lets see some wheatland d17 pics~!

wheat 2

just like this pic.

more of cold trip. this wheatland needs a hitch any one got one?

and the parts form the one i parted out up in canada, hated to do it but went to get one seen another and can only haul one so i got the wheatland parts off the other one and made it all in one trip! it was a good day up north that day~!!

Did AC make any other tractors that were officially labeled a wheatland tractor?  Never understood why a D17 wheatland had an adjustable front axle, the D17 was also too small of a tractor to be a competitive wheatland tractor.

Nice job on that tractor. That paint job is better than they came with new i'm sure. Do you have any pic of the rest of your orange fleet?

Those sure are some neat looking machines.

Ben,

I know the D17 was the largest from 1957 to 1962 but they never did build a 190 or 220 or any other Wheatland did they?

The D17 Wheatlands are unique but to me are not tru wheatland tractors like the other built.

That's not a knock against Ben's tractors, He did a superb job on them for sure.


Edited by Claus - 12 Dec 2010 at 11:44pm

Claus, in that time period, what "true" wheatland tractor existed, what makes a "true" wheatland tractor?  I think allis was the first to use the term "wheatland".  IH didn't use it until the 706/806/1206.  Before that they were just called international tractors, row crops were farmalls.  I am not sure that John Deere ever did make anything other than the D-R-80-820-830 line as a standard and never labled them other than standard.

International introduced the 560 standard in 58 and the D17 actually put more power to the ground than the 560 did, and the 57 600 according to the nebraska test.  Of course the 820 had them all beat, but hey? 

As far as allis building another wheatland model, I wouldn't call a D21 anything but a wheatland with those large tires, set back axle, ect.....

Also post 63, the row crop / standard / wheatland was blurred.  Traditional row crop tractor implements such as front mount cultivators was on their way out.  30" rows standardized for the most part.  And the large 5 bottom pull type plow that the wheatland tractors where designed for were replaced by semi mount plows that you could plow with all tires on land, none in the furrow(d21 first) Large single tires where replaced with more versatile duals

O, Ben nice wheatlands.  I don't have a picture of Marion's but I do believe his is slightly nicer.  Sorry. 

How about Cockshutt 50, Case 900, Minneapolis Moline GP, as you mentioned several Deeres, Oliver 99 to mention a few.

If I'm not mistaken, Case called their wheatland types a "Western" They look classy with the two tone paint. AC Orange is still my favorite.

If you ordered a 190 with wide swing drawbar, bare back and 23.1x30 tires I would call that wheatland. I don't know if Allis called them wheatland. I doubt it.

Claus wrote: firebrick43 wrote: All  I was saying is that the D17 wasn't all that disadvantaged compared to other offerings buy the big 3.  There where some tractors out there that were freaks of the time, just as there are now. You have your opinion and I have mine, fact is AC didn't build many D17 Wheatlands and stopped building them after 1959, must have been a reason for that.

that is a pretty tractor i love the shine of the orange. someday mine will have that shine