[AT] tractor question

[Cecil Bearden]

I have an LA that has the lever with the brake band, it is the parking 
brake.  It also has hydraulic brakes, but both pedals are on the same 
side.  I think maybe you might have an L with the brakes on each 
side.    My LA has the hydraulic pump that runs off the PTO.  You give 
up the PTO for the hydraulics.   I have never seen an LA with factory 
hydraulics.

Cecil in OKla


On 9/13/2016 4:47 PM, Greg Hass wrote:
> My brother is interested in buying a Case LA. He has a line on two of
> them; a 1949 and a 1951, both with no hydraulics. Last Saturday, before
> looking at these two he went to a sale about 3 hours away that had one
> with hydraulics. Shortly after looking it over he determined it was
> pretty much a basket case but as the sale was going fast he decided to
> stay and see how it went. Well he ended up buying it for a few hundred
> just to get the hydraulics. Yesterday he went to see the other two which
> are about 20 miles from here. Both supposedly run but have not been
> started in six years; one had been fixed up as a pulling tractor. My
> brother said he has never seen so much difference in tractors. The junk
> one he bought appears to have hydraulic brakes although they would
> probably never work. One of the ones he looked at yesterday has no real
> brakes but just a lever attached to a brake band that goes around a 4 in
> pulley attached to the end of a pinion shaft. The last tractor has
> mechanical brakes, but one pedal on each side of the tractor. Because of
> these differences, his question is would the hydraulics from his junk
> tractor fit these other two tractors? It appears you take the pto and
> the rear plate off the plain tractors and put the whole back housing
> from the parts tractor which adds about 10 inches to the transmission
> length. Also, is the pto live or transmission driven. If its like a Case
> 930 we had once the hydraulic pump runs with a roller chain from the pto
> shaft inside the housing. When we turned the pto it sounded and felt
> like a roller chain inside. On a side note, we sometimes complain about
> our lot in life; the guy who has these tractor mainly collects and sells
> Moline tractors but others do all the work if he can find help. This guy
> has been in a wheelchair for 46 years due to an accident that need not
> have happened. He was at an open intersection and knew he should stop
> but figured he could  slow down and see anyone coming. He told my
> brother he doesn't know how he missed the oncoming pick-up but he did
> and the pick-up didn't see him and the crash happened. He can operate
> the motorized wheelchair but cannot write or feed himself. I guess
> someone always has it worse. Another thought, it appears if you put on
> hydraulics you must use that PTO as it looks different from the plain
> tractor. Would be glad for any help.
>              Greg Hass
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