Allis dozer pics/ project

hi everyone, i have finally gotten My HD16 up and ready to work and i wanted to share some photos.  I took some photos of my HD16 lined up with my dads HD10W and HD15.  Thought it would make a good photo op.  HD10W on the left in yellow(1947), HD15A, center, (1952),  HD16A, right, (1959).

bah, im being hounded to get off computer.  maby someone would be so kind as to fix my error.   thanx for looking

Edited by CAL(KS) - 05 May 2010 at 7:16pm

Those are 3 big beasts you got there!!!

got a big job this weekend. going to work the 15 and 16 side by side.  gonna be fun.  ill try to post some pics.

very impressive

well i was not able to get any pictures as my camera is now having issues accepting memory cards, however my dad and i each put 15 hours or our respective machines.  Our job was to remove some trees and push a lot of dirt back on to a 1/2 mile of sunken road so that the water would flow to the ditches again instead of down the road.  We accomplished it without much incident, and had fun.  My 16 did a great job and the motor is leak free and didnt blow up so i must have done my overhaul right, lol.  We did discover that dad's hd15 needed a new clutch as we were hesitent to tighten it any more and was slipping a little, so he was easy on it.  Weve already got it torn down, it just needs a driven disc, the rest looks very good and is in much better shape than when i replaced my HD16 clutch.

Pat, cable blades can drop a lot faster. LOL

A cable blade will go into the ground quite well unless the ground is very hard or cutting bits are worn off.  The bits on either end of the blade should be longer (protrued farther down) than the center cutting edge.    These will suck the blade into the ground unless the ground is very hard, or your dealing with a lot of rock. My cutting bits are far from new but have performed well.   Cable blades will most often lift higher than hydraulic blades which is very nice for tree removal.  Also, alot of dozers were still equiped with cable blades in order to also use for pulling scrapers even after hydraulics became popular.  and yes early hydraulics were slow and often leaky because of seal technology and dirt.

wanting to get a ac crawler sometime.that will wait though im only 13 and have 2 tractors. wd and  wc unstylled

Been trying to talk a gent out of a HD11 in Salem Mo for over two years, sits in the brush but he says he may try to use it yet again.  As far as I can tell it has not moved in ten years, offered good money but he won't budge.