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Case SC - Suitable for a rookie?

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John Barton

06-26-2006 07:48:46




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I have the opportunity to purchase a SC which has been recently restored and is running very reliably. The owner is asking $1500 for the SC with recent backblade.
Several questions;
Is this a reasonable price for the tractor?

Is this tractor suitable for a really rookie tractor operator? Graduating from lawn tractor defines my level of experiece!! I will want it for brush hogging, snow clearance and drilling post holes.

The tractor has a narrow front end - the grade of some of my land is such that safety would be very marginal with a NFE and so I just wouldn't even go there! I understand WFE conversion is possible on this model but parts maybe very difficult to get. Would the conversion make enough difference in stability to make it worth doing?

Any comments and/or advice would be very much appreciated.

Thanks JB

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Barry Small

07-15-2006 09:36:10




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 Re: Case SC - Suitable for a rookie? in reply to John Barton, 06-26-2006 07:48:46  
The SC is a great old tractor for pulling a wagon, or raking in front of a baler, that a rookie driver could manage well enough, however this is not the tractor for an inexperienced tractor operator to take on bush hogging with. The lack of live power and hand clutch and throttle on the majority of SC's make it a real risk in my mind. When everything is going good no problem, but when you have to stop suddenly, or dodge something, you can be in trouble before you know it. To much to do all at once. I went up on an SC the first time when I was six or seven years old, and have dodged a bullet a few times over the years. I saw my father go backwards over an embankment on an SC and a wagon load of hay when a car cut him off while changing gears on a grade. It wouldn't go back into gear,and the brakes wouldn't hold the load.He had been using that tractor at least 15 years,and was no novice. Buy something with modern handling and controls. It might cost a little more, but will be much more user friendly and safer.

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Walt Davies

06-26-2006 22:22:39




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 Re: Case SC - Suitable for a rookie? in reply to John Barton, 06-26-2006 07:48:46  
Why would you want to take an antique tractor that has been restored and then do all kinds of thing to it so you can use it for everyday use is beyond my thinking. If I were you you I would look into getting a later model tractor that fits your needs. It will cost more at first but if it has all the things that you need then that will be a big savings. I would suggest a later model Ford or Kubota or something made after about 1970 this will suit your needs better and give a better tractor that will be easier to get parts for when it brakes down and it will brake down they all do at one time or another.
Leave the old restored SC to a collector to enjoy at shows and let our children and grandchildren see what we used as kids to work on the farm with.
you will be happier with the more modern tractor and I will be happier that an Old SC is saved for the future. Walt

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C. Amick

06-26-2006 10:04:44




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 Re: Case SC - Suitable for a rookie? in reply to John Barton, 06-26-2006 07:48:46  
Is it a foot clutch or hand clutch tractor? Does it have live hydraulics? You may find a hand clutch very awkward, if you are not used to one. Without live hydraulics, you find using a blade awkward. I personnally don't think a wide front adds much for stability. I think that the height of the tractor's center of gravity has more to do with it. The price seems reasonable.



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