Just bought a 300 Utility

Cub149 · Sep 19, 2008

I always thought it would be an interesting project to get an old tractor running and possibly looking good. I bit the bullet and brought this home the other day. I'm sure I will spend too much money and time on it, but I couldn't help myself. I am also sure I will need many questioned answered. And it sure looks better in the small photo than in person.

Janicholson · Sep 19, 2008

_Perfect tractor. Good shape. Nice find. JimN

tbinny · Sep 20, 2008

I like the styling of these 300 utilitys, yours appears to be in very good shape, The ones I usually see dont look like that. Good luck.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 20, 2008

Looks just like my 350, except I have a loader. Great tractors except for the powersteering problems. Joe

BIG RED 1 · Sep 20, 2008

Nice looking tractor-where did you find her at?

Randy in Iowa

Anonymous-0 · Sep 20, 2008

looks better than my IHC-350 i got to restore

Cub149 · Sep 20, 2008

I found it a few miles east of Pittsburgh, PA. There were 4 for sale in the last two months and I never had seen one before. Looked at Massey Ferguson, Oliver and Ford mainly, but the International had the independant pto and more power.

old · Sep 20, 2008

For your sack I hope it has power steering because if it doesn't those things can be a bear to drive. I have a friend that has one and no power steering and he complains about it all the time because of how hard it is to steer
Hobby farm

BIG RED 1 · Sep 20, 2008

The only reason I ask is I missed out on one that sold for 800.00-and it ran-guy selling it only wanted what was owed to him on a seperate family debt type thing.
Day late and 800.00 short-lol
This tractor was in eastern Iowa

Randy in Iowa

DAN STIREWALT · Sep 20, 2008

POWER STEERING FROM JACKSON POWER STEERING WORKS GREAT I HAVE IT ON A 350 UTILITY WITH A LOADER

Cub149 · Sep 20, 2008

No power steering, and it is very hard to turn! I hope putting tri rib tractor tires on in place of the truck tires helps some.

Mike

Cub149 · Sep 20, 2008

Adding power steering might come down the road, after I use it a bit and see if no major repairs crop up.

Cub149 · Sep 20, 2008

The least expensive one I saw was 1800. Sad shape and only had the fixed drawbar, no fast hitch.

old · Sep 20, 2008

Did not help on my friends. When we got it, it has military type tread tires on it and we tried the rib type tires on it and that did not help much if any. That was one of the problems that the 300U has is the hard steering

bill b va · Sep 20, 2008

i believe you will find putting tri rib tires on it will make you think you have power steerig . it did mine . i paid $400 for mine but have done a lot of work on it . mostly miss treated and abused .

Bringselpup · Sep 20, 2008

Looks like a nice ride, the wheel weights on the back came with it?

Cub149 · Sep 20, 2008

Yes, two sets of rear weights! I would like to find a set for the front to balance it out. Ah, but first lets fix the oil leaks, and see why the governer doesn't always come down to a slow idle...

Mike

Janicholson · Sep 20, 2008

Until you get the power steering, leave the weights off the front. The Power steering mentioned in the other reply is a complete replacement, and does not use the original components (that is a good thing) JimN

Anonymous-0 · Oct 12, 2008

doing an off body restoration on my and am looking for a wiring diagram.

Cub149 · Oct 12, 2008

The same diagrams from the owners manual are on Caseih.com. Goto the parts lookup, search for 300, pick 300 utility and goto the electrical section.

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