Farm Equipment - Looking at an off color tractor

Print Page | Close Window

Looking at an off color tractor

Printed From: Unofficial Allis
Category: Allis Chalmers
Forum Name: Farm Equipment
Forum Description: everything about Allis-Chalmers farm equipment
URL: https://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=30495
Printed Date: 06 Mar 2025 at 10:41am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 11.10 - http://www.webwizforums.com

Topic: Looking at an off color tractor

Posted By: allis restorer
Subject: Looking at an off color tractor
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 6:46pm

Here what do you think on this tractor, if anyone has any experience with one of these please speak up i want to know, we are going to call on it tommorow. thanks Steve

http://www.tractorhouse.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=6240209& - http://www.tractorhouse.com/listingsdetail/detail.aspx?OHID=6240209&

-------------
Go orange or Go home!!

Replies:

Posted By: Rfdeere
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 7:55pm

That seems like alot of hours on a 14 year old, 145 hp tractor to ask $35000 ?

-------------
Randy Freshour,Member Indiana AC Partners,
http://www.rumelyallis.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.rumelyallis.com

Posted By: Rfdeere
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:04pm

Now that I looked thru the listings seems to be right in the ballpark looking at the rest of them.

-------------
Randy Freshour,Member Indiana AC Partners,
http://www.rumelyallis.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.rumelyallis.com

Posted By: allis restorer
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:09pm

Yeah they are not cheap, if you look at the ones with lower hours, they take a huge jump in the price, we are also looking to one that isnt overly far away. I guess we will find out tommorow if it was ever overhauled or what not. Steve

-------------
Go orange or Go home!!

Posted By: Rfdeere
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:23pm

You know there are some nice looking AC 8050's in your area with alot less hours for less money. I know there a decade older but there still Orange !!

-------------
Randy Freshour,Member Indiana AC Partners,
http://www.rumelyallis.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.rumelyallis.com

Posted By: allis restorer
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:29pm

I know but we getting tired of bounceing around all day long on old tractors, and we need one that is fuel efficent and has weight an horse power. i have nothing against old tractors but we have to keep up in the neighborhood, we are starting to look small again lol. Steve

-------------
Go orange or Go home!!

Posted By: Brad(WI)
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:47pm

They are very dependanble and fuel efficient trators, at least that is what I have heard. Find out what type of hours. If on a mixer waon, not very many. If tillage, might want to watch out. I know what you mean about boucing around in old tractors. When you spend hundreds of hours in a tractor, air seats and can coolers are nice.

Posted By: allis restorer
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:49pm

Ok thanks Brad, I tried to zoom up on the drawbar and it dosent look wore so that is a good sign. thanks

-------------
Go orange or Go home!!

Posted By: Nick So. IN.
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 9:29pm

Allis Restorer, I have a couple hundred hours on these tractors. In my opinion these are the most user friendly Powershifts made. They downshift automatically when you push in the clutch too. I am unsure of the longevity of them. The only problems I had with the ones I ran were they were hard starting in the winter time. I think the air intake heater is a poor design. Had a few a/c issues. And the transmissions hit hard when shifting from 9th to 10th i believe. I cant think of anymore issues we had with them, I believe the 8670 had 6000 hours and the 8870 had 4500.

Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 9:48pm

While I cannot be of any assistance in the the capabilities of this particular unit I would like to add that newer more efficient units are necessary to farm more technically efficient nowdays. I see these units pull the sand cleaners at OC MD. I usually talk to the operators to see what they say but last year the New Hollands were new and I was not in a position to ask them. However, they seem to pull beach cleaners - a job a 190 did years ago - with ease.

Funny, The largest AC unit I sold was the D-17. Here is a unit that is more efficient, much more comfortable, and more tecnically efficient with almost three times more power. Hard for me to believe.

Good Luck!

Bill Long

Posted By: allis restorer
Date Posted: 10 May 2011 at 6:26pm

Well i call the guy today, and He said that the tractor Runs great and looks good for as many hours are on it. He said it was mainly used on a mixer, so the tires are good on it, and he said that everything works and said if i wanted i could take it for a test drive, So now we have some thinking to do on it, I also found one other one that i might call on tommorow. I will keep you updated. Steve

-------------
Go orange or Go home!!