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CTuckerNWIL 
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 Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 3:10pm |
 Steve M C/IL wrote:
This ain't too rusty from a distance
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That must be a rare series II WD45, look at the oval muffler. LOL It ain't rusty at all compared to my 45.
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Jeff(WD45-SATX-TN)
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 3:20pm |
Getting her out of the field:
At home in the garage and after a little scrubbing:
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1954 WD45 NF "Iron Tater"
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 3:26pm |
Lena when I got her home.  My 45.  Now there's some patina on the Wood Brothers. That's an early model that was painted Gray. You can't tell it from the later red ones that are all rusty.
Edited by CTuckerNWIL - 27 Mar 2011 at 3:28pm
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Dave in il
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 3:27pm |
Steve M C/IL wrote:
This ain't too rusty from a distance
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That's a pretty stout 45 you've got, I don't think you could pull that 4 bottom here. Mine likes it's 3 bottom SC plow and we leave 4 bottoms for the D17.
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JohnThomas
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 4:31pm |
Day I picked this ole girl up.....she still run! 
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TomMN
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 4:53pm |
My IB still has it's original patina:  My RC had a thick coat of brushed on paint with lots of brush streaks, before it faded it might have looked good out in the field if you were driving by. 
Edited by TomMN - 27 Mar 2011 at 4:58pm
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JW in MO
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 5:15pm |
My dad bought this WD45 new in 1954, this is after I pulled it out of the fencerow where it sat for 7 years. Pulled the plugs, shot penetrating oil in each cylinder, replaced the steel gas line with copper, filed the points, rolled it over a few times, installed new plugs, added fuel and after a few rounds with the starter she fired off leaving us ducking for cover as rust from the muffler bounced off the tin roof and showered us. In hind sight, guess I should have considered the fire hazard with the straw but the Good Lord looks after children and fools. I have since added new tires all the way around and new rear rims. It is still waiting new clothes and an overhaul but still runs pretty good for never having anything other than fuel and oil changes for 57 years.
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Jacob (WI,ND)
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 5:17pm |
Here's an old pic of me and my WD "Wayne". My most patina'd tractor. He don't look to bad in the pic, but in real life there is more rust than paint. It's too bad really, it is my only tractor with factory paint, I'd like to keep one original, but it will get repainted too. Too much rust to let be.
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Jacob Swanson
1920 6-12; 1925,1926 20-35 longfenders; 1925,1926 15-25's; 1927,1929 20-35 shortfenders; C; B's; IB; WC's; WD; WD45
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Steve M C/IL
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 5:32pm |
Dave in il wrote:
Steve M C/IL wrote:
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That's a pretty stout 45 you've got, I don't think you could pull that 4 bottom here. Mine likes it's 3 bottom SC plow and we leave 4 bottoms for the D17. |
You guys with the "good" dirt must pay a price as in the number of bottoms you can pull.At the time of the picture it had read 56hp on the dyno.
Edited by Steve M C/IL - 27 Mar 2011 at 5:36pm
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plowboy8550
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 6:45pm |
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plowboy8550
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 6:46pm |
still in her original dress
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NickT(Ky)
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 8:34pm |
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I give up! I can't get em on here. I sure miss Barb. On the old site she helped me figure it out.
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D17 owner
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 8:46pm |
here is my D17. After next year I have plans of restoring it. The loader also. Eric
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acwdwcman
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 9:11pm |
Well if this is patina then here you go. lol
Don
im all about being in the shade and all but du ya have to have an IH umbrella on an allis..
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wd with a freeman model 90 trip loader, wd45, 38 unstylled wc, b 10 garden tractor and 2-14 ac trip plow. grandpa has a 56 wd45. wd. allis chalmers snap coupler blade and 3 bottom snap coupler plow
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redline
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 9:14pm |
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Redline, I'd like to see better pics of the rear wheels on that 38 WC, they look pretty interesting. |
The wheels were rims welded together and filled with concrete. They were quite heavy. I don't know if they were used to pack silage or roll lawns or what the use was. I just knew I didn't want to haul them around to shows and events. I had a set of steel on the rear for a while and now have a set of round spoke rubber on the back. Here is one of the few photos I have of the rear wheels.
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If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done!
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redline
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Posted: 27 Mar 2011 at 9:25pm |
GBACBFan wrote:
Redline, looking at the bolonies on the front of your WD45, there's a good sized wagon somewhere missing two wheels and tires! |
I kinda like the looks of the oversize tires, but they make it steer quite hard. I just swapped the tires out for a narrower set today, and until I get power steering put back on it I am going to take any mechanical advantage I can get. It was my understanding that the previous owner had a loader on this tractor. The front hubs are six bolt hubs, so I assume it did a lot of heavy lifting.
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If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done!
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NickT(Ky)
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Posted: 30 Mar 2011 at 7:47pm |
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NickT(Ky)
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Posted: 30 Mar 2011 at 7:50pm |
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Thank you Mr Tucker. I had to get my wife to make the picture smaller first. She went so fast my head is still spinning.
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
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Posted: 30 Mar 2011 at 8:15pm |
GlenninPA wrote:
My last two purchases
1944 B
My Oliver 60 looked a little worse than Glenn's B. It really didn't have any paint left on it. My uncle that gave it to me said it never sat out, but the way it looked said otherwise. It was in a building un moved for 32 years, covered in pigeon poo...
1939 B
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GlenninPA
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Posted: 30 Mar 2011 at 9:02pm |
Believe it or not, both of those tractors were kept in the same 3 sided building for who knows how long. The 1939 was out on the open side, the 1944 was way in the back against the back wall. As best I can figure, with the dirt floor, the moisture never got dried out in the back and the tractor really grew rust. Now Steve@B&B got a C out of the same building, and the fenders were practically rusted off it. It was in the back too.
That 1939 is just a cherry little tractor, it is a shame it has that tiny ding in the radiator shroud, otherwise the tin would be perfect!
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millertire
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millertire
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Posted: 01 Apr 2011 at 3:24pm |
Sorry about the size of my photo. But what do you think?
This will be on the cover of our 2011 catalog.
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GlenninPA
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Posted: 01 Apr 2011 at 3:28pm |
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That looks like all the rest of my tractors, except it has more paint! LOL
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Nathan
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Posted: 01 Apr 2011 at 6:15pm |
My D-14 that i just got last saturday 
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35WC 37WC D-10 D-12 D-14 D-15 D-17series 1 (2)D-17IV D-19 CA RC Unstyled WF GLEANER E 416H 314H 712H 716H
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Sitesstables
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 8:12pm |
My ne D17 I got yesterday notice the fine tarp to go along with the rich patina
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GBACBFan
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 9:25pm |
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Hey, Ed, That's pretty cool! I think you should get Miller Tire T-shirts made with that tractor, and list them in your catalog.
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allis restorer
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 9:43pm |
heres my D17 with orginal paint! 
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BrettPhillips
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Posted: 03 Apr 2011 at 9:57pm |
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Nathan, You have a beautiful and very original D14! If it were mine, it would be waxed and enjoyed as it is! Very nice!!
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ALLISMAN32
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Posted: 04 Apr 2011 at 11:00pm |
 It may be rusty and ugly, but i absolutely love my old 21. Dad got me a toy one for christmas in 1987 and from that point on i knew some day i would own the real thing. Twenty years later oppertunity struck,and i bought the only one that was sold out of the dealership dad had!
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