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International Harvester FARMALL-SUPER-Baureihe

9 models in this series

The FARMALL-SUPER-Baureihe series from International Harvester comprises 9 models. Rated output ranges from 19 to 47 hp.

International Harvester Farmall Super (1951–1954) – the strengthened letter tractors: Super A, Super C, Super H and Super M, D for diesel, V for the high-clearance version, TA for the Torque Amplifier, distillate

Pictured: International Harvester FARMALL SUPER-C

The Super models were International Harvester's answer to post-war competition: from 1951 the Farmall letter tractors A, C, H and M, which had led the American market since 1939, received more displacement and power, hydraulics and the suffix Super. The type logic: the letter orders the size – A the small single-row tractor with offset driver's seat (Culti-Vision), C the two-row, H the medium and M the large row-crop tractor – D marks the diesel (Super MD), V the high-clearance version for sugar cane and vegetables (AV, HV, MV) and TA the Torque Amplifier, the powershift step introduced in 1954 that raised pulling power under load without the driver having to declutch. The fuels reflect the time: most models ran on distillate or kerosene and were started on petrol, the MD models on diesel started on petrol – IH's own solution in which the engine started as a petrol engine and switched to diesel.

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The register lists 9 versions with 14 to 34.6 kW from four-cylinders of 1,853 to 4,324 cm³ at rated speeds of 1,400 to 1,650 rpm, torque from 157 to 495 Nm, unladen weights from 1,082 to 2,488 kg, lengths from 2,715 to 3,683 mm and widths from 1,419 to 2,134 mm.

The Super range was the peak of the letter tractors before the 100 series with numbers followed in 1954; the Super M-TA is regarded as the most important post-war Farmall because it brought the powershift principle into farm machinery.

Used Super models are collector and vintage tractors: originality, engine condition, carburettor and changeover mechanism, hydraulics, the Torque Amplifier and sheet metal count; parts are widely available in North America.

Sources: SpecCodex register, model data: International Harvester Farmall Super, Farmall (Wikipedia)

Models compared

9 of 9 models.

	FARMALL SUPER-C1951–1954	FARMALL- A/AV1947–1954	SUPER A-1/AV-11954	SUPER-C1951–1954	SUPER-H/HV1953–1954	SUPER-M-TA/MV-TA1954	SUPER-M/MV1952–1954	SUPER-MD-TA/MDV-TA1954–1955	SUPER-MD/MDV1952–1954
Power	18.2 kW	14 kW	15.4 kW	18.2 kW	23.5 kW	34.6 kW	34.6 kW	34.6 kW	34.6 kW
Rated speed	1,650 rpm	1,400 rpm	1,450 rpm	1,650 rpm	1,650 rpm	1,600 rpm	1,450 rpm	1,600 rpm	1,450 rpm
Cylinders	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Displacement	2,011 cm³	1,853 cm³	2,011 cm³	2,011 cm³	2,680 cm³	4,324 cm³	4,324 cm³	4,324 cm³	4,324 cm³
Torque	157 Nm	–	–	157 Nm	362 Nm	495 Nm	495 Nm	475 Nm	475 Nm
Top speed	17 km/h	20 km/h	20 km/h	17 km/h	26 km/h	27 km/h	30 km/h	27 km/h	30 km/h
Wheelbase	2,089 mm	1,807 mm	1,807 mm	2,089 mm	2,267 mm	2,534 mm	2,267 mm	2,534 mm	2,305 mm
Length	3,124 mm	2,715 mm	2,715 mm	3,124 mm	3,378 mm	3,683 mm	3,419 mm	3,683 mm	3,458 mm
Width	2,045 mm	1,419 mm	1,419 mm	2,045 mm	1,905 mm	2,134 mm	2,134 mm	2,134 mm	2,134 mm
Height	1,899 mm	1,632 mm	1,632 mm	1,899 mm	2,159 mm	2,007 mm	2,007 mm	2,007 mm	2,007 mm
Unladen weight	1,315 kg	1,082 kg	1,082 kg	1,315 kg	1,742 kg	–	2,313 kg	–	2,488 kg

International Harvester FARMALL-SUPER-Baureihe

International Harvester Farmall Super (1951–1954) – the strengthened letter tractors: Super A, Super C, Super H and Super M, D for diesel, V for the high-clearance version, TA for the Torque Amplifier, distillate

Models compared

Models

Tractor in 3D section

FARMALL SUPER-C

FARMALL- A/AV

SUPER A-1/AV-1

SUPER-C

SUPER-H/HV

SUPER-M-TA/MV-TA

SUPER-M/MV

SUPER-MD-TA/MDV-TA

SUPER-MD/MDV