Good/Bad/Ugly bout Allis 175
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Topic: Good/Bad/Ugly bout Allis 175
Posted By: cnafarms
Subject: Good/Bad/Ugly bout Allis 175
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 6:20pm
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Recently bought an Allis 175 with Bush hog aftermarket loader on it. Plan on mainly using it to cut hay and load round bales with. When I went to look at it I took an old Allis man with me. He uses same model pretty much everyday on his farm and loves it. It’s a Perkins Diesel( like his) but am wondering besides a gear jumper what are the good bad and ugly about this model. Like I said he loves his and hadn’t had no real complaints about it and he’s had his sense new but anybody out there have any issues with there’s? Thanks |
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Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 6:41pm
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Only problem is I can't get her through the front door of my house or else she would probably live with me. She can do no wrong in my eyes! ------------- Blue Skies and Tail Winds Dana |
Posted By: wekracer
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 7:48pm
| I love ours. Only thing I can think of is the wiring. I think it was a point in the transition from mechanical gages to electronic where they still had a few bugs. Otherwise they are excellent tractors. |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 5:43am
| The Perkins will start hard when real cold but sounds like it will be a warm weather used tractor! They are very handy good tractors overall , you,'ll be happy |
Posted By: Trinity45
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 6:25am
| Not sure what bad you can find, we had one for years, easy to start, plenty of power for the size, I guess the only problem we ever had was the starter not engaging. Loved that tractor/ |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 7:52am
I guess that truly does express your love for your tractor! LOL! Darrel |
captaindana wrote:Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 8:41am
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Ahhh, just widen the door Cap! Viola! Bring it in the Kitchen! LOL! Steve@B&B ------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 9:05am
| Well I bet that if them jets had a bigger cockpit, Captain would take it flying with him. BTW, good to hear from you again Captain Dana. Want some good pictures of your haying operations come haying season. Darrel |
Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 10:08am
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I grew up running a 175. Considering the abuse and neglect it had on my grandparent's farm, it kept running. My wreckless uncle made it a gear jumper, but that got fixed in the early 1990s and the Perkins engine was rebuilt in the early 2000s. We ran a Dunham Lehr loader on it since it was a year old and moved a lot of round bales with it. Naturally it did a number on the front axle pivot pin - be sure to have a good look at yours. Having the loader on it, it altered the handling and the sight lines, so we always took it off for field work - the quick tach loader helped for that. Since I restored it in 2015, I like it much more! ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |