Anybody in northern Virginia?
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Topic: Anybody in northern Virginia?
Posted By: thendrix
Subject: Anybody in northern Virginia?
Date Posted: 31 May 2025 at 9:39pm
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We were on our back from a trip to DC today and somewhere between Strasburg and Harrisburg, I think, I saw either a later Allis (8000 series maybe) or Agco Allis poking it's nose out of a building about 200 to 250 yards away from I81 south. This ring any bells with anybody? ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
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Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 31 May 2025 at 9:46pm
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Did it look forgotten? Long way from there but just curious. ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD45 |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2025 at 6:21am
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No, judging from the fields around it I think it was planting a week or two ago. Looked like a nice machine but I was a long way off ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2025 at 6:58am
| Do you mean Harrisonburg VA not Harrisburg PA? Lots of AC tractors in the Shenandoah Valley |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2025 at 7:52am
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I’m not familiar with the farm that you’re referring to but I’m on the other side of the mountain of I-81 near New Market Va. Harrisonburg is 25 miles south and had a large AC dealership. Gary is correct, this was AC country at one time. Dealerships along the interstate corridor and in the Shenandoah Valley were very successful. There are still a lot of AC tractors and equipment farming here. AC tractors in my area are plentiful either farming, pullers or show pieces. My brother Charlie mowed our hay yesterday with his 190XT. It’s fun seeing both our 190’s at work, they certainly do a great job for us and I can’t imagine running anything else other than Orange. Both of our 190’s came from the Fairfield area which is about 50 miles south of us on I-81. If you’re ever in the area again come see us. We would love to show you what we have. Better yet, stay at our 1848 Airbnb farm. We will let you run our tractors baling hay if you would like to help out! ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2025 at 10:48am
Yeah, Harrisonburg VA. I guess I was so ready to get home I only read a portion of the sign  ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Gary Burnett wrote:Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2025 at 10:52am
If we come back up that way I'll look you up. I'd love to help out. It's funny the difference between here and there. Here for several years we saw a lot of Massey, Case, JD, and Ford/NH. Very rarely was there any orange until Kubota showed up. Now it's mostly Kubota and JD. There's 2 Massey dealers around me now and when it comes time to replace a tractor that's probably where we'll go ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |
Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 01 Jun 2025 at 9:45pm
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Tyler I see in your profile that you’re a poultry farmer, you would fit right in here. I’m sure you noticed the vast amount of poultry farms, way more in the country side. Rockingham county, the county that you were driving thru is the “Turkey capital” according to a bronze statue at the county line. Not sure if that is still valid but there are a lot of Turkey and chicken farms in the tri-county area (Rockingham, Page, and Shenandoah counties). A majority of those also have crop land as well. Corn, small grains, soybeans, and hay are the most popular. Massey, JD, Fendt, NH are the most popular in Rockingham county now, NH, JD, AC in Page, NH, JD in Shenandoah county. Page definitely has the largest amount of AC’s still farming. There are still some in the other counties also but most have been phased out for newer tractors since they have larger farms there. ------------- 1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD |
Posted By: thendrix
Date Posted: 02 Jun 2025 at 5:32am
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Yeah we saw several chicken/poultry houses. Seems when you spend as much time as we do in them they get pretty easy to spot. Then we do the whole "what do they have?" "Why do they do it that way?" farmer thing ------------- "Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan |