As a child my father worked on a farm consisting of all IH tractors. 450, 560, 806, and 1206. Dad always said that if you bought an International with a diesel engine and it did not smoke while working you might as well junk it! If it was a smoker you had a good tractor. Thanks for the vids Visconvee, you have brought back some great childhood memories!

Had a dairy farmer who had 2 806's.each ran 10k and 11k before the cams broke right behind the gear.timing gears and front cam brg worn big time.A JD mechanic told me the two best tractors made were the 806 and the 4020

The 806 was one of the best tractor of its generation.

806 is one of the best machines ever made...

One of the best models of the 806. It has the RD fuel pump..and because of it, it will smoke like crazy. My dad had one of the first 806 built...all of the neighbors came the first day he was plowing since they thought he was going to blow the motor when plowing in hard gumbo soil. The magnificient whine from the rear end. Great video ciip! I was raised on my Dad's 806 from age 13 (new tractor) to age 56! and it is still running! Between this and the M...best IH buiilt!!!

My grandpa use to have a 806...gas tho......great tractor.....i rode on the fender for hours when I was a kid.....then he traded it in on a 1066 turbo with a hiniker cab.....and I still got it.....gotta love a good ole IH tractor

Boy I miss my old 806. Thats the tractor I did my farming with as a kid. Farmer is dead, farm is subdivided, and the 806 went to auction 10yrs ago.....

@brian93ist No, when you plant a soy bean crop. The beans need to be packed. This is because soy beans grow with very low to the ground pod. Yes soy beans can be tall, but packing the beans helps you get more bean pods when harvesting. When you clip the beans using a flex head. Packing the beans help soil ridges from seeding and stones from getting in the conbine. Packing a crop on dry years can also help hold moisture in the ground, so seeds can properly germinate.

My Grandma never got rid of my Granddad's old (1966?) 806 diesel. I'm thinking about restoring it once i get the money and maybe making a farm stock out of it, not sure. Its got all kinds of hydraulic issues since it has sit for 10 years. Back in '86, my dad had her dynoed at over 120 hp, all stock, and the torque was even more massive. Between the 806 and an old 966 w/ more "stock" hp, it would pull the larger cultivator. Those dry-sleeve pistons had SOO much more torque.

I grew up on a farm, we had a 706 and a 806 Farmall. The 806 was a great tractor in it's time. Then the 856 replaced it.

Love the duallys!

Yes the 806 series sure did. The 806 gas had a very nice smoth sound. The 806 gas had the inline 6 engine aswell. There were even some 806's that could be converted or ran on propane!

Lots of power aswell for a old tractor. It smokes like that and is still very good on fuel. To bad the modern tractors weren't the same!

loud and smokey, thats how i like em'!

@brian93ist it not because of something bad with hp or nuthing its bad injectors he has to clean them then the smoke will go away, btw when he skips suff like that they will grow if not a little better

great vid...ty!

Im going about 11.5 MPH and thats over pretty mellow ground. It takes a far bit of power to do that. The packer im pulling is 30' wide aswell.

nice packer!

@Vicsonvee 806`s came in gas diesel and LPG i own an LPG 806 and love the hell out of it

@brian93ist We have a Kiwani offset disk. We use to have that very same culti-pack about 12 years ago. We use to pull it behind the cultivator.

the 806 smoked while under a pull...that was just the way they were

I must also tell you that the Farmall 806 that I'm driving was built in 1969. It was bought new and only one owner. The engine has over 15,000 hrs on it. The engine also has never been touched. It still starts very well and has good compression. Diesels are designed to work and really in the vid shes not working that hard. Diesel 806's are well knowen for smoking.

What size tires are you running on the front and rear? Looking to restore an 806 and like what you have.

@superturbodiesel The injection pump has never been turned up. We have had to put a remin pump on it. The old pump had issues with the gov. The gov problem was causing the engine to rev up and down on its own. This is the only problem we have really ever had with the engine.

we pore the piss to our 656, 706 and 806 when we plant dig and plow. the 806 is on our 12 row the 7 on the digger 20' and the 656 on 4 bottom plow

Im in 3rd high torque ahead and about 3/4 wide open.

Last time I checked the water temp was right in the normal range. I guess you never drove a farmall 806.

any one ever ran a 806 gas ???how they run

we have a 950 jd cultipacked and a taylor way disk i have videos what do you disk with?

@Vicsonvee i was meaning when we plant indian grass or millet not soybeans sorry for the confusion how does the brillion work i have seen them before but they look wierd if i got one i would want one with 2 rows the old 950 is heavy this is good for makeing rough fields flat let it rain and go over the field we have never had a problem getting stuck a kiwani disk but i think its spelled wrong makes a good disk taylor way rome and kiwani are the best offset disk's made way better than jd

Looks like you'll be done in no time!! LOL

A cultipacker? Im from canada and we grow lotsa lentils here. We airseed then go with the roller to rid the feilds of stones etc. 20ft sections of 3ft tube to make 60ft.

@youthunter thats not why that 806 is smoking. That was the way they were factory. I've run 4 different 806s and a 1206 and they all just smoked. Alot of the time they have the fuel pumped turned up good to.

It also helps put a good hard crust on the soil surface so they wont go to! ;)

do the dt361 in the 1206 and the d407 in the 856 and dt in the 12/1456 smoke like that

I've only ever heard one run, they sound like a 706 on steroids. I've been told IH didn't make very many 806 gas burners, and they are pretty rare now. There's one sitting dead about 20 miles into New Jersey from me. The old farmer who has it said it was quite the runner in it's day, but was an awful gas hog. I think if you've found one, jump on it and don't let it go!

It may be a light load but it's in high third TA forward. That's loading it pretty good. And diesels don't smoke when they burn the fuel. The smoke is UNBURNT fuel. Lots of bad information in all the comments from a lot of wanna be know it alls.

This is a good-looking 806. By your speed it looks like you are in high second, is that right?

we use a old 6030 jd to pull the disk and culti-packer it does not smoke any where near this much we have no duals because the disk is not the wide not trying to be smart but you are doing a terrible job planting you missed some ground and the beans wont grow good there do you pack spread seed then pack?

these where made to smoke diesels dont blow carbon they blow sut i have owened a 806 for 27 years use it for all needs on my farm it is one tough tractor an keeps going its alot better than the new tractors on the market

this tractor doesnt smoke all the time when he turns around it doesnt smoke at 00:27 it stops smokeing

@Vicsonvee the 950 is great but its old 1970's a kiwani is a good disk i have seen a few the taylor way has took lost of abuse has welds all over it but disks like its new the taylor way disked 30 acres with a burnt bearing i was suprized it held up built to last even when broke!!!!!!!!!!

you run the 806 hard

I keep trying to tell that Bman guy that the farmall 806 was well known for smoking. No, this 806 doesn't have a turbo.

@farmall3952 smokeing means its working hard the 6030 is 175hp it is no where near worked

Guess you have never drove a farmall 806 then ;)

ya he has never driven an 806 if hes never seen smoke, ours dumps suit just when planting

no I haven't. the smallest international I drove was my 1486 and that never smoked unless you were going up a steep hill

Oh, I'm sure most know what they are talking about.

Im in 3rd torque ahead

next to road gear.....that's riding

Bad to the bone ! This is why im a farmer , terrible pay with awesome benefits .

@Vicsonvee then your planting wrong

they are made to smoke an can take the heat they not like the new junk being sold today

Nice sound, but rolling with this speed is more than senseless.

@farmall3952 The Deere wouldn't smoke because its like 90hp larger than than 806IH come on 6030JD to a 806???? More smoke less balls!!!!

Shouldn't be blowing smoke under that little of a load...

Not workin and smoking like that looks like a perkins the euro IH's 268 , 310 , 358 , 402 they only smoke when they realy have to work

Rant much?

i knew a guy who tried to make a 806 pull a 6-16 onland plow, it did till he tore the rear end out, he was a doushe,book smart but no common sense,

It smokes because it is a naturally aspirated diesel. A turbo charged diesel would not smoke nearly as much. A newer model like a 66 series barely smoked at all in stock form. That was the DT series engine that is still used today in mid-range trucks. Great engines. And don't kid yourselves, there are plenty of all makes of tractors from the 50's, 60's and 70's out there earning their keep in the fields. Why slam a particular color.

slow down

It's not a race!

weak goin