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[BarryinMN]

Here is my 1968 still working 40hp diesel

 

[boxygen]

I worked for a General Contractor that did residential construction while I was in high school. He had a late 60's Case Track loader with a backhoe. He bought it brand new and it had over 6000 hours on it last I knew. He used it year round in the woods, at the jobsite, digging foundations, dozing, everything. The only downside I ever saw was the tracks were hard on finished surfaces. Other than that, it got a **** of a lot lot of work done. He is now in his late 70's and it doesnt sit long between uses. He keeps it painted and well maintained. He has couple woodlots and a sawmill that keeps him moving these days, just for fun. Extremely versatile, bull of a machine.

 

[BarryinMN]

Yep year round uses.

 

[kenstrac]

SAME is an Italian co had 2 SAME,s Solar 60 and Drago 120 both were excellent machines and very thrifty on fuel for the horsepower

 

[Renze]

Both SAME and Fiat made their own engines, in the 70's models you show in the pictures.
Fiat is the mother company of Case-New Holland, the smaller engines are Iveco branded, which is the name of their truck and engines division.

Same is only building its air cooled diesels for certain countries, and certain lower hp classes where the stringent emissions arent phased in yet.
Same took over Lamborghini (the sports car manufacturer used to be a tractor manufacturer, but sold the tractor division to Same) and Hurlimann from Switzerland.
Later they took a share in the ag division of Deutz-Fahr, in which they later took a majority share. The implement line was sold to Kverneland, and the Deutz engine division is owned by Same, Volvo and some smaller financial investors. The Deutz marine engine division is also sold to private investors who have resurrected the name MWM, which was taken over by Deutz in the 80's. The MWM do Brazil company, tied up with Navistar, supplying diesels to Ford pickup trucks, used to be a subsidiary of MWM when they still were independent.

Zetor used to build a 2023, which was a 25 hp narrow crawler intended for steep vineyard hills. Their 50hp standard size Super P crawlers were discontinued after 2 years, as a political fate, in favour of competing Soviet designs.

 

[20 20]

Owned a oliver cletrac ran good except on steep hills when the float style carb would cut of the gas flow. Own a Nortrac dozer now with the 3pt great machine for the price. nice being able to go places{a tractor NEVER could} without tearing everything up because of size.

I do like the looks of the Yanmar, wonder if others will start chimming in??? I did check out the Strucks but don't really feel they're worth what they're asking.

 

[ChuckinNH]

When I was in high school, JD had a series of small dozers that were universally used by the local loggers. They were the two cylinder gas engines, and I don't know how much HP they generated. They were outfitted with a boom that ran over the operators station, and a heavy winch. What they could accomplish with those little dozers was amazing. I worked in a game preserve that had one right after I got out of the Army, and really enjoyed using it. Sloping ice, and loose rocks on ledge will teach you new respect for tracks though! I think they would be great if small enough, and they could find a way to make track maintenance, and costs less burdensome.

 

[baronthered]

Caterpillar makes a tractor called the Challenger that is on rubber tracks. The single biggest cost on a crawler tractor is the undercarraige. They is expensive. Engines and drivetrains aren't cheap either but usually they can be rebuilt for much less than the U/C can be built for. Generally when the Undercarraige is gone its all gone at the same time.

 

[dgl24087]

We have many old SAME tractors in France but I think the company, now absorbed in the SAME DEUTZ-FAHR group was originally an Italian company, don't know what the letters stand for. Great tractors anyway.

SAME- Societa Anonima Motori Endotermici, don't ask me what that translates to in English

 

[johnnydel29]

Here is my 1968 still working 40hp diesel

Amazing, these machines are just so versitle. Again, too bad Deere does not still make this machine, especially the little 350.

Attached is another pic of me turning some dirt w/ the SAME a few years ago when I visited fmaily.

Some folks thought I was nuts when I went to Italy b/c I spent most of my time running this machine and just hanging around the farm. Running this crawler beat going to Rome sight seeing on a hot day, by far.