What was the first Case tractor you drove, and how old were

[Adirondack case guy]

I just gotta get this forum going tonight. My first adventure solo was on a 37 L with a 16' springtooth harrow in 1955, at age 8.
Loren
 

[jon f mn]

First case was an 830 diesel, com, eagle hitch. Drove it pulling the rock wagon while the older brothers and sisters and dad picked. Don't know how old I was, but I couldn't reach the clutch and shift at the same time so dad or one of my brothers would do it. First tractor I drove alone was a ford jubilee pulling wagons and following my dad around the field while he combined with the 830 and 77 combine. I also raked hay that year. The same year I started driving the 830 pulling the 200 baler while dad stacked on the wagon. I was 7 or 8 that year, so that would have been 68 or 69.
 

[McKerrow630]

"59" 700 9yrs. old bale'n hay.
 

[Jimmie D. Phelps]

I was 12 and it was a 1929 L. Dad had put a faster steering gear on it when he put it on rubber . It would cramp on the turns and it took a man to straighten it. On the first turn it cramped and I just went round and around. Oh yea I was pulling a 12" JD rod weeder. Dad had to run up a 1/2 mi to get on and straignten it out. I had to wait a year until I was 13 when he bought a new 1948 LA. I than worked all day long.
 

[Lazy WP]

SC, and I don't know how old I was. I know I wasn't big enough to pull the clutch back, so I drove it with my foot up against the clutch lever.
I know I mowed raked and loose stacked all of the alfalfa, when I was in the second grade. Probably worked harder when I was under 15 then I do now.
 

[1370rod]

830 diesel, daul range, eagle hitch. Dad got it in 1965 it served us well till he bought a new 970 8 sp cab and air, the first 70 series in this area, what a tractor it was. Rod.
 

[Case Nutty 1660]

first one in the field was the 500 pulling a 8' offset disc working down plowed sod behind the 1030 Dad was running, I was 6 a few weeks later I ran the other 1030 pulling a 21' oneway working ground ahead of my Dad running the other 1030 pulling the drill, the same year I started running the 1000 and 700 cutting grain I was in heaven then, I had operated the 1030's before but Dad was riding with me cnt
 

[Mo 1032D]

Would have been a 970 gas with cab that we baled with, was 93. Was 21, when dad and my uncle rowcropped they run Allis. Can still recall many days and nights on a D17 working ground. Dad said they had used about every brand in the early years farming. Scott
 

[Adirondack case guy]

Jimmie,
I turned too short with the L and the rear tire hooked the outside cable of the evener draw bar up over It and bent the fender. OOPS. The clutch lever was backwards on the L so when I pulled back on the lever, it lurched and I could snap it over center. It was pretty easy to disingage. All I had to do was put both hands on the steering wheel and put my foot against the lever and give it a kick.
Loren
 

[dboll]

6 or 7 disking with an SC
 

[Dutchman]

raking hay with a Sc ...

mark
 

[Tommy Railsback]

Nine or ten, feeding cattle with a 1951 LA and a homemade wagon.
First time in the field was in June 1961 with the LA and a 12 foot Graham Hoeme. Age 13)
Loren, we must be about the same age.
 

[RGMartin]

5 or 6 baling with a 770, wasn't strong enough to push in the clutch, but my uncle would get her moving and point me in the right direction, then He would hop on the wagon. All I had to do was keep the tire beside the windrow.
 

[IHr190]

Grandpa's 1955 410.(The last tractor they bought new)! Pulling the stone boat while picking stones. Still have the tractor.
 

[tractor300]

A 1030 at 26 year's old, yes that's right. Dad was an IH man and that was the first Case tractor I bought for myself. It was used with 750 hrs. Super nice tractor.