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1370rod

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With fall field work nearly finished I quit a little early this afternoon and had to take this pic. In the fall the 1270 runs stalk shredder, 1370 next halls all grain, next 1370 tills bean stubble and 1470 tills corn stubble. A neighbor stopped to tell me that if I had good tractors I would not need so many. He farms twice as much as I
with 3 tractors. I know his investment for those 3 is well over $250,000. My investment in these 4 is less than $30,000. I told him if he would sell those green ones he could buy lots of white ones and still give a couple hundred thousand back to the banker, LOL. Rod.
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Rod, Super nice line up!The 1370 that you use for bean stubble tillage looks like it has a longer wheel base. Do you notice a smoother ride? It would just be abnormal to not have a 1370 on our farm!Thanks for posting, Darrell
 
Hi Darrell, yes it does and it does, ride and steering is better. The 13 that hauls the grain needs to be changed. It would be easier to control at rode speeds.
 
You bet, I worked a long time at getting those muffler tips pointing in the same direction Loren.
 
Rod,

I always tell my son Dave, "Our Case tractors work for us, we don't work for them". It's amazing how cheap you can farm with good quality older machinery. Your "herd" is very impressive. Thanks for posting. Don
 
Steve there are a few in this area but you never see them out, they have become yard tractors for most. I know 3 guys that farm with 90 series 2wd's but they too will soon fade away. Kinda sad, Rod.
 
Don, members of my nonfarming family thought I had become rich farming because I had what seemed to them a lot of tractors. They were surprised when I told them they payed more for their one new pick-up than I had for all my tractors. And in 10 yrs my tractors will still be worth about the same, can't say that about that pick-up. Rod.
 
I enjoy seeing older machines still being used to farm. Around here it has turned into who can put on the biggest show. That line up is very impressive
 
Rod, when my brother got his 1370, the 1030 got lighter duty and the old Oliver 88 diesel got retired but for a few odd jobs.
Compared to the 1030, the 1370 was light years ahead in comfort and power. Almost as if there should have been another series between the two. Being clean after a days work and not having your ears ringing was a strange thing to get used to.

A friend of mine was a town kid but worked for a neighbor who had a 4020. One day he went out to the farm to go to work and was told to get the tractor out of the shed. When he slide the door open, there stood the nose of a brand new 1370. He about fell over and has always been a Case fan ever since.

They always have been and always will be a landmark tractor in the Case history as far as I'm concerned and they never really got the credit they deserved. I believe during the 70s, many people abused and overworked those 1370s to death. The concept of smaller implements being pulled faster hadn't caught on yet. It was still about brute horsepower verses implement and so today after all these years its so great to see tractors like yours still looking as good as they did back when and proving their worth every season. Thanks for sharing the photos. We all enjoy them very much.
 
Brad you are so right about they way a lot of the 1370's were treated. The engine did not want to quit and most had their HP set up even higher and the rearend happened to be the weakest link. I grew up on the 70 series, was schooled on them, serviced them all my adult life and will farm with them till I quit. Yes I could farm with the newer red ones but enjoy these to darn much, LOL. Rod.
 
Wow, Rod, just beautiful! I'm just starting the split on my 2nd 1370, my grandpa's tractor (74 model) that I grew up in. Betting same twisted shaft, will know when I get it all the way apart in a week or so. Other 1370, '75 model, is purring like a kitten and pulling like a tiger. Just runs beautiful. Hoping to spend this winter fixing the remaining minor issues with both, after the one tranny fix, and then the following winter tidying them up for painting. Your picture is an inspiration!
 
I have this birds eye view also, however you can not see the tractors very well. This is the very first time these tractors have all been at the same location at one time. That is the reason for the pics. Rod.
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Rod, I think you are on the right track, so he had to come over to tell you that, well it tells me isn't happy with his situation. And you are having some fun with your line up.
 

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