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Re: backhoe followup- Case 580 questions
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Posted by Bob Clark on June 13, 2003 at 16:50:26 from (24.154.96.80):
In Reply to: backhoe followup- Case 580 questions posted by Lynn Kasdorf- Leesburg, V on June 12, 2003 at 08:14:03:
Worked at a Case ag/industrial dealer 75 to early 80's. If the unit realy is solid now and you don't intend to work it to death it should serve you well. The B series was the last of the line of tractors chassis with a loader/backhoe frame bolted on. The were hard working machines but were much harder to work on from brakes to transmission to engine. The C models and higher had a unitized frame. You could have the torque converter on the ground in 30 minutes, the trans axle on the ground in about an hour with no jacks (on a backhoe) if you had air tools. Engine work was about as easy. I always thought they were the first backhoe with a functional cab.
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