Case 195 - "And then there was three" Part 3 -
Posted: Tue May 30, 2023 6:43 pm
Yes, I know there isn't a write up for part 1 or part 2 yet, but think of this as being like the Star Wars movies, where I pick a story line out of sequence and share it - because it's the most interesting one at the moment...
Today I was going to try for a group photo of our 3 tractors, but honestly only the oldest one (and newest to us) is cooperating and putting a big old smile on my face when I get to drive it around...
A couple of weeks ago I had a major weakness in my frugal ways and actually bought 2 tractors in 2 days. I saw an ad on Kijiji for an '88 Ingersoll 222 at a reasonable price.
I convinced it would be a good addition to the herd as it would use most (if not all) of the attachments we got with the 446. We drove an hour away and picked up the 222 and brought it home. That was supposed to be the end of my searching for another tractor to buy - however the next day an ad on FB Marketplace popped up with a "Compact Tractor" listed on it, no mention of Case at all, but I knew what it was a soon as I saw the "Bug Eyes" on the front grill...
Kelly was out with friends at the time, and while I was home alone with no adult supervision I made an offer to buy the 195 just based on the FB photos. When she got home from her luncheon we hooked up the trailer again and headed off towards Sarnia - a 2hr drive. Chatted with the owner for a little bit, paid the asking price and headed home with our third Case Garden tractor.
The drive was uneventful - except for realizing how much the new trailer with its great big loading ramp affected fuel mileage at highway speeds.
So here we go - some photos of our new to us '68 Case 195 aka "Max Sr."
The seat is obviously not stock, - it's a Grammer seat out of an industrial forklift - even has a bit of spring suspension built in!
But Wait!!! There's more to the story - This was the 2nd GT we've brought home with our new utility trailer... In my rush to get a few photos while it was sunny this afternoon I started unloading the 195 from the trailer, - Without a truck attached to the trailer hitch. I realized it was missing the latch to hold the parking brake engaged (it has disc brakes on the rear axle) so I gently pushed it by hand towards the loading ramp, with wheel chocks in place so it wouldn't get away from me... I pushed it the last little bit so the back tires were just starting to touch the ramp when very gracefully the trailer did a gentle wheelie
Memories of childhood on the playground when the heavy kid jumped off the end of the teeter-totter... I'm glad I wasn't driving it off under power - 'cause that could have been a change of underwear situation.
Fortunately the trailer has a small winch on the front and I could pull the tractor back a little to free up the wheel chocks and get them out of the way,
after that it was gently winch the tractor down the trailer until it was on the ramp and the trailer slowly settled back down to earth... Whew!
(next time - jacks or axle stands under the back of the trailer if there isn't a vehicle connected to trailer hitch.)
Today I was going to try for a group photo of our 3 tractors, but honestly only the oldest one (and newest to us) is cooperating and putting a big old smile on my face when I get to drive it around...
A couple of weeks ago I had a major weakness in my frugal ways and actually bought 2 tractors in 2 days. I saw an ad on Kijiji for an '88 Ingersoll 222 at a reasonable price.
I convinced it would be a good addition to the herd as it would use most (if not all) of the attachments we got with the 446. We drove an hour away and picked up the 222 and brought it home. That was supposed to be the end of my searching for another tractor to buy - however the next day an ad on FB Marketplace popped up with a "Compact Tractor" listed on it, no mention of Case at all, but I knew what it was a soon as I saw the "Bug Eyes" on the front grill...
Kelly was out with friends at the time, and while I was home alone with no adult supervision I made an offer to buy the 195 just based on the FB photos. When she got home from her luncheon we hooked up the trailer again and headed off towards Sarnia - a 2hr drive. Chatted with the owner for a little bit, paid the asking price and headed home with our third Case Garden tractor.
The drive was uneventful - except for realizing how much the new trailer with its great big loading ramp affected fuel mileage at highway speeds.
So here we go - some photos of our new to us '68 Case 195 aka "Max Sr."
The seat is obviously not stock, - it's a Grammer seat out of an industrial forklift - even has a bit of spring suspension built in!
But Wait!!! There's more to the story - This was the 2nd GT we've brought home with our new utility trailer... In my rush to get a few photos while it was sunny this afternoon I started unloading the 195 from the trailer, - Without a truck attached to the trailer hitch. I realized it was missing the latch to hold the parking brake engaged (it has disc brakes on the rear axle) so I gently pushed it by hand towards the loading ramp, with wheel chocks in place so it wouldn't get away from me... I pushed it the last little bit so the back tires were just starting to touch the ramp when very gracefully the trailer did a gentle wheelie
Memories of childhood on the playground when the heavy kid jumped off the end of the teeter-totter... I'm glad I wasn't driving it off under power - 'cause that could have been a change of underwear situation.
Fortunately the trailer has a small winch on the front and I could pull the tractor back a little to free up the wheel chocks and get them out of the way,
after that it was gently winch the tractor down the trailer until it was on the ramp and the trailer slowly settled back down to earth... Whew!
(next time - jacks or axle stands under the back of the trailer if there isn't a vehicle connected to trailer hitch.)