pic of case 841

hi seen this case tractor at a local auction coming up for sale
dont know nothing about it or case tractors.
noticed the front weights on it and the industrial paint
is this a rare tractor, never heard of this model before.
plan on going to sale may watch it sell, dont expect it to bring much.
any thoughts or input on it would be helpfull

830 gas, wide front explains the designation number on the serial plate. You can see someone painted over the original colors. Front weights are correct for that era...have them on my 730.

thanks for the reply, if i go to sale i may stand and watch it sell
dont want to see it go to the scrap
are the front weights worth anything. i know if they were john deere they would
be the price of the tractor as scrap.

I paid $50 a few years ago...now, I suppose $100 for the pair.

(quoted from post at 13:58:47 07/17/18) thanks for the reply, if i go to sale i may stand and watch it sell
dont want to see it go to the scrap
are the front weights worth anything. i know if they were john deere they would
be the price of the tractor as scrap.

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You should buy it. Who knows, it might grow on you after you get it fixed up.

I assume the jd in your name stands for John Deere. I grew up bias to Case but over the years my bias has mostly melted away and I am left with that non-curable disease--antique tractor fever. I like all the old stuff.

During these hot muggy day and being retired, I am suffering from cabin fever. Reading posts and pecking on the keyboard seems to be good medicine for this fever. I understand that very little of what I am writing here is new information to professional collectors of antique tractors. Fortunately, posts that come to us on the computer can be ignored or deleted and don't fill up the waste can. LOL

On first appearance, this tractor reaches out and grabs at me but I am too old to invest in old tractors any more. It is clean and not greasy. The exhaust has an automatic cover. All tires look good. Has fenders. Sheet metal is good. I personally like wide fronts and the 8 speed tranny. The pin hole in the drawbar tends to show low hours of hard pulling. If I were attending the sale, I would feel sad if some junk man or salvage company was able to buy the tractor for $1000. I would start feeling better if it were to bring $1500.

If I were to do the usual check out of the tractor and the internals seemed good, I would hope it would bring at least $2000.

This tractor is comparable to the 3010, WD45, and the 460. Case had gotten away from the 4 speed tranny and had added some styling. The Case brand continued to hold its own regarding durability.

The New Generation competitive sized 3010 jumped ahead: offering a 3 point hitch that had the sway function and better depth control, had some syncromesh in its tranny, and front mount to get onto the tractor. For tractor pulling, the 3010 and 460 had less hardware interfering at the rear and the drawbar could be located to make them more impressive at the tractor pull.

I would later buy a 4010 because I had friends that were 10 series owners and would never find it within themselves to mention the shortcomings of the 10 series. At the time, I had my 1170 and a 400 Case and both had a few quirks. The 400 was a little small so I traded it for the "perfect" tractor according to my friends---the 4010. Low and behold it also had a few quirks!!!!! In a few years the 4010 was gone and the 1170 with its few quirks remains. LOL

When the 20 series Deere and the 30 series Case came along, improvements in all tractor started to appear more rapidly. My two cents worth is today I think the Deere brand and the CaseIH brand are like pickup truck brands----not a nickel's worth of real difference.

Back to the 841. If I was considering buying it I would check it over much like you would. I find the simple five-ball antifreeze tester to be quite useful. If it will suck up antifreeze in the radiator of a tractor that appears to have been setting a long time like this one, that would indicate to me that probably there in not any antifreeze in the oil. If I pull on a fan blade with one hand and hold the belts tight with the other hand, if this turns the engine, I am now thinking that $2000 is a good deal. If the engine oil dipstick looks good and the fuel sediment bulb looks good, I am thinking this tractor might be a "diamond in the rough".

Nuff of my thoughts. Let us know its fate at the sale.

classic Case 830. its an Eagle hitch model which means the operator seat is low and it has the eagle hitch setup versus 3pt hitch. it is a later (1963-1964ish) Eagle hitch tractor in that it has the taller hood and air cleaner in front of the radiator. nothing rare or out of the ordinary. they were about 60ish HP and probably in the 8000ish pound weight range. good heavy built dependable machines if taken care of (like anything else). cousin to the 730, little brother to the 1030 but they never made 1030 gasers.

value? who knows. probably low since antique tractors have fallen off quite a bit. especially since this one has a flat tire and no batteries so i don't imagine they'll try to start it.

restoring would be ideal but definitely some valuable parts donor would be better than scrapping it. front weights, front grill screens, manifold, 830 Gas heads are a little more rare than the diesels, gage cluster if it works (shoot even if it doesn't) radiator, hydraulic pump, hyd valves, maybe the wide front. fenders but those look rusted out, chrome, tin maybe if someone needs bits, dual shifter set up are the main items of course a good running 830 motor would be worth more than parting it.