Well it's finally home. I went after the parts Case LA I bought last weekend (Another Road Trip). I will link the pictures at the end of my story.
I took front tire's along with me as I knew I need them to get it loaded. One rear tire was flat but I was cofident that it would blow up and stay up long enough to get it loaded. My better half came with me as I needed another vechicle to pull it on with.
As you will notice the front end is pertty well buried but I got my floor jack under it and got on side up high enough to get the tire on. One down and 2 to go. Well after fighting to get the jack under the other side we (Kathy and I) finally get the second one one. WOW! Now we have 2 doen and one to go. Well we took bets to see if the rear and last one would take and hold air. Well Kathy thought 50/50 and I thought after looking at it again and said 30/70 meaning 70 % chance it wouldn't. I was right.
Well I parked the pickup and trailer against a bank so it would pull on easier to load. I then tied on to the tractor with my pickup(won't mention model here) and it wouldn't budge, not even wiggle, I tried up hill, down hill, and even backwards at every angle, still wouldn't budge. Hmmmmm thought that maybe that flat tire had something to do with it so I jacked it back up and tried turning it. It wouldn't turn so I thought I would take the tire off and let it roll on the rim. We took a break and Kathy said that the steering wheel was stuck so I fiddled with it with no luck. Come to a conclusion that the tractor would have to be loaded where it was.
Finally getting back to the rear tire I was afraid that the tire may catch on the fender and bend it so I went to work didmounting it. Boy was it ever getting hot , or was that me frown . I don't know what I did but it got so the wheel would turn. I just thought that maybe I never had it jacked up enough to turn. Once the tire was off and had it on blocks I decided to jack up the other wheel. That one didn't move a bit. I figured thats why it didn't move. What now! I noticed that the brake pedals were down, but the other side turned. Hmmm, stuck brake. What do I do. I got out the big hammer and had Kathy pull up the pedal. I didn't even have to use the hammer, the tire turned. I couldn't beleive the brakes were that good that the weight of the pedal would lock the wheels up.
I put my come-a-long on it and the tractor moved. We were back in business. We were ready to load and soon to be on our way. The loading actually went very well as you can see in the pictures. A 2 hr job turned into about a 5 hr job. To end my story the trip home went great and the unloading went alright. Thanks for letting me share this. Remember I travel to 2 other states to get this tractor. My SD picturenever turned out.
caseman-d
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/casemand2002/slideshow?.dir=/aabb&.src=ph
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/casemand2002/album?.dir=/aabb
I took front tire's along with me as I knew I need them to get it loaded. One rear tire was flat but I was cofident that it would blow up and stay up long enough to get it loaded. My better half came with me as I needed another vechicle to pull it on with.
As you will notice the front end is pertty well buried but I got my floor jack under it and got on side up high enough to get the tire on. One down and 2 to go. Well after fighting to get the jack under the other side we (Kathy and I) finally get the second one one. WOW! Now we have 2 doen and one to go. Well we took bets to see if the rear and last one would take and hold air. Well Kathy thought 50/50 and I thought after looking at it again and said 30/70 meaning 70 % chance it wouldn't. I was right.
Well I parked the pickup and trailer against a bank so it would pull on easier to load. I then tied on to the tractor with my pickup(won't mention model here) and it wouldn't budge, not even wiggle, I tried up hill, down hill, and even backwards at every angle, still wouldn't budge. Hmmmmm thought that maybe that flat tire had something to do with it so I jacked it back up and tried turning it. It wouldn't turn so I thought I would take the tire off and let it roll on the rim. We took a break and Kathy said that the steering wheel was stuck so I fiddled with it with no luck. Come to a conclusion that the tractor would have to be loaded where it was.
Finally getting back to the rear tire I was afraid that the tire may catch on the fender and bend it so I went to work didmounting it. Boy was it ever getting hot , or was that me frown . I don't know what I did but it got so the wheel would turn. I just thought that maybe I never had it jacked up enough to turn. Once the tire was off and had it on blocks I decided to jack up the other wheel. That one didn't move a bit. I figured thats why it didn't move. What now! I noticed that the brake pedals were down, but the other side turned. Hmmm, stuck brake. What do I do. I got out the big hammer and had Kathy pull up the pedal. I didn't even have to use the hammer, the tire turned. I couldn't beleive the brakes were that good that the weight of the pedal would lock the wheels up.
I put my come-a-long on it and the tractor moved. We were back in business. We were ready to load and soon to be on our way. The loading actually went very well as you can see in the pictures. A 2 hr job turned into about a 5 hr job. To end my story the trip home went great and the unloading went alright. Thanks for letting me share this. Remember I travel to 2 other states to get this tractor. My SD picturenever turned out.
caseman-d
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/casemand2002/slideshow?.dir=/aabb&.src=ph
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/casemand2002/album?.dir=/aabb
