220 Questions

S.N. 1988, what year would that be? And lastly, the nose cone on a 220, is that made out of tin like the 200 or is that a cast-iron nose cone?

...and the axle pivot block is one HUGE chunk of cast...the 210 used a hollowed out block and a tin surround.

I don't know at what S/N that took place, but yes, the later 220's had the hollow front support like a 210.  Cost savings measure. You buy MORE front end weights for an 8 bottom plow.   S/n 1988 is an early 1970 model year.

Edited by DrAllis - 27 Feb 2026 at 11:57am

I purchased a 220 in fall of 23 and have redoing it and getting close to having it finished and my daughter wanted it to pull with so it's her's now.
I was told it come from Iowa and had a cab on it and I don't remember
the serial number off hand but supposedly it's 200th tractor from the
end of production of the 220 and it also has a 210 bolster on it.

Kevin210 wrote: C.S., Did you change the front weight bracket on your 220 to slabs.

If it looks like you could put a socket on the front crank pulley easily too turn the engine over, it's the hollow one. Still very heavy, at least 600#, but the early one is solid all the way to the crank pulley, it would be challenging to get that socket and rachet on the crank bolt. The hollow one has enough room to remove the pulley actually. I bet the solid one is over 900#. I don't think the early one has those 2 big holes either. I always assumed the hollow one was designed to help "cheapen" the price for the 210, and once they came out, it just made sense to just use the same one on the 220, and sell a rack of suitcase weights to the buyer. I don't think there's an official serial number break, but it would be interesting to know about when the 220 got the hollow one. I'd guess sometime in 71, guessing it would have taken a while to use up all the solid ones they had made already. 

Edited by injpumpEd - 5 hours 38 minutes ago at 9:17am