Saved from the scrapyard
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Category: Allis Chalmers
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Topic: Saved from the scrapyard
Posted By: Al in WMA
Subject: Saved from the scrapyard
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:05pm

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Posted By: bigcountry48
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:11pm
Great find, and if you don't mind me asking what did you pay for that beauty!
------------- 1950 B, 1952 pulling wd, and 1954 wd45
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Posted By: Al in WMA
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:11pm
Saved this from being sold by the pound. Lots of plusses-war tractor, wheel weights, side weights, rebuilt mag, etc Anybody recognize the front wheels? Anybody have a reasonably priced set of steel wheels available? Allan
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Posted By: q4016lanz
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:13pm
Good find AI
------------- 15 allis chalmers tractors
9 lanz bulldog tractors
2 water cooled deutz
9 john deeres tractors
14 Aus made orange chamberlains
I spent most of my money on old tractors I wasted the rest
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Posted By: Al in WMA
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:13pm
Gave $500
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Posted By: DREAM
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:14pm
Good save! Looks like she's got the wide fenders and spoke wheels from a war B. Looks like everything's mostly there. Got the SN?
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Posted By: bigcountry48
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:16pm
What do you mean by war tractor, it was made in the war years, or is it a military B?
------------- 1950 B, 1952 pulling wd, and 1954 wd45
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Posted By: Al in WMA
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:17pm
S/N is in notebook up in the shed, It's a 1943
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Posted By: Al in WMA
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:19pm
War tractor means built during WWII. Many had steel wheels and many normally sheet metal parts were cast iron. Also no starter, generator etc
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Posted By: TMiller/NC
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:20pm
Does it have hydraulics, don't see a rock shaft. Tim
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Posted By: ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:21pm
Well, you paid for the frame weights and the front wheels. Kindly send me your address so I can come and pick up the steel wheel fenders and rear wheel weights from you for free!! LOL
------------- 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: Al in WMA
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:33pm
Chuch: Do you think those are the right front wheels? I might know where there is another set of war fenders Al
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Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:37pm
Those are the right wheels, just been cut off for rubber.
------------- Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker
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Posted By: Al in WMA
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:44pm
It does have hydraulics, rockshaft gone
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Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 8:58pm
Thank You Thank You Thank You!! You saved another of my favorite Allis Chalmers Tractor. A tractor with a history of being build in 1943 in the midst of WWII. You may want to check the valve cover, the oil pan, and the final drive oil pans. Some during WWII were made of cast iron due to the shortage of pressed steel. Looks like this one came through on steel - many did in fact, my job then was to install the cleats - and was converted to rubber when it became available after WWII. Looks like it is not in bad shape for an almost 80 year old. Let us know how it goes. I look forward to hearing successful reports of the restoration. Again, let me thank you for saving another of my favorite AC tractor. Good Luck! Bill Long
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Posted By: D17 owner
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 9:20pm
I took a load of scrap to toys scrap in rice lake friday. Hoping to see some Allis stuff I could bring home. Nothing just Deere. Must mean somthing. Eric
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Posted By: David Gibson (OH)
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2012 at 9:57pm
Great find!
------------- David Gibson http://www.darkecountysteam.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.darkecountysteam.com 1956 WD45
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Posted By: GlenninPA
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2012 at 10:24am
Nice find.... I am looking for a set of the 4 notch heavy (2") wheel centers....
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Posted By: morton(pa)
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2012 at 1:42pm
Some people havea all the luck, and all the cash at the right moment too!!! Seems like I don't have either!!! Hopefully this whole college thing will pay off in the long run...
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Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2012 at 1:57pm
Love the fenders, love the weights, love the spoked wheels, love the 6volt, but mostly that it was saved. A great day.
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Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2012 at 2:05pm
Woo Hoo!! Home run there Big AL!! There's a gold nugget right there! Good for you!
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2012 at 5:28pm
Al in WMA wrote:
Anybody recognize the front wheels? |
Those were originally steel front wheels. Look where the spoke meets the rim, you'll see weld. The front steel was cut off and rims welded on.
------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF
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Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2012 at 6:23pm
Don't see it in the pic but if the air cleaner was with it it should be taller than a regular one , taller would be correct for steel wheels. Great find!!
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