Hello from NE Arizona

[conchoamn]

Good evening everyone. I am writing my first thread ever. I want to thank all the Case 530 people out there for your thoughts and hard work repairing those 530's . Your postings have helped immensely.
I live outside Concho, Arizona, on 80 acres. I am going to Orchard, and do some farming. I have spent 37 of the last 50 years with the USAF in different capacities. I was raised on a farm in central Ohio in the 50's and 60's

My skill sets are in the metal working and mechanical trades. I owned a prototype machine building business that is now closed to the public and supporting all the equipment on the farm. I am close to the end of a complete overhaul of a 1965 Case 530 CK. My other vehicle is a Case 1150 Crawler formerly owned by the USMC.

I hope to place the rebuild photos here in the near future. The Case is not a restoration but a full mechanical rebuild from the torque tube innards to all the peripheral parts. The only parts untouched are the fuel injection system.

I am married to a great Arizona gal for 43 years. Her and I raised our kids and are now going to farm. The plan is to build this Farm up and legacy it to our family.

I cannot say I will be an active participant on this forum. I will try to observe and pick up tricks. I think "Lurking" is the term used these days.

Thanks again for your contributions you have helped a lot.

ConchoAmn

 

[mddorange]

:welcome:
To the TBN forum. You came to the right place to get help on any subject.

Thank you for your service. You sound like my age group, so it is time to slow down a little.

Why did you chose Concho, is that where the wife is from? That is a small town away from most people.

I was stationed in Tucson twice so I am familiar with that region.

 

[TBN Support]

:welcome:

Welcome to the forum! We're happy to have you as a member regardless of lurking status

 

[conchoamn]

Thanks for the welcome. And back at you for your service to our country.
My sweetie is a Phoenix Gal. I met her in San Antonio When I was down there.
Concho has good water, and the land is reasonable, though it does need a lot of work. It is a clay based expansive soil that needs a lot of organics. Plenty of cold time (dormancy) for orchards to sleep in the winter. I really want an apple orchard.

DM, I have alot of hours down there repairing and pulling parts out of AMARC

I had 8-1/2 yrs active. 5 in Texas Lackland, and 3-1/2 at Aviano

 

[conchoamn]

Thanks for that. I'll spend some time here. I can already tell.

 

[Wagtail]

G'day Mate and welcome to TBN from Downunder.

Enjoy the site.

 

[Thomas]

:welcome: to TBN...enjoy.

 

[conchoamn]

Thanks ! I've been lurking here for 2 yrs. Thought I should go legit.

 

[mddorange]

I had 8-1/2 yrs active. 5 in Texas Lackland, and 3-1/2 at Aviano

Lucky you, a paid vacation to beautiful northern Italy. :thumbsup:

I got one to Taiwan, Japan and Alaska. :thumbsup:

Of course the first one, that I didn't want, was to Vietnam. :thumbdown: :duh: :hissyfit: