Advice on Farmall purchase

[AndrewB]

Hi folks, this is my first post here. I was rummaging around the net looking for info on these farmall tractors and it would seem this is the spot. If anybody has any moments I have a few questions that I hoped folks around here might be able to shed some light on.

Essentially my situation is this. I run a smaller mixed vegetable operation on a few acres and was hoping to work towards expanding a bit and mechanizing more of the cultivation/weed control. I've been looking at the buddingh basket weeder and feel like the tool would be a really valuable start to keep early weeds down in a number of my root and lettuce plantings. I've seen it used up the road and am confident that it will gel well with our soil and situation. I won't be able to mount this on my current machine so I got to looking at these older Farmall rigs. Seems all of this cultivation work will be much easier if I have the tools in front of me where I can see them.

Problem is this.. I don't know much about these machines and buying a vehicle from 1950 without a lot of experience with them is feeling like a bit of stretch in sanity however so many good reports have me strongly considering it.

Do any of you have any experience running the baskets under your tractors? There are no Cubs around for sale around here at the moment, but there is a Super A as well as an A that are both running great. Am I correct in understanding that the cub and the A's are very similar aside from the A being just a little bit larger? Any reason that you guys can think of why I should be shying away from an A and continuing to hunt for a Cub? availabitly of parts etc? Is there any advice that can be offered as far as things I should be looking for and asking about when shopping around? Particular things that are often worn out and difficult to justify repairing?

Sorry to jump on here with a bunch of questions but any help and advice would be very much appreciated. I'll keep digging around and likely be back with more questions.
Thanks
Andrew

[BigBill]

The farmall A doesn't have hydraulics unless they were added on. The farmall A has less horse power than the super A.
So the farmall super A has hydraulics and more horse power.
The farmall super A and farmall A are the same size but larger and more powerful than an farmall cub.
For heavy farming the super A is the way to go. The farmall cub is used for cultuvating and light work like mowing, sickle bar work, snow plowing.

I personally wished I purchased a farmall super A over my farmall cub, I may end up with a super A anyway(both).

[offrink]

I think the super A is a good choice if the price is right.

[Eugene]

Of the 3 tractors mentioned, go for the running Super A.

Parts for all 3 tractors are readily available.

[Smokeycub]

Another advantage of the Super A is that it has a standard 1 3/8" 540 PTO. The Cub uses a 1" PTO shaft that runs reverse of a standard 540 PTO.

[BigBill]

What he said above about the 540pto.

[havoc1482]

The farmall A doesn't have hydraulics unless they were added on. The farmall A has less horse power than the super A.
So the farmall super A has hydraulics and more horse power.
The farmall super A and farmall A are the same size but larger and more powerful than an farmall cub.
For heavy farming the super A is the way to go. The farmall cub is used for cultuvating and light work like mowing, sickle bar work, snow plowing.

I personally wished I purchased a farmall super A over my farmall cub, I may end up with a super A anyway(both).

The Super A and regular A have the same horsepower. They both use the C113. The Super A is the only one out of the Super series that doesn't have a change in engine power and size.

[danovercash]

You didn't say where you are located. From the zip code not US? May affect cost/ a ailibity. Cub is exellent cultivating tractor.

[EarlyCub49]

V0N 2L0 is a postal code for Pemberton, British Columbia, Canada, thanks Google

Bruce T

[Boss Hog]

The farmall A doesn't have hydraulics unless they were added on. The farmall A has less horse power than the super A.
So the farmall super A has hydraulics and more horse power.
The farmall super A and farmall A are the same size but larger and more powerful than an farmall cub.
For heavy farming the super A is the way to go. The farmall cub is used for cultuvating and light work like mowing, sickle bar work, snow plowing.

I personally wished I purchased a farmall super A over my farmall cub, I may end up with a super A anyway(both).

The Super A and regular A have the same horsepower. They both use the C113. The Super A is the only one out of the Super series that doesn't have a change in engine power and size.

The last of the Super As had 123 engines I think they were called Super A 1 but I have seen them with only Super A on the decal

[AndrewB]

Pemberton B.C. that's right. If parts are available in the states then they're likely available here. Not too far away from the border. Thanks for all the info! The machine that I'm looking at is a 1950. It's selling for 2500 bucks and I have yet to go take a look. Unfortunately he has none of the cultivation equipment so I'll be hunting around town for that stuff as well. Currently it's just tractor with a blade mounted up front. I imagine I would remove the blade and organize it to mostly do light field work. It sounds as if the cub would do just fine for what I have planned but you never know what you end up working on.

I'll likely be driving out to take a look at it in the next couple weeks. Anything in particular that anybody thinks I should keep an eye out for? Quirks that were common and difficult to repair?

[AndrewB]

I've just located a manual and it looks as if the adjustable front and rear axle was not an option and was standard, but the adjustable front axle wasn't stock standard? The manual is great!

[BigBill]

The farmall A doesn't have hydraulics unless they were added on. The farmall A has less horse power than the super A.
So the farmall super A has hydraulics and more horse power.
The farmall super A and farmall A are the same size but larger and more powerful than an farmall cub.
For heavy farming the super A is the way to go. The farmall cub is used for cultuvating and light work like mowing, sickle bar work, snow plowing.

I personally wished I purchased a farmall super A over my farmall cub, I may end up with a super A anyway(both).

The Super A and regular A have the same horsepower. They both use the C113. The Super A is the only one out of the Super series that doesn't have a change in engine power and size.

The last of the Super As had 123 engines I think they were called Super A 1 but I have seen them with only Super A on the decal

False advertising?

I like the super A but I'd probably look better on a w6 or w4?

[Jim Becker]

The last of the Super As had 123 engines I think they were called Super A 1 but I have seen them with only Super A on the decal

From the factory, the Super A1 all had Super A decals. IH never made a "Super A1" decal. I'm sure they are available from Maple-Hunter.

[havoc1482]

The farmall A doesn't have hydraulics unless they were added on. The farmall A has less horse power than the super A.
So the farmall super A has hydraulics and more horse power.
The farmall super A and farmall A are the same size but larger and more powerful than an farmall cub.
For heavy farming the super A is the way to go. The farmall cub is used for cultuvating and light work like mowing, sickle bar work, snow plowing.

I personally wished I purchased a farmall super A over my farmall cub, I may end up with a super A anyway(both).

The Super A and regular A have the same horsepower. They both use the C113. The Super A is the only one out of the Super series that doesn't have a change in engine power and size.

The last of the Super As had 123 engines I think they were called Super A 1 but I have seen them with only Super A on the decal

I heard they were simply a hold over platform for the introduction of the 100 which is why so few where made.