I've owned a Case 4890 since it was brand new in 1982. We're still using it, and it definitely has advantages over my articulate Case Steiger. It's always worked and is reliable. It'll turn twice as tight as my articulate. It works great in small and odd shaped fields...👨🌾 🚜
I love how Cases main gripe about Deere being articulated comes back to bite them in the ass with literally every major brand sticking with articulated 4wd tractors.
The articulation would pop head gaskets on the old John Deeres. The straight frame case was a good design, it kept the tractor parallel for better traction, unfortunately the crab steer wasn't all that reliable.
@@Zach-ju5vi I personally think that the four wheel steer system definitely had distinct advantages over the articulated design, it was just the method of controlling it that was the weak link, bearing in mind it was a fully mechanical system at the time, with electronics coming in later ranges of the same type 4 wheel drive, 4 wheel steer tractors. Sadly, another weakness of the design lay with the drive/steer type of axles - they simply couldn't handle the same loading as a rigid axle - they were the weak link in the chain, if you will. That said, I think the design was very innovative given the era it was produced in. Articulated tractors could stand up to more rigourous work as their axles were rigid and the articulation joint was made sufficiently strong to withstand arduous conditions whilst still allowing articulation in several different axis at the same time. The drive/steer axles of the Case were quite expensive, as they were bought in from an outside supplier - Clark I believe, if my memory serves. John Deere bought in axles from an outside supplier too, for their 8010/8020 articulated tractors. Even IH bought in axles from an outside supplier for their 4100 series derived tractors, which were discontinued as of 1976, when Stieger started to supply their articulated tractors to IH. That's not to say that one system is any better than the other, it's horses for courses really - depends on your particular needs and circumstances
04:45 - "The Deere models averaged an extra gallon an hour, could add up to 10 gallons per day." Only doing 10 hours a day then? Must be nice being a part-timer eh? Some quite valid points made throughout, but all this time later, I see and hear of a lot more Deere's still being used than these old Case's. And of course, let's not forget that Case ended up buying Steiger, and dumped the all wheel steer in favour of the articulated design that is derided in this video.
That comfort cab lasted way to long in Deere tractors. They needed that updated cab so bad. We bought a red Steiger because of that redesigned cab. It’s not so hot now, but what a step up at the time. Hard to believe case bragged about that crab steer. We bought an older case and we learned quickly to never touch that steering lever lol
The crab steering was nifty when it worked, but it just had too many issues. Even minor problems could lead to difficulty driving straight on the road and that just isn't a fun experience. There's a reason all 4wd are articulated now for sure, crab steering is just one more thing which can break
good gosh I can't imagine the cab being an issue, that Steeigeer was twice the tractor at a lower cost, than deere had to offer, Steiger = more power to the ground, less fuel use while doing more, at that time a Versatile would have been the only 4x4 that offered Steiger any competition
They were all great tractors both for their time and many of both brands are still relied on today. Too bad Case felt they had to add B.S. to sell their product, like saying Deere's air filter is 14 feet in the air and then putting his hand right on the filter housing on top of the fuel tank as he's climbing down.
@@72alta worked on some of them years ago, all the u joints in the knuckles terrified me, case engines were good and the power shift was no slouch, especially after the updates
To some degree it has aged well. High hp fixed frame tractors are becoming the norm for precision farming. Articulating tractors are becoming less popular when you can get 450 hp out of a ridged frame fwa tractor that can be used for both tillage and planting.
Theere is and untruth there the air filternis not 14 feet from the ground.!!! It is eye sight while standing on the ground. This guy is a piece of work.
The guy half way stubs his foot climbing into the John Deere. On the 2WD report, in another video with the same narrator, it shows him hitting his shoulder on the door frame while getting into a Deere.
There are some valid points there. The one shifter sucked compared to the thirty series. The lower windows were better in the older ones too. But I’ve drove both and you need weight to pull and the 4490 wasn’t heavy enough for heavy pulling. The articulation was hard on three point hitch plows. But we still have an 8650 on the cart. I bleed green so I guess we better stay with Deere
The reason has always been that deere built a quality product that was and is still the best available.. Case never quite made the grade or finese that deere did
There is nothing original about about case. John deere never had to buy another company other than Waterloo boy and the German company. Never had to change Deere's image. Case is barely recognizable anymore. Can't tell the difference between a new Holland and a caseih.
I'm a John Deere man but I grew up on a dairy farm and ran cases International Harvesters and a couple Allis-Chalmers. I would take ih over case any day.
@@nowhereman8903Deere bought more companies than just Waterloo Boy. Dain, Van Brunt just to name a couple. Deere quickly painted that equipment green and didn't use the old names very long if at all. BTW I do own a pre Deere Dain hay rake.
@@nowhereman8903Mansur Co., producing corn planters; Syracuse Chilled Plow Co., specialized plows; Dain Mfg. Co., hay tools; Moline Wagon Co., wagons; Kemp & Burpee, manure spreaders; Van Brunt Mfg. Co., grain drills; and Marseilles Co., force-feed automatic corn shellers and grain elevators. I copied this from some history site about Deere. Those are the old acquisitions. In probably the last 10 years Deere has probably bought a couple dozen companies. Most are high tech companies dealing with AI robotics and other AI equipment. Then there is Hagie and.... well I could on and on. You just don't know it. Deere doesn't make big announcements about it.They report what legally required for stock holders. Like Bill Gates who owns the most stock of Deere. There's a lot you don't know about Deere.
It was a system a head of its time. Tho not the greatest or most popular, it lead to tellhanders , and other harvesters having the independent steering systems.
But steiger was superior in many ways. Cummins engine and twin disc transmission is hard to beat. As for fixed frame vs articulating, case magnum 380 is not articulating. It has 380 hp. If articulating is better hands down the magnum would not be fixed frame. Fixed frame has its advantages and that's why many high hp tractors today are fixed frame.
A lot of the success of that range is down to the fact that a lot of it was derived from an IH design that was in it's infancy at the time of the takeover
@@Jordannelson23 Steiger saved Cases 4wd market share. Their rigid frame 4wd’s are a joke compared to Steiger and Versatile tractors from the same era.
Case has a way better hydraulic control than deere. Deere was okay but case was way better. Case transmissions do suck though, treat a case right youll go 12-15000hrs
Both were junk. Case and JD were trying to build affordable tractors during the 80s down farm economy. Steiger didn't cut corners and that's why case chose to produce them after the buyout. Cummins 855 engine and twin disc transmission made steiger superior to JD and case by far.
The only good thing Case had was the Scania diesel. The rigid frame is alright sort of, but the turning balls wear out in the dirt, poor system. Much better off with a Versatile.
I would not call the 8850 a specialty tractor no more then I would call a 4994 one .Ironically CaseIH dropped these straight frame tractors the fist chance they got in 1986-87.Since the time period of 1974-78 Deere has been extremely stubborn & impotent to match the competition when it comes to 4WD tractor offerings.A habitually bad habit that continues right up to today.For instance when AC,Case,IH,MF,Ford,Steiger & Versatile were all introducing 300hp 4WD tractors in the 1970s Deere very stupidly decided not to do the samething.A good example of this is when the 275hp 8640 got introduced in 1978.they acted stupidly in not raising it up to 300hp to match the 8550,2870,4586 & others out there.This cow manure continues right onto today when it comes to CaseIH Steiger to
You only have to look at JDs design implementation philosophy over time ,they were still running old two cylinder putt putts till 1959 while the others had inline multi cylinders from the 20s.Deere always sits on the fence and watches how new concepts work out before committing ie Axial flow combines ,quadtrac ,rubber tracked tractors etc etc..Copying successful designs saves R@ D costs and risks, this is probably why Deere is in the position they are today.
I can't believe this guy can keep a straight face while selling this junk Look at is smoke even while not under load lol Time has not been kind to case 🤣 Who in the heck starts moving the tractor before engaging it PTO? I feel sorry for this sales guy . Even at 25% more the Deere is a bargain
@@billdoddwd I still don't like deeres mainly because of their followers, their products are good but yah thats about as far as it gets for me. I love my 94 series cases
Why does watching this video make me cream my jeans over that new 8650 instead of the ugly "calf-scours yellow" boxy Case? Deere had them all beat, at least in looks. Case and versatile were the UGLIEST on the market.
@@h0neybadger475 haha. I know they were trying to get the sound away from the cab, but the muffler way out front just looks SO outta place & im not big on the colors either. I actually like the ford versatile tractors...but I’d have to figure out how to tuck that muffler back by the cab like the rest of articulated tractors did within the industry.
Deere has never had a good looking tractor. The closest they came to having a good looking tractor to me was the old 530/630/730 but they were hopelessly obsolete.
@@EDBZ28 Versatile tractors have always been very efficient, the muffler out front is the most efficient place to put it, direct short pipe from turbo to muffler, it offers better exhaust flow using less complicated expensive tubing, I doubt noise was any concern to anyone
Wtf? Take your green sun glasses of fool . JD invent nothing only copy .Wagner invented the modern articulated tractor and incidentally was another company Deere ripped off through unscrupulous business practices.
Think the Steiger brothers might have something to say about that - they built their first tractor circac1957/58, whereas John Deere introduced the 8010 in 1959/60 time frame
Without a power shift,they were all junk. If all these other tractors were so great,why did they all go under? Natural selection the Deere still lives while others are just fond memories. This stupid joke of video shows how great the Deere is. These videos are laughable at best.
Yeah he was really struggling to make case look "better" and i admit i love the real case tractors well built and built by experienced men. But god dam those were some of the greatest deere tractors ever made lol poor bastard was theowing anything he could think of hoping it would stick haha They were heavy, but theyre un-fckng stoppable, both literally and reliability wise...
