This Was International Harvesters First Attempt At No Till Farming

This Was International Harvesters First Attempt At No Till Farming - 1940 Farmall M

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5 жыл бұрын

Don is a retired Purdue University Ag Engineer who restored this 1940 Farmall M with the rare two row no-till planter. This is believed to be the first no-till planter built, produced by International Harvester from 1953 to 1955. Only 50 of them were built and only about 23 were sold. Don shares the history of this no-till planter which was developed at Purdue University. Visit classictractorstv.com/about/ today to learn more about Classic Tractor Fever!
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@champagnesylvie-lavieenfra1378 5 жыл бұрын

🌸 *Hello Classic tractor fever* 🌸 We are French farmers and we love to see American great farms, and vintage tractors. We love great America ! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜My husband had a Mac Cormick! this video is really amazing !🌸 In France we have lots of American's tractors, they are very solid and they are during for a long long long time. (Sorry for my English).🌸🍾🍷🍇 *GREETINGS FROM FRENCH FARMERS* 🍾🍷🍇

@tomchrisfield7348 3 жыл бұрын

Don't apologise for your English, my French consists of a few words and phrases. Tractor language is a universal language spoken the world over. An "M" is an "M" in any country.

@jankotze1959 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video and history, now I am proud of my 1949 Farmall Super A.

@joescheller6680 5 жыл бұрын

would like to see more on the notill planter, actual working, would be a nice thing for small food plots for wild life without having to spend several thousand dollars for a modern planter of today

@tractorhyatt7044 5 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks to everyone who preserves and restores these beautiful tractors and ag implements!

@austinpayton8643 2 жыл бұрын

instablaster...

@joe4hirelawncare497 5 жыл бұрын

My Dad had a IH M, it first had a wide front end, but he later changed it to the narrow front end on. Wished that we still had it.

@cdjhyoung 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, fresh, new information. A pity that no attempt was made to video this machine actually planting.

@mosriteflyinfingers9252 5 жыл бұрын

I guess the Dust Bowl was the impetus for no-till seed placement such as this. I remember seeing this tractor years ago on a DuPont “Classic Collectibles” calendar.

@jimmydykes7961 3 жыл бұрын

I have 2 m's.one with a narrow front end and one with a wide front end and a 100 for cultivating.these old farmalls have a personality all their own and are very good running tractors.I bought a casi IH farmall series.I guess you could say I like the color red

@CoalChrome 5 жыл бұрын

We’ve got an M of the same year. It’s a wide front but is still a regular tractor

@Antiquetractorsetc 5 жыл бұрын

Huge IH fan. I have two so far. I have a 1945 A and a 1947 Industrial A

@larryd8224 3 жыл бұрын

Several factors worked against this design for planting corn. Most Midwest corn farmers were using cross-checking to control weeds in corn after WWII. Herbicides came about only in the early 1960s (Atrazine). This design was not designed to plant cross-checked corn. This design's row spacing limitation was 40-inches when farmers were moving toward narrow 38-inch row spacing. The minimum rear wheel spacing of an Farmall M was about 81 inches forcing a minimum 40-inch row spacing on this design. This design seemed limited to two rows when 4-row corn/soybean planters were on the market. The M had no three point hitch for rear mounting of an expansion of this design. And the early M and even the later Super M both were probably underpowered for a 4-row planter of this type. And conventional post-emergence cultivation, required prior to chemicals, in a field left after this planter was used would have been a significant problem trash on the surface being the main problem. This was a good attempt at the idea of a demonstration of single-pass corn planting and fertilizing. But "minimum till" was made possible when herbicides came on the market and could be applied by a 4-row planter modified to put down a 8-inch width spray of liquid herbicide mix on each row on conventionally tilled soil. Minimum till then meant minimizing the practice of post-emergence cultivation passes for corn and soybeans for weed control. Eliminating one or more passes to cultivate either crop for weed control was something any farmer could see as a labor and cost reduction improvement.

@henryofskalitz2228 Жыл бұрын

The m was under powered but in no way is the super m under powered for that type of planting just add 2 sets of rear weights and 1 set of front wheel weights and the super m souls handle it just fine

@Farming_weeds 5 жыл бұрын

I got to eat lunch at the pioneer village we had Swiss stake, corn pudding, and ice cream fudge brownies.

@AgricultureINDIA-91 5 жыл бұрын

Top video!

@dougnickerson7145 5 жыл бұрын

Great history

@dirkdiggler2624 5 жыл бұрын

IH was truly a pioneer in machinery, it's to bad the company didn't have better financial leaders

@thegreenerthemeaner 5 жыл бұрын

Every company had their bright spots and tarnished attempts. What remains today of any of them is shameful.

@johnnelson5339 5 жыл бұрын

Unions were the downfall of IH

@billquantrill4960 5 жыл бұрын

@@johnnelson5339 Bankers did them no favors. What has happened to much of American industry was by design.

@tater0909 5 жыл бұрын

Love my farmall M diesel. All I'll ever have.

@jerryhewes 5 жыл бұрын

Put a CAV pump on it and be very surprised. It will direct start with a little help with ether when cold and perform like a modern diesel.

@tater0909 5 жыл бұрын

Jerry Hewes appreciate the info. I like keeping it original. Fires up fine

@Corvacar Ай бұрын

@@jerryhewes. So You think that You can start it directly on Diesel and, not use the gas start system. One thing, the starter would have to be changed to a far stronger unit and another Battery would need to be added.

@kirksway1 5 жыл бұрын

this has got to be some 1990's video.

@michaelmcculley629 5 жыл бұрын

Back in the early and mid 60's my Dad had an International M and an H. Traded the H for a Ford 861 and the M for a 5000 Ford. Miss all those tractors.

@Jessup004 5 жыл бұрын

there was a good bit of wrong information in the video. the M was first built in 1938 and sold as a 1939 and horsepower was 39.

@chrisgregory3847 5 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know what the model number is of that planter?

@melchristian3638 5 жыл бұрын

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@Corvacar Ай бұрын

In that day there was no Post plant Herbicides and GMS ( Genetically Modified Seed ) like today.

@andrewgettinger3565 4 жыл бұрын

The John Deere 4020 was the popularist tractor out there and still is.

@RJ1999x 5 жыл бұрын

The company that pioneered no -till and perfected it was Allis Chalmers. They invented the wavy Coulter and the systems today are basically what Allis Chalmers invented

@Alex-uy7pc 5 жыл бұрын

Curious, how much did the M change over it's long run?

@ih1206 5 жыл бұрын

Alex Wrench good question. I don’t know of all the changes but somewhere along the line they went to the Super Series (Super M, Super H...) which had a slightly larger displacement. The last couple of years, the M was offered with a Torque Amplifier and there was also a Diesel engine offered for a M towards the end of their run. The TA and the diesel weren’t offered on the smaller tractors until the 00 series that replaced the letter series.

@Alex-uy7pc 5 жыл бұрын

@@ih1206 I guess what I'm wondering is did the majority of the parts stay exactly the same. Would a generator for an early m fit the last standard gas m made?

@ih1206 5 жыл бұрын

Alex Wrench for the most part, I would say yes. I’m sure there’s a few tweaks that may not change over unless you had all the bracket or mounts to swap it over.

@jayss10 5 жыл бұрын

There were very minor changes in the M line from 1939-1952. Towards the end some items like thicker cam gears ended up on the motors due to folks running independent hydraulic pump kits on them. Lastly there are some M's at the very end that had disc vs drum brakes, but by far and large they were the same from 39-52.

@jerryhewes 5 жыл бұрын

I was raised with a 1939 M and later with a '49 M I still operate. The '39 M had a different PTO shift mechanism and it was a distillate (kerosene) engine with radiator shutters and a small gasoline tank for starting. The '49 came with a high speed fourth gear which made it great for light high speed jobs like raking. Only later with aluminum pistons and increased bore did the tractor have enough power to tow moderate load 8' field tillage equipment in fourth gear. The '49 M I still own and it has major responsibilities with a dedicated International 2000 loader, wide front end, automotive power steering, hay spear and two rear mounted hay spears for my hay business. I put a live hydraulic pump on it that draws from the rear transmission housing. (I use HyTran oil not the original 90W,) It works perfectly not only as a field loader but as a backup baler tractor. For a tractor made when it was it is a phenomenal machine and rivals today and could even exceed any other tractor for comfort, efficiency and ease of operation. No cab so, no artificial air conditioning though.