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Good Morning! our 1962 Case 430 has a single original control for the three-point. I would like to (at some point between all the OTHER projects) like to add in additional controls so I can operate a hydro top-link and maybe even add a front loader. Can anyone provide...

So I went out to fire up the log splitter for the first time since last year, and it started on the second pull! YAY!!! and then, after about two minutes, it sputtered Coughed sputterEd, stumbled, sputtered then died. pulled it again, started right up, then repeat. gas was fresh, used two...

Yesterday at a flea market I picked up the above blower for cheap. I am getting a little frustrated with it.. it will run on ether (just enough to test). But it is not getting gas. Pickup Filter is relatively clear, fuel line is in good shape. I want to get a rebuild kit for the carburetor...

Good Morning! we recently purchased a new KX033-4 with the open canopy (if we wanted the enclosed cab we would have been #852 on the waiting list…). I am getting tired of having to wear my chainsaw helmet while operating so that I don’t get whacked in the face with branches. I have not had...

I need about 600’ of tubing, and I found a vendor that had it for under $900—- but the shipping was almost $800! our local plumbing supply houses do not stock it and tell me 6-12 weeks to get it in. we are in Western North Carolina. Any suggestions? THANK YOU!!!

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Good Morning! 1962 Case 430 Diesel, first diesel I have ever owned. It lives in a dry enclosed building, which is well ventilated and unheated. It got an oil/filter change about two weeks ago, and had maybe two hours put on it since. I normally don’t get to use it until the afternoons, but...

I was plowing/harrowing in some tight quarters today, lots of forward-and-reverse over short distances. I think I need a speedball when backing up my 1962 Case 430. What is a quality unit? And reasons why I should NOT use a speedball? thank you!

Still looking for a potential mini-ex. is this a viable unit? https://www.tractorhouse.com/listing/for-sale/219319205/2023-agrotk-h12-mini-up-to-12000-lbs-excavators it comes with power thumb, I just wish it was diesel not gas. everything I have seen used is either clapped-out or too...

Is there a recommended height? Options include pulling out stumps with block and tackle or renting a mini-excavator. diameters range from 3” to 30”, majority will be 8” to 16” dia. thanks for any suggestions or additional advice!

I made a chainsaw firewood processing stand a couple years ago. It worked well, except for the fact that the saw I used - a vintage Homelite Super XL - got rather hot with the continuous cutting. Hot enough to boil the gasoline. Any recommendations for a saw that will handle this kind of...

The primary tasks on our woodlot/not-yet-hobby-farm would be: -log transport/loading with sawmill -stump removal -drainage ditch maintenance -road maintenance -construction/overhead lifting -brush pile burning Now, this is not going to happen anything soon. I will not be buying anything new...

Hi all! indont need a $15G imager, but I don’t want a cheap POS. I am not really warm&fuzzy on the cellphone attachment types,s once I have a flip phone. . . What one do you have/use? What do you like/dislike about it? I would also like to be able to get my WIFI signal bubble diameter to be...

Exploring the woodlot, now that leaves are down and snakes are gone. Found this rusted steel drum with a copper fitting. Gee - I wonder what this could POSSIBLY be used for out in the middle of the Appalachian woods next to a water branch??? 🤪 so. . . What strange things have YOU found in the...

Hey all! as a displaced inner-city sprawl&decay Fresh Air Fund kid now living in Appalachia. . . I grew up with three cotton sash cord clotheslines that stretched from the 2nd & 1st floor window and basement back door to the telephone pole in the backyard 50 feet away. I am FINALLY getting...

Here’s a fun video:

And to all my Italian friends: if you are not putting this stuff into the red stuff you put on your pasta, you are NOT making “gravy”: (I figured this is a good way to start a non-political Thanksgiving Dinner fight 😂🤣😂)

Good Morning! I think I need a subsoiler, because I am clearing some badly-overgrown land with plenty of vine roots, brush roots, terr roots, roots roots and more roots. Plus rocks. I looked at the CountyLine Subsoiler from TS, but based on reviews, the weld quality is inconsistent. or, if I...

I need to put some stabilizers on my lift arms, because I had the frame of my 3pt dump bucket catching on the treads of my tire, and I really do not want to have to replace a tractor tire unnecessarily. what do you use, and why do you prefer it? thank you for any advice or tips!

I posted this under another topic heading and it got no views, so I am hoping it might get some traction (slaps knee) here instead: https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/threads/parking-brake-retrofit-1962-case-430-and-i-remembered-pix-before-making-the-post-this-time.458776/ thanks for any input!

The parking brake on my tractor is pretty much useless. It is a coarse-stepped metal tab on the starboard-side pedal that engages with the footboard (you can see the wear in the photos) and the steps are so far apart for the ratcheting action to provide sufficient pressure to keep the tractor...

Since acquiring a tractor back in April, we have been steadily buying implements. The 2-disc Ferguson Plow and 20-disc harrow were in the weeds on our lot, everything else we picked up used. Today we got the scrape blade and brush hog. previously acquired were the 5-time cultivator (pictured...

Four years ago, we fenced in about an acre around our house, wood posts & crosspieces with cyclone fence, about 5’ to 6’ high, depending on the grounds terrain. I put a solar fence controller and wire around the entire perimeter, atop the fence and two rows along the side, with additional...

I feel like a moron that I have to ask this, but I cannot remove the breather/fill cap atop the hood. it just spins, it won’t slide up, it won’t push down (like a bayonet mount), I made a paracordnsling and tried pulling with two hands. . . What am I doing wrong? I really don’t want to have...

DISCLAIMER: YES - I WILL TAKE AND POST SOME PICS LATER TODAY - Our lot is in a little dead-end valley, and the part that will be farmable once I clear it out - it has not been tended in 50+ years, and there are a good number of substantial trees that need to come down first. Up on the...

So, I tried water-glassing eggs for the first time, and decided to hard-boil a batch to pickle. turns out that 10 weeks in line water is not NEARLY enough time - the water-glassing really does stop the aging process. I boiled up 20, I could only pickle 15 because they peeled so ugly that five...

A couple weeks ago, a black walnut in town started dropping some fully-matured walnuts. two weeks ago, the orb weavers started up. last week on YouTube, someone about 40 miles away posted that their “persimmon seed reading” says early and frigid winter. today, while out walking about, I have...

. . . To clear some undergrowth? I do not yet have a brush-hog or mower attachment, but I would like to clear out some vines/ferns/stuff in a section that I need to take some trees down and eventually plant stuff on. I do have a small cultivator (currently set up with two tines, but I can...

Good Morning! I will have to do some major home improvement projects, most notably re-staining/sealing our log home, and I don’t want to do it on a ladder. A scaffold (or two) would make for a much easier and safer job. I have never used scaffolding before. -EDIT/UPDATE: Terrain and deck...

Since we got chickens back in May, we have plenty of eggs. The cost per egg based on expenses is finally below $5/egg. I decided to make some egg custard, and went with a very basic recipe of 1 gallon milk, one dozen eggs, two cups of sugar, and some vanilla extract. Cooked it up as per...

I would like to change the hydraulic filter on a 1962 Case 430 with the 188ci Diesel, manual clutch/transmission, manual steering, single control for attachment up/down, I can only read the first two numbers on the Wix filter “31?” The rest are obliterated. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

1962 Case 430 The lift arms are somewhat splayed, and so the ends are just a wee bit wide for hooking up without having to pull them together with a ratchet tie-down and some “easing” with a ball-pein to hook up attachments, which pretty much defeats the whole idea of the Eagle Claw “QUICK”...

1962 Case 430, using a Ferguson 2-disc plow and an anonymous 20-disc harrow. The arm ends are probably about an inch-and-a-quarter or so farther apart than they should be as the outside of the Claw hooks are right up against the lynch pins. would it be a bad thing if I were to slip a large...

Just looking to save a buck, just like everybody else. Not that I am working Hoboken-sized fields, more like between a basketball court and a football field with a 1960’s Case 40HP. interested in your thoughts & observations. Thank you!

Inevitably I will need a serious Jack or two, so I might as well get them BEFORE I really need them. just looking to start arguments about whether to stick with the handier 48” size, get the extended capability of the 60” size, or maybe just get one of each. Then there is the question of which...

I have no idea when the last time was the key was out of the ignition, but it has been more than a few days. . .

About this time last year, I was minalizing my plans to build an outdoor kitchen pavilion. It would have needed about $1700 in lumber. a week before I was going to start, that number became $5G. And then climbed from there. MrsKilroyJC has decided we need to get some chickens. She spotted...

I wonder why?

Does anyone have any experience with them? Has anyone here tried to build one successfully?

On the lot next to the one we just bought, which is littered with various abandoned vehicles, trash, and squatters, is a Case dozer. When we finally get to contact the owner, it may be something I would like to add to the collection. I am not going to trespass, so I cannot provide any more...

Got into a discussion with someone about growing things like Canola or Sunflowers and hot pressing to produce veggie oil, then converting that to biodiesel. wondering about the practicalities of that for the hobby farmer, since I do not see a wind-powered tractor in my immediate future. . .

Good morning. Our 1960 Case 430 diesel has two 6v batteries, apparently it is 6v running 12v starting. It lives out in a shed on a lot with no power. I would like to keep the batteries up, but am unsure how to go about it. I use the little 1.5 watt solar maintainers from Horrible Fright on...

...after introducing myself elsewhere. There’s never time to do it right, but ALWAYS time to do it over. And over. Anyway, glad to be here, looking forward to learning a lot amd getting my hand dirty and knuckles bloody (well, not REALLY looking forward to it, just knowing that it will...

The manual has temperature- based recommendations for straight-weight oils. — SAE 30 for 80F+ — SAE 20 for 32F to 80F — SAE 10 for -20f to 32F — (I am staying in bed if I need the SAE 5...) What are you using for your tractors? The bulk of my use will hopefully all be above freezing... Thank you!

I have the above plow that I will try to pull out of the tree line this weekend. Because I like to be prepared, I am trying to find current part numbers for bearings and seals that will fit if I need them, but I am having a difficult time cross referencing the parts numbers from the 1955...

Hello! New member here, New tractor owner as of three days ago (I am the “new“ - the tractor is older than me), hopefully I will be able to find a lot of answers to questions with (SEARCH) instead of asking questions that have already been asked & answered multiple times... Last night, we went...