allis ib
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Topic: allis ib
Posted By: wzimmracer
Subject: allis ib
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2012 at 1:55pm
| i was wondering if the ib ever had a draw bar, and if it did how is it different from the b draw bar? |
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Posted By: dave63
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2012 at 7:12pm
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I was wondering the same thing?
My IB doesn't have any type of hitch but i have been looking at them. All of the drawbars that i have seen on IB's look home made. ------------- The universal answer to all questions is yes, how much do you want to spend? |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2012 at 7:56pm
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You are right! The factory IB's had a pindle hitch. We tossed them away and welded a home madedrawbar on them. Being industrial that was the original hitch. Tool Luck! Bill Long |
Posted By: dave63
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2012 at 8:33pm
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Thanks Bill, I have a 4 bolt Pintle hitch from a military truck. Did the Allis pintle hitches look like the ones that you see on old Army trucks?
I am thinking about just putting that on it. ------------- The universal answer to all questions is yes, how much do you want to spend? |
Posted By: Murph-NC
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2012 at 9:52pm
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You can see one of Glenn's pintle hitches in this thread... it's in the photo with the yellow hat... http://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=41239&KW=pintle&PID=333930&title=allis-chalmers-odds-and-ends#333930" rel="nofollow - http://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=41239&KW=pintle&PID=333930&title=allis-chalmers-odds-and-ends#333930 ------------- '41 C w/Woods L503 mower, #3 mower, 2-way plows for C |
Posted By: dave63
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 6:23am
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Thanks Murph, The hitch that i have closes from the top. I will have to wait until someone that has an exta original hitch wants something that i have. ------------- The universal answer to all questions is yes, how much do you want to spend? |
Posted By: GBACBFan
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 8:17am
They're pretty rare. I suspect you'll need something in excess of $1000 in value to trade. ------------- "The trouble with quotes on the Internet is that you can never know if they are genuine." - Mark Twain |
dave63 wrote:Posted By: wzimmracer
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2012 at 10:54am
| ok. guess my ib wont have a hitch!! lol!!!! |
Posted By: GlenninPA
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2012 at 10:39am
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Well, I have them, if you want one.... Otherwise, you can hunt for a long time like I did. I sold two of them to two people on here. They know who they are, and are currently friends. Now what I have struggled with since, is how to sell any more without the previous buyers getting PO'd at me for selling lower. Friendships are more important than money to me, so I don't try to advertise or anything. I have refused to go the eBay or auction route for the same reason. BTW these were so few and far between, no one I asked, had seen one sold. So finally one night, after a set of B front steel sold for $1319, I decided to offer a hitch and see if anybody wanted one. I set the asking price equal to what it would cost to "make" a full steel wheel B out of a regular one. I used the average price for Front Steel, Rear Steel, wide fenders, thick hubs, and a tall air cleaner. It was sold in 15 minutes. I suppose if you had those things, and wanted to trade, I would be happy to. Also, would consider a full IB frame with the Allis grill guard as a trade. The only thing is, you would need to get them to me here in Northeast PA. I included delivery at no extra charge when I sold the ones before. Treating people fair is important to me, and I would scrap the ones I have, rather than wreck a friendship over money. I have told numerous people if they can sell them for higher than I got, more power to you, my price will stay the same. I would make an exception on that if a bona fide owner of an M7 snow tractor was restoring one and needed a hitch, as the ones I have are the stock that the US ordered from Allis Chalmers to support the M7 while they were running them. ------------- Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. From listening comes wisdom and from speaking comes repentance. Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. |
Posted By: dave63
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2012 at 2:27pm
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Glenn, don't scrap them. It's unfortunite for me that market value is out of my legue at this time. And i don't have the things that you are looking for to trade. But it's all about timeing and being at the right place at the right time.
------------- The universal answer to all questions is yes, how much do you want to spend? |