Question for you CASE guys

rbhuntn

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I have been around Ford, M-F and Deere tractors but haven't been around many case tractors.

Have found 2 within reasonable driving distance. Use would be primarily for brush hogging and some tilling for food plots all on hunting property. Your thoughts on these please

https://kansascity.craigslist.org/grd/4944490832.html

https://kansascity.craigslist.org/grd/4946290729.html

Thanks for any info you are willing to provide.

In the process if trying to get a 1955 Ford 960 back into the field and was thinking about getting one of these also.

Thanks

BJ
 
I like the 930 for the price.
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Case 930
 
The 800 is a gasoline tractor and is probably not very fuel efficient. Both tractors seem a little too large for what you are planning on doing with them.
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Case 800
 
For your application, fuel efficiency does not seem very important.

I suggest you test drive the 800 Caseomatic. My 700 did not have power steering. Shifting forward to reverse with the engine revved was a gear grinder unless the shift could be made quickly such as direct across. Getting it from neutral to in gear may be a gear grinder.

The Caseomatic is sort of a two speed powershift because it has a torque converter with a lock up clutch. That could be a plus for bush hogging brush.
 

You have to throttle down to shift a COM from one gear to another. It's a non-syncro tranny. Operator error is the biggest cause of problems with COMs. Once you understand the correct way to run one, you'll love it.

That being said, I'd take the 930 in a heartbeat.
 
Thanks for all the replies.

What are the things that I should be looking for on these if I decide to make the drive and take a look?

I was thinking also that these might be overkill for what I will be using a tractor for. I would rather have something smaller around the 40HP area to run my 6 foot hog and the 4.5 foot tiller that is available to me.

If any of you have better suggestions please let me know as I know nothing about Case tractors.

I did own a CaseIH 235 CUT 18HP Diesel that we had to spit to fix the hydro shifter. Great little tractor but to small for what I am using one for.
 
I agree about the throttle down in order to shift the COM. If the tractor was not running, it became standard procedure to put it in gear and hold the clutch in before I started the engine. Set the idle screw as low as possible to sputter speed for shifting. Use the throttle for a higher idle speed. Needless to say, I would not recommend starting in gear to a stranger. I may have had to bypass a safety. I don't remember.

What I do remember is after many years of having the COM love NEVER happened.

I had a 930 western special for many years. Nice tractor--love happened. The short wheel base of the western special made it turn sharper than the standard 930. The standard 930 may be a bit clumsy for garden size fields. Setting up high is not good if trying to work "under" tree branches.
 
I bought an 830 last summer. Parts are expensive and becoming obsolete at the Case-IH dealer. If you like treasure hunting for
parts, go for it.
 
I sense you have to work close to tree lines and hanging branches. Any tractor with a vertical muffler or vertical air cleaner inlet is not good for that. The vertical muffler can bend a tree branch and cause it to smack you in the face---also bend the muffler. Setting low is better. Wide fronts are better for slope work. The hog and tiller needs a live PTO.

Find a Ford for your application. I like the Case for large muscle jobs but the general public has voted with their pocket book saying the smaller Fords are good utility tractors.
 
(quoted from post at 07:25:01 03/25/15) I sense you have to work close to tree lines and hanging branches. Any tractor with a vertical muffler or vertical air cleaner inlet is not good for that. The vertical muffler can bend a tree branch and cause it to smack you in the face---also bend the muffler. Setting low is better. Wide fronts are better for slope work. The hog and tiller needs a live PTO.

Find a Ford for your application. I like the Case for large muscle jobs but the general public has voted with their pocket book saying the smaller Fords are good utility tractors.

The Ford 960 that I am working was given to me actually. I have the electrical working. Carb is not working correctly. Giving it a good cleaning.

The reason I was looking at other tractors is this one is not exactly a small utility either and is a narrow front. I do have some hills to keep clean but nothing major. The trees we can get around with one of the other guys tractors.

Thanks again for all the info. Think I will keep looking around a bit.

BJ
 

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