Farmall m in 4500?? September 15, 2011 01:05AM
Whats it take to get one down to 4200 lbs without driver??
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Re: Farmall m in 4500?? September 15, 2011 05:18AM
Alot of alum, light tires and rims, all weight brackets have to be alum.
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Re: Farmall m in 4500?? September 15, 2011 07:15AM
Having a '39 M would help too. Those first year M's were lighter than those that followed. As unknown said, lots of aluminum--wheels, transmission top, several places to reduce weight. I have heard 3750# bare is possible; A '39 with a 200lb driver finished second in the 4250 King of the Hill in Tunica last year...


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Re: Farmall m in 4500?? September 15, 2011 07:37AM
iv seen lots of m's in the 4500,jim main pulled his with 18.4 38 stones,on steel,full bractets,front -back-middle,i mould say he weighed 2-225 also.so its not impossible to do..
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Re: Farmall m in 4500?? September 16, 2011 05:01AM
I should note that on Main's M, he had a homemade front end that did away with the heavy cast "wishbone" and had regular truck rims on it. The rear tires were 18.4, but they were on 20" steel rims.
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Re: Farmall m in 4500?? February 02, 2013 06:48PM
patches was just wondering when you said jim main would that be the jim main from pa i seen some old mod stock video with a jim main in that pulled a farmall m just wondering is this is the same guy
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Re: Farmall m in 4500?? February 05, 2013 12:37AM
Yep. It's the same guy. He did have to take off his wheel weight brackets to get into 4500.
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Re: Farmall m in 4500?? September 15, 2011 12:09PM
Ours weighs 4600 without driver, with 18.4 38 tires. Other than tin wheels on the back, it is not lightened at all. Still has cast front end, cast hubs, all steel wieght brackets and wheelie bars, even has the cast cover for tractor that came with no belly pump. It is a '39 though. hope that helps you some.



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Re: Farmall m in 4500?? September 15, 2011 12:32PM
3500 is kind of a challenge. 4500 is fairly easy and attainable. Jeff
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Re: Farmall m in 4500?? September 15, 2011 11:21PM
I helped my cousin get his "M" lightened up to pull 4500.He ran 18.4 X 38,6 ply cuts on 23" wide steel rims.We built a front end with 12" dia. 3 rib tires,replaced the cast support under the front of the fuel tank with a fabbed support from 1" box tube.We ran minimal amount of oil in the rear end/trans,no belly pump,no belt pulley.The seat sat on a piece of 1 1/2" box tube,pto delete,no horseshoe bracket for the drawbar.Front,belly,and rear weight brackets were steel.He ran a 2 gallon aluminium fuel tank mounted on the nose.With a 225 lb.driver we added another 300 lbs.for the 4500 lb. class.Hope this helps.
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Re: Farmall m in 4500?? February 04, 2013 08:37AM
I had a Farmall M that we pulled in the 3750lb class with 100lbs of weight and a 170lb driver. It was on 13.6 x 38 tires. Aluminum top trans. cover, Steering wheel post, Seat box and customer made from spindle and upper bolster assy. Small radiator and used the small gas tank instead of the main tank. Only carried a gallon of gas. We pulled 4th gear and ran open RPM's.
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