IH Tractors on Montana Farm

[Loadstar]

Since we are talking trucks, I have this ad from the early/mid sixtires of a Loadstar and a D series pickup in a typical Sask. farm scene.

[Old Binder Guy]

Ralph,

Am I just dreaming but was the "Travelette" the same as the "6-Pack"? Johnny Bourke had a matching "6-pack" to the blue Travelall he provided me as my "wheels." His 6-Pack, if it was a "Travelette" (which looked like my travelall, with the back end moved up behind the passenger's rear doors. There was no separate box, if in fact his WAS a Travelette? My old head can't remember for sure, but that Travelette name sure sounds familiar now that you've mentioned it Gary

Gary, as far as I know the Travelette was always built with a separate box and cab. I think what you are talking about is the "Wagonmaster" which appears to be a Travelall with no roof on the back section. As in this photo that I borrowed. Sort of the same idea as the Scout Terra pickup I'd assume.

Well I was wrong again. I did ask it as a question, but not give it as a fact though!

Gary

[Loadstar]

Gary, as far as I know the Travelette was always built with a separate box and cab. I think what you are talking about is the "Wagonmaster" which appears to be a Travelall with no roof on the back section. As in this photo that I borrowed. Sort of the same idea as the Scout Terra pickup I'd assume.

Well I was wrong again. I did ask it as a question, but not give it as a fact though!

Gary

And its those interesting questions that inspire us to look these things up Gary. I didn't know (or had forgotten) about the IH Wagonmaster so this helped refresh my memory.

Heres a little red paint in this home video I put together. No IH but that Case 2090 tractor did become part of the IH family eventually

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[Old Binder Guy]

I did find something IH to put on here and it may have visited a Montana farm once in a while? Cenex had this photo made a few years back as a commemorations of their services. The IH shovel hood truck is a 1917 bulk truck.

Just as these Caterpillars have faded from everyday use in the past 30 years on the Mehmke farm west of Belt, Montana, Tubacase47 sent me an email that Martha (Carl's widow) had a stroke January 5th, as another generation passes from review. The first time I saw Martha was at Charlie Tyler's funeral in the spring of 1956 and she had three children in her care and Mardelle was just a baby. Time marches on........ Gary

[M Diesel]

Heres a little red paint in this home video I put together. No IH but that Case 2090 tractor did become part of the IH family eventually

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When it cuts over to that parked swather a 2 minutes 48, those crickets breaking the silence are just plain funny.

[664 CDN]

Ralph, thats a good video.

Are those front weights after market made in Saskatoon? I had a few of them that I resold look like a copy of Massey weights.

While we are talking case tractors, I got the case 446 running good today, it needed a new lift pump on the carb. and a plug in the gas tank.

I have a brake band & battery ordered should be able to drive it around then.

as far as IH content is concerned, the picture I posted in mid Jan. of my #70 trail plow just went past 340 downloads WoW.

I usually delete pictures after 2 weeks but that one just kept getting more downloads.

Ray

[Loadstar]

Heres a little red paint in this home video I put together. No IH but that Case 2090 tractor did become part of the IH family eventually

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When it cuts over to that parked swather a 2 minutes 48, those crickets breaking the silence are just plain funny.

Very good ears, I had to go back and play my own copy to see what you referred to and sure enough, there they are. Of course in a dry summer like that it could have been grasshoppers too

Ray, on the tractor weights, they came with the tractor when I bought it in 81 and I don't recall seeing a name on them. I assumed they were Case but maybe they were Blanchard as I know they made a lot of those aftermarket weights for tractors. The weights have been stacked up in the shed for years now as I did not see the need in carrying them around on the tractor.

You are making good progress on the garden tractor. Hope it soon warms up enough that we can see the grass here. -30 something wind chill today.

Just to re-visit that Massey swather I put in the video, here is a scene from last fall cutting flax. Same swather and Case tractor 22 years later. Biggest difference is the field conditions. See how the tractor is almost leaving ruts. In 88 I don't think there was a drop of water in the fields. Last fall , not only were the sloughs full and running water but there was water coming out of the hillsides. What a contrast.

[664 CDN]

Thanks Ralph, Blanchard is the name I could not remember.

Got a set with Steve,s 1486 from SK, but he wanted IH weights so we sold them to a guy that had a 1086.

Ray

[Old Binder Guy]

I figured I'd find Tubacase47 on here and already posted the fact that we've turned over 2/3 of a million hits today. Tom's our odometer watcher, but he needs to sleep once in a while.

I had to post this picture of my brother Bill and me with the "train" we (he?) built in 1946 when I was three years old.

This is an encore of me on Annie, my 1939 Farmall H, backing my binder onto a trailer for a steam show about 15 years ago. Gary

[farmerboy3]

Thanks Ralph, Blanchard is the name I could not remember.

Got a set with Steve,s 1486 from SK, but he wanted IH weights so we sold them to a guy that had a 1086.

Ray

Where abouts did you pick that 1486 up at in SK?? it looks like my dads old one

those must be older IH weights the ones i got in the shed look way different

[Loadstar]

I figured I'd find Tubacase47 on here and already posted the fact that we've turned over 2/3 of a million hits today. Tom's our odometer watcher, but he needs to sleep once in a while.

Gary

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Well this picture ought to bring tubacase out for a comment. Its supposedly a Case 45 hp car according to the description.

[664 CDN]

Thanks Ralph, Blanchard is the name I could not remember.

Got a set with Steve,s 1486 from SK, but he wanted IH weights so we sold them to a guy that had a 1086.

Ray

Where abouts did you pick that 1486 up at in SK?? it looks like my dads old one

those must be older IH weights the ones i got in the shed look way different

Ravenscraig.

Those are Blanchard weights, note the Case orange color.

Ray.

[Tubacase47]

OBG: actually, I think we passed 2/3 of a million (666,666.7) sometime back and I missed it. I was too busy giving a tour of the Mehmke collection yesterday to notice. I had heard a rumor that some of it had been sold off but I can say that nothing is gone from the big shed. It was so cold I let my guests go in the second shed alone and I went back to the truck.

[Old Binder Guy]

Tom,

I'm glad to hear everything is still there. Those rumors circulate very easily. I thought you and I would have heard if things were missing.

Gary

PS: What did you think of Ralph's Case automobile?

[Loadstar]

Heres a little IH content for you all. This old IH truck belonged to a local dealer who would take it out for parades every year. Not sure if its what they called the S26 or a six speed special. Maybe someone here could tell me. I shot this one back in the millenium parade of 2000 at Dysart, Sask.

[Old Binder Guy]

Heres a little IH content for you all. This old IH truck belonged to a local dealer who would take it out for parades every year. Not sure if its what they called the S26 or a six speed special. Maybe someone here could tell me. I shot this one back in the millenium parade of 2000 at Dysart, Sask.

Ralph, That is a neat little IH truck. We used to have four cylinder Six Speed Special trucks and we had one with the lights on the side of the cab as yours does and it had a 6-cylinder engine. I remember Dad using the "S" reference to this one. However, I've also been told they are all "Six Speed Specials." That connotation comes only from a three speed transmission and a two speed rear end, so they likely are all Six Speed Specials. Maybe someone who KNOWS will come on here and straighten us out, once and for all?

Gary

[Tubacase47]

Gary; you know there's a six speed special owner over in Helena named Stan Howe (the auctioneer). He could probably tell us more.

[Old Binder Guy]

Gary; you know there's a six speed special owner over in Helena named Stan Howe (the auctioneer). He could probably tell us more.

Auctioneer and Ruxtell Axle Rebuilder. He's near impossible to get hold of. I have his phone # and email address, but it's reminiscent of the the "horse at the water hole" that doesn't drink. He sounds like a swell guy; just too busy for crazy old retirees.

Gary

[Roger Byrne]

International started making their S line of trucks in 1921. The S stood for "Speed Truck" because the new design was a lighter/faster truck than the heavy shovel nose (built until 1924) version and used a small Lycoming four cylinder engine. The later versions of the trucks were also available with six cylinder engines. These were the first IHC trucks to have battery ignition instead of a magneto and have a starter/generator system. The first year they only made the 1/2 ton S, but by 1923 they had added the SL, SD and the S Delivery to the line-up. With each version the chassis (SL & SD) they built them a little heavier but they were still were only in the 1/2, 3/4 and 1 ton range. During this period the heavy International trucks were designated by the Models 33, 43, 53, 63, 94 and the huge 103/104s. The six-speed-special (a two speed differential, a $100 option ) came out in the fall of 1928 after IHC had added four wheel brakes and the lighter S series trucks could now move more safely at the higher speeds.

[Old Binder Guy]

International started making their S line of trucks in 1921. The S stood for "Speed Truck" because the new design was a lighter/faster truck than the heavy shovel nose (built until 1924) version and used a small Lycoming four cylinder engine. The later versions of the trucks were also available with six cylinder engines. These were the first IHC trucks to have battery ignition instead of a magneto and have a starter/generator system. The first year they only made the 1/2 ton S, but by 1923 they had added the SL, SD and the S Delivery to the line-up. With each version the chassis (SL & SD) they built them a little heavier but they were still were only in the 1/2, 3/4 and 1 ton range. During this period the heavy International trucks were designated by the Models 33, 43, 53, 63, 94 and the huge 103/104s. The six-speed-special came out in the fall of 1928 after IHC had added four wheel brakes and the lighter S series trucks could now move more safely at the higher speeds.

Somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew there was an old guy out there that could straighten us whippersnappers out. I just didn't realize it would be an old guy from behind a snow drift in Minnesota. Thanks Roger!

Gary

[Loadstar]

During this period the heavy International trucks were designated by the Models 33, 43, 53, 63, 94 and the huge 103/104s. The six-speed-special came out in the fall of 1928 after IHC had added four wheel brakes and the lighter S series trucks could now move more safely at the higher speeds.

Somehow S33 comes to mind , maybe thats what the truck in my photo was. If I can remember I will ask the driver if he knows.

Here is an interesting "2+2" tractor for sale on kijiji.. A couple of big old Minneapolis tractors in tandem. A G705 in back and possibly a G out front.

[Old Binder Guy]

Ralph,

Now that Roger has us straightened out, I'll post this IH (Speed Truck) pickup at Fort Benton(the world's innemmost port), Montana in their 150th Anniversary Parade several years ago... again.

Snd since it is looking more like spring today, I'll post this one so we can all remember (sort of) what snow looks like. It IS an IH Tractor on a Montana Farm. Gary

[Loadstar]

Ralph,

Now that Roger has us straightened out, I'll post this IH (Speed Truck) pickup at Fort Benton(the world's innemmost port), Montana in their 150th Anniversary Parade several years ago... again.

Snd since it is looking more like spring today, I'll post this one so we can all remember (sort of) what snow looks like. It IS an IH Tractor on a Montana Farm. Gary

Gary , speaking of 12 series IH tractors, I happened to see this one this morning. One of a collection coming up for auction in Wisconsin soon.

http://www.mecum.com/auctions/top_picks.cfm?AUCTION_ID=GF0311

Theres quite an assortment of IH/Farmall tractors up for auction there.

[Brady Boy]

I've followed this thread with fasination for some time. During a previous life, I spent several years under Montana. I was an ICBM Combat Crew Commander stationed at Malmstrom AFB, just outside Great Falls. Earlier today I was converting slides to digital and came across a couple pics of a MT farmer hard at work. It was, if I recall correctly, along Hwy 87 between Great Falls and the big city of Belt. I was always amazed by the huge operations out there. I come from an area of 80 acre family farms in central Michigan. Still have fond memories of MT, and get over there fairly often on my scoot. Nothing like Glacier or Yellowstone on two wheels. Happy to be able to contribute.

P.S. How is Uncle Dan, and does he have any projects going?

[Brady Boy]

Just for the record, these pics were taken in 1987. Was probably on the way to Standford for a sticky bun and coffee.

BK