Dads and Allis Chalmers

I hear ya! I think dads are always on our minds in one way shape or form. My dad is still in good health, approaching 70, but i have been think alot of the "good ole days" myself

A wonderful story, remember these always.  Don't you wish you could write a book to tell the stories or get a recording while you can.

I started a note book of his stories and many things he told me.  I need to catch it up.  I wish I had set up a movie camera to record some of it first hand.  But i didn't, so I'll stick with the notes.  I'm 60 and my 36 year old son loves to talk to him too,  I'll leave him the notes.  Jim

My dad and I were close, shared a love of machinery. He drove the tractor, I manned the bagger on the All Crop 60. After I went to college, he had to get a self-propelled combine (egads, a Massey 300). After school, and after I started my family, I tried to get to see him at least one day on the weekends. He dragged a lot of my tractor/machinery projects around from auctions, etc. because he had the truck and trailer.

Even better was Grandma Schweizer. She lived to be 100 years and 6 months. She knew everyone of her relatives and their off spring, what they were doing and where they were. She kept every newspaper clip there ever was about anyone in the family.

Charlie, I used to date a girl that taught me that saying. Maybe it had a different meaning for me back in those days. LOL!

Boy is this thread great.
  My Dad worked for Allis-Chalmers from the wd45 until the first year of agco.He saw a lot of changes.We wouldnt see him for most of each spring and never in the fall until hunting season.
  His 80th birthday was in January and he still feels ok.Still comes out often to help out (I am a shepherd and farmer).I value his friendship and experience.Together we have kept a fleet of old Allis tractors running & productive.It has been a ton of fun and a great education.
   I am a lucky man.

My father died when I was 9 months old.Along with the others on here that lost fathers very early, I believe I can say that those with fathers have no idea what treasures you have had growig up with a dad! My hope is that you can enjoy them for years and years. If you have sons, and daughters too, give to them all that you are so that they have treasures also!! God Bless you all!

Without mothers and fathers there wouldn't be us -- wish mine were still around to see how well their grandkids turned out - in spite of  their father -- LOL.

wow unit 3 you bring back memories of my dad . my folks were from algona Ia. my grandparents lived just north of sexton. my dad bought a 36 WC brand new. at 93 my dad moved to town & when I bought my 34 WC , I told him about it & 30 mins later he was in my yard telling me all about the old WC. Town is 20 miles away. that year he drove that 34 in our show parade , prowd as a peacock, & died a few months later at 95. that was his last tractor ride.

Well, I hate to say it but my biological father is in prison. He was a good guy when off the drugs but that was rare from what I hear. Don't matter though. my "real" dad was my grandpa. He taught me everything I know and kept me out of trouble. Man some of the stories he and his friends would tell. He passed away in October after struggling with cancer since last February. He worked construction with the same guy for 32 years and worked as a janitor for 28. All 58 years he worked as a part time farmer. reading your guy's stories makes me feel as if I'm right there with the family i never got to have. Keep em coming guys.

I was going to start a new post about my dad to give all an update but I guess I'll just add on to this one. Late last year I asked for prayers for the healing of his feet. He has had diabetes for 20+ years now and been dealing with an ulcered and infected left foot for about 8 years which just wouldn't heal. At the time I asked for prayers, his right foot had gotten an infected ulcer also stemming from a simple water blister. The infection progressed rapidly into the bone to the point where they were seriously considering amputating at least his right foot if not both. After a long hospital stay and being pretty much bedridden also at home after that, I got some great news the other day when he called. His doctor has finally classified his left foot as healed after all these years. They are still working with the right foot doing skin grafts over the flesh wound but the bone has healed. Hopefully they learned enough from the left so that the right doesn't take another 8 years. I keep reminding him that a little more patience now might pay off big as he is getting a little stir crazy but I think part of his problem before was that he just wouldn't stay off his feet. Now, he has a power chair so that he isn't walking on his bandaged feet with his crutches like he was before. I keep hoping that by June when the local tractor show is, he'll be able to walk around on his own two feet. I've put in for two weeks vacation to go up to NY to play with the old orange girls with him. I haven't made it there for the past few years and he hasn't felt up to it himself. I am so looking forward to the show and seeing him enjoy some seat time again. Thanks to all who sent prayers and well wishes. I miss the farm,the cows,and the tractors but what I miss the most is spending every day working alongside my dad. Thanks again and sorry for the long post.

My dad is 75 and as long as he is around i don't have much need for AC service manuals. He has forgotton more about them then i ever knew. And he has great  storys. I have 3 brothers and 2 sisters and somehow dad treats all of us like we are the only child.

I was thinking that one of these computer geeks could come up with a way that we could download dads memory bank and up load the info into mine. LOL

As I said on an earlier post, my dad passed away when I was 9 months old. I have his 37 WC, which I learned to drive on and was my first "car"( used to get around to the neighbors and buddies houses and fishing holes). It's almost completely dismantled and has been for a few years. I started to restore it and realized I didn't know what or how to do it. Since I want to do it right, I've let it set until I could and would know enough to finish it correctly. I've done a Moline Z,Farmall H, and a 50 WD, and think that I finally know enough. He bought this tractor new, trading in a Farmll F-12 on steel, and some cash. Think the whole deal was around 700 dollars. I have the bill of sale somewhere. Since this is all I have of dad's you can see why I want to do it right.