Colt Case Ingersoll Garden Tractors

Turns out that tires with no chains on are not appropriate for these conditions. On go the tires WITH chains!

I made chains for my tractor using a large link. The problem it creats is almost rubing the fenders. I have to deflate the tires then make sure that the chains are not loose when the tire is inflated.

Eugen wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 1:43 pm Turns out that tires with no chains on are not appropriate for these conditions. On go the tires WITH chains!

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OMG , when I first saw the picture I thought you broke an axle . Then I read the caption .

@Spike188 these chains came to me from Al, when I got a parts 444 from him. Al is from Barrie and was on the old site, but for health reasons he no longer goes on forums AFAIK. Looks like large links to me, but most likely not as large as yours, as there is still some clearance to the fenders. However, I can see how large links are definitely desirable. Using these chained tires made the difference between getting stuck all the time and hardly ever getting stuck, and only for a short time. I was able to clear the snow nicely, but being so heavy, I could not go fast. Also looks like I might need to adjust the relief valve, seems to me it starts whining a little too fast.

@DavidBarkey yeah, no kidding, I'm glad the axle didn't break. Who knows, the winter just started.

Eugen wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 3:17 pm @Spike188 these chains came to me from Al, when I got a parts 444 from him. Al is from Barrie and was on the old site, but for health reasons he no longer goes on forums AFAIK. Looks like large links to me, but most likely not as large as yours, as there is still some clearance to the fenders. However, I can see how large links are definitely desirable. Using these chained tires made the difference between getting stuck all the time and hardly ever getting stuck, and only for a short time. I was able to clear the snow nicely, but being so heavy, I could not go fast. Also looks like I might need to adjust the relief valve, seems to me it starts whining a little too fast.

@DavidBarkey yeah, no kidding, I'm glad the axle didn't break. Who knows, the winter just started.

I am not sure what guys are doing to brake axles . You have seen Frankie and what I do with him and never had an issue with axles . That being said I do have a spare trans axle assembly in the back of the shop , just in case .

@Eugen are you squealing the relief valve in high range or low range?

DavidBarkey wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 2:34 pm
OMG , when I first saw the picture I thought you broke an axle . Then I read the caption .

That’s the first thing I thought too!

MattA wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 4:08 pm @Eugen are you squealing the relief valve in high range or low range?

Low range Matt.

Eugen wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 5:07 pm

MattA wrote: ↑Mon Dec 19, 2022 4:08 pm @Eugen are you squealing the relief valve in high range or low range?

Low range Matt.

The old forum had a parts list for hooking up a pressure gauge to check the relief pressure. I've never done it but I'd like to raise my lift pressure a little some day.

@MattA , I have done the pressure test a few times in the past. The parts I used were 3 feet of hydraulic hose with 1/4" NPTM ends, a 3000psi liquid filled gauge, and a couple of fittings. Got it all at Princess auto, a store similar to your Harbour freight. The service port on the TCV is 1/4" female and there were some hard lines going next to it on the tractor I was testing, making it impossible to just screw the hose in, because the steel end of the hose is not flexible on a length of about 1.5". So I used a 45 degree elbow with NPT F-M and one swivel end.

Had that gauge on for a while to observe the pressure under different conditions. Turns out that it's not always very easy to see the highest pressure because one tire is easy to spin, so just pushing with the tractor against a tree didn't always work. At the time I did not have all the weights I got now. Eventually I got it to squeal.

The most unpleasant part of the affair for me is always the hydraulic oil pouring out when taking the plug out and screwing the fitting in. This 444 I'm using now has a slightly defective TCV. I have a spare and want to replace the bad one, but I'm not so keen to do it just because of that oil. Of course I'll do it, but it's not that urgent, the tractor is functional after all.