Nice tractor Toby. That is one model in the 4 series that has eluded me so far. But, I'll get one, just hope it's as nice as this 1045J is. NOTE: In 52 the badge on the grill would have said "MCCORMICK" not "MCCORMICK DEERING." In 47 or 48 the last Deering family member passed and Deering was dropped from the name plate. Then in 54 IH changed up their hierarchy from Farmall, McCormick (Deering), and International. Farmall being rowcrop, McCormick being standard ag, and International being industrial. They brought McCormick and International under the same designation of INTERNATIONAL. Really they are the same tractor just outfitred differently and marketed to different customers so basically they just streamlined the company. Incidentally in 1954 when the International 400 came out there was no "W" designation. After a few months of production, IH realized that the customer would or could get the wrong parts for the International when saying 400. So few were made that not all counter support knew that the Farmall and International 400's were different tractors. I don't remember the serial number break but it was in the 800-900 rangr when the International 400 became the International W-400. I used to own s/n 706 that is the oldest International 400 Diesrl known.
It has its blemishes, but overall, very clean. As my grandpa would say whenever he'd buy a beat up car that grandma would give him never-ending grief over: "it's a solid step". Sidenote: Very nice of KC for orchestrating this on your behalf. Good friend.
Nice find, Kyle is clearly a good friend. I like the casual way of, yea this is not right and that needs fixed but no problem. Ahem, in keeping with clear notions though, I think you mean gear oil not grease leaking down on the tire! (now I can say I caught something)
What a great guy Kyle is and that's one very sweet W4 draw bar breaks mush have been a common thing on those seems all the ones grampa Bowen worked on had those same issues. Great news addition.
That tractor looks like it worked but it had a good home. With your ability to repair and the hart that you put into your projects she will be really happy. Denis from Santa Rosa CA
Toby, that's a good looking tractor. That's more the style that we farmed with. We started out with a super A farm all then went to a 3 point hitch tractor. We had bought a 1959 Massey Ferguson TO 30 and it was so worn out that we had to run the plug adaptors to keep it from fouling plugs out everytime we used it. My dad as myself worked at a Massey Ferguson dealership he did early before I was even 7 years old and when I graduated from high school I went there and was the lead mechanic for several years. But the tractor we bought at another dealership was worn completely worn out and we did a small rebuild on it. We used it for several years after that rebuild. Then about the time me and my 2 brothers were about getting jobs in other fields we started not farming as much. I then completely restored the Massey Ferguson that was many years ago but it still looks and run awesome but it's gone now. Got a question the super a SR. Was plowing with at plow days is that plow the one bought with the tractor or is it a later one? The super a we had that my grandfather bought new had a set of single one bottom plows, it had the slatted mold boards on it. The plows were set up back then to where you could plow in both directions in the same furrow because the way the plows were. I always thought that was a cool set up but it came new on that tractor we still have the disc that came with the super a.
Hey man. Nice Farmall there. looking forward to see sheet metal paint on the H. Still Prepping Sheet metal parts on my super A. Had good success with pulling dents in gas tank with a slide hammer. Hope your eyes get well and let you get back in action soon.
Great tractor I found one that had been setting in a barn for about 35years sheet metal was absolutely perfect took about a year to get it done and painted.
Nice score sir! I kick myself from time to time for not buying a very well worn/abused W4 owned by a freind of mine, it had decades of family logging experience, had a three point bushog hitch cobbled on, it was so ugly I just loved it. It went to good hands from what I hear. But had I gotten it, I'd have changed NOTHING. It was so patina, so farmerized, it would have been a tribute to his grandpa!
This is a WOW! Looking forward to us subscribers learning an immense amount of knowledge but also knowing that it is only a very small portion of what you have filed away in that library of your knowledge. Keep teaching us!
What a fantastic machine! That front left looks like a set to two rib fronts we had on a 140 Farmall here on the farm. I always like the way they looked.
Always been a fan of the W series. They just look like stocky, powerful tractors. There was recently a W6 for sale around me, but more than I was able to pay for. Some day I'll have one.
Very nice straight old tractor, looking forward to future videos on it. Also noticed it has one old firestone 2 rib up front, was always fond of the look of those for some reason. My uncle had a B allis chalmers we always used for mowing that still had a set of 2 rib tires up front and an old set of field and roads on the back stamped with blemished on the side.
Following with interest. There are a fair few W4s here in Australia and I am on the hunt for one. Looking forward to hearing it run and also hoping you are doing the usual full restore. Thanks for sharing from a fellow machinist.
What a sweet find kudos to the man that found this tractor and thought of you toby and made this possible it's definitely a nice addition to the fleet thanks Kyle for making this possible you sir are a good one.
Love the W range of tractor they are very popular vintage ploughing match tractors over here 🏴 i looking forward to seeing the restoration on this , if it was mine it would be left original condition but only because i dont have the panel beating painting skills to do them justice 😕 great tractor 👌
Hi Squatch, greetings from the Adelaide Hills in South Australian. I’d love to see a recap/review episode showing all the different tractors/graders/equipment you have there. I’ve been following for a long time, and it is hard to keep track all the beautiful old iron you’ve got on hand. Keep up the wonderful content.
2:03 , it seems to me that a video of the delivery by Kyle would have really been a nice thing for the members-only channel...😊 kinda saddened that that opportunity was missed by us and you.😊
@@squatch253do you know the history of the 8V battery? I am under the impression it was a common surplus item therefore pricewise it was a convenient upgrade because it was similar in price to the correct 6v and every garage had them for sale. I don't recall the industry that used the 8v, perhaps the Delco-lite power plants? I've seemed to have hit my max on antique data mentally...
@@karlfischer1011 I could be wrong but I think from memory 8 volt batteries were used in the telephone exchange system and in 32 & 48 volt farm power stations back in the olden days.
@@dustyfarmer sounds like the story I'm trying to remember. I looked up Delco-lite systems and most used the 2v glass jars in series to get 32v, so it wasn't the Delco power plants. There were other manufacturers of those farm units so could be them. I also came across a comment in a forum that some early inline 8 and ohv v8 engines came factory with 8v but I couldn't verify that. So much common knowledge becomes lost as we progress through progress. How many of us even knew there was more than 1 size of 6v 20-30 years ago? Neat discovery. Put the big one in your big cubes tractor with new cables and that 12v conversion seems functionally pointless. No wonder the battery box is so big! 😀
@@karlfischer1011 Nothing wrong with the 6 volt system but it really needs every connection and the battery to be in good condition otherwise you'll be cursing it as no good. As soon as the battery lets you know it getting weak on cranking power put a new one in. I used to keep my old Holden FJ ute on a trickle charger and it was always ready to go. It was a common upgrade to go to an 8 volt battery back in the day.
@@dustyfarmer i had an H farmall with rotten wires in the 2000s, but the charging system worked. 6v no issue starting at freezing, unless you forgot to turn on the ign switch or fuel. 😄
@Drottninggatan2017 I didn't need to. The generator kept the battery fully charged. I'm not sure how ? It improved the cranking speed on the M. Having said that NAPA charged plenty for what they called a specialty battery.
I've heard Super H/Super W4's are much more snappy than a straight H or W4. Same with a 300 which is close engine wise?. Very nice little tractor. Here in corn country I see 20 row crop farmalls for every standard. Kind of wish I had one. Really nice when you point out how they are different. I'll be learning a lot!
Cool! I think I'd mentioned that it would be cool if you rebuilt a Ford 9xx tractor, so this little Farmall is similar. I thought the graders were also pretty interesting. Hope your eye is healing up quickly and well....
Great SW4.Hopefully you are able to purchase the original vintage GY Sure Grip All Service tires.They are produced again and are a great look on the Farmall's over here.We have to get them from Poland but it's worth the effort and GY factory made them just as in the old day's.
Looks a lot better than our W4! I tried to get it started this year, first time in 30+ years. Got the mag sparking but leaked too much fuel for that updraft carburetor and it only popped some before the 6 volt battery had enough. Look forward to the future videos!
That is a really nice looking w4 tractor the operator platform is a little crowded on them standard tractors I drove a w6 years ago it was a neat tractor too keep up the great videos
Nice purchase my dad always wanted a w4 but he never got but i talked him into a tractor a w9 it was found within our city limits of our town when the old man left his farm the tractor came with him an my dad bought it for me but that super w4 is really nice
I really like that tractor. Like the stanze of it a lot. Maybe more than a h or a m. The only IH tractors that I’ve had were 4366 and a 1486, but I wouldn’t mind getting one just like this one of yours. The men that farmed with them were tough rascals. It sort of reminds me of my mm g6.
At 2:14 in the video, you called this one of the last "number series" tractors from IH. Isn't it really one of the last "letter series" tractors from IH? After the 1950s, my recollection is that IH built only numbered tractor models. The old A, B, C, H, M and W lines were rebranded as numbered lines.
A great find by your friend. IMO, if a tractor could be called cute - I'd say this one qualifies. As they say in the automotive realms, it seems you got a numbers-matching machine here!! Congrats - and stay the course for recovery.
Interesting video as always. I hope your eye is getting better, I know you’re itching to get back in the shop. By the way, the link to Kyle’s TH-cam channel does not work
Nice looking SW4! Ill be interested in seeing you tighten up the steering on your new prize. I have a W6 and the draglink end has a spring assembly in the end and mine is in sad shape. I need to tackle that issue. Curious to see how yours is when you get to it. Good luck and keep the videos coming as long as your up to it.
Nice tractor Toby. That is one model in the 4 series that has eluded me so far. But, I'll get one, just hope it's as nice as this 1045J is.
NOTE: In 52 the badge on the grill would have said "MCCORMICK" not "MCCORMICK DEERING." In 47 or 48 the last Deering family member passed and Deering was dropped from the name plate. Then in 54 IH changed up their hierarchy from Farmall, McCormick (Deering), and International. Farmall being rowcrop, McCormick being standard ag, and International being industrial. They brought McCormick and International under the same designation of INTERNATIONAL. Really they are the same tractor just outfitred differently and marketed to different customers so basically they just streamlined the company.
Incidentally in 1954 when the International 400 came out there was no "W" designation. After a few months of production, IH realized that the customer would or could get the wrong parts for the International when saying 400. So few were made that not all counter support knew that the Farmall and International 400's were different tractors. I don't remember the serial number break but it was in the 800-900 rangr when the International 400 became the International W-400. I used to own s/n 706 that is the oldest International 400 Diesrl known.
Nice tractor Toby!
My uncle had a W9 on his farm !
Big power at the time!
Very nice kudos to Mr Christ.
Agreed 👍
Really neat tractor and in great shape, it belongs in the fleet. Great find!
Little powerhouse 🙌
It has its blemishes, but overall, very clean. As my grandpa would say whenever he'd buy a beat up car that grandma would give him never-ending grief over: "it's a solid step".
Sidenote: Very nice of KC for orchestrating this on your behalf. Good friend.
She’s a beauty already, can’t wait to see her restored and minty fresh again!
Good job KC! Helping out while Squatch is on injured reserve.
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Nice project for the future we will be waiting when you get to feeling better
Congrats on the new tractor and thanks for the in-depth walk around.
Well, we know what your rebuilding this winter......Nice looking little tractor. Thanks Toby.
Great find !! Glad you have friends like Kyle.
Nice find, Kyle is clearly a good friend. I like the casual way of, yea this is not right and that needs fixed but no problem. Ahem, in keeping with clear notions though, I think you mean gear oil not grease leaking down on the tire! (now I can say I caught something)
Looking forward to your project! I have an early sw4, and hope to someday finish it! Lol. Trust your eye project continues without any hiccups.
That is in great shape, looking forward to the restoration of this one. Nice of Kyle to help you out on this, good friend.
Wow that thing is mint. You will never find another one that nice. Bet it would polish and look close to new
Well new transportation/work horse, for everyday chores! Can see a mower behind it with a rake of some kind and a disk! Replace the 8N ?
That will be a great tractor. I am glad you have one. I have had a couple of W4 tractors. Yours is better than mine were.
That's a really nice tractor & the best thing is it's only going look better as your eye recovers. Nice work by Kyle.
What a great guy Kyle is and that's one very sweet W4 draw bar breaks mush have been a common thing on those seems all the ones grampa Bowen worked on had those same issues. Great news addition.
Nice piece of iron...good luck with her
That tractor looks like it worked but it had a good home. With your ability to repair and the hart that you put into your projects she will be really happy. Denis from Santa Rosa CA
Toby, that's a good looking tractor. That's more the style that we farmed with. We started out with a super A farm all then went to a 3 point hitch tractor. We had bought a 1959 Massey Ferguson TO 30 and it was so worn out that we had to run the plug adaptors to keep it from fouling plugs out everytime we used it. My dad as myself worked at a Massey Ferguson dealership he did early before I was even 7 years old and when I graduated from high school I went there and was the lead mechanic for several years. But the tractor we bought at another dealership was worn completely worn out and we did a small rebuild on it. We used it for several years after that rebuild. Then about the time me and my 2 brothers were about getting jobs in other fields we started not farming as much. I then completely restored the Massey Ferguson that was many years ago but it still looks and run awesome but it's gone now. Got a question the super a SR. Was plowing with at plow days is that plow the one bought with the tractor or is it a later one? The super a we had that my grandfather bought new had a set of single one bottom plows, it had the slatted mold boards on it. The plows were set up back then to where you could plow in both directions in the same furrow because the way the plows were. I always thought that was a cool set up but it came new on that tractor we still have the disc that came with the super a.
A bit of a leaf spring in the front axle pivot....never noticed that on a farm tractor.
As always, I am astonished at the breadth and depth of your knowledge about these antique pieces of farm equipment.
Congratulations, Toby. Beautiful tractor. ❤
Hey Squatch,,,looks like a fine addition. Very straight.
Damn Toby that W4 is in crazy nice shape ! That was a score. Buddy was look’n out fer ya 😏
Thanks for the walk around Toby. Great looking SW-4! Can’t wait for the next video!
Congratulations! You've got a beautiful little time capsule there :)
Hey man. Nice Farmall there. looking forward to see sheet metal paint on the H. Still Prepping Sheet metal parts on my super A. Had good success with pulling dents in gas tank with a slide hammer. Hope your eyes get well and let you get back in action soon.
Great tractor I found one that had been setting in a barn for about 35years sheet metal was absolutely perfect took about a year to get it done and painted.
Nice score sir! I kick myself from time to time for not buying a very well worn/abused W4 owned by a freind of mine, it had decades of family logging experience, had a three point bushog hitch cobbled on, it was so ugly I just loved it. It went to good hands from what I hear. But had I gotten it, I'd have changed NOTHING. It was so patina, so farmerized, it would have been a tribute to his grandpa!
That's nice, I bought a 300 Utility a while back and now I'm looking at a Super W6 T/A.
@@squatch253 Sadly I missed this one by about 45 minutes, probably for the better, though, I need another project like I need a hole in my head!
This is a WOW! Looking forward to us subscribers learning an immense amount of knowledge but also knowing that it is only a very small portion of what you have filed away in that library of your knowledge. Keep teaching us!
Nice find.
What a fantastic machine! That front left looks like a set to two rib fronts we had on a 140 Farmall here on the farm. I always like the way they looked.
Right by your serial number on the side of the tractor there’s a clip that holds your cranks handle in for storage. 😊
A desirable tractor that hasn’t been abused. Very nice!
Nice find!
Stout little machine .. a nice addition to the fleet 💯
Always been a fan of the W series. They just look like stocky, powerful tractors. There was recently a W6 for sale around me, but more than I was able to pay for. Some day I'll have one.
You can tell right away that someone cared for that tractor. No signs of blatant abuse anywhere. Nice find!
Beautiful tractor Toby. I can’t wait till you get the chance to restore it.
Very nice straight old tractor, looking forward to future videos on it. Also noticed it has one old firestone 2 rib up front, was always fond of the look of those for some reason. My uncle had a B allis chalmers we always used for mowing that still had a set of 2 rib tires up front and an old set of field and roads on the back stamped with blemished on the side.
Nice looking tractor Squatch!! Good job Kyle!!
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Awesome addition to the IH collection. Love these little wide tractors
Following with interest. There are a fair few W4s here in Australia and I am on the hunt for one. Looking forward to hearing it run and also hoping you are doing the usual full restore. Thanks for sharing from a fellow machinist.
That’s a cool looking tractor. Seems like a short wheelbase which makes it look great to my eye.
That's a nice one we had a I4 and a W9 they were neat tractors 👍
Nice machine, I approve 👌🏻 Don't think we originally got the Super W4 here in the UK, plenty plain W4s however.
Nice looking tractor. Looking forward to see this one restored.
probably the best orange chain that I have seen in many years
What a sweet find kudos to the man that found this tractor and thought of you toby and made this possible it's definitely a nice addition to the fleet thanks Kyle for making this possible you sir are a good one.
Love the W range of tractor they are very popular vintage ploughing match tractors over here 🏴 i looking forward to seeing the restoration on this , if it was mine it would be left original condition but only because i dont have the panel beating painting skills to do them justice 😕 great tractor 👌
Hi Squatch, greetings from the Adelaide Hills in South Australian.
I’d love to see a recap/review episode showing all the different tractors/graders/equipment you have there. I’ve been following for a long time, and it is hard to keep track all the beautiful old iron you’ve got on hand.
Keep up the wonderful content.
🤗 nice find Kyle wtg good find cheers mate 🍻 ✌️🤙
2:03 , it seems to me that a video of the delivery by Kyle would have really been a nice thing for the members-only channel...😊 kinda saddened that that opportunity was missed by us and you.😊
Perhaps it wasn’t 🤔 may have to keep an eye on Kyles channel something may pop up over there ! 😳👍
Fantastic find, looks to be in great shape! :)
Never heard of an 8 volt battery before, interesting. Nice addition to the fleet!😊
@@squatch253do you know the history of the 8V battery? I am under the impression it was a common surplus item therefore pricewise it was a convenient upgrade because it was similar in price to the correct 6v and every garage had them for sale. I don't recall the industry that used the 8v, perhaps the Delco-lite power plants? I've seemed to have hit my max on antique data mentally...
@@karlfischer1011 I could be wrong but I think from memory 8 volt batteries were used in the telephone exchange system and in 32 & 48 volt farm power stations back in the olden days.
@@dustyfarmer sounds like the story I'm trying to remember. I looked up Delco-lite systems and most used the 2v glass jars in series to get 32v, so it wasn't the Delco power plants. There were other manufacturers of those farm units so could be them. I also came across a comment in a forum that some early inline 8 and ohv v8 engines came factory with 8v but I couldn't verify that. So much common knowledge becomes lost as we progress through progress. How many of us even knew there was more than 1 size of 6v 20-30 years ago? Neat discovery. Put the big one in your big cubes tractor with new cables and that 12v conversion seems functionally pointless. No wonder the battery box is so big! 😀
@@karlfischer1011 Nothing wrong with the 6 volt system but it really needs every connection and the battery to be in good condition otherwise you'll be cursing it as no good. As soon as the battery lets you know it getting weak on cranking power put a new one in. I used to keep my old Holden FJ ute on a trickle charger and it was always ready to go. It was a common upgrade to go to an 8 volt battery back in the day.
@@dustyfarmer i had an H farmall with rotten wires in the 2000s, but the charging system worked. 6v no issue starting at freezing, unless you forgot to turn on the ign switch or fuel. 😄
Enjoy, it looks great I've never saw one myself it will be good to see you go through it. When is your next eye checkup?
I did 8 volt on a M years ago. Really made a difference. To me it was preferable to the 12 volt system.
Thanks.
What does this mean? You raised the charging voltage?
@Drottninggatan2017 I didn't need to. The generator kept the battery fully charged. I'm not sure how ? It improved the cranking speed on the M.
Having said that NAPA charged plenty for what they called a specialty battery.
I've heard Super H/Super W4's are much more snappy than a straight H or W4. Same with a 300 which is close engine wise?. Very nice little tractor. Here in corn country I see 20 row crop farmalls for every standard. Kind of wish I had one. Really nice when you point out how they are different. I'll be learning a lot!
Cool! I think I'd mentioned that it would be cool if you rebuilt a Ford 9xx tractor, so this little Farmall is similar. I thought the graders were also pretty interesting. Hope your eye is healing up quickly and well....
Nice looking tractor. I’ll have to look that up on tractordata.
Thanks and have a great day.
Great SW4.Hopefully you are able to purchase the original vintage GY Sure Grip All Service tires.They are produced again and are a great look on the Farmall's over here.We have to get them from Poland but it's worth the effort and GY factory made them just as in the old day's.
Looks a lot better than our W4! I tried to get it started this year, first time in 30+ years. Got the mag sparking but leaked too much fuel for that updraft carburetor and it only popped some before the 6 volt battery had enough. Look forward to the future videos!
8 volt? Wow that is a thing.
I must have entered universe#40, finally.
Yeah, I've never heard of an 8 volt system.
Great looking tractor. Was the top of the grill repaired as well as fender? Paint looks a bit off.
Looks like a nice buy! I want a W9 someday.
That is a really nice looking w4 tractor the operator platform is a little crowded on them standard tractors I drove a w6 years ago it was a neat tractor too keep up the great videos
Nice purchase my dad always wanted a w4 but he never got but i talked him into a tractor a w9 it was found within our city limits of our town when the old man left his farm the tractor came with him an my dad bought it for me but that super w4 is really nice
I really like that tractor. Like the stanze of it a lot. Maybe more than a h or a m. The only IH tractors that I’ve had were 4366 and a 1486, but I wouldn’t mind getting one just like this one of yours. The men that farmed with them were tough rascals. It sort of reminds me of my mm g6.
Got a w6 for sale in western IL
Back in the 70's my dad had a WD9 and pulled a three bottom plow and a one way disk.
Gotta say thats quite the find with how original and unmolested it appears to be!
At 2:14 in the video, you called this one of the last "number series" tractors from IH. Isn't it really one of the last "letter series" tractors from IH? After the 1950s, my recollection is that IH built only numbered tractor models. The old A, B, C, H, M and W lines were rebranded as numbered lines.
Nice buy. Like the tractor, another good video.
Very good tractor.
Looks in great shape to be about the same age as me.
Another project - just what you needed... 🙂
Great tractor. I look forward to future videos.
Very very nice!
Go Kyle! 👍👍
Looks good!
A great find by your friend. IMO, if a tractor could be called cute - I'd say this one qualifies. As they say in the automotive realms, it seems you got a numbers-matching machine here!! Congrats - and stay the course for recovery.
No starter skip on the ring gear? Nice find . Beware of hitting holes in the road . Not much travel on the seat spring.
May I ask how many of this model were made in the production run? I'm from Australia. so I have no idea, but love these old tractors. Thanks.
33,067 units built between 1940 and 1953 👍
The H series is my favorite Tractor. The W-4 series is the second favorite. I would love to have one.
Would the Super series have had a heavier clutch, making for more pedal pivot wear?
Would it be worth removing the axle housing with the chain to remove the broken and loose bolts without having to work upside down?
@@squatch253 well now that you found the back end to be a little on the noisy side, I'd say that's a perfect excuse as well
Sweet tractor,I've always liked the W series framalls,didn't they call them Plaines Tractors
My w4 is a 1944 model clutch peddle is the same
Great find!
When i was in FFA. This was the tractor used on our farm. Understand it was in 1964. We farmed 65 acres with this type W4. Very strong and reliable.
Interesting video as always. I hope your eye is getting better, I know you’re itching to get back in the shop. By the way, the link to Kyle’s TH-cam channel does not work
Hey up mate just the thing to take your mind off eyes
Nice looking SW4! Ill be interested in seeing you tighten up the steering on your new prize. I have a W6 and the draglink end has a spring assembly in the end and mine is in sad shape. I need to tackle that issue. Curious to see how yours is when you get to it. Good luck and keep the videos coming as long as your up to it.
Looks like a real clean SW4!
I with you on loaded tires. Can’t stand it. Nice tractor too!
Looks great!
I would presume the this is after the RD6 and will be a resto simalar to the H