New Case IH Owner

[RubiconTJ]

After a long search I bought my first tractor - a brand new Case IH Farmall 31. I got the beast for the fantastic price $15,400 with the FEL included.

I spent over three months looking at all brands - JD, NH, Case IH, Kubota, Cub Cadet... even Mahindra. Two dealers could sell at prices others in my area couldn't touch. At those dealers I had the choice between Cub Cadet and Case IH. In the end it was a no-brainer, since the Case was so much more tractor for the money. I got the Case from Haney Farm and Ranch for $12,000 less than what the local dealer quoted.

Bottom line is I am really stoked that I got this tractor for so cheap, and it is nearly identical to my dad's NH TC33, which I am already familiar with.

 

[Muhammad]

Welcome to TBN.

 

[Briana03]

Hello & WELCOME to TBN! Congrats on your new purchase. :thumbsup:

I moved your thread to the Case-IH Forum.

 

[PossumHound]

:welcome:

Beautiful machine there- I always have preferred a red tractor, other things being equal. I know you'll get a lot of work and pleasure from that Case.

PH

 

[pedalstomper78]

I've got a DX33 with the LX116 loader on it and love it also. Will do pretty much anything that I want it to so far.

 

[RubiconTJ]

Yeah, they are great for their size. I've been dragging around oak tree trunks that are 20' long and 30" diameter with no problems.

 

[CantonHayGuy]

Rubicon -
I watch the Tractorhouse.com site quite a bit and have seen the great prices Haney Farm, there in GA., advertises. In 2008 I traded my Kubota BX2230 in for my Farmall 31. The Kubota gave me absolutely no problems, but I knew I was working it hard and wanted to go up in hp. I would not have had a problem going Kubot again, but the Kubota dealer couldn't offer me the financing deal that CASE could (that, and we really like red tractors). I've got over 600 hours on the 31 and it gets used for just about everything.... hay mowing duties, hay wagon moving, lawn mowing, horse manure removal, snow blowing/ moving... you name it.

I've had two issues with this tractor that the dealer hasn't been able to help me figure out; both developed right about the time the warranty expired. We live in So. Dakota, winters can get brutally cold; even though I keep the tractor in the barn, when it's cold the hydraulics take a few minutes to warm up and operate smoothly. The second issue: without rhyme or reason when I am driving the thing (forward or backward) there will be the loudest squeal coming from the gearbox until I let up on the hydro pedal. Sometimes I can use the tractor for a day... a week... a few weeks without getting the squeal and then out of the blue it comes on. Doesn't matter if it's summer or winter. I've changed fluid and filters, checked fittings on all the lines to makes sure there's no air getting into the system, but to no avail. And there's no way I can let the dealer have it to try to find the problem because they could have it for a week and the problem not show itself.

Having said this, I'm at a point where I can consolidate from the two tractors I have, to just one so I will be trading my 31 and my '63 706 in for a new Farmall 55A MFWD. I need less machinery to maintain.

Hope your 31 is doing all that you want it to be doing for you ..... and then some. lol

 

[bucktaker]

congrats on your purchase.... who makes that for them ? you said it was like a NH is the same base machine? just curious I bought my kubota from a case dealer who sold both but had no farmalls on the lot

 

[blueriver]

Very Nice ...

 

[RubiconTJ]

The second issue: without rhyme or reason when I am driving the thing (forward or backward) there will be the loudest squeal coming from the gearbox until I let up on the hydro pedal. Sometimes I can use the tractor for a day... a week... a few weeks without getting the squeal and then out of the blue it comes on. Doesn't matter if it's summer or winter.

Just curious... this may have no bearing, but have you looked at the front driveshaft as the source for the squeal? My dad's NH started squealing, and once the driveshaft was greased it quit.

 

[TCowner]

My neighbor's Case DX33 started to make the same noise. He thought the hydrostatic transmission was failing. Same thing, the front wheel drive shaft needed lubrication and the problem went away and hasn't returned.

 

[Red Beast]

Welcome to the red side. Very happy with my JXU 85, 146hrs on her now.

 

[RubiconTJ]

congrats on your purchase.... who makes that for them ? you said it was like a NH is the same base machine? just curious I bought my kubota from a case dealer who sold both but had no farmalls on the lot

Bucktaker - the Case compact Farmalls are the same tractors as the New Holland compact tractors. I think New Holland bought out Case, which had bought out IH, thus the Case IH branding on my tractor. I parked my 31 next to my dad's TC 33 and everything but the grille design and the paint is exactly the same... fenders, instrument panel, controls, all the mechanicals, etc.

 

[RubiconTJ]

Welcome to the red side. Very happy with my JXU 85, 146hrs on her now.

Thanks, Red Beast. That JXU 85 is one awesome tractor. Enjoy!

Wish I had enough land to need one!

 

[CantonHayGuy]

Just curious... this may have no bearing, but have you looked at the front driveshaft as the source for the squeal? My dad's NH started squealing, and once the driveshaft was greased it quit.

No, I didn't look at that area; however, it does it in 2wd or 4wd.

 

[Red Beast]

Thanks, Red Beast. That JXU 85 is one awesome tractor. Enjoy!

Wish I had enough land to need one!

over-engineered for the land right now, but the last tractor I will need to buy, and we only plan on moving to more land, not less.
RB

 

[Martian]

Congrats:thumbsup:

That is one excellent price! Sure you'll love it.

 

[Kitz]

very nice love the red

After a long search I bought my first tractor - a brand new Case IH Farmall 31. I got the beast for the fantastic price $15,400 with the FEL included.

I spent over three months looking at all brands - JD, NH, Case IH, Kubota, Cub Cadet... even Mahindra. Two dealers could sell at prices others in my area couldn't touch. At those dealers I had the choice between Cub Cadet and Case IH. In the end it was a no-brainer, since the Case was so much more tractor for the money. I got the Case from Haney Farm and Ranch for $12,000 less than what the local dealer quoted.

Bottom line is I am really stoked that I got this tractor for so cheap, and it is nearly identical to my dad's NH TC33, which I am already familiar with.

 

[the6shooter]

I sure like that ballast box you got>:thumbsup:

 

[RubiconTJ]

I sure like that ballast box you got>:thumbsup:

Thanks, 6shooter.
The box is homemade from some scrap channel and plate salvaged from a factory renovation.

I did a very short write-up about it here:
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/214393-ballast-box-w-storage.html