WhichTractor
  • Vehicle type: unspecified
  • Rigid chassis
  • WhichTractor size: Standard-size
  • No lab test on file
  • 1940–1953
  • 28,378 built

WhichTractor size, not the maker’s category

International Harvester W-6 Engine specs

8 engine values on record for the W-6.

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, “McCormick W-6”, 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.

What engine is in a W-6?

A W-6 has a INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER C-248, a 4-cylinder 4.06 L petrol engine.

Engine — INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER C-248 specifications
Make & modelINTERNATIONAL HARVESTER C-248Source 1
FuelPetrolSource 1
Cylinders4Source 1
Displacement247.7 ci · 4.06 LSource 1
CoolingLiquid-cooled
Cylinders4
Displacement4.3 qt · 4.1 L
Bore3.9 in · 98.43 mm
Stroke5.3 in · 133.35 mm
Rated engine speed1,450 rpm

Source · Traktorenlexikon, “McCormick W-6”

Sources and how this page was built

8 engine values from Traktorenlexikon, “McCormick Farmall-M”; and Traktorenlexikon, “McCormick W-6”.

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: McCormick Farmall-M — CC BY-SA 4.0, WIKIBOOKS-TL-117764 · revision 1059889. Wikibooks contributors (Traktorenlexikon). Original document
  2. Traktorenlexikon: McCormick W-6 — CC BY-SA 4.0, WIKIBOOKS-TL-117794 · revision 1019395. Wikibooks contributors (Traktorenlexikon). Original document