Next winter's project
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Next winter's project
This is my project for winter , 1949 case sc .
It runs ok and except for the 6v generator everything works as it should .
I don't plan on a restoration , just gonna fix up some minor issues . It has a distributor conversion on it now but I'd like to get the magneto back in working order and on the tractor .
The brakes need some attention , valves adjusted , carb could use some love and the manifold needs a little welding .
Just a few odds and ends , nothing major to do on it .
It runs ok and except for the 6v generator everything works as it should .
I don't plan on a restoration , just gonna fix up some minor issues . It has a distributor conversion on it now but I'd like to get the magneto back in working order and on the tractor .
The brakes need some attention , valves adjusted , carb could use some love and the manifold needs a little welding .
Just a few odds and ends , nothing major to do on it .
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That looks to be in amazing condition; are you going to use it as a tractor?
How are the linkages, steering and 3-point hitch?
How are the linkages, steering and 3-point hitch?
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Well I wouldn't go so far as to say it's in amazing condition , it's had a coat or two of the wrong color paint in the past . It's actually supposed to be flambau red not the Persian Orange ( allis Chalmers ) it is now .
But it is in good shape , it missed having the case version of a three point hitch by two or three years . The steering and everything is nice and tight still . The biggest flaw with the tractor is the rear tires . They are pretty dry rotten . But they are a common size so if a person was inclined to a decent used set could be found easily enough . Or if money isn't an object New ones aren't to horribly priced .
I don't have any plans on using it , it'll find a new home next spring . I just like to have stuff to tinker around with and I won't have to put any real money into it so it's an affordable time waster .
A person would be surprised at how common it is to find tractors from the mid to late forties in very good condition . Farms were getting bigger and technology was improving . A lot of these smaller tractors had a short working life before being regulated to pulling a wagon around and raking hay when farmers got bigger and better equipment.
Well that and they built things to last back then .
But it is in good shape , it missed having the case version of a three point hitch by two or three years . The steering and everything is nice and tight still . The biggest flaw with the tractor is the rear tires . They are pretty dry rotten . But they are a common size so if a person was inclined to a decent used set could be found easily enough . Or if money isn't an object New ones aren't to horribly priced .
I don't have any plans on using it , it'll find a new home next spring . I just like to have stuff to tinker around with and I won't have to put any real money into it so it's an affordable time waster .
A person would be surprised at how common it is to find tractors from the mid to late forties in very good condition . Farms were getting bigger and technology was improving . A lot of these smaller tractors had a short working life before being regulated to pulling a wagon around and raking hay when farmers got bigger and better equipment.
Well that and they built things to last back then .
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You have big barns there to store them in too. I guess that's why the bodywork is intact.
Here in Portugal, old machinery is very rare. I don't know if there were so few bought (small farms used mules) or if the weather and lack of shelter killed them.
I have a 1985 tractor I use for lifting and cutting, it was worn out at every pivot and bushing.
My tractor is square and quite ugly; I really like the round style of the really old ones like yours.
Here in Portugal, old machinery is very rare. I don't know if there were so few bought (small farms used mules) or if the weather and lack of shelter killed them.
I have a 1985 tractor I use for lifting and cutting, it was worn out at every pivot and bushing.
My tractor is square and quite ugly; I really like the round style of the really old ones like yours.
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We don't consider them to be really old till you get back into the 1920's and very early 30's . The stubborn guys say single digits or teens to be realy old .
The first tractor I bought to tinker on was a '29 John Deere model d and at the time ( early 90's ) it was still possible to find nos parts at a dealership if you called around and smoozed the parts guy into looking .
The first tractor I bought to tinker on was a '29 John Deere model d and at the time ( early 90's ) it was still possible to find nos parts at a dealership if you called around and smoozed the parts guy into looking .
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We bought a much used IH 300U back in the 60's for ~ $1000.
I converted it to 12 volts by adding a resistor in series, the six volt starter really spun at 12 volts but never burned out.
As seen in the photo, it violated IH colors, I painted it green!
Clutch, no power steering, failed brakes, a real beast to run.
In 2012 bought a Kubota all hydrailc L3940, what a pleasure to run!
Sold ye olde IH for $300.
I converted it to 12 volts by adding a resistor in series, the six volt starter really spun at 12 volts but never burned out.
As seen in the photo, it violated IH colors, I painted it green!
Clutch, no power steering, failed brakes, a real beast to run.
In 2012 bought a Kubota all hydrailc L3940, what a pleasure to run!
Sold ye olde IH for $300.
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I have to admit I've been wanting to buy a Kubota tractor for a few years now . A b2601 to be exact . I just can't justify buying one though . Maybe if I had a good excuse to own one other then mowing grass
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I use my tractor for lots of things; mowing, cutting the hedge, lifting anything heavier than a loaf of bread, digging holes and trenches, pulling trees around, pushing trees down, pulling brush away, as a scaffold when house painting...
You're a machinist, get a fixer-upper.
I've been fixing mine for years and I still have some way to go.
You're a machinist, get a fixer-upper.
I've been fixing mine for years and I still have some way to go.
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I have a small Ford tractor that's about the same size of the small kubota bx.
It mows grass in the summer and I use it for firewood in the fall .
It doesn't have a loader , but then i haven't ever realy needed one i expect it'll keep ticking along as long as I need it to , it's hard to justify replacing it when I've only managed to put around 400 hours on it over nearly 20 years .
It mows grass in the summer and I use it for firewood in the fall .
It doesn't have a loader , but then i haven't ever realy needed one i expect it'll keep ticking along as long as I need it to , it's hard to justify replacing it when I've only managed to put around 400 hours on it over nearly 20 years .
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Chuckle! That's because you don't have a loader.
I use my little Kubota for almost everything, including handling full 55 gallon barrels of heating oil. Don't know what I'd do without it.
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I have a JD 4200, 28hp, 4wd, with a front end loader. My wife and I use it a lot. To us the tractor would be useless without the front end loader.
Jim B
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