow fronts used for I always thought they were just the first type of tractor before the wide wheel ones. I'm not from farming background but I love old tractors.
@@martymartin2894so the front of the tractor went between the rows of corn instead of mashing it down, then the picker could pick the ears of corn, with a wide front axle it would mashed the crop down and the picker was basically in usable
Ryan I think you would enjoy The Land of Milk and Uncle Honey a book of short stories about growing up on a southern Illinois dairy farm written by Alan Guebrt. One of my favorite books since I grew up on a central Indiana dairy farm.
I don't know what it is with the old school IH techs and D282 656's.............I worked at our former IH dealer and the old head there tractor pulled one, I asked him what was he thinking, he didn't understand what I meant. I said of all the choices you decided one of those? I am a IH lover and have worked on enough of them to know they were not a great engine comparable to other greats IH was known for. With that said, I probably am grouped in with them, got a D282 560 that probably gets more hours on it in a year than anything else. Maybe I need my head examined too?
I ran a 656 raking hay. It's just a Farmall M with a 6 cylinder. I always thought they looked cool. Just terrible to run. 5 speed mystery stick with an M-TA Chicken Stick. I'd rather run the 185 Allis.