IH Forever

Thanks. Maybe it has been repainted at some point in it's live. Or possibly the fiberglass pieces were replaced at 1 point...there isn't a "Hydrostatic Drive" decal on the left side.

I have a 72 Farmall 656 hydro diesel. Picture below is the range selector decal. I don’t think it’s been repainted but who knows what happened in the last 54 years. Seems like a strange location, but could this be original?

Maybe it's an optical illusion....but are you missing a guage wheel on rows 1 and 4?

As mentioned by another poster the SC on the moldboard doesn't stand for Super Chief. If you have a C-20 plow that was from the same timeframe as a Super C it would not have Super Chief moldboards unless someone has converted it. The Super Chief moldboards came out later.

Another notable difference is the replaceable "Spear Head Point" on the Plow Chief moldboards. I assume this was thought to be a cost savings vs. replacing the entire share as often.

I have purchased several of these before. They are what I used on this 209 plow. Everything I have purchased has been used for restoration projects, not something I've plowed with. The quality is not like the NOS, not sure how they would hold up to plowing. https://www.agrisupply.com/spearpoint-to-fit-ihc-plow-chif/p/18990/ I got a lot of landslides and other wear parts from our local dealer. But that was probably 20 years ago and came from the discontinued parts warehouse. I'm guessing most of that has been used up. The hardest thing I had to find were slats for a Plow Chief slat bottom plow I have.

My Dad had an H with the Heisler 9 speed overdrive. It had a Woods belly mower on it. My memory is that the overdrive also sped up the PTO, is that true? I just remember mowing in 1st overdrive, which was faster than 4th gear, and getting in trouble by my Dad for doing that. Back when peg tooth harrows or “drags” as we call them were used for weed control this added speed between 4th and 5th gear would have been great.

I haven't taken it off the H now for several years. But it wasn't terrible to take off and on wasn't you figured out the trick to it. I put a handyman jack on the right side and you could jack it up and balance it to get into the subframe.

I have a 100 fast hitch and a 110 mid mount. Neither really gets used other than maybe cutting a few roadsides. It would be fun to have a 300 to put the mid mount on, live power and a torque would be handy compared to the H.

Looks nice...I'm jealous.

I'll let you try it 1st.

I feed a few calves just because I enjoy it and ant 1 to butcher each year. I just sold a couple fat heifers for $246.25. My wife was quite excited when I told her how well they sold...but not so happy when I told her it would cost more than what we got to buy more feeders this spring. Agree that the cow calf guys are probably doing well right now, good for them.

I know soil types vary. But if you are going deep enough to shatter a hard pan I think an M would struggle with any of those chisels.

My Dad mows and old pasture and an abandoned acreage with his 200 or 230 and a Frontier (rebadged Woods) 72" finish mower. It works well. A zero turn would be quicker, especially if you have a lot to mow around. But the 200 works fine, especially if you already have the tractor.

This picture happened to show up on my Facebook today. I think it was on the Agri-Spray page. Anyone know anything about it?

I’ve never seen a chisel plow an M could handle. If there is such a thing I’d be shocked if it would have enough trash clearance. I had the same thoughts as others to look for something like this. The M would handle it and it should break up plow layer caused by your tiller.

I was there for 2 days. First time I’ve ever gone. Not something I would go to every year but I really enjoyed it. Impressive how huge it is.

Just throwing out a commodity price doesn't mean it's profitable. From the pictures you post it appears you are doing a very good job and have found how to make organic profitable. But those I see trying organic in my area I don't think those prices would be enough to counter the increased fuel, labor, and loss of productivity. In my area it seems like those who are already struggling due to their own poor management think organic farming will be their saving grace. Only to find out organic takes even more management and they continue to fail. It does appear that you are not like those I mention. But if it is that profitable, I would be looking for land to buy, not just rent.

Is the requirement to purchase insurance an unneeded government burden? I’m not making that point although I’m not convinced it’s created any improvement to the masses. What I am saying is I don’t feel it’s had any effect on those who won’t or can’t afford to buy insurance.

This to me illustrates my point and frustration with government regulations. Auto insurance is required by law yet the lady who hit you had none. So those of us following the law need to carry even more insurance to cover the uninsured. The self proclaimed experts in the government burden the people they think they are protecting.

In that case I’m sure glad the government is so smart. We’d probably still be driving Model T’s if it wasn’t for those self proclaimed geniuses. I’m not against all government regulation. But to say that is the only way to get improvements is ridiculous.

I think the point @Dirt_Floor_Poor is making is that government is needed to drive change. The consumer can drive change. Change doesn’t only come about because government is smarter than you and forces change.

This is a D.F. Winter Stubble Cleaner. I have my Grandpa’s. Have used it several times, behind Grandpa’s No. 8 and my 211. Chain it to the plow, the pipe runs in the furrow and the rake is on unplowed ground. Rakes the loose trash into the furrow and makes a big difference. When young my Dad and Grandpa had Midwest harrows “Buster Bar” mounted to their Oliver semi-mount plows. They were popular to level the plowed ground. These worked similarly to the picture of the IH version in the picture by @MacAR. I’d love to find an IH version like pictured but have never seen 1 sell.

When I was a kid it was still sisal twine, later it was poly twine on round bales. But Dad made it very clear that we got it all off of the bales as he did not want to find it on the manure spreader beaters. Considering the price of cattle right now I would be scared take a chance grinding up net wrap like your friend does.

This guy is not lazy, very hard worker. Just plain rough. Everything he has looks like that. It's just amazing how he can ruin things.