Josh St.john Any time. I'm always glad to pass information along. That's how I learned, as well. Technically the 41 and 51 both took the pipe with the extension, but in the end, it really is your machine & you can do what you want. Just depends on how "correct" you want to be.

Why thank you! Good observation! Last winter I took the A and B over the dry farm, and the B had no problem, but the A just sank right down on the snow-packed road. I had a spare parts A, so I used its cast discs as weights. I hope it'll help, as the snow has already started to accumulate... It is a very fun tractor indeed. It's far from expo quality, but it's still my favorite!

indeed it was!!

James Tyree II :n

Thanks! Our first tractor was a 1940 JD Model A. Unfortunately we don't have that one any more... In the video, the A only had a strait pedestal. I've since put a Roll-O-Matic on it though :)

Got it. I couldn't tell from this angle. All together I grew up with an assortment. Dad farmed 600 acres of irrigated land in Eastern Washington with the help of Mom and one hired man during summers and me. Over the years he owned the following. A tricycle 40 JD. An "A" a "B" a 50, 60,70,620,730 and a TD-35 IH crawler that was a hand crank start.We also had a Ferguson 30 (which was my first driver @ 9yrs. old) and a 55 JD Combine and a 27 Massey Harris combine as well as a 14-T JD baler and later on He did custom work on a 1000 acre alfalfa farm with a new 880 JD 14 foot Swather, 3 216 JD Wire balers and an early model Haro-bed. thanks for the answer back. Sorry I ran on there.

Paul Rush No, that's neat information! It's fun seeing what people have/had out there...

Thanks! That's my favorite of my two-cylinder Deere tractors. It has the most sentimental value, anyway... As for your question, yes. Every. Single. Year. I think the rocks grow faster than the rest of the plans around here...

Josh St.john That's a great question! First off, a bit of history. When the model B first received the "styled" look in 1939, the muffler was the same style as the A (equal in height to the air intake, as you can see above). However, a few years later, they made a change to the stack, where they added the extension to it that you see on most tractors. I guess this was due to complaints of being able to smell the exhaust while standing up. I can tell you the exact serial number/year break where they did that, but I'll need to do some research first. So, to answer your question, both styles are correct. It simply depends on which year you have.

Josh St.john Looks like they changed at 95999, which is the last model for the 1940 model year. So, 1939 and 1940 had the short stack, 1941-1952 had the stack with the extension on it.

Josh St.john Yeah. 39, 40-46, 47-52 all had a unique/specific muffler mount. The 39 is a different beast--it's a story in itself...

Yes. One checks at the end of the field. After a few times, one knows how many rounds one can make before the hoppers need filled again!

+farmallman2013 I can't wait till spring so I can get them out again :)

Round and round and then drill out the corners? Lot of that done out west

Thanks! That's a neat story! The drill is an LL-A, which is a pretty close model to the LL-Z. I think a lot of the LL-A models have an option for the hand trip--I've seen some of both.

Great. it is so funny that I just "happened" across this video and instantly i was taken back over 50 years.

Paul Rush That's why I post them! I didn't get to live it, so it's fun to try to remake a little bit of history! Unfortunately they didn't take very many photos around here at the time they used these things, so I mostly just had stories to go by...

+Kyle Weber I just got one of these drills given to me from an aging farmer from a nearby farm but couldnt find any markings on it. I will be using it to plant 80 acres of rye grass and feed oats this spring. Ill be pulling it with a Minneapolis Moline 670 Super. Thanks for posting.

No. I have a 39, and one made in 1947 that is a 1948 model year. Close :)

It's actually about a half mile into Idaho (next to Wyoming).

I bet that's a good snow moving machine!