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Topic: New AC Video
Posted By: Austin(WI)
Subject: New AC Video
Date Posted: 02 Jan 2011 at 9:20pm

This was on the Wisconsin PBS website and I found it a while back and just had it converted. :) Let me know what you think. :)

[TUBE]d6j_LHBPxhI[/TUBE]


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"Better By Design"



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Posted By: DREAM
Date Posted: 02 Jan 2011 at 9:33pm
Thanks for sharing Austin. I met a gentleman a couple of weeks ago that worked for AC in the Turbine division for several years. He was telling me about the crane that's still there in the shoe store. Seems a shame that it can't still be working to help make a living for Americans the way it used to, and is now just a "curiosity".

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I didn't do it! It was a short, fat, tall, skinny guy that looked like me!


Posted By: beeman
Date Posted: 02 Jan 2011 at 9:40pm
There  was alot of talent  and skill in those old heads having breakfast..... Part of the Greatest Generation for sure. 

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1949 B   3930 Ford- Have owned other Orange ,green,red,yellow,dark green tractors and equipment.


Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 02 Jan 2011 at 9:43pm
Wonderful Austin!!  Alas, it is too bad.... Just what happens with greed and mismanagement all in one.  Where abouts in WI are you?

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"Allis-Express"
19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17


Posted By: redline
Date Posted: 02 Jan 2011 at 10:05pm
I am very glad I had the opportunity to view that piece. Thanks for getting it out there for the rest of us to enjoy.  Still is a heartbreaking story, but it was told well.

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If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done!


Posted By: Roger SEWI
Date Posted: 02 Jan 2011 at 10:23pm
Thank you Austin for posting that clip. I really enjoyed it. It makes you wonder just what they were thinking of when it all went down. It is one of many in the city that has failed.

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Roger SEWI


Posted By: Austin(WI)
Date Posted: 02 Jan 2011 at 11:19pm
It was in a special format that was giving me troubles...finally took the time to get it converted. :-) I really liked it. Wish I could sit down and talk with some of these guys.....but I fear some may have already passed as this is a couple years old already. I found out that the grandma of my girfriend plays cards with the daughter of one of the former Presidents of AC. She was saying about the Terrible strike at the factory. I don't know who her dad was yet, but Walter Geist I believe was the President at the time of the communist strike in 1946-1947. So it may be his daughter. I will keep you posted.

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"Better By Design"


Posted By: Oldoug
Date Posted: 02 Jan 2011 at 11:30pm
Very interesting video, I should go to that mall someday and see that big crane.

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Matt Folkers

FOLKERS RESTORATION



Restoring vintage things to last so the future can enjoy our past.


Posted By: Austin(WI)
Date Posted: 02 Jan 2011 at 11:33pm
This summer I will be doing a documentary of the grounds..showing where things were and how it has changed.


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"Better By Design"


Posted By: Bob D. (La)
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 6:17am
Thanks for posting. I did, however, feel as I was viewing the death of an old friend. God Bless.

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When you find yourself in a hole,PUT DOWN THE SHOVEL!!!


Posted By: David Gibson (OH)
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 9:55am
Bob D. took the words out of my mouth. Thanks for posting Austin.

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David Gibson
http://www.darkecountysteam.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.darkecountysteam.com
1956 WD45


Posted By: OrangePowerGA
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 11:41am
Thanks for posting this video.
 
I'd like to see a video made on how AC became the modern day AGCO. AC is part of AGCOs hertiage and what built the company wheather they want to admit it or not....don't forget White.


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AC - WD
JD - 650


Posted By: Reeseholler
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 1:00pm
Very interesting and it's very heartbreaking to think that nobody really lasted except for JD


Posted By: Goose
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 1:12pm
I can't get the video on my computer. Does anyone have a web address?
Thanks.


Posted By: AllisChalmers37
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 3:29pm
AC holds a special place in my heart even though I was born 9 years after it went under. I agree with Bob D. (La) in that it does feel like losing a real close friend when you watch it. Thank You for posting this.

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1937 WC, 1950 CA, 1959 D14, 1967 190XT, 2006 Ram 3500


Posted By: acwdwcman
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 4:04pm

thank you alot for that video. it realy was interesting but sad. i learned alot from it. thank you



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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: David Gibson (OH)
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 4:10pm
Here you go Goose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6j_LHBPxhI&feature=sub - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6j_LHBPxhI&feature=sub


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David Gibson
http://www.darkecountysteam.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.darkecountysteam.com
1956 WD45


Posted By: Ages Cat
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 5:04pm
Many people really do not know what Allis Chalmers was involved in. I have spoken to many people who have told me that their only business was farm machinery. I believe the reason why I collect the Allis Chalmers product is the engineering expertise that they provided. These machines are a reminder of the talents of our  American forefathers who made this country great. Many of the features that were standard on the Allis products were light years ahead of the other competitors. Nuclear Energy, Flour  milling, Construction Equipment, Steam Turbines and Water Pumping to name a few. The list is endless. The employees of Allis Chalmers should feel very proud of their heritage. The loss of  these organizations  breaks my heart because it is our heritage that is disappearing.  American hard work, pride and ingenuity  can be seen in the achievements of Allis Chalmers.


Posted By: Reeseholler
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 5:28pm
the USS Slater in Albany, NY has a few AC things in it that opened my eyes to what all AC built. There are several electric motors and one of the circuit boards for the engines has AC on it as well as a few of the guages. If I looked I have a few pictures somewhere.


Posted By: daveingreenbay
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 5:44pm
As part of the `05 "Coming Home"  "Gathering" in Union Grove WI some of you may remember the Tractor Caravan that Don Snow organized, and had its origin in Sand Lake MI.  I joined the caravan after it crossed Lake Michigan and we continued on to State Fair Park  where several hundred tractors gathered to caravan through the neighborhood where The Allis Plant was located.  Hundreds of locals waited in the rain as we paraded through the streets as well as through a portion of the factory.  You could just tell how much it meant to people who lived  in the shadows of the now closed factory to see us honor them and the products they had a hand in building.  Those who drove tractors in the caravan stayed overnite in a YMCA facility and the next day had breakfast a a nearby McDonalds before continuing on through Milwaukee to Union Grove.  While we were eating a group of former employees were eating there too.  They noticed our Allis garb and  told us how much they appreciated the Allis parade the nite before.  They also shared some stories humorous stories of things that happened during their employment.  Our  Allis Club has  several people who who are former Allis Employees.  One of them is Esther Pape who was an executive secretary and worked for Allis for 43 years.  The other is Sam Winker.  He worked at the Proving Grounds.  We feel fortunate to have them as club members



Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2011 at 5:47pm
Thanks Austin, this is a great piece ; I just cant believe a corporation of this size could collapse as fast as it did , it is truly a shame



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