WhichTractor
  • Vehicle type: unspecified
  • WhichTractor size: Standard-size
  • No lab test on file
  • 1939–1952
  • 250,213 built

WhichTractor size, not the maker’s category

International Harvester Farmall M/MV Transmission specs

12 transmission values on record for the Farmall M/MV.

Engine power, claimed · gross or net not stated

36.5 hp

27.2 kW as stated by the source

No lab test on file

Claimed · standard not stated by the source

Source · Traktorenlexikon, “IHC Farmall-M”, claimed

This is the maker’s own figure, measured at the engine. Power at the PTO is lower — by how much, for this machine, nobody has measured.

How fast will a Farmall M/MV go?

The fastest speed on record for a Farmall M/MV is 16.2 mph (26 km/h). The gearbox itself is not on record yet.

Transmission — Farmall M/MV Transmission
Drive2WDSource 2,Source 3
Forward gears5
Reverse gears1Source 3
Transmission as described5 forward/1 reverse
ClutchPedal-operated dry Rockford single-plate clutch type 11 inchesSource 3Sources disagreePedal operated dry Rockford single disc clutch (Traktorenlexikon, “IHC Farmall-M”)Pedal-operated dry ROCKFORD single-plate clutch (Traktorenlexikon, “Farmall Farmall-M”)
Top speed forward16.2 mph · 26 km/h
Top speed reverse3.1 mph · 5.03 km/hSource 2highest reverse speed printed in the article's speed tables
Creeper gears available, optionalYesSource 3
Service brakesPedal operated internal expanding shoe brakes mounted on countershaftsSource 2Sources disagreePedal-operated internal shoe brakes mounted on the layshafts (Traktorenlexikon, “Farmall Farmall-M”)
SteeringMechanical gear steeringSource 2
Front axlePendulating extendable front axle
Front axle, optionalPendulating extendable front axleSource 3

Source · Traktorenlexikon, “Farmall Farmall-M”

Sources and how this page was built

12 transmission values from Traktorenlexikon, “Farmall Farmall-M”; Traktorenlexikon, “McCormick Farmall-M”; and Traktorenlexikon, “IHC Farmall-M”.

Sources checked

14 SEP 2026

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Sources

Facts taken from these documents, units converted. Numbers beside a figure refer to this list. Licences and attribution

  1. Traktorenlexikon: Farmall Farmall-M — CC BY-SA 4.0, WIKIBOOKS-TL-118228 · revision 1055013. Wikibooks contributors (Traktorenlexikon). Original document
  2. Traktorenlexikon: IHC Farmall-M — CC BY-SA 4.0, WIKIBOOKS-TL-118245 · revision 1055560. Wikibooks contributors (Traktorenlexikon). Original document
  3. Traktorenlexikon: McCormick Farmall-M — CC BY-SA 4.0, WIKIBOOKS-TL-117764 · revision 1059889. Wikibooks contributors (Traktorenlexikon). Original document