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1982; Allis Chalmers foundry closing

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Topic: 1982; Allis Chalmers foundry closing

Posted By: DougG
Subject: 1982; Allis Chalmers foundry closing
Date Posted: 28 Jul 2010 at 8:29pm

I was going thru some AC stuff I bought on Ebay recently and there is a paper describing the Union and AC disscusion on the foundry closing ; so when it closed where did ALLIS get the frames etc. for the 8000 series tractors and other stuff it was building at the time ? Laporte ??

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Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2010 at 1:02pm

Probably did like JD does, outsource. Waterloo castings makes quite a few parts for JD. Briggs and Stratton does too.

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Posted By: skipwelte
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2010 at 1:06pm

They aready had gone overseas with some casting, I know Deere at Waterloo had a state of the art foundry at the time and AC bought from them too. 200 tractors which were produced long before the foundry closing had cylinder heads that were cast in France and the cranks had Japan cast in them.

Posted By: Russ-neia
Date Posted: 29 Jul 2010 at 1:09pm

Some 185 blocks were cast in France. Some 3pt castings have the "FM" logo of Fairbanks-Morse.

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Posted By: Eric[IL]
Date Posted: 30 Jul 2010 at 5:02am

Interesting. So, it must have been cheaper for them to outsource & ship verses build at home? Where was Fairbanks - Morse located?

Posted By: Ken(MI)
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2010 at 11:18am

The eighties were rough on heavy industry, the administration in Washington gave teeth to the EPA in order to create revenue, and instead, it drove many foundries and drop forges out of business, along with the fact that part of the Reaganomics package subsidized overseas production of castings and forgings to help the bottom line of Automotive, Agriculture, and Appliance companies, at the expense of smaller suppliers.