Case Nutty 1660
Well-known Member
A drainage ditch on my north fields had silted in after the last two years of pounding rain from the somewhat newly built subdivisions across the road where the water comes from that required the ditches to be installed,, it was backing water/ice on their side I guess about 700 feet,, the City came and cleaned the culvert's on both sides and the silt on their side,, I would have already done this int he summer but the oil fields were running hot and heavy so not backhoes were available. Dealer here where I rented this has a very poor crew doing maintenance, seen it on every machine I have rented from them. it was not fueled, greased, fluids topped off where they should be and the oil is cola black,, the machine had 152.3 hours on it when I picked it up,, also dirty inside and out but yet it says it has to be CLEAN when I bring it back yea right,, I had just passed the half way point on the job when a Squeak stared in the swing,, so I stopped and came to the house,, I had 4 solid hours digging at that point,, but with my grease guns all outside and the temps had dropped to 8 above,, so I brought them in the house to warm up over night so I can grease her all up for the rest of the job,, it is a nice machine but I have few things I do not like one is the pilot controls,, but for this job they work just fine, the big one is the electronic foot throttle,, roading is the place I am not happy with it,, and erratic operation,, not a deal breaker at all just not something I would have approved had I been in the testing crew when it was installed,, I do give it a 9 out of 10 rating all in all,, very well balanced and Fast digging,, as Case machines have always been known for I can sure see why they have been the #1 TLB since the 320 was released in 1956, this machine has a quick attack loader bucket with aux hyd, heat/ac ride control,powershift and a whole lot of other goodies I am sure I have not found yet, the radio alone is so fancy I just know how to tune and change volume,