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The Cub was initially designated the Farmall X, and was to use a two-cylinder engine. [1] Development started in July, 1943, changing to a four-cylinder engine. A prototype was built by December 1944. In September 1945, it became the Farmall Cub. [2] The two major variations of the Cub were the "Standard Cub" and the "Lo-Boy Cub" (or "Cub Lo-Boy").
The new models were given slightly different looks and a few new features, but were still essentially the famed Letter series tractors. The Farmall Cub continued unchanged, but in 1955 a new 'low-boy' version was added, featuring a shortened 62.5-inch wheelbase and a frame eight inches lower than the regular Cub tractor, which improved the ...
The Farmall 404 is a medium-sized row-crop tractor, produced from 1961 through 1967. It was effectively the successor to the Farmall 340, using the same 135-cubic-inch (2,210 cc) engine, with options for gasoline or LP gas fuel. The 404 was the first Farmall of its size to use a three-point hitch, which had become an industry standard. Steering ...
On February 1, 1974, at 9:00 am, the five-millionth tractor came off the assembly line at the Farmall Plant in Illinois; IH was the first tractor manufacturer to reach that number. [20] Also in 1973, IH officially dropped the "Farmall" name from its tractors, ending a name that had begun with the first Farmall "Regular" in 1924.
The Farmall 560 is a five-plow row crop tractor produced from 1958 to 1963. Successor to the Farmall 450 series, it was part of the line of large tractors originating with the Farmall M . The updated tractors marked an attempt by Farmall to respond to increased competition from other tractor manufacturers that were introducing more modern ...
The McCormick-Deering W series tractors were a range of standard-tread farming and industrial tractors produced by International Harvester that were derived from the Farmall letter series row-crop tractors of the 1940s and 1950s. Branded by International Harvester as McCormick-Deering products, with the same styling and red paint as the Farmall ...
The Farmall 1468 was produced beginning in 1971. It was essentially a Farmall 1466 with an International 549-cubic-inch (9,000 cc) diesel V-8 truck engine. Compared to the 1466, it was no more powerful, but made a distinctive noise and had two prominent exhaust stacks flanking the engine housing.
The BM was a Farmall M, usually equipped with a wide front axle rather than the narrow wheels popular in North America. The BMD diesel-engined version was offered beginning in 1952. [2] Super BM and BMD models followed. In 1953, 53 BMD tractors were painted gold instead of red to commemorate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. [3] [4]