International 1256 Tractor working ground near Tipp City Ohio 

One thing he does not need to do is to put DEF in it or call the dealer to come out and reprogram the tractor...

I like that series of IH tractors,square hood and long wheel base...good looking tractors.

Dad had a brand new 69 model 1256. I thought I had died and gone to heaven when he bought that tractor. It was a real horse. We pulled 6 16” plow bottoms with that tractor.

Love this big time.... that era of 806, 1206, 1256, and 1456 was the best; grew up learning to drive them at 12 yrs old.. I’d give anything to be back up in that saddle pulling a disc or field cultivator behind that 12 again. Hell for $17k I just as well buy one to restore to new condition then just drive it out to get the mail!

Good old tractor. Wish they built them today like they did back then

I love those tractors from that series and vintage.

I ran a new 1256 with 4 wheel drive back in about 1969 on a farm in SE Idaho. The front axel was removeable so we would change it to 2 wd when cultivating and 4 wd when harvesting potatoes and doing field work, one year we put a single wheel on to dig sugar beets.

As a kid I used to run out in the Quonset, climb up on a couple 806’s, or our 1206, or 1456, start it up, pull the throttle a few times, then shut it down. Man I couldn’t wait until dad and our hired hands put that stuff out in the fields. I’d spend 12 hours out there on a Saturday or Sunday at 12 yrs old! Great memories!

Hope he has ear plugs in.l remember those days. Good too see these older tractors getting it done.

Although today's equipment is impressive, these videos of "old" equipment show the character and toughness of the folks that made agriculture what it is today. Neat stuff Mike, you keep bringing the goods! Thanks.

Great awesome video mike, that tractor does the same job as good as a million dollar tractor and cultivator , that’s a true fact .

Those were the days! Tillage wearing thick warm clothes in the open air...no GPS or auto steering.

I worked for a guy in the 80's that had an 806, 1256 and Steiger Bearcat. Nice to see the old iron working!

Red Power earning her keep thanks Mike!

I used to drive a '67 1206 in Australia.They were a big tractor for their time.Whiney transmission and a bit light in weight as when they lost traction they would start to bounce and had to be pulled up quick.Very reliable and a lot of fun to drive with no cab.

Love 1456's. Ran one for years on the farm I worked at along with 806 wheatland and 1066 hydro's. Would love nothing more than to have one of my own.

My dad and Grandpa bought one new in 1968 or 69. Had white duals just like this one. Had some trouble keeping in inside tires tight on the axle, but it was a terrific tractor. Pulled a onland 6 bottom plow with a plow down attachment for NH3 and 20' IH disk...

That's some pretty cool tillage work going on. Love the duals on those 2wd tractors. Very nice.

Those were great looking old tractors IMO.

Love them IH motors with a straight pipe. I knew before you told us he had it tuned up pulling that cultivator in high first is not done with a stock engine. My family owns only IH tractors gotta love what you grew up with.

I worked for a farmer when I was 13 years old. Pulling 2 hay wagons full of bales was a big thing for me. I think our bestest tractor on the farm was 45 hp.

Thank you Mikey took me back about 50 years big red power

That ground worked up really good! I could watch this tractor all day long

Hi Mike love your videos

I like you're dumb story's Mike. Love the old school farm life. Can't beat that old Iron.

"Golden Age" of farming....open station...no monitors....!!!

We had one of our customers with a 1086. We dynoed it at double the stock setting. He added duals, and put fluid in all the tires. After the spring planting, he brought it in for repairs. We had to repair the clutch, transmission, TA, and rear end. The drive train, couldn’t handle the extra power.

Awesome video. What a great classic tractor😁👍

Good looking 1256, looks like he's maybe running 3rd gear low range with t/a forward. IH had lots of power, loved sitting up high with great view of everything.

Awesome setup! I love running an open station!

You had me at Turbo......

Great Tractor !

Another beautiful ole beast working thru retirement like it didn't get the memo that the good ole days are gone.........

Funny how we remember those little stories from years back. And then can’t remember 5 minutes back. At least I do that. IH jumped in numbers from 856 to 1256. Would have made sense to add another tractor in there. Which I guess they did with the 826 and the 1026.

👋thanks 👍😊

Good Morning From New Zealand, great Mike Less Vlog, Have a wonderful Sunday, thanks for sharing

Love that old school look, thanks for the video 👍👍's.

Awesome Mike Love that sound

I have one of those IH 1026 that I still use a lot

I'm not an IH guy but I do like the 56 series

One of IH best tractors made

My dad had a 1256. Big tractor in its day. Changed the rod bearings at 6800 hours and they were bronze looking. Did it for preventative measures since my dad's JD 3010 had a rod bearing slip. Pulled a 28 foot cultivator with the IH. Sang along with the tranny whine.

Oldie but goodie! 😍 Uuuuhm...😳 I was thinking of the tractor...😉 Thanks a lot for the video!😊👍🏻

Mike , lol , in 1968 was when I graduated high school .. I ran an 856 with a 6 -14 International plow . I don't remember the next size tractor I had , maybe we jumped to a 1456 . Yes the 1026 hydrostatic was terrible to drive luckily I didn't have to as my boss always drove it Great video it reminded me of my past life in farming for 35 years ...

Thank you.

A very good video. Thanks for showing.

That is a cool looking tractor!

Love old school farming

Excellent video my friend, love the IH stuff 06 series, 56 series, etc and 66 all awesome hard working tractors, first big diesel I ever ran as a kid was a 1963 706 diesel thought that I had died and gone to heaven as our stuff was small John Deeres ( great machines by the way),great video my friend as u are showing the tractor as opposed to showing the hood and exhaust pipe, love it bro thanks

Good video, Damn good tractor, and "one of the old school" as we in the UK say driving it. Farmers over here have to buy new or nearly new as none of the "millennials" know how to drive a tractor like that. My late wife had been driving a tractor on her grandads farm (150acres), - I know small by your standards - The tractor was a Fordson E27N - since the mid '50's she started at the age of 8. We bought it off him when he 'sold up', kept it, did it up, and took it to rallies, - had a great time, then my wife died 10 years ago - I still have the tractor and the memories. As for me I'm 75 this year.

We had a 656, bought new. Single rear wheels non turbo I think. It did have that am radio on the right fender though. I was still too young to run it so I don’t know if you could have heard that radio over the motor. Awesome video thanks.

Pretty good straight rows

Awesome video 👍👍

The best handling international ever built, the 56 series

my family were working on a dairy back in the late 60s and early 70s and the owner bought a brand new 856 diesel we pulled 6 bottom plow at 16in and a 21 foot disc with it also did numerous other jobs it pulled the plow in 4th lo torque amp in high same with the disc

👍awesome video. More like this please

Just my kind of tractor.

I like Mike less videos. From the imperial co California.

International build 1056 model of tractor but for Europe market...in Europe they are legendary tractors, especially 1455XL model of CaseIH..We call it Legend from Neuse (it is city in Germany where they built it, not any more). My uncle have one, bought new in 1990, still pull like hell and work perfectly and it has around 17000 hours on it...

The very nice ford versatile color blue

Hey Mike , the 1056 is still running in europe , workt meny houers with them . Rated on 105 Hp . We had easy 120 Hp out off them.

PUR Sound I like

I want that tractor

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Half a million dollar new tractor and digger wouldn't do any better job than he's doing.

Big field right here. Looks to be 25 acres

IH did build a 1056. 105hp built in Germany 1982-1985, possibly only sold in Europe.

with the good video you made... I thought it was interesting to observe that even with all of the counter weight on the front, that old girl was till nearly pulling the front wheels off the ground because she put so much horsepower on the ground with those duals. if you watch the front wheels carefully you can see they just glide alond barely makeing contact occaisionally while pulling htat heavy load at a pretty high speed.

No hearing protection was necessary because farmers were mostly already deaf then by the time they could afford the 1256.🤔🙊🙉🙈

We have an 856 and a 1256 both have the 407 block. Don’t have to pull the torque back often.

Soils working up good.probly find a few arrowheads in that field.

Very cool Mike👍. Old school all the way including no cab. Would probably feel pretty beat up after riding over that field all day??🤔

there is a International 1056 model, but only for europe i think, check it out with google , there are lots of International 1056 here in europe and they are very popular for tractor pulling and so on

And in 1969 no one my age there wanted a job in a tractor factory in Rock Island.

Its very very nice mike but the color blue

Awesome video Mike I sure do love the old red iron she looked happy out there stretching her legs And did I notice correctly there was no T A on that tractor ?

we had a 1026

Och aye, - the dumb stories! but life is full of them - adds some color / spice to the everyday mundane. Nice little reminders / refreshers : that White was tied with New Idea. Bu poor guy on the Seat, hanging on to a Bucking Bronco: illustrates the problem causing back-Pain - but I still prefer to sit back to be able to see the PUH and drawbar pin without mirrors those modern thingys where you sit somewhere in the middle, up high like a Cat on a chimney can, getting rocked about. Mind you there's plenty reflex activity to keep yo warm: Question derived from this spring's weather: DID N American farmers always sow / plant Spring crops in the frost ? here in UK you would be expecting to sit in short sleeves ( almost). This has been a cold year all round. Thanks for making this vid for us.

Kind of surprised it pulls that thing as well as it does.

Coleman made those FWA axles

1056 exist manufactured in france to EU market

I think they made 1056xl in France

Now you're talking

You won't touch a good 1256 for 17k right now.

Mike you have not a video of the ford 9600 with duals with cultivator

hw are the 4 wheel and the tracks sales comparing

you had gave your age im one year yonger than you i would love to talk with you on the phone

I can't understand why drivers overlap so much. They waste 3 feet of the machine's capacity every pass.