1977 Allis Chalmer 7020 Belly Color

Ed, I think he means throttle different than his other tractors, not necessarily different than Allis. I can attest to the Massey 165 and several deere models where "throttle down" or back was faster, allis, push throttle up for faster.

7020's like that too.

Lonn, I think they used them a lot in cotton country. I have seen several at Sikeston, MO auctions. At one time a lot of guys used them around here for tobacco. Around here they are called ridgers. They throw the dirt into ridges about a foot tall for how ever many rows that the tool is built for. Then you plant the crop, or set the tobacco on top of the ridge after you run what I think they call a leveler through the field to just level the very top of the ridges. It was a big thing around here with the bigger tobacco growers at one time. Most of those guys have gone to strip tilling their tobacco now.

i currently have a 7020 and there is nothing on the floor besides the diff lock and power shift oil dipstick tube.

1970s farmer: I don't think anyone wants you to leave, and these guys are just trying to help you figure out this mystery. I, too, would like to get it solved for you. I've been collecting allis stuff for almost 25 years, and I've read 3 books on allis farm equipment cover to cover at least twice each, and I am telling you, from my knowledge, that everything these guys have said is true. I am very curious to the outcome of this, and I hope you can find some pictures to help out. Good luck, Darrel

This mystery deepens and deepens.  I remember four levers on the right side: Three point hitch, two remote, and Hi-Lo-Park.  I remember the H-L-P, because one day (dirty laundry here) I was in the wrong range for Dad, I was in lo on the console, He races  his truck ahead of me, jams on the brakes, runs back and reaches up and yanks it into hi range, nearly drags me off the tractor...what a day.

A caveat team..

VOILA...four "Hipper"..

Lonn wrote: WD45Diesel57 wrote: i currently have a 7020 and there is nothing on the floor besides the diff lock and power shift oil dipstick tube. You must have a Power Shift model and not a Power Director.

Lonn, no black belly PD tractor had a shifter on the floor.

Nobody is telling you 7020's only come with a powershift. They are telling you that the power director 7020's do not have a floor shifter. The 5 speed and R shifter that used to be on the floor was replaced with a t-handle shifter placed directly beside the hi lo park shifter, in the same console area. Still has the 2 buttons on the floor. Powershifts do not have the 2 floor buttons.

I had a customer with a 7020 that was used in a feed lot operation. Perhaps the correct word is abused. He was constantly having trouble with the power director tee handle gear shifter getting out of adjustment. I finally removed the transmission top and replaced it with a floor shifted one from a 7040 salvage unit. It made it much more of a positive shift rather than going through a cable and linkage. This same tractor also got the range lever removed and I made a lever to go directly onto the lever coming out of the rear end housing. I cut a pattern in the floor board to match the high, low, park movement. Worked good, no more expensive cables to get out of adjustment.

It would be cool if this were some sort of prototype, but the shady dealer practices tell me otherwise.

I haven't seen this much interest in belly color since "I Dream of Jeannie" premiered!   

Tbone95 wrote: I haven't seen this much interest in belly color since "I Dream of Jeannie" premiered!

Four Post open ROPS....Turn signals and flashers in a white roof, fore and aft.