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CDN 400 
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Posted: 08 Nov 2023 at 12:41pm |
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How would you guys compare the Allis cabs to an 86 series? There is a 7020 come up for sale close that looks decent and we have a 986 now for small jobs but the gear noise from the Ih is about drove me nuts.
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Posted: 08 Nov 2023 at 2:33pm |
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Ive driven both. The gearshifts on the left on the 86 series drove me nuts. The 7020 wont have the ih gear whine
The steering wheel on the 7020 tilts and telescopes. Id take the AC every day of the week
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Posted: 08 Nov 2023 at 3:58pm |
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I would agree, the Allis 7000 series cab was much nicer than the 86 series cab. You won't have two doors, but you will have one much more usable door.
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Posted: 08 Nov 2023 at 5:03pm |
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Plus the door opens the correct way. It took Case to tell the IH engineers the correct way the door should open and fixed that on the magnums.
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Posted: 08 Nov 2023 at 5:51pm |
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Makes me laugh !! The "86" series was the same old girl in a new dress, and it wasn't even a nice dress, but the best they could come up with. By this time Deere and Company had overtaken them in tractor sales and the same old 706/806 chassis wasn't cuttin it anymore.
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Posted: 08 Nov 2023 at 7:13pm |
No TA to replace in the Allis.
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Posted: 08 Nov 2023 at 7:22pm |
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I appreciate all the replies ,suppose to be going saturday morning to have a look. Doc I know exactly what you mean, I have wrecked several IH and have a lot of parts.I know them fairly well and work on quite a few of them but it doesn't mean I think they're the best either. We have several different colors here but the last Allis was our WD that left years ago but do have my cousins 170 and 180 here that I look after for him.
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Posted: 08 Nov 2023 at 7:24pm |
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No TA to replace in the Allis. I know but I have made good money replacing them over the years.
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Posted: 09 Nov 2023 at 3:41pm |
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No piece of equipment is perfect, but whoever thought putting the starter where they did on the 86 series was good idea......
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Posted: 09 Nov 2023 at 4:14pm |
Silly the way you have to change the air filter.
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Posted: 09 Nov 2023 at 6:32pm |
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One thing they did have easy to work on was the dual-speed PTO. A good thing too, because they weren't that tough of a PTO clutch compared to a 7000-8000 A-C.
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Posted: 10 Nov 2023 at 11:29am |
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Can you guys school me a bit on the 7020 ? He says its a PD transmission just wondering the location of dipstick or sight glass?? for the back half.
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Posted: 10 Nov 2023 at 12:44pm |
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Dipstick in the cab floor for transmission. Sight glasses at the rear of tractor for rear end-hydraulic oil.
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Posted: 10 Nov 2023 at 1:40pm |
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Thank you ,that's exactly what I needed to know.
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Posted: 11 Nov 2023 at 5:03pm |
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Well I did it...I now own a 7020. Now to get it home and do a full service on it.
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Posted: 11 Nov 2023 at 7:17pm |
 CDN 400 wrote:
I appreciate all the replies ,suppose to be going saturday morning to have a look. Doc I know exactly what you mean, I have wrecked several IH and have a lot of parts.I know them fairly well and work on quite a few of them but it doesn't mean I think they're the best either. We have several different colors here but the last Allis was our WD that left years ago but do have my cousins 170 and 180 here that I look after for him. |
I feel you like the bigger 7000 series with 426 engine much better.
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Posted: 12 Nov 2023 at 7:44am |
DON G wrote:
I feel you like the bigger 7000 series with 426 engine much better. |
7020 has the turbocharged, inter-cooled, 301.
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Posted: 12 Nov 2023 at 7:59am |
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7020's with no fluid or extra weights weigh in at about 12,000 lbs, which is usually enough for a 120 PTO HP tractor.
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Posted: 12 Nov 2023 at 6:11pm |
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I think it will be fine for all it has to do. It will only be pulling a 6 row planter my bean planter ,disc bine and small square baler a little bit. No tillage at all ,it will have an easy life.
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Posted: 12 Nov 2023 at 7:03pm |
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You will get along just fine, you will like the tractor. We couple of 7020 powershifts on feed wagons, ran well.
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Posted: 14 Nov 2023 at 8:33pm |
NEVER green wrote:
Silly the way you have to change the air filter. |
Reason being for the Air filter is that with the 06-56 series they had a removable door to service the air filter on the side of the hood and IH was getting a lot warranty claims for dusted engines because they concluded that farmers where over servicing the air filter and damaging it, so they put a filter indicator gauge and made it a pain to service so farmers wouldn’t be as prone to cleaning it every day lol
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Posted: 15 Nov 2023 at 12:30pm |
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Have a 986, and 2 1486’s. My opinion the cabs are way better. Had a 7045 on the farm but when I started I bought the 1486 over the 7045. Better speed selection, better visibility from the cab, burns less fuel and cheaper to work on with more parts available. Red ones start in the cold weather without either and without being plugged in, usually. Shift levers never bothered me like it does some people. I don’t like the giant cab posts 6” from my ears on the 7045, and you can’t see anything around them.
However, I do regret not buying the 7045 as it was a very nice tractor. And if the opportunity is there to get another nice 7000 series I wouldn’t hesitate, they still are a nice tractor.
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