Jim in Sask
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Here's a couple pictures of my 1960 Case 930. My dad bought it new in April, 1960 and it was our main tractor until 1973, at which time I bought it from him and he bought a new 1175. I still have it and it's a working tractor, mostly with a front-end loader for odd jobs around the place.
The black and white photo is from August 1960. The dealer Dad purchased it from asked if he could borrow it to display at the local ag fair and this picture is from the day they picked it up. The colour photo was taken this past October. I had taken the loader off to do an oil change and give her a cleaning.
It's probably the most reliable tractor we've ever had. I think Dad put a set of rings in it once, still has the original sleeves, and it had a bearing replaced on the pto that went bad as a result of not pushing the clutch in during stationery pto work. It's on its third set of tires and has went through two hour meters, the last one gave out about 5 or 6 years ago. The two meters total about 9,000 hours so I'd guess with the use since it's getting close to 10,000.
