[AT] Case LA LPG on Ebay

[Dudley Rupert]

Grant,

You're right, if we include the crawlers manufactured during the war and the
wheel tractors manufactured before the war then the Case LA would not be up
at the top.  When I asked the question, however, I was trying to weed out
just those two categories but admittedly I didn't put the question out there
very clearly (I asked the question as "what was the biggest wheel farm
tractor, HP wise, that was produced during the war.").

Maybe another interesting way to ask the question might be something like
"What was the biggest tractor you had seen doing farm work by the time you
were say ten years old?"  For me, growing up in central Illinois, it would
be the Farmall M or the John Deere A (the red and green boys can fight it
out as to which was the bigger).  But for those of you who had seen a D8 you
win hands down!

Dudley

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In answer to Dudley's question about the largest farm tractor during (or
prior) to WWII, there is a question that needs to be asked. Here in
California where Crawler tractors were and are commonly used in the farm
fields, the Cat D8 of that era was actually quite common. The drawbar HP
(the only way it was rated) exceeded 100HP. Even earlier there were quite a
few 100HP plus steam tractors used in the great plains and California. Those
Steam tractors were wheel tractors.
    I don't remember without going in to disturb my wife's nap how many HP
the Oliver 90 had, but that also was offered prewar, I think it was in the
same range as the Case LA.
        Grant Brians
        Hollister California
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> Yes, I should of hit the "6" key instead of the "7" key and, more
> importantly, should of proof read what I typed.  But, even with a 6"
> stroke
> it's still a big engine.
> Dudley
>
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>
> Dudley,
>   You are pretty close the Case LA was 403 CID 6 in stroke 4 5/8  bore 4
> 7/8
> if high altitude engine.
> They ran around 50 to 60 Draw bar HP depending on fuel used. The LP being
> about the highest compression at nearly 8 to 1.
>
> My wife told me I can bid on it if I can get my ex SIL to pick it up for
> me.
> He lives just north of Kansas in Nebraska. Ol'Rog country.
>
> Walt Davies
>
> PS now I'm sorry I told everyone about it. giggle.
>
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