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BiG210 
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 Posted: 23 Jan 2010 at 11:20am |
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The 180d and 185 just right for tillage planting loader work or what ever..
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Richard
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Posted: 23 Jan 2010 at 11:23am |
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I grew up driving a WC and I was sure glad to see the WD and WD-45 come along. I still have a WD-45 today.
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BJ famfrm
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Posted: 23 Jan 2010 at 11:27am |
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I,ve had a lot of them from B thru 440 the one I like the best is my 6060 w/live pto. Best thing since sliced bread. Thanks
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Frank
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Posted: 23 Jan 2010 at 7:58pm |
<a href=" http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l125/AC185/?action=view¤t=AC185.jpg" target="_blank"><img src=" http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l125/AC185/AC185.jpg" border="0" alt="ALLEY OOP (1972 185)"></a>
The B was the most impotant because it replaced many thousands of farm horses and changed the way farming was done.
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Brett(Va)
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Posted: 23 Jan 2010 at 9:18pm |
I say the CA. It was the new and improved C with its snap coupler,traction booster,hand clutch and spin-out rims. It was also available in wide or narrow front. It was ideal for the small farmer. Brett
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TomYaz
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Posted: 23 Jan 2010 at 9:56pm |
 RMD wrote:
Most popular and most useful are not the same thing. Certainly the B. WC, WD45 and/or D-17 were the most popular for their times. None of them can match later models with independent hydraulics, independent PTO, differential locks, more gear ranges and even font wheel assist for usefulness. |
Speaking of Independent PTO and hydraulics; what was the first AC tractor to offer both?
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MaxAllis
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Posted: 23 Jan 2010 at 11:49pm |
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Toss up here. I wouldn't be able to take even a guess at how many cattle we fed or millions of bushels of grain we augered with the WD. The handiest little tractor, and it was ahead of it's time. Allis was an innovator.
But the hands down favorite tractor to run here was our maroon belly 7060 power shift. My grandfather gave dad a hard time when he bought it, as he was looking for a Deere since we had a couple of 4020s. After he ran it once, we couldn't get him out of it. We had well over 10,000 hrs on it when we traded for the 8070. I loved that tractor.
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GlenninPA
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 4:23pm |
tyler you are correct regarding the M and L/LA. However, you should also realize that the B was an inspiration for Henry Ford's 9N, as well as the Farmall A (there was even a patent suit), and the JD H (downsized JD B for the AC B niche). Look at the number of "small" tractors before 1937 for your comparison.
The All Crop was the defining piece of equipment as far as I'm concerned with regard to "mechanizing the farm".
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Matt (NEIA)
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 5:17pm |
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any orange tractor that's new enough to have true hydrolics, 1966 or so on up
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1955 WD-45 with factory PS
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acd21man
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Posted: 26 Jan 2010 at 5:59pm |
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thats why it has the hand clutch
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Matt (NEIA)
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Posted: 27 Jan 2010 at 3:38pm |
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any AC tractor new enough to have 2 way hydrolics, suppose 1966ish on up.
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1955 WD-45 with factory PS
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LarryWC In
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Posted: 27 Jan 2010 at 4:09pm |
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WD45!,,I've had the best results with getting into tight places but yet still had the power to move or lift darn near ANYTHING the old "trip bucket" could get a hold of!
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Bob M
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Posted: 28 Jan 2010 at 12:17am |
Of all the Alilis tractors I have used on my farm the most usefull would be the 175D . It will do heavy work like a 180 but with less fuel and is still handy to rake hay or cultilvate with. You see very few of these for sale because they are all being used every day.
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Jeff Z. NY
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Posted: 28 Jan 2010 at 2:46am |
The most popular tractor is like the most popular girl in high school.
The one you never had.
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RMD
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Posted: 28 Jan 2010 at 10:12am |
First AC's with independent PTO and hydraulics was the D10/12 starting in mid-1961. Some earlier D10/12 had an engine mounted pump for independent hydraulics, but no independent PTO (and not even a hand clutch).
I grew up with a couple of CAs, but I'll take my Series II D12 over a CA any day for usefulness.
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rowcropmafia
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Posted: 29 Jan 2010 at 12:49pm |
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i really like our 7080s just wish they would fit down 30 in rows
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Lonn
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Posted: 29 Jan 2010 at 3:05pm |
Deere claims 300,000 A's but it's hard to prove cause their records are so shabby. The WC was around 178,000 but it stpped in 1948. The A went to 1952. The WD was actually a carrying on of the WC but Allis named it WD. There is more interchangeable from a WC to a WD than early A to late A. With over 178,000 WC's and 146,000 WD's that adds up tp alot of tractors and some years they were the #1 selling model in North America. WC has it as far as most popular back in it's day.
The B definitely caught all the competition off guard and IH scrambled to come up with a look alike. Yes the B was the answer to the 9N but was a little different animal.
The D17 has it hands down in my book for tractors being used everyday today. That's over any AC older and newer. There are better AC's but the D17 is useful enough to keep in the game.
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