Allis Chalmers collection to Steam Fest
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Topic: Allis Chalmers collection to Steam Fest
Posted By: AC Mel
Subject: Allis Chalmers collection to Steam Fest
Date Posted: 05 Sep 2014 at 10:05pm
Ok guys, Been busy and is the busy time of year for us,don't have time to do this right now but it's about ACs so you know where I'm at. We got an invite to take some tractors to the Roots of Motive Steam Fest held annually in Willits, Ca. Home of Roots of Motive Power. Last year we took the HD5 and HD6 for display and had lots of fun.It was very hot and it is a busy time of year for us. We thought we might pass this year. Some of the other members in the Roots club thought we should bring one of our bigger collection tractors to run during the event to push dirt for the steam shovel to operate on. OK FINE, can't miss that event. So we opted to take the HD15A. So it needed some simple upgrades, like a chrome stack If you go to a show you need a chrome stack. There's a whole story about how to make a chrome stack for an HD15. So the other thing we needed was the decals  So we had our sign guy make some and I got them to stick.  Not to bad  So we got there and unloaded it and I made some passes to make sure we can keep up with the International TD24 and the Cat 15A that will be the other displays    The other thing we got done in time for this show was we got our Allis Chalmers collection logos done. This is on the Core HD5 (the perfect spiecemen HD5 that is our standard to live up to) It's a must for all AC displays  We're planning on taking lots of pictures and adding more after the show. Saftey meeting is at 0700 tomorrow |
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Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2014 at 12:10am
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Wow, great pictures, looking forward to more reports! ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: ACcrazy
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2014 at 8:34am
Cool, Mel! The decals look great! 
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Posted By: Mactractor
Date Posted: 06 Sep 2014 at 10:46pm
| Excellent work Mel. I`ll bet that Jimmy in the 15 sounds sweet with throttle wide open |
Posted By: AC Mel
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2014 at 10:24am
So after the 7:AM safety meeting and crew assignments we moved to the dirt pile The TD24 had some fuel issues with gas to start it and the Cat D8 needed gas and of course before it got going we overhauled the gas line,filter and bowl.  AC people know how a Detroit starts, so I started work without them   Made a couple of passes and had to stop to adjust the Garwood front unit.  So going again, they begin moving steam equipment around         I did move from the dust   We moved to the back of the pile to do some dirt sculpturing and move the grass that was growing. Was also concerned about novice operators falling of the back of the pile        |
Posted By: Mactractor
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2014 at 1:51pm
| Great pics Mel. Would have been a fun day. Getting the 15 into work way ahead of the yellow and red tractors really makes me smile |
Posted By: ac_sd
Date Posted: 09 Sep 2014 at 2:53pm
| Thanks for sharing Mel, looks like a great time !!! Love the Old Steam Machines !!!!! |
Posted By: Acdiesel
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2014 at 9:22pm
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That looks like a great time, you guys should that every weekend. ------------- D19 Diesel,D17 Diesel SER.3 2-D14, 2-D15 SER.II WF/NF D15 SER.2 DIESEL D12 SER.I, D10 Ser.II 2-720'S D21 Ser. II Gmc,caterpillar I'm a pharmacist (farm assist) with a PHD (post hole digger) |
Posted By: AC Mel
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2014 at 10:28am
Thanks for the great comments! But wait there's more! So the dozer operators take a break while the steam shovel makes more dirt Dennis Gullick has a Cletrac collection and was giving operating instructions to a friend  We hooked it up to a rubber tired logging arch for demonstrations  We had to pull the bull line off the Carco winch and spool it over the top.  The log selection was pretty slim,but you get the idea     |
Posted By: Mactractor
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2014 at 3:15pm
| That Cletrac have the Hercules diesel and air controls Mel? |
Posted By: AC Mel
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2014 at 5:17pm
| Yes, it does have the Hecules and air controls |