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Mark Greer markagreer at embarqmail.com
Tue Jul 15 14:52:52 PDT 2008


There's a decent looking Case SC  for sale just down the road from me in 
Dalton, OH. Price tag says $899 but I'll bet it's negotiable.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 3:26 PM
Subject: [AT] Tractor things.


> I have been getting some time in on my Farmall S-MTA this summer. It
> works really nice for hay stuff but I need to get a few others involved.
> I mowed another batch yesterday with the MTA and my drawbar semi-mounted
> (number something) John Deere sickle mower. I'll rake  it this afternoon
> probably with the same tractor and my old but barely used Coop rake.
> I'll bale it tomorrow morning with the IHC (#37 I think) square baler. I
> have a hay customer that wants to buy it off of the ground behind the
> baler. Saves me handling it and I cut him a deal on price. I want to get
> a bunch of small lots cut but I don't want too much down at once. I
> would like to have that mower on the back of my 1948 John Deere A but I
> have to change both back tires first. I could do some of the work with
> the Super M but I don't like banging around the hay lots with the loader
> on it and it is not a quick-tatch loader. I do use it with the 3 point
> 6' bush-hog to cut some rough hay lots for the first cutting. It grinds
> that bushy stuff up and makes nice looking bales out of it. The Deere
> 4020 and Scotts 1755 Oliver are just too big and thirsty for light work.
> That S-MTA also handles my Vermeer 504C round baler very nicely. I'm
> not sure why so many guys think that you need over 100 HP for a round 
> baler.
> I got a call from my scrap guy and I think I will finally get my Case
> VAC, I bought from him a while back, home this week. It was stored in
> the back of a shed with a lot of a third party's "stuff" in front of it.
> I brought the separate parts like the head, hood, grill, gas tank and
> radiator home back when I first bought it. I plan to use it a lot as an
> "easy on - easy off" tractor for a zillion little odd jobs like
> jockeying wagons etc. I have several other small tractors but not
> something that easy to climb on and off of. My Allis C is comfortable to
> use but even with an added step it can be a bear constantly getting from
> the ground to the seat for an old geezer. My MM-R is easy off and on but
> that #$%& hand clutch is awkward and jumpy especially backing. That
> tractor belonged to an uncle and a friend and neighbor of his that
> farmed with him said it was kind of  jumpy even when it was new. As a
> result it really doesn't have all that many hours on it. They mostly
> used it for small disking jobs, some cultivating, and running an
> elevator. Backing a wagon with it is just silly.   :-)   Forward is not
> too bad but not as good as the Deere A hand clutch.
> My little Yanmar 1500 diesel is fairly handy but again not an old mans
> friend when climbing off and on a lot. It is also a little light for a
> lot of small jobs. What I really wish I had was one of the N Fords or a
> TO Ferguson back. I grew up with those. That could happen this fall.
> A few years ago as Diana and I walked around tractor shows I started
> looking at tractors specifically in regards to how easy it is to climb
> on and off often. After a lot of looking and testing a few (only the
> ones without fancy paint) I had concluded that a VAC Case without
> hydraulics would best fill the bill, at least in the proper price range.
> I had been watching for one ever since and I am tickled to death to get
> this one. I paid $300 for this one and "THINK" that I can have it in
> operation for maybe $200 to $300 more. This will be my first Case. I
> have been wanting an SC for a long time but that will have to wait.
> There were quite a few of them around here since we had a good Case
> dealer here in the 1950's. Maybe next year...
> My wish list still calls for a McCormick 10-20 and a Shelbyville IN
> made Custom. And... And... And...
> :-)
>
>
>
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> -- 
>
>
> "farmer"
>
>
> I wouldn't mind being absent minded so bad if forgetfulness
> could just be a little more selective. Just last week I
> was saying so to "whats-her-name..."
>
>
>
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>
>
> Francis Robinson
> Central Indiana, USA
> robinson at svs.net
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