That is a very nice tractor I grew up on a 1950 Super A and it had all attachments two way plow, disc ,cult, fertilizer attachment, cult, snowplow I wish I still had it . You done a nice job explaining it I never seen shutters on one very nice .Those letter tractor series are beautiful.
A super a has 13 hp at the draw bar and 16 at the pto and weighs 2400 pounds. The reason for the two petcocks is for when you ran distilite (basically kerosene) instead of gasoline, you had to open the bottom one to let out a certain amount of oil periodically to let out the distillate that would get past the rings. Drain the lower one, shut it and open the upper one and top it off till it came out of the top one. Was never a problem when just running gasoline. Nice tractor! Love those old Farmalls!!
Ours had a valve you could screw into the intake manifold to provide vacuum and it just had an ignition switch but no key.Those must have been the good old days when this was made.
Just Subscribed. We have a superA that we swapped in a C123 from a 200 and it has a water pump. We just posted a video on our channel of it mowing with a 59 inch woods belly mower.
Funny, have watched your 944 videos over the years, long time 944 guy, also into old tractors so was pleasantly surprised when I ran across this video. Nice super A!
Own a Super A myself. Shutters are for kerosene engines. There were two gas tanks for a kerosene tractor. A small gasoline tank and a main kerosene tank. You would run on gas for a little bit until you saw the temp. gauge rise to "RUN" then you would switch it over to kerosene. The shutters were to regulate the engine temp. because kerosene requires the engine to run hotter than normal. Standard gasoline tractors didn't need shutters or the thermostat so this tractor looks like a kerosene model with a replacement gasoline model tank.
Saw one of these tractors at a farming museum, not far from where I live, recently. Not sure what company that made it or if it was the same one. Just that it was a tractor with the same offset style. Interestingly different. Nice to also learned a little more about them. Thanks for sharing :)
Excellent video. I have no use for a tractor myself, but your videos are so well done I can't help but be interested in what you're discussing. One observation: it's interesting how a deliberately loaded engine without a water pump in a 4,000 pound vehicle can not overheat, yet many other engines with better cooling systems overheat easily.
tempest411 Its a 113 cubic inch engine with a maximum RPM in the 1500 range. Not really big enough to warrant a waterpump. The later 123Cu engines did have them. The 113 and the 123 are the same block only the 123 has a larger bore so you can put a water pump on these engines, but it wasn't needed.
+Randy Mistrot that sucks you can always find another. i have a farmall cub and even though its 70 years old (1948) its a fine piece of machinery. i use it for mowing and snow removal
Shutters?? Might keep water from freezing if the farmer didn't use antifreeze. But a thermosyphon engine with antifreeze sure doesn't need them. Owned 6.
That is a very nice tractor I grew up on a 1950 Super A and it had all attachments two way plow, disc ,cult, fertilizer attachment, cult, snowplow I wish I still had it . You done a nice job explaining it I never seen shutters on one very nice .Those letter tractor series are beautiful.
A super a has 13 hp at the draw bar and 16 at the pto and weighs 2400 pounds. The reason for the two petcocks is for when you ran distilite (basically kerosene) instead of gasoline, you had to open the bottom one to let out a certain amount of oil periodically to let out the distillate that would get past the rings. Drain the lower one, shut it and open the upper one and top it off till it came out of the top one. Was never a problem when just running gasoline. Nice tractor! Love those old Farmalls!!
Ours had a valve you could screw into the intake manifold to provide vacuum and it just had an ignition switch but no key.Those must have been the good old days when this was made.
One off the most important thing to mention is that all 6volt farmalls Cub, A, Super A, C and SuperC were positive ground.
Just Subscribed. We have a superA that we swapped in a C123 from a 200 and it has a water pump. We just posted a video on our channel of it mowing with a 59 inch woods belly mower.
Funny, have watched your 944 videos over the years, long time 944 guy, also into old tractors so was pleasantly surprised when I ran across this video. Nice super A!
The shipping weight was 2500 to 2600 lbs.
Own a Super A myself. Shutters are for kerosene engines. There were two gas tanks for a kerosene tractor. A small gasoline tank and a main kerosene tank. You would run on gas for a little bit until you saw the temp. gauge rise to "RUN" then you would switch it over to kerosene. The shutters were to regulate the engine temp. because kerosene requires the engine to run hotter than normal. Standard gasoline tractors didn't need shutters or the thermostat so this tractor looks like a kerosene model with a replacement gasoline model tank.
A very informative run down. Nice tractor.
Very thorough and informative. Thank you
Saw one of these tractors at a farming museum, not far from where I live, recently. Not sure what company that made it or if it was the same one. Just that it was a tractor with the same offset style. Interestingly different. Nice to also learned a little more about them. Thanks for sharing :)
Beautiful machine. Very cool. You should be proud of it.
I want one
Thumbs Up liked, Merry Christmas to you also.
Excellent video. I have no use for a tractor myself, but your videos are so well done I can't help but be interested in what you're discussing.
One observation: it's interesting how a deliberately loaded engine without a water pump in a 4,000 pound vehicle can not overheat, yet many other engines with better cooling systems overheat easily.
tempest411 Its a 113 cubic inch engine with a maximum RPM in the 1500 range. Not really big enough to warrant a waterpump. The later 123Cu engines did have them. The 113 and the 123 are the same block only the 123 has a larger bore so you can put a water pump on these engines, but it wasn't needed.
Thank you, I really liked your video. :-)
Very nice! Quick question, are the battery cable colors backwards?
My dad used to tell me to keep the little bolt next to the headlight in the middle of the row to center the tractor. We lost ours in Katrina.
+Randy Mistrot that sucks you can always find another. i have a farmall cub and even though its 70 years old (1948) its a fine piece of machinery. i use it for mowing and snow removal
14hp draw bar 16hp pto 3450lbs fully weighted
Great video! Is it all wheel drive? (Probably a dumb question.) international Harvester is a company I really miss. Their Scout was a nice rig.
No it is 2wd if you see that type of tires on the front that means 2wd if it was 4wd it would have big heavy tread on the front like is on the back
Still says 1959. Last year for Super A was 1953. Nice Super A though!!!! I love my 53
Fixed!
This tractor can pull 2 disk dishpan plow from behind and the plow wheel has a rod connected the steering wheel...
Is the belly blade set up the same as the Cubs
I'm not positive, but I think the Cub uses a smaller version with similar mounting.
Can you tell ma the width of the rear wheels? I'm looking to pick one up with a 6' x 12' trailer. Thanks.
Unfortunately, my father no longer owns this tractor, so I can't measure for you.
They are adjustable and had 3 tire width options. 5 to 7 feet
is this for sale?
Sorry, it was sold several years ago
Nice tractor...
The title says it's a 1959 model, and then the video and the buy say it's a 1950 model, so what is it?
It's a 1950 - I must have made a type. I'll go fix that.
Shutters?? Might keep water from freezing if the farmer didn't use antifreeze. But a thermosyphon engine with antifreeze sure doesn't need them. Owned 6.