Case Tractors
In 1842 the inventor
Jerome I. Case, who
was a threshing
machine
manufacturer,
founded the J.I.
Case Company. In
1869 his company
built its first
portable steam
engine and in 1878
they built their
first steam traction
engine. In those
early days the J. I.
Case Threshing
Machine Company of
Racine,
Wisconsin, was known
as "the threshing
machine king," but
few would argue it
wasn't also king of
the steam engine
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By 1892 Case had produced an experimental gasoline traction engine
but it was not
until twenty
years later that
the firm's first
production gas
tractor, the
30/60, was
offered.
right1912 also saw
the release of
the 20/40,
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The company
produced the
tractor till
1916
Acknowledging
the demand for
less-expensive,
smaller
tractors, Case introduced the
smaller more
maneuverable
12-25 tractor in
1914 and the
three-wheel
10-20
tractor in 1915.
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The most
popular early Case gas tractors were the Crossmotor series which were introduced in 1916 in the Model 9-18. They had transversely mounted engines and a solid appearance.
Case built thousands of successful Crossmotors.
In
1929 the Crossmotors
were followed by the
Model L which was
available in standard
and industrial
configurations; and the
identical, but smaller,
Model C, that was
available in standard,
row-crop, industrial,
orchard, vineyard, cane
and high-clearance
configurations. The L
and C were the first
Case tractors with three
speeds forward. Case
introduced the Model RC,
a row-crop tractor in
1935. This model was
followed by the standard
Model R in 1938.
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The Case Tractor
Modell CC the
first Case
general purpose
tractor promoted
as a 2 - 3 plow
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The Case Tractor
Model C was a
compact version
of the Model L
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The Case Company came
out with a completely
new line of Case
tractors in 1939. The
streamlined R Series was
painted a torch-flame
color. The Flambeau Red
Series offered great
visibility, optional
electric starting and
lighting as well as four
speeds forward. A new one-plow
tractor the V Series,
was available in
standard, row-crop,
industrial, and orchard
configurations. A
smaller version of the
D, the S Series,
replaced the R Series in
1941and The standard
Model LA replaced the L. |
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The Case LA tractor was built as a standard, rice-special, industrial, and military tractor. In 1942,
Case built the first of the LA and LAI models equipped with the Hesselman fuel-injection system, which
allowed a standard Case spark-ignited engine to burn diesel fuel. This technology was developed in Sweden
and licensed to Waukesha Engine. It offered the advantages over a conventional diesel engine, the biggest
being the ease with which the engine could be started compared to a high compression diesel engine. The
Hesselman engine could also burn almost any grade of fuel. The Model LA was Case Company’s big tractor
for more than a dozen years.
The LA received new sheet metal, a rounded grille, hood and fenders and a Flambeau Red paint job.
Mechanically not much had changed. Soon after introduction, the four-speed transmission fitted to the
LI replaced the three-speed unit carried over from the L. The LA options included PTO, electric starter
and lights, and hydraulics.
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1937 Rock Island Tractor
Merger
Case acquired two respected
tractor and implement makers: the Emerson-
Brantingham Implement Company of Rockford, Illinois,
and the Rock Island Plow Company of Rock
Island, Illinois, owner of the rights to the Heider
Tractor. From
all recorded
information,
1935 was the
last year of
production of
the Rock Island
tractor. In 1937
Case acquired
the entire
company
including it's
assets .
Including the
Rock Island
manufacturing
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Case VA
series Parts
Catalog VAC
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Case VAI
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Case S Brochure
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The
Case SC |
The Model SC
engine was a
four-cylinder
like that of the
Model S; however
the SC fathered
22.41 drawbar hp
and 29.68 brake
hp. The price of
the SC was
$1,990 in 1952.
The SC tractors
were available
in several front
end styles
including an
adjustable-width
front axle.
Other options
included single
or dual front
wheels. Live
hydraulics was a
major feature of
the later SC
tractors. In the
1950s farmers
were getting
their first look
at tractor
hydraulics and
they liked what
they saw. There
was a huge
demand for this
labor-saving
system. The
Dual-valve
hydraulic system
was standard
equipment on the
Model SC tractor
beginning in
1953. The 1952
engine
modifications
raised the
horsepower of
the SC tractor
substantially.
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