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1370rod 08-24-2012 14:44:10 184.158.70.198 Report to Moderator	Sorry guys, the minnie shown sort of goes with CASE. It's the first new tractor my dad bought and I learned to drive. Dad used this from 1959 to 1992. Durring those years it did all the planting, mowing, raking, baling, spraying, corn picking, feed grinding and manure hauling. The 830, 970, and 2290 owned at different times did the cultivating and tillage. It survived 5 boys and all the abuse we could throw at it. We preferred driving it over the nieghbors 530 when we helped them put up hay. Now before I receive all the hate mail and death threats I must say the torq in those tractors could be shifted very smoothly and you never jerked anyone off the bale rack. I had not seen the Jet for 15 yrs. My brother now owns it and he lives in SE MN. It came back home for a tune-up and starter work. Rod. [Reply]   [No Email]
Dallas Huybregts 09-07-2012 09:47:30 142.229.86.14 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   My good friend and partner in crime is a Minnie man. He has a U, a U special and a Z. The Z pulls like a little demon. I like driving those tractors. Between the two of us we add a little Orange and Gold to the sea of Green at our local pull. I'll agree that MM is second best.   [Reply]  [No Email]
C. Amick 08-25-2012 13:58:41 138.210.9.42 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   I like the smaller Molines. My neighbor has an R that I helped him fix up. I don't have any, but I'd like to have one. The hydraulic pump and the steering wheel on the R is the same as used on a VAC. Not sure what other parts they may have in common.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Matt L 08-25-2012 13:26:42 50.52.18.105 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   Im kinda a minnie nut Im down to 4 of em just have U's left. First tractor I drove was a minnie of some sort. Just dont know which one- it was pretty small. I just need more cases to equal out the rest. Just havent found ones I like yet. ,besides my 430 and the vac in pieces lol   [Reply]  [No Email]
Dave from Eastern Iowa 08-25-2012 06:46:08 184.20.217.51 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   Boy, this place is just crawling with closet Minnie lovers. I hear some even have Masseys and pre-Moline Minnies.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Ande 08-25-2012 05:48:08 66.231.103.186 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   Nothing wrong with MM,I always admired their equipment,think they had a ad that would show their combines and the title was "The Harvesters".I do think MM was ahead of their time on some of their ideas and equipment.Especially MFD. They built heavy tractors like below,Casemans,large cubic inch and stroke,like Case did,I do enjoy looking at collectors collections.Especially the "Harvesters"   [Reply]  [No Email]
caseman-d 08-24-2012 21:47:05 67.142.174.26 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   Got one myself. caseman-d   [Reply]  [No Email]
Bret4207 08-25-2012 04:44:02 64.19.90.196 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to caseman-d, 08-24-2012 21:47:05   I Don;t own a MM myself, but I looked at a "G1000 Vista" once IIRC. Seemed like a real nice rig. It was just way more tractor than I need...at the time. I might jump on it today.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Rich10e 08-24-2012 20:57:24 184.94.132.94 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   Brings back memories,neighbor had a brown jet star when I was a kid,drove it alot.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Harry J. Case 08-24-2012 20:50:03 174.125.14.62 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   I always said Minnie Mos and Cases had more in common than any others. Always wanted them to merge and live happy ever after.   [Reply]  [No Email]
toolz 08-24-2012 19:56:52 206.221.154.149 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   It's OK to like 'em all- I pull a Case and a Minnie, and smile just the same going down the track.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Ron Sa 08-24-2012 19:32:35 75.106.112.105 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   When I was growing up in the early 50, one of our neighbors had a Minnie. I was impressed. He did a lot of chisel plowing with it. It had a very fast road gear.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Craig C 08-24-2012 18:51:11 98.93.53.127 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   Our farm's first rubber tired tractor was an R moline. My cousin has the original, but dad bought one just like it a few years ago already restored. All that goes back to 1950.   [Reply]  [No Email]
John Saeli 08-24-2012 18:29:06 66.66.16.240 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   Would never throw stones @ a M-M, but I have a story, true. In the early 70's when I was a kid, I had a 630 Diesel C-O-M w/ a loader that I'd plow snow with. Had chains on the back tires & when it was real bad, I carried the 3-16's on the E-H. Neighbor had a M-M like the one pictured & was buried in the snow & mud w/ a load of manure. Ol'e Don hooked the chain around his front axle, & I hooked to the drawbar of the 630. I told Don that the front X was a poor place to hook. He hollerd at me & told me to get going. I put the 630 in a lower gear & eased into her, the chain tightened, and I gave her some more throttle,; with the chains & ballast, she wasn't going to spin. I gave her some more & the rear tires sqatted & then "BANG", we jumped forward as the front axle on the M-M came loose.   [Reply]  [No Email]
JW 08-24-2012 18:13:42 75.207.72.135 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   I had one very similar to yours and will agree it was a nice little tractor to have around.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Gary from Iowa 08-24-2012 18:12:43 63.153.228.185 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   Hey, I have a ZAU I just don't tell anybody so please keep it quiet. We had a neighbor who had a UB Minnie that did a good job pulling 3-16 back in the 50's. I always thought that the U and G series were good field tractors but a little awkward around the yard.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Adirondack case guy 08-24-2012 17:14:19 67.246.153.242 Report to Moderator	Re: Good Grief, it's a Minnie! in reply to 1370rod, 08-24-2012 14:44:10   Miniy Moes are second best. There was a good MM dealer in our area, and both of us could put the Red and Greens ones to shame on an on farm demonstration. Loren   [Reply]  [No Email]