allis B varient
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Topic: allis B varient
Posted By: Ken in Texas
Subject: allis B varient
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 7:42am
| What is a Allis B Asparagus Special Post a picture if posible |
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Posted By: Ken in Texas
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 8:08am
| i guess the asparagus B is a High Crop B |
Posted By: Nathan (SD)
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 10:03am
| Swinfords book has a picture. Tractor has hand brakes and the handles were outside the fenders. Straight fenders much like the Waukesha B had. Inset tall wheels and very narrow tread. |
Posted By: Nathan (SD)
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 10:10am
This one has the wheels outset instead. So it has normal fenders. 
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Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 11:01am
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As per the parts book, the Asparagus special had 38" rear tires. The Potato Special had 28" rear tires. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: john2189
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 11:25am
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Gesh, it’s hard enough to get on and off of a normal B how do you get on one of those? ------------- '41 Allis B '45 Allis B '49 Farmall Cub '72 IH Cub |
Posted By: Nathan (SD)
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 11:53am
I hope somebody can dig out their Swinford book. I think maybe I am mixing up the fender deal with the potato B. The pic I put up is an asparagus model with the 38s. Does the parts book show potato fenders by any chance ??? |
PaulB wrote:Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 12:19pm
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Just looking in Swinford's book, page 53. The potato 'B' had the handbrake levers outside the fenders. the Asparagus Special had them inboard. It had 29 inches clearance under the front axle and 28 inches under the rear. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 1:06pm
CANE --- the one on the right has the Thompson front axle.. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 1:11pm
This was listed as a 1940 Potato Special ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 1:15pm
It appears to have hand brakes and flat fenders... Possible more narrow with the wheel setup. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 4:54pm
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Heck, if I was able to climb up on that bad boy, I'd git' a nose bleed. Just ask Fred...  Steve@B&B ------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 5:49pm
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That potato 'B' has the same rear wheels with those special lugs as the factory picture in Swinford's book. |
Posted By: wade89
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2024 at 8:53pm
| Anyone know if they changed the gear ratio in any of the special variants or high crops? First always seemed a bit fast to me when cultivating and I imagine the taller tires would only speed her up? |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2024 at 9:23am
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According to Swinford, the cane tractors had special gearing to slow them down. |