Another rare 706 in the shop.

[brahamfireman]

Friends international 706 LPG. Per info I've found here they only made 74 total. It's a pretty decked out rig. It has an adjustable front end, TA, 3 point, wide coverage fenders. Front steps, Currently sitting on 18.4x34 but i bet it had 23.1x30 originally,  7.50x20 up front.  Only single remote.

He got it a number of years ago out of Oklahoma I believe. It's on loan for a couple shows to sit next to my international 706 gas. 

It's getting a bit of wiring work and a good bath before heading to Jordan MN tomorrow for the Scott/Carver show.

 

[Mark (EC,IN)]

I wonder if the 74 built is just International models or includes Farmalls also?

Actually, I'd think there would be more Internationals than Farmalls.

Seams LP was more popular out west.

[lotsaIHCs]

23 minutes ago, Mark (EC,IN) said:

I wonder if the 74 built is just International models or includes Farmalls also?

Actually, I'd think there would be more Internationals than Farmalls.

Seams LP was more popular out west.

Lots of Minnie Mo LP tractors in ND from the 50s through the 70s.

[Big Bud guy]

30 minutes ago, Mark (EC,IN) said:

I wonder if the 74 built is just International models or includes Farmalls also?

Actually, I'd think there would be more Internationals than Farmalls.

Seams LP was more popular out west.

I’m going wager that’s just the Internationals.  If even just 1% of the Farmall had LP engines that’s still way more then 74

[Farmall1066]

You could haul my diesel down, then you can represent all fuel options.  

[dale560]

I would bet it 18.4 34 originally. Hard to tell but looks like maybe white painted 38 inch castings were swapped on. Big tires on 706s just were not a popular thing. I don’t recall seeing anything but 34s on a standard 706. Especially if it had 3 pt it propably had row crop tires but you never know.

[acem]

I've seen alot of 706 LP farmall row crop tractors. 

74 can't be the total.

Dosen't a member on here have production numbers by fuel type, model and year???

[TroyDairy]

1 hour ago, acem said:

I've seen alot of 706 LP farmall row crop tractors. 

74 can't be the total.

Dosen't a member on here have production numbers by fuel type, model and year???

He referring to Internationals not Farmalls.  Yeah that be a big dif

[DT Fan]

Gene P. has one.

 

[brahamfireman]

15 hours ago, Mark (EC,IN) said:

I wonder if the 74 built is just International models or includes Farmalls also?

Actually, I'd think there would be more Internationals than Farmalls.

Seams LP was more popular out west.

International only. They made 2100 or so farmall 706 LPG.

[brahamfireman]

14 hours ago, Farmall1066 said:

You could haul my diesel down, then you can represent all fuel options.  

The same guy has a diesel 706 with hand clutch but we didn't want to haul that many down. 

[brahamfireman]

13 hours ago, dale560 said:

I would bet it 18.4 34 originally. Hard to tell but looks like maybe white painted 38 inch castings were swapped on. Big tires on 706s just were not a popular thing. I don’t recall seeing anything but 34s on a standard 706. Especially if it had 3 pt it propably had row crop tires but you never know.

They're red on the inside, white paint on the rims in places.

[brahamfireman]

10 hours ago, acem said:

I've seen alot of 706 LP farmall row crop tractors. 

74 can't be the total.

Dosen't a member on here have production numbers by fuel type, model and year???

Yes. And it shows 74 international LPG made.

[dale560]

48 minutes ago, brahamfireman said:

The same guy has a diesel 706 with hand clutch but we didn't want to haul that many down. 

Boy that hand clutch 706 is a rare bird. A local tractor wrecker and jockey told me they made 2 or three the last year of production and not many more in previous years.

[dale560]

49 minutes ago, brahamfireman said:

They're red on the inside, white paint on the rims in places.

Do they look like original hubs. The other picture of 706 has 38 inch also.

[dale560]

Does anyone have a 706 international owners manual? Wondering what rear tire  options they had.  A fair amount of Standard 706s up here not as many as 806s though. But out of all those tractors the 706s all had 18 inch tires. I have never seen anything other than 18.4 34  on a 706 up here. The standard 806s had either 23.1 30s or 18.4 34. Maybe some 24.5 32s

[acem]

I know of a 706 rice special, without the stickers.wide coverage fenders and set up similar to a standard or wheatland. It has 23.1x34 Rice and  cane rear tires and single rib fronts.  D282, PTO, and 3pt.  Don't remember if it had a TA or not. It's sat for many years and us in poor condition but was complete.

I was supposed to trade Dale out of it but that deal passed with him in the wreck.

[brahamfireman]

4 hours ago, dale560 said:

Boy that hand clutch 706 is a rare bird. A local tractor wrecker and jockey told me they made 2 or three the last year of production and not many more in previous years.

I've heard that rumor before,  it's just that a rumor......

The hand clutch machine is an early one.  I think I've seen 3 myself.

[russtred]

3 hours ago, dale560 said:

Boy that hand clutch 706 is a rare bird. A local tractor wrecker and jockey told me they made 2 or three the last year of production and not many more in previous years.

I have laid eyes on 3.  I have one, there was one at the Dale Hawk museum, and there was one with an aftermarket cab on Frank Weber's auction in IA.   am not sure on the engines, but I think they were all early with 282s.  An LP Standard hand clutch would be super rare, like 1 of 1.  I wish I had an LP to round out the collection, but only 1 of the three 7's we have get used for anything. The other two just sit. When we replaced the clutch in mine, it had numbers written in grease pen including 9-63 on the pressure plate. I assume this was done at the factory.

[dale560]

1 hour ago, russtred said:

I have laid eyes on 3.  I have one, there was one at the Dale Hawk museum, and there was one with an aftermarket cab on Frank Weber's auction in IA.   am not sure on the engines, but I think they were all early with 282s.  An LP Standard hand clutch would be super rare, like 1 of 1.  I wish I had an LP to round out the collection, but only 1 of the three 7's we have get used for anything. The other two just sit. When we replaced the clutch in mine, it had numbers written in grease pen including 9-63 on the pressure plate. I assume this was done at the factory.

I have to go up and check out the hawk museum. It is only 45 or so miles north and east of us and my wife’s uncle and cousins are up there every spring for the show. I need to go next year.

[dale560]

The guy who told me that passed away a few years ago. I just remember he mentioned the late tractors or one year. He was at a sale and never bought a 706 hand clutch it went reasonable and later on one of his big buyers told him what they would have paid for it. Did they have German diesel 706 standards ?

[russtred]

48 minutes ago, dale560 said:

I have to go up and check out the hawk museum. It is only 45 or so miles north and east of us and my wife’s uncle and cousins are up there every spring for the show. I need to go next year.

I don't know if the 706 was owned by the museum or if someone was just displaying it. I saw it either last year or the year before when they had their big weekend show.

[russtred]

4 hours ago, dale560 said:

The guy who told me that passed away a few years ago. I just remember he mentioned the late tractors or one year. He was at a sale and never bought a 706 hand clutch it went reasonable and later on one of his big buyers told him what they would have paid for it. Did they have German diesel 706 standards ?

I have never seen an I-706 with a German diesel in person, but I've seen pictures of them with the D310.  Any that were built in or after November 1966, would have had the German 310 (or the C291 instead of the 263). I'm guessing that's a pretty low number since the 756 was on the way.  I have a copy of the production reports from Farmall somewhere, but I can't find it right now.  In our area, 706s were almost all early standard models with the D282. There were virtually no Farmalls.  As I'm sure you can attest, you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting an 806 Standard and/or Wheatland! They were like the M, every farm that ran Red had one at one time and a lot of them are still earning their keep.

[brahamfireman]

4 hours ago, dale560 said:

The guy who told me that passed away a few years ago. I just remember he mentioned the late tractors or one year. He was at a sale and never bought a 706 hand clutch it went reasonable and later on one of his big buyers told him what they would have paid for it. Did they have German diesel 706 standards ?

The 706 standard got the German motor at serial number 5274. 

The current highest known 706 standard diesel is #5449 so the switch to the German diesel was only a couple hundred from the end. 

I'm suspect of that highest number because internet says 4884 were made so the "last" one made would be 5385..... possibly a misprint that should read 5349?

[IH Blood 1206]

I came across a 706 Diesel Wheatland with a hand clutch a few months ago.  I would upload a pic but it isn't working for some reason.  Serial number was around 3800.