Case ingersoll 222 buy and get running

[@JeffBishop_KB3QMT]

I have an 1983 black frame Case 222 I got for $175 in 2018. It needed and got a lot of work. Has a new engine and fresh paint. These tractors are regular workhorses. I don't use mine for mowing grass as it seems such a waste to put time on such a great machine for trivial work that can be accomplished with any run-of-the-mill riding mower. Mine is for snow removal only, the reason I got it. We are in the mountains of western Maine and get a lot of snow. Over the last ten years we've had 6' of snow on the ground two years, 5+ for all the rest except for three light years where we only had 4' of snow on the ground. I use the Case for moving the snow because plows build walls that if there's enough snow, will eventually need to be dug out with a high lift. I do have a Ford 9N with a back blade that I clear around the mailbox up on the highway because the snowplows leave windrows about 8' high and regular plows just bounce off of them. I can chop them down by starting at the top with the back blade and just keep knocking them down from the top down. We absolutely rely on these machines, both of which I expect to still be using the rest of my life. I expect both to outlive me

[@davidellis7695]

Way to go. Nice little LT. Like the tip for spraying into the exhaust for a stuck exhaust valve. I just picked up a Cub Cadet 149 for $100 from a local. Hopefully I can get it running as easily as you got yours.

[@Panon1]

Congratulations on a mostly easy startup. Since it treated you so well, show it some love by giving it a much needed bath. PaulL

[@chaunceyfeatherstone6209]

Dug Dad's old 222 out of the corner of the shop a few days ago. Got parked out of frustration and lack of time to repair. Been sitting for about a dozen years. My cousin went and stole an generator out of a defunct '56 International to replace the starter/generator that was the main source of grief (he didn't want to sit in the house with a couple of 80 year old ladies, so I was glad I was able to entertain him without actually being there). Replaced the solenoid, finished wiring up the switch, drained the gas and wound up taking the fuel pump and carb apart to clean. Spun over a few times, mostly to fill the bowl I think, and away she went. My snowblowing time went from about 2 hours of trudging down to about half an hour of riding. I'm happy.

[@jacobrobinson175]

Yeah some jackass by me in Wisconsin here by Madison cut one of these up with a torch and threw it in a scrap dumpster at the City maintenance shop bits and pieces of it I got the hood the rims front and rear the rear axle the front axle all the pulleys some of the 10 work but the mainframe is gone

[@timothyfrost8807]

Great video, I just bought one of these, do you have a video for connecting the snow plow ( blade)? Thanks

[@Anchor-Tractor-Man]

Nice purchase!

[@rw3dog]

Nice score

[@chuckb9867]

That never happens to me

[@ronaldwprovo5530]

Thank you