Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

I’m guessing that’s a mid 60’s ford van. Like to see how that attached it to what looks like a Case VAC!

I've lost track of how many times the sway bars on the 8N have been turned in to pretzels like that... Typically it's just been a sledge hammer to put them right. This year I got a little smarter, and did it on the hydraulic press... Much safer, and quieter, plus a lot more control of the finished ...

Well the weather here has gotten much better. Snows all gone and temps are in the 50 to 70 range. I’m getting antsy for spring so I went up to the shop to work on a project for this years garden.

You might recall I had that cultivator I cut in half and made a two row out of it. I still have the ...

propane1 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 03, 2026 7:13 am Carbon monoxide boys. I would not recommend that.

Noel

I agree with Noel. Carbon monoxide poisoning is a real thing.
I would not even consider putting that in a cab with me.

On the face of it exhaust heated forced air scares me. Wrapping the muffler with coolant lines sounds interesting. Would you have to have some sort of pressure relief and a catch tank? A small fan blowing through the cooler in the cab would hopefully make it cozy in there.

Now you have me thinking ...

I have never had to preheat my 446. Even though it’s pretty worn it always fires right up. I do have to warm my 2N Ford. I just use halogen work lights and my shop space heater. That’s enough to get it running. As for the hydraulics I let it sit and warm up for awhile. They are still slow but usable.

Well the great winter storm of 26 has left us down this way. We ended up with 6 to 8 inches of powder snow. The 446 got its workout today. It was doing such a good job I didn’t even bother trying to start the 2N, so it’s Case for the win! It finally threw a tire chain off but I was about done so no ...

Interesting, I hadn’t seen that before. I wonder how the mechanism inside works.

I saw on the weather channel that you guys up in the north east are getting snow. Down this way we have been below freezing the last few days but dry. The early reports are saying we will have bitter cold and an increasing chance for severe weather next weekend. I’m crossing my fingers that it will ...

just a little snow . 20260102_164359.jpg view from second story window .
view from other second story window .20260102_164326.jpg zoomed in so you can see how for up the 4 foot fence on the far side of garden the snow is already . Oh yeah , and it is snowing Again . :124: We are sitting with over ...