if you thought rebuilding a trans was a big job....

It pulls an 8 furrow plow. 6 row x 30" planter, 15 ft drill, 15 ft offset disc, 21 ft tandem disc with rolling baskets. We could also put it on a big square baler if one if the other tractors breaks

Yes the paint is better than most

 

And to think all these years I thought 25(2+2) took his user name from a heavy haul trailer!

 

In addition to what 25(2+2) said, for a brief period in the '80's, IH made a light weight 4wd tractor row crop with the same size tires up front as was in the rear and they called it a 2+2. They seemed to get a reputation for 1) breaking down and 2) being awkward to steer and 3) being ugly.

1) I think the breakdowns were due to farmers using them as a poor man`s Steiger for heavy tillage work and they were never intended for that.

2) It did take me a while to get used to steering the thing but once I did, it was my tractot of choice for everything except running down the road. I find them a little squirelly at speed. part of the reason it feels funny to steer is because the cab is aft of the articulation point. The reason the did this is so the row crop implement you are pulling tracks true instead of off tracking like it would behind a Steiger or a Versatile. Also, the rear wheel track exactly in the front wheels tracks so it leaves only two sets of tracks instead of 4. A great feature when cultivating corn and planting.

3) Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and many people think the "snoopy" tractors with the long nose are ugly. Function before form, I say. IH placed the engine directly over the front axle to achieve a 50/50 weight distribution. Even the harshest critics will admit that when everything else is getting stuck, it's time to get Snoopy.

The nose does take some getting used to. The first time I came to end of the row with the 8 furrow plow I was looking behind me and didn't notice I drove the nose into the dang fence it sticks out there so far. She turns on a dime though.