Ingersoll 446,,farm fresh and new to me.??

As parts go, the rear hydro PTO is worth about $300, the rear sleeve hitch is worth about $250. As a rough guess, a good running 446 with a working mower deck is worth $500-$700 (all dependind how well it runs). With those options, usually there was a tiller and wheel weights with it when it was new, any chance the seller held out on you?

It appears you have a nice tractor, very desirable package you have; let's see what the 220 looks like, you may have another jem which could replace that yellow CC disorder......

eBoyDog said:

As parts go, the rear hydro PTO is worth about $300, the rear sleeve hitch is worth about $250. As a rough guess, a good running 446 with a working mower deck is worth $500-$700 (all dependind how well it runs). With those options, usually there was a tiller and wheel weights with it when it was new, any chance the seller held out on you?

It appears you have a nice tractor, very desirable package you have; let's see what the 220 looks like, you may have another jem which could replace that yellow CC disorder......

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LMAO. CC disorder. I'll take a guess you have never tried a 3000 series or higher. Anything less is ordinary,,,, in the CC's. They are nice!!! Power steering ,,hydraulic lift. Ok,,enough of that.

I will take another look to see if there are any attachments I missed . I am thinking you are right about keeping the 446. I tightened and replaced a few motor bolts. It runs great!!

You can go to www.eastmanind.com to find illustrated parts manuals by using your tractor serial number. To get your owners manual look up Salem Power, Brian will be by shortly. As far as fluids are concerned. The hydrolic tank holds MOTOR OIL, Shell Rotella T in 20W40 will work and is what 90% of us use. You can also check out the sticky at the top of this page for some manuals or the designated manuals section of MTF has some different ones as well. Another source for manuals is www.casecoltingersoll.com you need to become a member to view them there.

Another thing, it wouldn't be surprising if the 446 has a holding valve. Such would appear as a rectangular block with hydraulic lines running to it right in front of the drive motor (underneath on the left side in front of the rear tire). This was an option for the three letter tractors which prevents free wheeling down hill. That adds a couple hundred to the overall value, it was almost a standard option in the mid 80's tractors until the four letter models came out and the holding valve was incorperated into the spool valve as a standard feature.

To plow, you need to find a single board sleeve hitch plow along with weights for the front-end.

As manuals go take the serial number off the data plate on the dash, then look up the parts manual located here in the stickies or Google "Eastman Ingersoll", the first hit should pull up their website were manuals can be found.

The sleeve hitch operates off the primary lift cylinder, the other option is a 3 point hitch which uses the same control lever on the right of the steering wheel. Now some people have plumbed in a hydraulic selector valve which allows you to use the two lifts independently or even craft a second control lever for the 3 point lift.

Fyi, the Case Ingersoll tillers are awesome, I love mine, extremly heavy duty but also can be expensive, I got lucky and got a newer Ingersoll tiller along with a hydro PTO for $350 but such is an exception as tillers alone usually go for $350 and up.

One last note that adds much value to the Case Ingersoll tractors is that they have maintained the same attachment system for the entire line from a 1979 tractor to the newest Ingersoll sold new today with only minor changes. A push blade off a 79 444 will attach to a 4016 tractor, only big change was that when they came out with the four letter models, they changed the way the engine mounts, thus the reason for newer right discharge mower decks compared to older left discharge decks.

This is all good info.

I have to go loosen the motor mounts and take a look to see if the rubber is still there. I didn't see any. But it is hard to get to them to see.

I have the plow,,I just picked it up a week before I bought this. It's like new and should bolt right on. I was told these do not pull a plow well. Hmmm? A traction issue. Loaded AG's should do the trick.

I checked the hydro oil. It's about where it should be and it works well so I'm not sure if I should change it or not.

I do need to go through and grease it all up.

I'll get to the 220 soon.

I am looking for a tiller for the 446 .lol

Not much luck so far. I need some pictures of what it looks like for future reference. Maybe I'll see one laying around.

I also need a breather for it. It was gone when I got the tractor. 16 hp Onan B43M.

I want to fully restore this thing,,but it involves allot of work as you all probably know.I have seen some of the jobs on here. Very nice.
It's going to have to wait til I have more time.

The CC went up for sale,,,,well,,,,one of them!!! lol I can't keep em all!!

flash5153 said:

I was told these do not pull a plow well. Hmmm? A traction issue. Loaded AG's should do the trick.

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??? Curious who told you that. Sure it has to be the right size plow ... but they work magic with a 10 or 12" brinly mold board ...

All the long fender tractors had the built in holding valve ... so if it's all as it appears, that feature is in there.

A very nice set up ... congrats.

Brian

bhildret said:

??? Curious who told you that. Sure it has to be the right size plow ... but they work magic with a 10 or 12" brinly mold board ...

All the long fender tractors had the built in holding valve ... so if it's all as it appears, that feature is in there.

A very nice set up ... congrats.

Brian

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It was a friend of mine that has a Economy,,similar to the 446. I told him I wanted to plow with this and he said it won't do well. His Economy just spins the tires.

Then he said he wanted to buy it from me!!! lol

I have no idea what his set-up is,,but I have a small plow,,like new. I think it will bolt right on to the hitch plate on the 446. I don't know it's actual size. I'll get a picture tomorrow,and some measurements .

Here's a picture of the plow. I think it is a 12" but it might be 10". I'm not sure where to measure from.

I think it will mount right on??

That looks very much like the Brinly plow ... 10:1 that sleeve hitch clevis mounts right up to the Ingersoll sleeve hitch.

With the Ingersoll hitch, you will only be able to place 1 draw pin in the plow, but you can set the plow in various locations across the back of the tractor (centered for field plowing ... offset for things like digging or cutting a single trench).

There are stabilizer bolts that come through the forward side of the hitch, to lock the implements on to the single (or triple if you have the Ingersoll tiller) draw pins.

I've plowed plenty of grassy turf and tilled garden space with a 446, Brinly 1 bottom, no added weight, and turf tires. That plow doesn't take much power to pull and hence doesn't need a lot of traction. It turns out 6-8" rocks with ease, destroys the turf roots like hot butter ... but OK is came up short on that 4" tree root ... but the 1 & 2" ones went down with just some persuasion.


I wonder if your friend was talking about snow plowing. There you do need to properly set up the tractor with weight, chains, and/or non-turf tires.

Now you are off to your new addiction ... please keep us posted ...


Brian

flash5153 said:

Here's a picture of the plow. I think it is a 12" but it might be 10". I'm not sure where to measure from.

I think it will mount right on??

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That's a 10" plow. 12" are rare in sleeve hitch hookup configuration. You'll know it when you see one. lol
I plow with my Case all the time. I use the same plow you have. It's a blast! I've had it pulling in such hard ground the plow frame was flexing and I bent the sleeve hitch and that was on a 200 series CASE not a high profile 400 series. The Case has plenty of grunt to plow. :fing32:

Mjoe7 said:

That's a 10" plow. 12" are rare in sleeve hitch hookup configuration. You'll know it when you see one. lol
I plow with my Case all the time. I use the same plow you have. It's a blast! I've had it pulling in such hard ground the plow frame was flexing and I bent the sleeve hitch and that was on a 200 series CASE not a high profile 400 series. The Case has plenty of grunt to plow. :fing32:

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That's good to know. I plan on using this to plow and till the garden.(in search of a tiller)

I will use it as a back up mower to the CC I have.

I may give this plow a try soon,,just for the heck of it. I have a big area I didn't plant this year that could be turned over.

I have a 446 with wheel weights, and chains. I regularly move a 4000# wood chipper around the yard with some slope no problem. It's an awesome plow tractor too. Does a great job with an old 10" cast iron single bottom plow.Frequently lifting big rocks out of the ground, pulls through old wild rose roots too. I have a homemade sleeve hitch that I built from drawings linked from this site. Only rarely have I lost traction. The 446 does a great job with a plow on front too, moves snow easily, and with pin to lock the trip, I use it to push wood chips. Its not the prettiest tractor in the shed but it really works hard. I only wish I had more attachments for it. My JD 235 GT has issues right now, so I'll being trying to hook up my mower deck this week on the Ingy446. I have never run the PTO off the front of the engine, fingers crossed that its gonna work. Keep the 446 with the pto and 3pth for the real work, orange doesn't show the dirt like cream and yellow does. Keep one CC to be seen doing the lawn on sundays:goodl: