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    Posted: 10 Apr 2010 at 3:35pm
I am new to the site. I have an ac7040, ac7580, ac8550, and a 4w305. We still use these tractors to farm our cropland. I pull a 57ft flexi-coil air drill with the 4w305. Most people can't believe we pull this drill with a 4w305. Anyone else still using the last allis chalmers 4wd's?

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Welcome to the site, you have an impressive lineup of equipment. Feel free to put some pictures on here. Pictures are always welcome.
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Welcome.

Would love to see some pictures.  The 4w305 is a mighty impressive machine.

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Welcome aboard. Nice lineup. I wouldn't be surprised at the 4W-305 pulling that drill at all.
Another one of the members, ILGleaner, has a 4W-305. I believe he still uses it.
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I run a 7580, and pull a 24 ft concorde air drill with it. That is quite impressive that the 4W 305 handles the 57 ft Flex-i-coil. Had a chance recently to  buy a very nice 4W 305 for $15,000. Would have been worth, but I was short about $14,999!!!!,   Welcome aboard,  Darrel
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We run a 7580 also, use it primarily for tillage.  I wish we had a 4W220 or 305 tractor around, but have never seen one for sale locally. 
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Thanks! I will post some pics when we start seeding in a couple weeks.
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Love the concorde drills! My uncle had a 60 ft on 12" spacings. I ran it for him a few times. We used to pull an old 35 ft 665 john deere air seeder with our 7580. Our 7580 has 14000hrs on it. We still do some pre working with it. The tractor was our seeding, spraying, cultivating, and harvesting tractor until the mid 90's. I think I paid $30000.00 for my 305 about 10 years ago.
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We have two that we farm with.   Both painted up and looking sharp.   JP
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could you get a pic of the 4w-305 pulling the flexi-coil air drill? My dad used to work for Flexi-Coil before the New Holland days.
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I have a 7580 and a 4w305 with a 400hp cummins. Have used the 7580 for disking, pulling a 30 foot GP grain drill, and moving dirt with a scraper in the back. Use the 4w305 for mainly pulling a 21 foot, 9 shank vertical plow with soil fracturing points. But have pulled the drill with it also. Used it allot this last fall pulling neighbors out of wet holes.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Weston farms Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 Apr 2010 at 10:06am
Nice!   You should post some pics. I only know of one other 305 used in about a 150 mile radius. Allis is not very popular up here.
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I am jealous. We have talked about repowering ours. How has your transmission handled the extra power?  I live about 4hrs away from KJ repower. These guys specialize in repowering massey and allis tractors. Let me know of any trouble you have run into with the conversion. Thanks!
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N.P. I might get a few shots of it in the yard for ya. When I start seeding I post some action shots. lol 
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We have a 7580, pull a 31.5 foot cultivator and a 15 foot chisel plow, and before we started notill we pulled a 7 furrow plow. On wet years we pull 2 400bu wagons out of the corn field with it
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My dad has a 7580 and 2 8550's that are still the primary tractors we use on the farm.  We love them and you cant be hp to price ratio for these big machines.  Here is a pic of the one we overhauled engine and painted with our grain cart.  I cant for the life of me remember the address of the 2 8550s side by side and im not at home to get passwords to check directory lol.  i was able to look up an early submission i posted on yesterdays tractors.

 
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WOW!  very nice!  I actually like the look of the 8550 s better than the 305
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Wesson, have not had any problems with the 4w305 at all with the trans, drop box, rear end or any where else. I do try not to jerk or run in a gear that is higher than was mant to pull in. I also keep my rpm's backed off a little. Not for any reason other than with the big engine you can do these things and still have plenty of power and tractor. The 7580 I rebuilt the engine and rebuilt the drive shalfs and u joints, and grease them often and have not had any trouble with them since. I also back off a couple of hundren of rpm's with the 7580.
I would like to post pictures if I can ever figure it out. I have pictures on my computer but have not posted any.    
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Kevin, I set up an account with photobucket (it's free) and then post picturs from there. Once you get pics uploaded onto their site then put your curser over the photo you want then link bars will show up under the photo. Move your curser down to the bottom one Labeled IMG and click the bar. Copy it and then directly paste it straight onto the reply area or posting area when you reply or start a new topic. 
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Howdy,
Justed needed to get a pic of a 4W305 on here.
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that thing is friggin' sweet!
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Thanks Lonn and Charlie N.W.ILL For the picture posting info. The picture from Kurzy cannot be beat, it is the nicest 4w305 I have seen. But I will give it a try maybe within the next couple of evenings.
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That sure is nice! Nice to see I am not the only one interested in these old tractors.
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I sure appreciate the info!  I push my 305 to its limits most of the time. Just waiting for it to bite me in the butt. The tractor is always well maintained. I run a hundred hrs. on the engine oil changes, and three hundred on the tranny/diffs, changing all filters/bypass filters every time. I got the tractor with 4000 hrs on it. Got 7000 hrs now with no big issues yet.
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I have always lived by the motto "If you respect the equipment, the equipment will respect you!" Has yet to fail me.  
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A beautiful 305 picture. I have retired  and the next generation is all red now, but to have something to drive I bought an old AC 220, 1969 model. I owned and farmed with an 8550, 4w305 and an Agcostar 8425. The 4w 305 was probably the best tractor I ever owned until a hired man didn't  clean the radiator and it got hot. Bear in mind we had both the 8550 and 4w305 turned to 360-375 pto hp and the 4w305 lasted for 20 years at that power. The Agco star was the biggest piece of junk and most powerful  I ever owned
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Those are great pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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welcome clint! my biggest tractor is a 7080, i love all of AC's 4x4 tractors, hope to get one someday! i want to plan my next vacation to go to kurzy's place just to drive that awesum tractor of his! i gotta replace that 7080 soon or rebuild it...whew!! might even try for a stieger if cheap nuff! my ole lady...ooops...i mean my loving wife would just ....well we won't go there just yet!! again..welcome clint, hope too see pics of your tractores/equipment soon! 
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Welcome Klint we have 5 4w-220s and 1 4w305 I have a few more and always lookin to buy 4w220s if any one has one to sell let me no someday I will try to post pictures
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This is probably my favorite pic of a 4W-305 (not mine). The story behind that picture is one that would bring tears to any Allis lover's eyes.
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