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Topic: allis chalmers garden tractor
Posted By: fabricator2009
Subject: allis chalmers garden tractor
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2016 at 8:01am
Morning. I'm new to Allis Chalmers. Looking for my first garden tractor. I really like the 620, 720 styles. Anything I need to look for, stay away from? If anyone has something for sale . let me know. Thanks.



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Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2016 at 1:34pm
Go to the clasified section there was one for sale


Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 05 Mar 2016 at 9:08pm
Garden tractor OR lawn tractor????----Garden tractor would be the 900 series, I use a re-powered 917-H to garden with but lawn unit is a 516 -H and wont do gardens . thanks; ac fleet


Posted By: macvette
Date Posted: 06 Mar 2016 at 10:41pm
620/720 will do lawns or gardens.  Mower deck cuts 60" and does an extremely even job. I just bought a very old and worn 48" rototiller for rear last fall, and it does a fantastic job with the garden.  Attachments are quite expensive, but very heavily built.

This is a very large frame tractor, and may be too large for some small areas.  Doesn't take long to cut a lawn when you mow 60" at a time.

Generating systems are very touchy on these.  (mine included-doesn't work)  A lot of owners have put a small alternator on to cure this problem.

The toggle/safety switches are getting old, and stay open and can cause a failure to start sometimes.  Relays are sometimes added into the ignition system to work around these. I had done this, until that quit working also.  I then added a separate wire from ignition switch to starter with fuse inline to eliminate this problem.  (probably not a good fix if you have young children around who can use the key in the ignition to start tractor)  I don't have any little ones around.

My Onan seems to generate a lot of power, but repair parts are extremely expensive.  You may see some owners re-engine with Honda, Kohler, B&S if their Onan is really gone.  Cummins now owns Onan.  I believe Small Engine Warehouse sells kits for this.

These series tractors have a 3 speed manual transmission, with a Sunstrand hydrostatic transmission, giving a tremendous variance of speed and power.  You can crawl along, yet have tremendous power at your hand.

Guess you can tell I really like mine, even tho I don't have a working charging system.


Posted By: coggonobrien
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 7:02am
I will have a 616 for sale in the next couple months as soon as I get my 2nd one running


Posted By: NATHAN CAIRNS
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 12:11pm
b212's were made in the 70's and are great    I have one, but I also have an old 6 something hydro with a mower deck that I plan on fixing one day


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B212, WD45, B, 912 Hydro


Posted By: NATHAN CAIRNS
Date Posted: 07 Mar 2016 at 12:11pm
Originally posted by NATHAN CAIRNS NATHAN CAIRNS wrote:

b212's were made in the 70's and are great    I have one, but I also have an old 6 something hydro with a mower deck that I plan on fixing one day
it is a 616

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B212, WD45, B, 912 Hydro



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