IH Farmall 400

jbaker · Sep 25, 2015

heres the deal I am going to pull a hay wagon with about 80 small sqaures on it home tommorrow.
I plan on using my IH400 and it is 7 mile round trip on paved road with 3 good size hills to climb. I have not done this before so a few tips are welcome.

I may need the TA on inclines with the wagon behind

dmerkle · Sep 25, 2015

If your 400 is like my Dad's 400 you won't have problems going up a hill....down may be the problem. Brakes on Dad's 400 are not very good.

sblunier · Sep 25, 2015

No issues, once it's rolling DD 5th will be no issue........as said below, make sure it will stop it and NEVER use the TA like a brake, it will free wheel!

sblunier · Sep 27, 2015

How did your first 400 load go?

jbaker · Sep 27, 2015

I pulled up with my pickup to secure the load and decided just to pull the wagon home with that seeing as I had more breaking power. The bales were 50 to 55 pounders and all the weight made me not want to push the 400 brakes.

I did get to pull a pto driven conditioner around over 5 acres and it worked great.

sblunier · Sep 27, 2015

Nobody meant to imply you should be scared of stopping a load with 400 brakes, just make sure you test them at lower speeds before ripping up to an intersection at 15 mph and finding out too late that they aren't up to the task or need adjustment. Careful throttle work on the way into the intersection will avoid 90 % of braking anyway....