Farmall H Fitted With Steel Tracks

Farmall H Fitted With Steel Tracks TRACTORS Traction Devices 19-4-23 You've never seen a Farmall like this 1945 H that's fitted with 10-ft. steel tracks off an early 1940's Oliver HG Cletrac. It was put together by Jerry Roller and his son Jeff of Logansport, Ind. "It draws a lot of second looks," says Roller. "It steers like a bulldozer and uses the Oliver's steering brake levers and rear end. However, it still has the Farmall throttle and clutch pedal. I've used it to pull a 3-bottom plow and an 8-ft. tandem disk, as well as to pull out small tree stumps. It goes up to 4 mph." Roller bought the junked-out Oliver for $250. The engine was no good but the tracks were still in good shape. He already had the Farmall which had a bad rear end. He split the Farmall between the rear end and clutch housing and made an adapter plate for the Farmall bell housing so it would line up with the Oliver transmission. He didn't feel the Cletrac frame rails were built strong enough so he replaced them with frame rails off an old Avery tractor. He shortened the Farmall's gas tank by about 7 in. to help balance the tractor. He also had an "HC" decal made to replace the Farmall "H". "I get a lot of different reactions to it when I take it to antique tractor shows," says Roller. "I overheard one man say he could remember when the company came out with it. Another said his dad had one just like it. Joining the two tractors together was a lot of work, but it wasn't as big a job as I thought it would be. I tried to keep all the Farmall parts that I could. For example, it still has the Farmall driveshaft and draw-bar. I spent less than $1,000 to build it." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jerry W. Roller, Rt. 6, Box 268, Logansport, Ind. 46947 (ph 219 722-1685).

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