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Tractor that blew you away

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I don't look at this site everyday and today found the entry about which tractor blew you away.

Hope no one minds if I do my entry "after the fact".

It would be a CASE 930 from about 1960 or 1961. These were before the Comfort Kings. Neighbor had two of these and the summer I returned from Navy enlistment (1962), I helped my parents on the farm before going off to college. I could listen to those two tractors as they worked summerfallow (this was ND) with big chisel cultivators and loved the sound of their heavy pulling.

Later that year Dad bought a new CASE 830 diesel Western Special. Only 4 cylinders but still nearly as neat a sound as the 6 cylinder 930.
 
Here is another late reply. Oliver 1800. We had been used to plowing w/ the Super 88 for several years. Plowing mostly in 2nd gear at full out 1600 rpm. Then the 1800 Oliver came onto the farm with the 5 bottom semi mount plow in mid sixties. And it had the 16.9-34 tires, we thought how can you get that tire in a plow furrow.The 1800 engine ran maybe 2000 rpm in plow mode. There was an unbelieveable difference in hp between the two tractors. And it would pull the 5 bottom all day in 3rd gear direct. When a tough clay spot appeared all you did was pull the hydra-power out to drop into 3rd low (without clutching or stopping for gosh sakes) Hows did they get 12 speeds forward in that transmission. Nothing seemed to stop that tractor. But it was a gasser and without fail you better be close to the gas pump or have a gas can nearby cause after five hr run time under heavy load you would be out of gas. Still in awe when I see a mighty 1800 Ollie restored on here or at a tractor show.
 

I know the sound you are talking about, my Dad had a 1957 case 900 with the 930 pump back in the 70's. He had a straight pipe on it and you could hear him pulling the 12' heavy chisel with it two miles away. I would ride on the fender inside the homemade cab and in the evening there would be three inches of flame coming off the stack.
 
A farming friend of my Dad had a brand new Ford 7000 row crop. This was around 1972-73. Only got to drive it once or twice but compared to our "big" tractor, a Commander 6000, it was so smooth and powerful and comfortable to drive.
 
sister's FIL's turned up 1206 dyno at about 140 and would run 30 MPH in H4 - for a young teen age farm boy in the 70s that was rockin! :)
 
On the island I grew up on the two big farmers bought big tractors about the same time one got a 4020 JD and the other a 806 Farmall. I love to hear those big sixes run. Got to drive both of them at one time or another.
Ron
 
I am going to tell you my favorite was our 300 utility IH. I always loved the sound of it and have used/driven it since I was maybe 4 yrs old. I am now 57. I know its not a big tractor(it was the biggest on our farm growing up,tho),but it had a loader(on in winter,off in summer)which I always loved to run, and of course the bushhog and whatever else we did. I have run big tractors but I seem to prefer smaller ones where you are "closer" to your work. Mark
 
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