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Back the late 60's I was a young kid helping on the farm. We grain farmed 140 acres with a D17 and a little C. The C was my tractor and the 17 was what Dad used. Then we got another 120 acres to farm and it was to much. Because Dad worked a full time job and I was in grade school. So my Dad bought a WD that my uncle found from a dealer that was selling it for the repair bill on the over haul job. A famer had it and wanted it rebuilt but when he seen the price he told them to keep it. It was long ago but I remember my Dad giving $450 for it. I got the D17 to plow with then and Dad took the wd. We both plowed with 4x14 plows. I have always wondered what that WD had in it to be able to out perform the 17. If it got hard plowing I would have to go to low third in the 17 and here would come the WD and Dad would pass me at the end of the field. The WD would faster in third then the 17 and it never did pull down or get hot, it was just light in the front end sometimes.

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bemer848 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Bronze Level Access Joined: 29 Sep 2013 Location: southern IL Points: 93	Post Options Post Reply Quote bemer848 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: WD Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 8:51pm
	Back the late 60's I was a young kid helping on the farm. We grain farmed 140 acres with a D17 and a little C. The C was my tractor and the 17 was what Dad used. Then we got another 120 acres to farm and it was to much. Because Dad worked a full time job and I was in grade school. So my Dad bought a WD that my uncle found from a dealer that was selling it for the repair bill on the over haul job. A famer had it and wanted it rebuilt but when he seen the price he told them to keep it. It was long ago but I remember my Dad giving $450 for it. I got the D17 to plow with then and Dad took the wd. We both plowed with 4x14 plows. I have always wondered what that WD had in it to be able to out perform the 17. If it got hard plowing I would have to go to low third in the 17 and here would come the WD and Dad would pass me at the end of the field. The WD would faster in third then the 17 and it never did pull down or get hot, it was just light in the front end sometimes.

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Sugarmaker Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8527	Post Options Post Reply Quote Sugarmaker Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 Aug 2020 at 8:59pm
	bemer848, Welcome! Must have had a D17 engine installed in that old WD or a darn good 45 engine?? Very interesting story. Thanks for sharing! Regards, Chris
	D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet.