The 730 and I taking a break by the beach!

Bruce from Can. · Jul 11, 2015

Well today I rode the Case 730 near 30 miles to get to the farm where I was a boy. My great grand father bought this far in 1903 . And it was sold in 2010 to settle my fathers estate. The folks that purchased the farm built a real nice home where I used to grow hay/ corn. They have me come back each year and sell me the standing hay. My dad had about 36 summer cabins he built along the lake in the 1930'.s. They where old and tired , the new owners tore them all down exept two. Did a real nice clean up, and keep all the. Grass cut. I had been cutting for over four hours , and thought a rest by the lake would be nice, went down and felt the water. Almost dropped my bibs and jumped in.Never got to enjoy the beach much as a kid, there where always paying customers for the cabins , and we had hay to do, and cows to milk. Well that part hasn't changed much, I had better get back to work before the old Case thinks we have retired. Bruce

vscummins · Jul 11, 2015

must be in Australia yer upside down

TomR Ont · Jul 11, 2015

vscummins,

Naw just the upside down world we live in today!!

rusty6 · Jul 11, 2015

That is an interesting 730 Case. I've never seen one with those little fenders. I see yours has power steering. Mine is "armstrong steering" . Especially with the dozer blade on the front.

SweetFeet · Jul 11, 2015

Great pics.

Must have been torture back in the day of baling in small squares - to be putting up hay and have a lake beckoning, "Come swim... come swim!".

rrlund · Jul 11, 2015

Reminds me of when I was a kid. The lake where everybody goes swimming around here is only a mile away. Some of us who were too young to drive a car yet used to drive tractors down there in the evening after haying all day,when the milking was done. I drove the SC Case down there one night.
I don't remember who it was drove a stem wind A John Deere one night,but somebody switched the spark plug wires on him. lol

Straw Boss · Jul 11, 2015

Nice 730 Standard. Most around here if not a Rowcrop were Wheatland tractors. Do you have 3 point hitch on yours? Many of the Standards did, which is why they had the smaller clam shell fenders. Makes for a handy all around tractor for snow blower or bale fork.

bill mart · Jul 11, 2015

right side up

Bruce from Can. · Jul 11, 2015

If pictures are upside down , that is because I am posting with my I-phone . And yes Sweet Feet it was hard to see that lake over your shoulder hauling hay, even worse from the barn doorbell is a look from the barn

todd hamilton · Jul 11, 2015

We were square baling in Indiana one time in the 70s hotter than h double sticks and after one load a fool neighborhood kid we hired jumped into the horse tank. We hosed him off to cut the smell

60 acre hillside · Jul 11, 2015

I hear that farmers in Australia have to work upside down all of the time!

acrcpa · Jul 11, 2015

Beautiful pics . Be sure to save them and post again in December.

Paul from MI · Jul 11, 2015

Bruce,
Is that part of Lake Erie in the background. The drive along the Canadian shore of Lake Erie is beautiful, soybeans right down to lake. The American side is wall-to-wall cabins, resorts, etc. Can't even see the lake a lot of places.

Bruce from Can. · Jul 11, 2015

No not lake Erie . This little puddle is called Lake Scugog , and is northeast of Toronto. Where our old farm was located , was actualy on an Island , in the middle of Lake Scugog. Scugog Island is 11 miles long and maybe 3 miles wide at the widest point. The Island was connected to the mainland by a floating bridge when my Great grand father bought the farm. It now has a permanent causeway.The Island is now like you said ,almost ringed with homes. I know it will be only a matter of time this will also be developed.

Super Steve · Jul 11, 2015

can almost see the girlfriends parents house from there.

IHC Red · Jul 11, 2015

Very Cool !

PJH · Jul 11, 2015

OK Randy - I've been around John Deere 2 bangers all my life - tell me what a "Stem Wind A John Deere" is.

Paul

Pete in MD · Jul 11, 2015

Hand start.

vscummins · Jul 12, 2015

boy thats the truth

showcrop · Jul 12, 2015

(quoted from post at 12:39:19 07/11/15) Great pics.

Must have been torture back in the day of baling in small squares - to be putting up hay and have a lake beckoning, "Come swim... come swim!".

The farmer that I worked for as a kid had a campground at one of his farms, and there was a swimming pool there. And yes we loaded bales while kids were swimming right nearby. But after chores we all went back there to swim until dark.

rrlund · Jul 12, 2015

You got it. I thought the term was universal.

JayinNY · Jul 12, 2015

Great pics! My friend has a case 730 comfort king, looks a little different than yours, he also has a 400, 630 and 1690. He likes case tractors too.

PJH · Jul 14, 2015

AHA - never heard that before - good one

The 730 and I taking a break by the beach!

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