minneapolis moline bf

1950 - 1953

Manufacturer

Minneapolis-Moline

Total built

7,627 (BF and Avery R)

The Minneapolis-Moline BF is the Avery model R. When Minneapolis-Moline took over the B.F. Avery factory in 1951, the R was in production. Because Minneapolis-Moline had their own model R, they renamed the Avery to the BF. It was available in single-front wheel, row-crop wide-front (BFW), row-crop tricycle front (BFD), standard (BFS), and high-crop (BFH) configurations.

BFW

row-crop, wide-front

BFD

row-crop, tricycle front

BFS

standard front

BFH

high-crop

Hercules 2.2L 4-cyl gasoline

Fuel tank

12 gal 45.4 L

4-speed unsynchronized gear

Belt (claimed)

27.44 hp 20.5 kW

Drawbar (tested)

24.12 hp 18.0 kW

Belt (tested)

27.12 hp 20.2 kW

Two-wheel drive

Steering

manual

 

power OptOptional

Differential mechanical contracting band brakes

Open operator station.

Rear Type

optional

Rear PTO Type

540 (1.375)

Wheelbase

79 inches 200 cm

Weight

2894 lbs 1312 kg

Front tire

4.00-16

Rear tire

10.00-28

1950

R500 (Avery R)

1951

R1839 (Avery R)

1952

R4460 (Avery R)

1953

R6538 (BFW)

1953

57700001 (BFD)

1953

57600001 (BFS)

1953

58000001 (BFH)

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Diameter

10 inches 25 cm

Width

6.5 inches 16 cm

RPM

3040

Speed

1160 ft/min 353.57 meters/min

The BF Hi-Torque Tractors published by Minneapolis-Moline

Sales Manual published in 1952, by Minneapolis-Moline