Is this AC?
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Topic: Is this AC?
Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Subject: Is this AC?
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 7:03pm
Sure hope so, cause I'm going to pick it up on Saturday. Can anyone tell me about this? I thought for the money, it would make a good yard ornament and didn't want it to go to China.
  ------------- 1955 WD45 diesel 203322 was my dad's tractor, 1966 D15 23530, 1961 HD3 Crawler 1918, 1966 D17 IV 83495, 1937 WC 41255, 1962 D19 6221 |
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Posted By: allis restorer
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 7:09pm
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that is to good to use as a lawn ordiment!! lol ------------- Go orange or Go home!! |
Posted By: Chad(WI)
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 7:24pm
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Sure is Chuck, I think they were just known as a rope trip field cultivator. I see you have the manual reset bar on the hitch yet, too...I may have a spare manual for it. Looks like a 7' ? Good score in any case. I'll look and let you know.
Chad
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Posted By: Auntwayne
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 8:03pm
| No way would I put that in the yard, way to nice !!! |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 8:14pm
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That's just what I need behind the 35 WC for our fall show. I can smooth out the plowed ground with it. Looks too nice to be a yard ornament Chuck.
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Posted By: Rfdeere
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 8:55pm
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I believe that is an A-C spring tooth power lift field cultivator, No. FC-1. It is shown in the 1935 agricultural catalog. ------------- Randy Freshour,Member Indiana AC Partners, http://www.rumelyallis.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.rumelyallis.com |
Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 8:55pm
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Well, it was advertised this morning on Craigslist, and seeing that after talking to the owner's son, it was less then 10 miles from me, so I had to go look at it tonite. I will go and pick it up on Saturday, along with a neat old running gear with spoke wheels. I think it is a 9'. I paid 100 bucks for it, figured it was worth more then that in scrap so I'm glad it didn't go to the scrappers. It will be a yard ornament for right now, but maybe I will have use for it someday. I have various snap coupler implements in my back yard that I consider yard ornaments also. Kind of my way of bringing them home!! ------------- 1955 WD45 diesel 203322 was my dad's tractor, 1966 D15 23530, 1961 HD3 Crawler 1918, 1966 D17 IV 83495, 1937 WC 41255, 1962 D19 6221 |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 8:56pm
| Well, I got one thing to say, Im JEALOUS!!! lol |
Posted By: se iowa picker
Date Posted: 05 May 2011 at 9:08pm
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That is a really nice find,no one ever sells anything cool like that around here lol |
Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 06 May 2011 at 7:56am
| I'm envious!! |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 06 May 2011 at 8:12am
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Dad had one like it that he borrowed to an Uncle of mine. He hooked a post with a wheel and bent the wheel mount a bit. It had been at my Uncle's for probably 30-40 years or more. I knew just where it sat. A few years ago I asked my cousin where that old field cultivator went that sat in the fence line and he said he hauled it to the scrapyard. Procrastination doesn't work. He never knew it was my Dad's and I didn't think it was worth it to now tell him it was. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: Dale H. ECIL
Date Posted: 06 May 2011 at 8:28am
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Yes it is AC, I have 2 just like it, One has the narrow points like this one and the other one has less shanks but 12 inch shovels on it. I paid $300.00 for one and $35.00 for the other one. Mine averaged out to $167.50 each. You did good Chuck.
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Posted By: Matt MN
Date Posted: 06 May 2011 at 8:55am
Here is another one. I believe these were Lacrose built?
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Posted By: Dale H. ECIL
Date Posted: 06 May 2011 at 8:58am
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Chuck, a tip on hauling the FC. I had to haul mine over 200 miles. It is as you said over 9' wide. I took the back shanks off and put it cross ways on the trailer with the tongue straight up.
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Posted By: GlenninPA
Date Posted: 06 May 2011 at 12:10pm
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One day I would like one of those for my B collection. They showed them being pulled by the early B's.... ------------- Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. From listening comes wisdom and from speaking comes repentance. Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. |
Posted By: Reeseholler
Date Posted: 06 May 2011 at 2:56pm
| That looks like it would be pretty handy |
Posted By: Dale H. ECIL
Date Posted: 06 May 2011 at 3:24pm
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AC made several different widths of this FC, 6, 7 1/2, 9, 10 1/2 and 12 foot. The 2 shown here and mine are the 7 1/2 foot ones which seemed to be the most popular. Glenn, you need the 6 foot one for your B's. ------------- Allis Chalmers Museum, Paris, Il.http:// www.allischalmersmuseum.com 217-275-3428 |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 6:44pm
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Were they indeed La Crosse built?? Wanna give yours away Matt? I live in La Crosse, and my Grampa and my Uncle worked for AC here in town. Wish I new more history about it!!
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