wild AC stories
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Topic: wild AC stories
Posted By: junkman
Subject: wild AC stories
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 12:05pm
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I have injoyed reading the posts on the post "you were talking about D-17 vs. 460 IH?" Thought I would share a story about the little AC that thought he could, and maybe some of you have one to. this story was spoken to my dad from a God fearing man that would have no reason to lie. Back in the late 40s, my neighbor lived and farmed on a half a section of land in central Kansas. for the most part it was all tillable land that was used to plant wheat on every year. The wild thing about the story is all the tractor they owned was a WC Allis Chalmers (the little tractor that thought he could). when planting time came around that mighty AC ran 24 Hours a day. His boy would run the wc all day, then he would run it all night. Did this for many years. But think about it, what would you rather have out there, a WC or a F14 or H or a B JD? AC any day. |
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Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 2:03pm
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My Great Uncle Palmer worked for a farmer back in the 30' or 40's that had a DC Case or some kind of Case that would get run 24/7 unless it rained. The guy's wife would bring him lunch and while he ate she would drive and she or my Great Uncle would bring fuel to him and or drive while he slept. Palmer would plant for the farmer too using a team of horses and a 2 row check row planter with seed kept at each end and in the middle of the field. They were big fields for the day over by Claremont MN. I don't think hardly anyone today works like that.
Guess my story had nothing to do with Allis but I can Add that my Uncle Palmer was an AC man ever since they bought a WC in the 40's. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 2:12pm
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Growing up for most of the time I was a kid, we only had a WC. JD, 2 bottom trip plow, pull disk, and a 2 row pull corn planter. We truck farmed and planted probably 40 acres in veggies. When I got a little older Dad bought a AC C to cultivate the corn with. When I got a little older Dad bought a WD, and an IH 2 bottom trip plow. It was the cats meow when my brother and I both had a tractor and plow to use at the same time! Sure was a simpler time! ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: Russ-neia
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 9:53pm
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People used to run a machine day and night and now the neighbors with new combines run them maybe 5 hours and the rest of the day they set because the dryer is full, they don't have enough help or just are fat and happy. ------------- The innovators offer what others will imitate. |
Posted By: swit
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 3:45am
my brother in law farms he still puts in some serious hours i use to drive alot for him now i dont have time and he really dont need me much any more once in awhile come sugar beet harvest  and go he calls me all he says is lets go my reply im going now that i work at the beet plant i go even faster thats money in my pocket
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Posted By: MI8050
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 4:29am
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Always love the mountains of sugar beets at Brekenridge and north of Frankenmuth, they are huge! |
Posted By: TimNearFortWorth
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:31am
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Back around 1971 or 72, my dad took his 57 CA in to the local country garage we used for a new clutch install. Garage owner was a friend and not opposed to letting my dad do his own wrenching, or assist to speed things up while keeping the charges down.
Story goes that the farmer next door to the garage came driving up with his brand new Ford 5000, and proceeded to bragging on the Ford while laughing and teasing about "that little A-C CA" as they were remounting the loader after the clutch job was finished.
While the Ford owner was still inside, my dad pulled the CA out and shut the shop door.
Before leaving for the 4-5 mile drive back to farm, he picked the Ford 5000 rear up with the CA loader and put the Ford on blocks so the rear tires were off the ground.
That little CA with A-C loader moved rocks on our farm you would not believe and I can remember my dad standing on the drawbar for traction as he would head to the hedgerow with the tires flattened to the rim across prepped ground.
That CA is still running to this day.
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Posted By: LionelinKY
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 3:27pm
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By the time I was old enough to work the farm this wasn't a common practice anymore but I know a lot of you remember when neighbors used to/had to work together at harvest time. I remember Dad talking about one really wet fall when the only tractor capable of pulling the corn chopper was his cousins Case 770 with rice/cane tires on it. Being a young wiseguy, he was still loading the forage wagons as full as he could and then laughing watching everyone else try to get the loaded wagons out of the field. I believe the neighbors had a Farmall Super M, Grandpa's 2 brothers had a JD A and Oliver Super 77 there, and Grandpa had his Oliver 770 he had bought to replace the old WD45 which had needed rebuilding so he gave it to my Dad. They had all given up and were just waiting for Dad's cousin to finish chopping so he could then bring all the wagons out to the road for them. Now, Dad never did explain why he was "late to the party" so to speak but he pulls up with his now rebuilt WD45 and starts in with the old timers. He was feeling his oats too much like his cousin with the Case both trying to show the older generation they knew what they were doing. He says after much talking the neighbor basically told him to put up or shut up so they made a friendly wager of $1.00 over whether or not Dad could get a load to the road. Dad said out of all the work he ever did with the WD45 either before then or even up to now, he never saw her get as hot as she did that day by the time she pulled that wagon out onto the road. Her 16.9X28s dug 2 trenches all the way across the field but the old girl never once stopped inching forward. He never stopped to collect his $1.00 being more concerned with getting the WD45 down the road in road gear so the airflow would help cool her down. The rest of the loads waited for the Case but still the record that day showed AC-1;all others-0. ------------- "My name is Lionel and I'm an Allisoholic" |
Posted By: junkman
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 3:58pm
| Great story. Mark one up for the AC |