Saved From Scrap- Case Spreader Restoration

A free manure spreader- what have we gotten ourselves into? We'll take this hedge-row equipment find back to what it looked like when it rolled off the floor in 1950, and press it back into use as a staple in our farm operation. It wasn't easy but it turned out beautiful AND effective!
Case 95 manure spreader, repainted with VanSickle equipment enamel.
Music: Outside the City, Many Moons Ago (from Epidemic Sounds via Gopro account)
Falcon's Nest, Gabriel Lewis(Epidemic Sounds via Gopro account)

[@ronrobertson2242]

I respect how you take old and make it new😊

[@charlessteele2455]

Love seeing something like this restored back to functionality not just as a piece of lawn art. Great job!

[@donaldmack7213]

Great job! Glad you saved some of American history!

[@markh4013]

Nice restoration, and a useful piece of equipment to have too.

[@PAfarmboy]

Wow, I have to hand it to you. That was a great restore! Nothing like seeing old equipment brought back to life and put into use again.

[@cozycowfarm]

Thanks 👍

[@tedpreston4155]

What a joy! I'm working with nearly identical equpiment, but a few years newer: a Ferguson TO30 (1955ish) and a Case manure spreader, much like yours, but mine has sheet metal sides, and the apron drive covered in sheet metal, as you described. Your work is inspiring! Maybe I'll clean mine up a bit after watching!

[@robertmerrill382]

Awesome restore. Who knew something so beautiful and ingenious could fling poop so effectively?

[@iwantosavemoney]

I really like the transition from very nice refurbished manure spreader to a bang their the manure just great 👍 I sub

[@cozycowfarm]

Glad to have you join us with a subscription, thanks!

[@callanicol3657]

Recently discovered your channel. Love it!

[@brianmilliard6998]

Pick up a needle scaler, makes that job alot faster and easier.

[@chrispowell5622]

Great work, Glad I found your channel. My Dad used to say” The only thing John Deere won’t stand behind is their manure spreader”

[@vacone1]

Just found your site. Excellent. Your wife driving the Ford Tractor reminds me of Henry’s genius. My dad had 1934 Farmall F20. Mom was uncomfortable with it. He then got 1942 Ford which Mom was a lot of help because she would work with it. We stayed with that design to 1952 Ferguson. We too had a New Idea manure spreader converted from horse drawn. I was 10 spreading manure and liked the manure fanning out back. I put the Ferguson in third gear and let the manure fly. Any way after chastening from Dad, no horse drawn spreader was ever designed to go that fast..

[@cozycowfarm]

Love the story! Thanks for sharing. Glad to have you visiting our channel. The Ford certainly has been a nice addition!

[@Leonard-1983]

Great job, well done

[@bl688]

Fantastic! 👍👍

[@Dextamartijn]

Looks great Ford power and Case work well together. Looks great, really enjoy your videos you definitely got a new subscriber I enjoy your manure spreader restorations

[@marklepage4334]

Looks really good I rebuilt my cub spreader couple years ago hope to paint it this year

[@cozycowfarm]

There was surprisingly little wear or wrong with it other than the wood, we got lucky. I struggle to say it was a 'restoration' since it was largely a repaint, and I have a lot of respect for people doing true rebuilds. Good luck with your project!

[@vnthomas16]

Great restoration! I know you folks generally stand behind your work, but you want to probably make an exception in this “Case”! Haha! 😂

[@cozycowfarm]

hahahaha.

[@thomaslepage4522]

I had a heck of a time removing the tire from the rim of my Farmall Cub. Same situation. There was a similar Case spreader parked in the bushes here when I bought the place, but it needed parts and a donor spreader wasn’t available. I ended up with a Cub spreader

[@TheIronDuke502]

Very nice restoration on the manure spreader. At the farm where I grew up, We had a non-pto New Holland manure spreader that dad added sideboards to the spreader for extra capacity for horse manure and straw which worked out really well. It seemed like tobacco stalks were problematic about bending the beaters,Etc. I had seen a old metal wheeled manure spreader a day or so ago for sale here in Kentucky. I may get the phone number and see how much they want for it.

[@ruthlward3240]

We have a T-6 case, and need to replace the springs. But do not know the correct size springs to use. It appears that whoever had it last just jerry-rigged those springs. Can you help us with the spring sizes? Yours looks very similar to ours.

[@JohnSmith-fs4dx]

Are you concerned with the safety of the Formall H being a narrow front with a loader? Especially living in the hill country as it seems? Can you do a video on safety using a narrow front tractor?

[@cozycowfarm]

Yes, I am concerned and there are some spots I just don't go with the H. Interestingly enough, the Ford is the one that I think I've actually come closer to any danger with (started to lift the front end) and I see more roll-overs with them. Also in part because I find the height of the seat on the Farmall accentuates every slope and makes me very cautious. I've read a bit, and learned a bit from others, but don't feel I know enough to make a video about safely using them. I might see if there is someone more experienced we can collaborate with though down the road on this.

[@dakotasconzert3700]

Spreader looks good but should have ditched the split rims

[@stripeytawney822]

ok dude- first I like your stones to be doing what you are doing. you remind me of my dad who did similar in the early 1970s. much respect. that being said, you need a few pointers. can you find some old salts to talk to about what you are doing? I don't know maybe they are all passed on now. anyways, find some old folks and let them talk.... real farm eggs are good grease to trade for wisdom. might have to haunt old folks home or auctions.... My father passed 20 years back, and my mentor did last year. You will save so much time not remaking the wheel, if you can find experience. that hitch system is good, it fell out of favor when Case came out with "eagle claw" type hitching systems. your farmall was just a hitch. that ford has 3 point.... personally I like allis Chalmers snap coupler... each company had their own and economy of scale plus increasing farm size slowly ate the little guys up. 50s tech trumps 40s tech. you now have a channel, keep working on getting a following and "trade up" your equipment. just as you will see the difference in spreaders, that 50s tech is the shit. thats where having old boys that played the game are GREAT. stuff like who made the best what. it ain't all the same. new idea is good for your size, but usually a different brand is better. we liked Oliver balers, allis tractors, intl plows. gleaner combines. stay away from intl gas to diesel engines- cracked heads. blah blah blah! that ford has a 3 point hitch, but no live power. overrunning clutch on the pto shaft! that will keep you out of trouble awful light duty too. see if you can find a wd45 allis. that hand clutch is as good as live power, best tractor for the dollar today. when welding cast iron, heat the iron up. slow the cool down too. helps to keep it from cracking. paint- 1) don't waste your time painting wearing surfaces. chains need lubrication! not paint. never sieze and blackjack plus a grease gun are your friend. adjustments too. punt the cheap farm paint. spend 10% more and buy rust0leum. 10% zylene cut and it sprays like glass. rust0leum holds its gloss. the rest won't. I could show you gravel pit draglines wherever proved that. keep an eye on your kids. remember old tech has asbestos sometimes. teach them safety, don't let them slide on it. solvents are real bad on young systems, not so bad on yours (we washed up with gasoline). peace, and continue to fight the goid fight. my mother still keeps about 50-75 chickens....

[@stripeytawney822]

musings for the missus. we are Midwestern, not sure how much the region changes this- you like the flowers. look out for the old farmsteads. watch them bloom over a season or two. the houses and barns might be long gone, but they planted certain trees that give them away. old churches too. heirloom bulbs.... some places have 100 year old cultivars that no one even knows is there. been splitting bulbs for 50 years too....keep a shovel with you, and take notes when you see something you might want to transplant. a lot of killer fruit trees too, if they are still there. I have cloned some peach, pear and even grape from old orchards.....elderberry plant and chickens are a great match. they eat the foliage like candy. let alone the berries.

[@wayneepp5287]

I cringed when you tripped the loader bucket so close to your newly restored spreader 😀

[@cozycowfarm]

Me too! Trying to balance not hitting it and letting a few hundred pounds of manure accelerate from too great a height, and I didn't always get it right!

[@danielalamo2075]

Beautiful job on restoration!! I have a New Idea 12a that I would like to restore. It used to work but the drive chain kept coming off and broke. Now the wood is too rotten and pieces bolted to only wood are not in alignment anymore. But oh well maybe soon.

[@cozycowfarm]

While winter has its challenges, that is usually when we find time for restoration projects. Hope you are able to get your New Idea working again!

[@Tractors_Trucks_And_Pups]

I would love to do some restoring/classic farm work one day...I'm off to a good start, I bought a 1940 Allis Challmers b with a sickel, it was painted but still needs a little fine tuning, all I can say is it being only crank start...it makes ya appreciate electric start!!!🥵🥵😵😵, Only thing is we don't have any animals (besides dogs and a barn cat that thinks he's a dog) also we don't have good haying acerage it's really hilly and muddy and I would like to make our own hay...I mean I have the sickel. My neighbors (grandparents) do have some decently flat (not super muddy) fields that could be planted with grass or even alfalfa

[@cozycowfarm]

That's a tractor full of character and the crank start has to be part of the authentic experience! Best of all is if you are putting it to use. Thanks for the comments, and good luck with your place. As you might see in our video about visiting my sister's place, you can make a neat farming experience that fits your property wherever you are! Though if you get a chance to do some hay it is very satisfying.

[@nate3833]

Their was a lot of case spreaders like that were I live and farm in New York.

[@cozycowfarm]

Cool- I'm from NY originally. I find it fascinating that different manufacturers seemed to dominate different local markets for tractors and equipment. A big difficulty I ran into with this project was the lack of pictures and forum posts of this model online. Even our New Idea Hayloader had many more examples out there by google search.

[@seanharrington5889]

Where did you get the case emblem template??

[@cozycowfarm]

On this, I took a screenshot of the logo, then measured images of others from the web to get the approximate proportions of the logo compared to the spreader. I up-scaled the image logo in microsoft word to get the right dimensions and printed it out. Then put many strips of masking tape on the spreader to form a solid sheet of it, taped the template papers over the top of that masking tape sheet, and used a razor to cut away the letters through the paper and into the tape, remove the insides of the letters, then spray painted it. For others we have used a digital projector in the late evening hours and projected the design on the piece, then traced the outline and painted it in daylight.

[@seanharrington5889]

Cozy Cow Family Farm thanks for sharing, I’m in the process of restoring a case 75 spreader and have been watching your video for tips. Excellent work you have done