Construction Equipment
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In 1957, after a
merger with American
Tractor Corp it
appeared as if Case
burst onto the
construction
equipment scene with
such fanfare that it
may have seemed to
be a completely new
venture. Actually,
since its 1869 entry
into the steam
engine business, the
company had been
building machines
for
"non-agricultural"
or construction
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In 1876 Case
began to build steam traction engines. Local and state
governments were among the first to purchase these
steam powered rollers and tractor engines,
along with road drags, dump wagons, rock crushers,
graders and
scrapers , for use in early highway construction work.
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Case
advertisement
for it's
steam
powered road
roller.
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Model Case CI with a pre
hydraulic loader. Case advertised a line of industrial tractors in the 1930's, but they were little more than Farm Tractors with small changes like tires.
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In the
1920's, Case developed its own CI
and LI (the "I" meant Industrial).
The nation's industries found many
different applications for these
tractors, so Case expanded the line,
establishing a separate "industrial" department.
These industrial units were agricultural models
modified for factory and warehouse use,
though their primary application still was
on America's highways. Solid rubber
tires (in 1919) protected road surfaces
from excessive weight.
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During the 1930's Case was the number three tractor manufacturer behind International harvester and
John Deere. Like, John Deere,
Case still hadn’t built a crawler or Dozer of their own.
left Case factory photo of a Case model CI industrial tractor pulling
A heavy duty construction equipment trailer with a Case C fitted with a Trackson track-type adaptations. Several third party vendors
manufactured track-type adaptations for the tractor market. Trackson, Ajax and Roadless were among the more common names used by Case. The
C industrial model with tracks was referred to in Case Model CD.
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By 1932, the Case industrial tractors had found a place in many industries besides street and highway work, they also could be seen in the nation's forests and parks and at work around our rivers and harbors. Contractors employed them in excavating, grading and other construction tasks. The company now made CI and LI graders and sold
All sorts of "pull-behind" and power take-off (PTO) equipment. Case catalogues offered a wide range of equipment including mounted snow plows, fork lifts, sweepers, cranes, mowers, winches, compressors, welders, hoists, shovels and dozers.
Loader Tractor
Case was called to supply tractors to the allied war effort. The experience Case acquired in modifying basic units for particular needs served it well in producing specialized tractors for the military during
World War II. As a result, the firm was able to achieve design advances in industrial equipment
That had proved impossible in the agricultural area due to wartime production restrictions. The
Payoff came at the end of 1947 when the Industrial Division was formed.
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The Division's first project was to design an
industrial loader. This power loader tractor
(Models 30, 40 and 50) consisted of a hydraulic
front end loader mounted on the SI, DI, VAI or
LAI, and sold as a complete unit. The Case
power loader was an innovation in industrial
equipment. Previously, other machines and their
attachments were built separately, to be assembled
by the customer. Tractor dealers ordered
"will fit" implements such as loaders or backhoes;
these came with "kits," which were little
more than burlap bags "filled with nuts, bolts and
attachment devices without instructions." One
dealer recalled taking up to a week to install a
backhoe on a tractor — through trial and error —
at considerable expense.
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A Star Is
Born Case
Construction
King
In 1960
Case introduced the 30 Series
Construction
King
and an extensive line of matching equipment. A very popular
machine was the 530 Utility tractor and a matching backhoe.
The usual practice at that time was to also include a heavy
duty front end loader, but these machines could be purchased
as a `backhoe special' model. Instead of the front
end loader, a special box-section frame terminated in a front
counterweight box. Production of the 430 and 530 models
ran from 1960 to 1967.
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Case VA
series Parts
Catalog VAC
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Case VAI
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CASE Wheel Loader |
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Case Wheel Loader
Work on the wheel loader began before negotiations began with American Tractor Corp. The first 4 wheel drive W9 appeared in 1958
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CASE 310 Crawler |
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Case Dozer
1957 Case released the new Case 310 Crawler
One of the assets American Tractor Corp brought to Case was its small
line of crawler tractors and, more important, the machine that was
arguably the most significant ever built by the company —the loader
backhoe.
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CASE VA Series |
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CASE VAC 1942-1955
The Case VAC Model
became a well respected small
Case Tractor
. Their superior design is evidenced by the fact that many are still in service.
case VAC Tractor
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CASE FORKLIFT |
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Case Forklift
Based on what became the most common construction site tractor of it's day. The Construction King Forklift was a popular configuration
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CASE 530 |
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Case 530
First announced in 1960 the Case 530 tractor "Standard Tread"
was the base tractor of the extremely popular 530 Construction King. The tractor offered the advantages of the 530
Construction King for drawbar applications. It was a popular tractor for pulling rollers, tampers, scrapers, trailers,
and similar construction equipment
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