New Film Reel:6060 & 6080
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Topic: New Film Reel:6060 & 6080
Posted By: Austin(WI)
Subject: New Film Reel:6060 & 6080
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 9:20am
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Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 9:55am
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Now I got to have one! ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: nsula_country
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 9:56am
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You should not have posted that. Now I want a 6060 FWA! Nice video. Thanks, CT
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Posted By: smokey
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 10:29am
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Thanks for shareing, I can remember that Dad tried a 6060 out back in 1980 or 81 I think, it had FWA and it was impressive, we had a 175 that he pulled 4-16" with and it was in the dry time of the year, we had some wheat stubble that he had been plowing and the ditch bank was so hard that the plows hardly would go in the ground, and when they did the 175 would just sit there and spin.
The dealer brought the 6060 out and he hooked it on the plow and went to ditch bank and put them in and it did the same thing spun, then the dealer put it in FWD and WOW impressive no problem, Dad just couldn't see $22,000 then he said, when he bought the 175 in 1974 for like $6500 new, just didn't add up.
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Posted By: Austin(WI)
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 1:34pm
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Glad it's a hit! :D
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Posted By: Michael (WI)
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 2:57pm
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It certainly is interesting to watch, especially seeing the charts. We have a used 6080 fwa now since I started running the farm. When my unlce was running it before my birth he had both a JD 2440 and JD 2940 fwa. This was mainly because the AC dealer had closed and they wanted a tractor with a local dealer. After I was old enough to drive they were upgraded to the equivilant replacments of a 2550 and 2950 fwa. Having driven the 2950 a lot I can definately tell you the 6080 uses less fuel as the graph shows. Of course the 2940/2950 used a 6 cylinder engine to make the same power as a 6080. Also, I swear the 2550 uses more fuel cutting hay than the larger 185. Mike |
Posted By: AllisFreak MN
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 3:37pm
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Good Video. ------------- '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: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 4:19pm
| Great - thanks for sharing. Sure would like to have a 6080 in my barn. |
Posted By: wkpoor
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 7:32pm
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Really nice tractor!
I'm sure they were ahead of the competition back then but I'm also sure they caught up by now. Wonder what they would have now if they were still in business? Probably China built like everything else sad...sad.
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Posted By: AC190XTrescuer
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 8:13pm
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love the video wondering if a 6060 tractor was better out of them both. when my dad farmed backbefore i was born he traded the 3020 deere for a 6080 brand new he said he didnt like it and said the 3020 was much better. but i heard that a 6060 is better. ------------- What you cant get done today you can always do tomarrow, And if there is no tomarrow it was a waste of time today |
Posted By: wheatbreeder
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 8:36pm
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he traded 3020 for the 6060 says allot ------------- Farm stuff 8050,6690,175,F2,5050,WD |
Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 9:37pm
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Nice video. I would have to say that the 6080 is the better tractor. 6060 Only had an 8 speed that was only partially synchronized. 6080 Had a fully synchronized 12 speed along with larger tires. Due to poor sales, 6060 production ended in 1983 and replaced with the 6070. ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '61 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 5:42am
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I know a guy who had over 7000 hrs on his 6080 FWA 10 years ago and he used for everything including the heavy tillage as it was his big tractor. He delivered oxygen and acetylene to the shop every week. Now he has a couple bigger 8000 series but still uses the 6080 as far as I know. He loved that tractor the way he talked about it. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: Jack(Ky)
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 6:05am
| They are very nice tractors and a great video too. A guy came in the shop where I work last year to get some filters for a 6070 that the farmer he works for has and he said he figured out why Allis went out of business. I said OK, why. He said they made the tractors so good you couldn't wear them out.JP |
Posted By: Eddie
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:47am
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The 6060 is a great tractor. Nimble and powerful. ------------- Allis Chalmers 6060 10' Howse Rotary Cutter 5' Tiller 5' Box Blade 4' Aerator Ferris Zero Turn Mower W/10' fold up sprayer John Deere 455 Lawn Tractor John Deere 955 w/loader & 60" belly mower |
Posted By: acwdwcman
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 8:26am
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nice vidio i liked it ------------- 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: ky wonder
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 5:07pm
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thanks, i enjoyed that ------------- i like old tractors of all colors |
Posted By: dave63
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 5:18pm
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Dad sold a few 6060's and alot of 6080's and AC replaced the engines in most of them at least once onder warrenty. The thrust on the transmission put to much preasure on the crank bearings and ruined the block. Then in the end i don't know if AC enginers come with it or Duetz Enginers figured it out but they sent out thrust bearing kits for the front of the crankshaft.
So as long as you keep that thrust bearing greased they will last. I can't help wondering how much of that warrenty expense contributed to the end of AC.
They still realy are a great tractor. ------------- The universal answer to all questions is yes, how much do you want to spend? |
Posted By: dave63
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 5:21pm
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The FWA 6080 will out work a 7000 on less fuel. ------------- The universal answer to all questions is yes, how much do you want to spend? |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:31pm
That was an Allis fix for the tractors that were all ready sold. The later ones had the heavier thrust bearing internally I'm pretty sure. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
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