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This would be a tragedy for any Allis guy

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Category: Allis Chalmers
Forum Name: Construction and other equipment
Forum Description: everything else with orange (or yellow) paint
URL: https://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=204179
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Topic: This would be a tragedy for any Allis guy

Posted By: RedHeeler79
Subject: This would be a tragedy for any Allis guy
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2024 at 6:34am

Interesting Video, kinda long, but makes you think….
https://youtu.be/ObteGxOLXuQ?si=N9kxH-LEutUCxNIj" rel="nofollow - https://youtu.be/ObteGxOLXuQ?si=N9kxH-LEutUCxNIj

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Posted By: Eric B
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2024 at 6:26pm

Thankfully the operator wasn't on it when it went for the tumble. Big loss of hardware for sure.

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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2024 at 6:50pm

OUCH !!

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Like them all, but love the "B"s.

Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 16 Nov 2024 at 10:23pm

Wow that’s crazy. Vary interesting

Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 17 Nov 2024 at 7:08pm

Looking at the sprockets the undercarriage was ready for rebuild before it ran off. So somebody got a fair bit of work out of that machine.

My uncle ran 2 HD 14's, The torch converter drive one he bought new in 53 or 54 when they first came out. In late 1960's he bought the direct drive one to pull a scraper and farm with. As the main operator and head mechanic he got along fine with them. But they did not like a ruff and tumble operator. And he did work on them a bit more than some other machines would of needed.

Posted By: ecosse23
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024 at 9:39am

The narrator on the video suggests the machine would only be about 10 years old when it slipped into the gorge. You'd think they would have at least considered salvaging it? A big undertaking and a difficult task - but with say a couple of heavier tracklayers with big winches, and ground anchors, you could inch it upwards out of the water then clear the brush and haul it up the banking?

Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024 at 12:39pm

Them sprockets were wore to a point so it had a bunch of wear on it.

Posted By: RedHeeler79
Date Posted: 05 Dec 2024 at 5:46pm

Yeah, maybe it was pretty well worn out. But seems a shame for it to remain in its current resting place forever. Makes you wonder if someone did figure out a way to recover the blade, since it used to be there and now can’t be found.