Ain't this just Ducky

Adirondack case guy

Well-known Member
I went down to see what my friends at the local CNH dealer had for duals, and found a lonely snap on rim and tire in the back row. The tire was a Good Year like I have on my tractor.I was able to purchase a single LH dual for my 931 yesterday for $210 bucks with a lot of new mtg. hardware.
We have had rain all fall and I needed some more bite with the LH rear. I brought it home and painted it yesterday. This morning my cousin Kevin came down with the skid steer and we mounted it. I went up to plow after lunch and it snowed all afternoon. The tractor is pulling real good again with the dual on the land wheel.
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I remember plowing in snow before. We plowed with a left hand dual on lots of time whenever it got tough going.
 
If it had been a RH dual, would you have installed it as is?

34, or 38 inches? I have a pair of 18.4x38's here good for nothing but duals.
 
We are just about froze up for the year only been a high of 45 now the sun is going down it?s already dropped to freezing temperature . I hope in the next ten hours I can finish this piece . Then I?ve got about 40 more about 60 miles south of here to do with the 4020 and the 642 . I put the left hand dual on the 3020 earlier this to get a little more weight and traction pulling the John Deere F130
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Bob, It was a Win Win for both of us. Wes had no idea why he only had a half pair of duals, and I was figuring that I would have to buy a pair. He has several other sets, mostly direct axle rims and tires.My 931 has 18.4x34s. The tire has some weather checking from setting outside so long, but it was aired up real well. We agreed on a C note for rim and tire. He found 3 used binders and J bolts for it and I bought a new 4th, plus 4 Eyes to mount them for another $110 bucks. Cash deal in the back yard.
I will need to find another RH dual by spring. I plan on pulling a 16' 3pt hitch Ungrfurth Perfecta next spring with the tractor.
Loren
 
what was the old wifes tales about when the old timers said never plow snow under-- dont remember why -- anybody have an idea about that?
 
IRC that cab is one you made???? Sure looks factory to me. Wondering how good the heater is. Plowing in freezing weather on an open station tractor is something I do NOT miss. LOL

IF I can get my Mother out of the cab long enough I might get to work some ground over the weekend. She has commandeered the JD 8330 as "HERS". She has ran over just under 500 acres this fall so far. She loves it!!! Nice climate control, GPS auto steer, and field cruise to keep the tractor running at a constant speed. So really all she has to do is hit the implement cycle button and turn the tractor around on the ends. She knits between turns. LOL Local fuel company keeps the tractor topped off for her.
 
I never drove one but was always impressed by the looks of the 30 series Case tractors. I sure could enjoy running that outfit for a day or two. Tom
 
In the fall of ‘74 I plowed corn stalk ground with 8” of snow on the ground with a brand new 1070 and hydraulic reset 5-16’s plow like yours. The stalks were not disked first but the plow didn’t plug. Part of the reason for the easy going was the snow held the stalks and fluff down but main reason it didn’t plug was the good clearance built into the plow. Case had about the first high clearance plow in the 70’s and farmers in my neighborhood who had one bragged they could plow under a bale of hay with their new Case plow. I forget the series, was it a 400?
 
I have built 2 cabs for my smaller Case 440s, plus several 2 post canopies for my other tractors, but this one was a factory cab that I added a lot of modifications to. It originally had a single door on the left side. I cut an opening and made a RH door. I built the grampy steps for both sides. The original roof did not overhang the windshield and rear window so I extended it forward and back and mounted the lighting arrays front and back.
Loren
 
My plow is the last series built by Case. It is an 8000 series. This one a 8358 which is a hyd. reset with 5
18" bottoms. The 400 series you refer to was built by Oliver/White, and replaced the 8000 series.
Loren
 
(quoted from post at 18:47:57 11/09/18) My plow is the last series built by Case. It is an 8000 series. This one a 8358 which is a hyd. reset with 5
18" bottoms. The 400 series you refer to was built by Oliver/White, and replaced the 8000 series.
Loren

Thanks. I’d forgotten it was built by White. It was a good plow. If I remember right it could be set for either 16” or 18”? I traded it for a Deere 2500 spring reset. Now I wish I had the Case back. It plowed straighter than the Deere.
 
Okay, I gotta ask. I've always wondered - because of the lean of the tractor (out of level) does that outter dual really make good ground contact? Do you let some air out of the inside wheel to compensate for the angle?

This may be a rookie question...sorry!
 
The outer dual does do some pulling though it doesn’t have the ground pressure of the inside wheel. It also adds weight to the land wheel. Some times in questionable traction conditions with the diff lock engaged the front wheels of the tractor will want to slide in toward the plowing because the dualled land wheels have more traction than the single furrow wheel.
 
I ran into that at times but if you Put about 4 more
psi in the furrow wheel it keeps the tractor pulling
straight . And the dual does help because it adds
weight like you said
 
We were told by Case service people that on tractors this size we needed to run 20-22# of air in furrow tire, and 18# in land tire. The reasoning was that it helped the performance of the draft sensing system. With higher air pressure the tires would not squat as much when the system raised the arms a bit to compensate for pulling thru a tough spot. The plows tail wheel also has to be run with high air pressure and the depth stop set properly, so the draft system can leverage the weight of plow and soil against the rear tail wheel and hitch arms which are the fulcrum/reaction points. These recommendations were made before wide spread use of radial tires, but I suspect it is still relevant.
Loren
 
Loren, . great pictures. I don't know if that snow is pretty or not, I don't think it is. Any way I liked the pictures and yes I did notice, LOL . Old Scovy.
 
As usual your equipment looks superb. On your misfortune, it's not all that bad....you are still moving. Down here in Houston Black Clay, you wouldn't have been out there in the first place and had you been able to do that you would be dragging a big blob of mud by now.

The glass is half full.
 

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