1965 IH 706

Lyle Johnson's Rare Front-Wheel-Assist
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Lee Klancher
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Front-wheel-assist is one of the rarer features found on the International 706 line, and this 1965 706 was fitted with the front-wheel-assist from an 806. "I had no idea what it was worth at the time," owner Lyle Johnson said of his purchase of the front-wheel-assist assembly. The hardest task was timing the front and rear wheels to match speed properly, which requires the front to turn about 5 percent slower than the rear. The 706 is also fitted with an IH turbo that, along with Johnson's pump tuning, has increased the horsepower from the factory-supplied 76 at the PTO to an even 100 PTO horsepower.

 

You can see more tractor photography by Lee Klancher in Red Tractors 1958-2013, the annual Farmall Calendar or Red Combines 1915-2015.