[AT] new duties

[Jason]

Knowing Case they were short on money and it was the cheapest way to create
a row crop tractor from the tractor they had without redesigning the whole
thing.

On Sun, Jul 2, 2017, 2:40 PM Herb Metz <metz-h.b at comcast.net> wrote:

> The "chicken roost" steering rod was unusual; opinion was the bar could be
> relocated on the shaft (back at gas tank) approx 180 degrees in event the
> front end was changed from NFE to WFE and likewise at front end and thus it
> would be inside the front wheel.  Yes, you could get into the fence if you
> did not plan ahead. I do not remember myself or Dad ever getting into the
> fence and I operated that tractor many thousands of hours.
> Ron mentioned belt work; the Case was never a problem on a belt.  A Farmall
> neighbor solved his belt problem by adding more than a dozen wood 2" x 2" x
> 8"  pieces making the pulley approx 4" larger diameter. Never did measure
> pulley diameters, but quite sure the Case pulley was larger than the
> Farmall. Herb(GA)
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ronald Cook
> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2017 12:03 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] new duties
> My dad had one for awhile when I was in high school. I think is was a39,
> but not sure about that. It was hand clutch and had round brake pedals
> that operated near vertical on either side of the transmission.
> It did not have adjustable rear axles, but had spacers.  We did not farm
> much with it, so those were never used. It was almost permanently
> attached to a manure spreader and worked good for that.  Where it really
> shined was its use on the flat belt powering the ensilage blower during
> silo filling time.
> At one time, it had a John Deere No.5 mower attached.  I managed to get
> that combination in such a position in a pasture corner that I thought
> we would have to take the fence down to get me out of there.  The mower
> bar or the steering arm bothered no matter what I tried.  Trapped!!   I
> had to raise the bar to transport in order to back things up enough to
> get out of the mess.  I did not like that tractor very much.
> Ron Cook, Salix, IA
>
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