What do you collect and why?
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Topic: What do you collect and why?
Posted By: Dave in il
Subject: What do you collect and why?
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2010 at 9:51pm
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I've seen some imppressive lists of AC equipment over the last couple days. It's got me thinking what do you collect and why? I could farm with just my 8050, 7060 and the 200 and loader and I wouldn't need any other tractor.
What I started collecting are the square four 201 & 226 gas tractors. I loved the WD45 & D17s as a kid, nothing sounds quite like an AC four cylinder on a hard pull. So I have an unstyled and styled WC, WD and WD45 an early Series I D17, Series II D17 and a Series IV D17. I'd like to eventually have an unstyled and styled WF, a bar grill D17 and a Series III D17 and 170's & 175 gas. Some people think I'm nuts. Once when the styled WC, WD and WD45 were side by side at a show I was asked why I have three of the same tractors. Then there's the Massey Harris 44 I have that's just like the one Dad had and my D19 diesel, and the parts WC, and I'd kinda like a UC for no reason other than I think they're cool.
Then there are the implements, for no good reason I wanted an Allcrop 72 and now I have one. I bought a nice 3pt AC blade even though I already had a heavy duty Kewanee 9' blade. Then I got a wild hair that all my antiques should have an appropriate plow, so now I have 8 (I think) plows... did I mention I'm a notill / conservation tillage farmer? I just got a snap coupler disc and I've been tempted to buy a roto baler more than once.
And I've had an IH H and M and an 8N Ford and an SC Case, they've come an gone, but you never no what else may just show up some day. Hey where did all my shed space go?
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Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2010 at 9:55pm
    
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Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2010 at 10:22pm
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Claus, I love your playroom. By the end of winter, I want a ceiling railroad in my office. It will be American Flyer S guage. I have 5 depression cars to pull 12 8070's and 3 7045's in 1/64 scale. I might have to pull a 6th one with 2 combines.
Don't know why, but I have gotten into AC cuff links and tie clasps. I have pocket knives that belonged to my grandfathers.
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Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2010 at 10:28pm
Got a new one yesterday. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2010 at 10:39pm
| If it's orange and says ALLIS CHALMERS on it, I collect it. I do prefer to stick to stuff that is D series era and newer, though. Darrel |
Posted By: AllisChalmers37
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2010 at 10:49pm
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I like anything AC but would love to find an Unstyled WC model set up like mine ( tricycle front end, rubber tires, rear spokes, and front dish wheels)
------------- 1937 WC, 1950 CA, 1959 D14, 1967 190XT, 2006 Ram 3500 |
Posted By: skip(MO)
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2010 at 10:53pm
| mostly debt, but i'm willing to diversify! |
Posted By: DarrylinWA
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 12:08am
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I started out with a 1946 MM UTU that my Dad bought from the original owner. (Still have today) Then I bought 2 more MM, then sold and got my First D 21. (Tigger restored) Then I bought more 21's and thought about collecting the D series. Well, I sold 2 of the D series to get a Hot Farm 21 from back east, so I sold and did some trading to get a 7050, then with the extra cash from trading, bought the 7030. Found a 220, then sold another 21 to get a 210. Decided to stay with the big tractors and now have everthing except a 7080 which would be next, would like a maroon belly. The we would have all the big 100 hp tractors from the series 1 and 2 D 21 with the Industrail, 220s, 210, 7030 and 7050. I enjoy buying selling and trading and just keeps on going.
Good topic.
Take care, Darryl ------------- B 10 Custom. Serial # 1001 D21, First D21 built 69 #4498 and Last D 21 Built #4609. 1946 MM UTU. And 2000, 2005 Pete's. AC custom Hauling. |
Posted By: acwdwcman
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 9:46am
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well of course i am starting to collect. of my 13 years of life my grandpa has had a wd 45. when i was younger i used to say go john deere. but then i got to ride on and drive an allis. then i got to ride on a john deere.the allis was so much better. i like the sound of the allis chalmers enginesand the way they are set up. i like that on ac's the hand clutch you pull back instead of the deere were you push foreword.
i gess i just grew up around the 45 and well i will be a life long collector.
i love allis chalmers tractors!!!!!!!! ------------- 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 |
Posted By: Michael Crowe
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 10:27am
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My Granddad was an AC dealer, and I have a picture of him on a WD45 Diesel pulling a boy scout float in a parade in downtown Liberal, Missouri, so I collect the WD/WD45 series. I have one of each of the models, all engine and front end configurations, plus more than 25 snap coupler implements for those models. Plus I have some items from his dealership my Grandmother gave me, and two of the tractors came from his dealership. ------------- The 14th Annual Exclusive AC Swap Meet will be held in Boonville, MO, March 7-8, 2025. See the club website for details: http://www.moacclub.com/ |
Posted By: Dale-OH
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 1:12pm
| We are firm believers that bigger is better. The past few years has been mainly wheatland/ standard tractors. D21 210 220 440, MMG705 G706 G1000 G1355 and Oliver/Cockshutt 1600-2255. |
Posted By: AllisFreak MN
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 3:59pm
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A-C's and old Mopars. And beer cans after I empty them. ------------- '49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2 |
Posted By: AllisFreak MN
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 4:14pm
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Why? Because my Grandad was an Allis dealer, early 70's Mopars look fast sitting still and I like beer. ------------- '49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2 |
Posted By: Oldoug
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 6:55pm
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I collect farm toys from when I was little. It makes me feel like a kid again. ------------- Matt Folkers FOLKERS RESTORATION Restoring vintage things to last so the future can enjoy our past. |
Posted By: morton(pa)
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 7:10pm
| Claus, I get to drive a 5488 at work at college sometimes. They are great tractors! |
Posted By: Brad MI
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 7:39pm
| Too many things for no apparent rational reason.......... |
Posted By: AllisChalmers37
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 8:42pm
Claus, in all of these pictures I see no steam locomotives, I've always been a fan of steam locomotives espicially the articulated locomotives and the shay engines. ------------- 1937 WC, 1950 CA, 1959 D14, 1967 190XT, 2006 Ram 3500 |
Claus wrote:Posted By: Claus
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 9:00pm
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Claus, in all of these pictures I see no steam locomotives, I've always been a fan of steam locomotives espicially the articulated locomotives and the shay engines. [/QUOTE]Well, then here you go. The Union Pacific FEF Northern 844, Lionel Legacy. Another of my favorites is the Texas Special also in Lionel Legacy.   |
Posted By: ILGLEANER
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2010 at 9:09pm
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I collect bank notes. Why? Because I dont have enough money
IG ------------- Education doesn't make you smart, it makes you educated. |
Posted By: Jeff-in-Kunkletown
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 10:47am
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In addition to my AC B and WD-45 Istarted collecting 1:64 scale tractors ao all brands just because I'm still a kid at heart. There are still quite a few 1:16 tractors at my parents from when I was a kid. Wife claims I also collect dust. ------------- Sucess is how high you bounce after hitting bottom. Gen. George S. Patton |
Posted By: split51
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 11:21am
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I collect 1/16th scale farm toys and pedal tractors although I have been thinning my collection down on pedal tractors the last few years..
And yes, I do collect AC toys but I can not find any pics of them......LOL
     ------------- 1929 20-35 sn17662 B1 w/snow blade B10 w/sickle mower B110 w/mower deck B110 w/tiller B112 w/grader blade B210 w/plo |
Posted By: JimIA
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 8:01pm
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I collect A-C harvesting machines and implements and of course the tractors to run them. When I started I wanted to have a full mid 1950s lineup. I think the only item that I wanted that I do not have yet is a snap coupler disc, but I'm in no hurry, too many projects already! Of course I could not seem to stay in the 50s and ended up ranging a bit newer and older! I quit counting at 50 pieces. Jim |
Posted By: BennyLumpkin
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 8:13pm
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2 WD45's and a Styled WC.....always wanted a tractor after we moved off the farm....grew up with a D15D, an HD4, and a Ford 4550 Backhoe...loved those AC's and I still want a D15D in my collection(have no place for the HD4 or I'd go buy it back as I know where it is)......they're a fun hobby other than they take up so much room lol.....I was into Harley's for a long time but really lost my passion for them....
------------- Central PA Allis Express 1934 WC254 1945 WF 1945 WC135755 1951 WD68085 1953 WD45-150217 1957 WD45D-230744D B110 |
Posted By: Reeseholler
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 9:13pm
| Speedex Garden Tractors, Toy tractors (over 4k invested and I have over 100 toys, implements and other cool little things), I have an allis tractor, John Deere A, Pap's farmall Diesel, Just got a Farmall MD, working on a farmall 300, trying to get an oliver super 77 diesel and trying to get a silver king off of my pap. Doesn't really matter to me what color it is. I just like to save history I guess, no matter what it is. |
Posted By: Rick of HopeIN
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 9:48pm
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I like nice pieces of old literature from the 30s to 50s. Eventually hope to recreate the tractors of my youth but I got a few ACs now I really enjoy even tho they are not on my 'bucket list'. My ultimate collection of memories would be an AC WD, D17 and D14 series one, Cockshutt 40, Case 830 Comfort King, Deere 3020, Case SC, Farmall 400, Deere 60 or 620, maybe an Oliver 1850. ------------- 1951 B, 1937 WC, 1957 D14, -- Thanks and God Bless |
Posted By: Rogers
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 10:22pm
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My dad and uncle ran an AC dealership in the 60's and early 70's, and I restored a tractor they sold to start out. Since then I have been an AC fan all the way. It has been great to do that with my dad. It is amazing that he still remembers settings without looking at a service manual. I have to always look at the manual to check, but he humors me.
Not only that my granddad did road construction, and he had AC pans and dozers. I remember crawling all over an HD-21 dozer as a kid. I can still see the old dozer in my mind. It is a great memory!
I got so tied up in the why I forgot about what I collect. I collect the D series tractors mostly, but now I have a 185 to restore. I would like to restore an old dozer, but it may be more than I can chew. I really like them all. ------------- Think for yourself and be your own expert. Be willing to change your mind; however, willingness to change your mind doesn’t mean that you will. Blindly following any path is the pinnacle of insanity. |
Posted By: 1946WP
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 10:37pm
| started with collecting farm toys, then I found I could buy some real ones cheaper than the toys. I still collect AC farm toys, have many Ac tractors, in all stages of restoration . different pieces of AC farm equip. 1967 AMC marlin, & Arctic Cat Grass Cat lawn mower. |
Posted By: D-17_Dave
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2010 at 11:03pm
| I don't have the funds to grab up all the things I would like to but one of these days I hope to see a D-21 in the shed here. I do have an assortment of Bowtie pickups in the yard and an assortment of 620/9020 sized things plus a lot of attachments. I have an old resurected D-17 Diesel that never seems to let me down. It's in it's work clothes and I don't do much with it but it's always ready when I call. I'm finishing up the body work on my D-15 and it should soon be looking as good as new. The rest of my collection includes some rather odd stuff. Several late 60's model AC tillers and push mowers, an engine driven 5500 watt gen. and a Twin-Twenty brand version of the 9020 sold by Montgomery Ward. Most of my stuff earns it's keep. But some I've saved just cause I like it. |
Posted By: Jeff Z. NY
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2010 at 1:16am
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DUST.
Lazy. |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 18 Dec 2010 at 12:35pm
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Many years ago my grandmother's brother had an A-C dealership and I had an uncle on mom's side that farmed exclusively with A-C except for a JD 730 diesel. He always said A-C built the best gas, but if you want a diesel you want a JD. Spent alot of summers on the farm. In the early 80's my uncle passed and my aunt sold the farm. I wanted to buy one of his tractors at the sale, but mom and dad said no way.
I think I can give credit to tractor collecting getting under way to the Great Iowa Tractor Ride. The first year for the ride was 97 and that prompted me to buy my CA.
To date, I have a 51 CA, #52 plow, #7 mower, pto driven rake, roto baler, 160 rotary mower, 20 series snap coupler disc, D17 diesel. Plus one Oliver 60 that was bought new by grandpa on dad's side. ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: John In.
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2010 at 2:21am
| I was looking for a tractor to help level out all the truck loads of dirt I had hauled in. got a good deal on an AC WD45, it came with two !53 plows and a two row cutivator, then the bug got me. a guy stopped by and wanted to know if I was interested in a 80R mower, the price was right and now its mine. Then came the 302 baler, I bale straw on my son-in-law's and his friends field. The son-in-law and I have fun mowing down the weeds after the straw is in. I use the money I make selling straw to fix the tractor and buy impliments for it. I have in my collect two 66 allcrops, a 200 series disk, 1200 series field cultivator, a subsoiler, a s/c blade and just picked up a 4 row s/c drill planter to add to the collection. |
Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2010 at 5:18am
| I just keep buying and fixing up AC's because I was 'weaned' on them as a youngster and as I got older I figured what the heck I love them so why not stick with them. My newer philosophy with farming now is to not unhook implements...so I am on a buying spree! lol Dana |
Posted By: AC720
Date Posted: 17 Feb 2011 at 4:48pm
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Hi
For real AC Equipment, all I have for now is a 1977 Allis- Chalmers 720 Garden tractor with 60" deck, but someday I would like to add a 620 and a 616 to the collection. I do have two Agco Allis mowers that still earn there keep in my lawn maintence business. I started my business with a 95 Agco Allis 1614H lawn tractor with 38" deck and 14hp Kohler engine, really great mower and got me up and running. Later on I added a 1996 Agco Allis 1920H( Simplicity Sunstar) with 48" deck, that I also used to blow snow with up till this year when I got my Deere 2305 sub-compact. That Agco 1920H could really move the snow and did a really nice job cutting grass. Its getting higher in hrs now... I bought it with 351 hrs and now it has 1,337hrs on the kohler engine. I use it mainly for powersweeping now.
As for what else I collect, I am into Farm Toys, mainly AC/Gleaner and John Deere, I have about 40-42 different Gleaner scale models in different scales and a bunch of 64th AC toys and a few 1/16th ones as well. My granddad had the New Idea dealer in town back in the mid 50's to mid 60's, so we have some New Idea toys in the collection as well.
Take Care Jason B ------------- "Allis -Chalmers- The Rising Power in Farming" "If you want it cleaner get a GLEANER" |