planejeff Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Most iconic International Harvester model in your opinion from each decade starting 20's to 80's?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmall Doctor Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 ...well, I think of all time, the Farmall M. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bud guy Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 55 minutes ago, planejeff said: Most iconic International Harvester model in your opinion from each decade starting 20's to 80's?? For my area 15-30, W-40 series, W9 series, TD 14/18 series, 4100. I skipped the 70s and 80s because nothing stood out. You can also throw the Farmall M in the 40s. Out here in MT lot of ranchers and guys with livestock still needed a rowcrop tractor here including us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EquipmentJunkie Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 From my perspective: '20s - Farmall Regular '30s - Farmall F-20 '40s - Farmall M '50s - Farmall 560 '60s - Farmall 1206 '70s - IH 1066 '80s - IH 5488 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TN Hillbilly Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 2 hours ago, Farmall Doctor said: ...well, I think of all time, the Farmall M. Agreed. First thing that came to my mind. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
766 Man Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 The clear champion from where I am sitting would be the H. Then the M of which I own one. 656. 1066. 806. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lotsaIHCs Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 In my area, all time would be the Farmall M also. Just about every farm had one at one time or another, and a good many are still in use today on a regular basis. More Ms here than Hs by a good amount. I can't really speak to anything older than the letter series, as the older ones were no longer in use by the time I was aware of them. Beyond them I would say the 806, 856 and 1066 were abundant here along with the 986. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTB98 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Early years, and probably all-time, the Farmall M is the iconic tractor. At the end of IH, the 2+2 would be very iconic. It was very distinctive and looked like no other. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan No Till Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 What no love for the Lil Germans! 756 with the M&W whistler.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike newman Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Farmall M ...... ...but don't forget that little offset design that helped thousands of small farming operations ...all around the developed world.... ,,,the Farmall A ... Mike 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillman Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 7 minutes ago, mike newman said: Farmall M ...... ...but don't forget that little offset design that helped thousands of small farming operations ...all around the developed world.... ,,,the Farmall A ... Mike they were built 40 years with very little change other than the designation, often overlooked little tractor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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billonthefarm Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Tough question. The Farmall M is certainly a legend. The 1206 is one of the most recognizable tractors ever built. In the muscle tractor world it would be hard to find something more popular than the 1066. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtfireman85 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 10 hours ago, Farmall Doctor said: ...well, I think of all time, the Farmall M. As much as i like them and prefer them, I think the H trumps the M in terms of recognizability. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtfireman85 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 2 hours ago, billonthefarm said: Tough question. The Farmall M is certainly a legend. The 1206 is one of the most recognizable tractors ever built. In the muscle tractor world it would be hard to find something more popular than the 1066. True, there seem to be more now than when they were in production. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5088 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 First thing I thought of was the M. Then 1086. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedar farm Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 I had an Uncle who passed away 5-6 years ago. He was just shy of a 100 when he passed. He bought a new M right before the war. I will never forget him saying he never farmed until he bought that M. It was such a good tractor for him it took a new 706 to replace it. His grandson still has the M. I think the Farmall Regular did more than it's fair share to send horses to the glue factory. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acem Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 H 806 1066 5488 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planejeff Posted August 4 Author Share Posted August 4 I'm surprised that the Super C has not been mentioned yet! First tractor with disc brakes and fast hitch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acem Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 First tractor I ride on was a super C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHKeith Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 I think the M with it's lineage carried on until the 686 is a contender, the A has a place in that race with it's long production run ending with the 140, limited market, but the fact that they can bring good money to be used today is something admirable. How these models were carried on for so long is "iconic" So many great models were made from 806 up to 5488, with many different uses for those tractors, that it would be hard to say which one sticks out as an icon, that topic could be argued at length. In my years of perusing this forum and others, and hearing in person accounts, a machine that always seems to be respected is old IH crawlers, TD9/TD14 etc., in that era there was no better machine according to the general consensus on the internet. I can't think of another topic that is as widespread agreed on. I think that's iconic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 I wanted to say 1066 110%, but if you asked a random, non agricultural related person off of the street to draw a picture of a “red tractor” they would most likely draw something that looked like an M 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikem Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 Come on guys----Somebody HAS to mention the rarest one of all-----------------the H-TA !!!!!!!!!!! Mike 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
766 Man Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 37 minutes ago, stronger800 said: I wanted to say 1066 110%, but if you asked a random, non agricultural related person off of the street to draw a picture of a “red tractor” they would most likely draw something that looked like an M This is part of my criteria. What gets drawn, photo used in media, generic toy, family story, etc.. That is why I said the H along with the fact around 400,000 were built. Four different farms in my neighborhood had 5 H's. No other one model comes close. The next closest was the JD 60 with 3. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted August 4 Share Posted August 4 And I don’t want to belittle the H or the M, but when you’re talking about what gets drawn or used for toys or in calendars, -they are essentially the same Tractor from that perspective I grew up in the 70s and 80s, there were nine milking farms on our road back then. Only one of them had an M. There were four 1066’s, a 966, 1206 and our 806 and 826 on the same farms . There is only one Farm still milking, he doesn’t have an H, or an M or a 1066. But between the rest of us there are nine 66’s still working. if I extend the radius 10 miles I can come up with the next three neighbors that are all big operators milking 1500 to 2500 cows. They obviously all run big and new equipment -but each of them has at least a few 1066s that are still in use as well. Or they have one painted up sitting in the shed, because it’s Iconic 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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