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OldSchoolRecovery
Silver Level Joined: 06 Nov 2015 Location: Eagle River, WI Points: 301 |
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Posted: 27 Oct 2018 at 11:15pm |
So, while I have down sized and had gotten rid of all of my Allis's, and acquired a couple more JD's, I was in need of a replacement for my broke down plow truck.
I did go to an auction this weekend and found this. Whomever did that cab did a great job. Needs a couple finishing touches and it will be sweat. Even has a stereo with dual speakers. My Western plow will go right on. I plow my drive, shop and church (free) and we will be giving this a try. As an aside, I was looking for a tractor to swing a tiller, and this should work great. Its a 1958 and will know more when she gets here tomorrow. No, heater but my buddy has a heater unit from a cube truck that will work fine when I get it painted up and such. Anyway, more pictures when it gets closer..
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OldSchoolRecovery
Silver Level Joined: 06 Nov 2015 Location: Eagle River, WI Points: 301 |
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Another picture..
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Last picture for now..
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OldSchoolRecovery
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Hopefully this a better picture..
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Don(MI)
Orange Level Joined: 15 Sep 2009 Location: Michigan Points: 3801 |
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Looks awesome!! Yes a little jealous here in a good way though
I hope to someday have a nice D-17 snap coupler, series 3 or 4 maybe with good hydraulics and possibly a heat houser to help when plowing snow! Your rig looks great for winter! Very nice!! Great tires too on it they look new! |
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B26240
Orange Level Joined: 21 Nov 2009 Location: mn Points: 3860 |
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Very nice looking outfit !! Someone put lots of time into that. I would install a liner in the cab for sound as well as heat retention, and yes a heater. Tire chains and you will be the envy of all of us.
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DrAllis
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Points: 20494 |
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I don't think that is a homemade cab. It reminds me of an old Full-Vision model, but I don't think that's what it is..........
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Sugarmaker
Orange Level Joined: 12 Jul 2013 Location: Albion PA Points: 8280 |
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Very nice, well built cab and frame from what I see in the pictures! it will work great for plowing snow! Congrats!
Regards, Chris
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D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet.
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Ted J
Orange Level Joined: 05 Jul 2010 Location: La Crosse, WI Points: 18821 |
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That is a great looking cab!! I'm thinking it's not home made at all...looks too nice! Wanna come down and plow out my driveway?
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OldSchoolRecovery
Silver Level Joined: 06 Nov 2015 Location: Eagle River, WI Points: 301 |
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Got it home. Too late for pics. It does have a headliner, and side insulation (padding). The cab is 1/4 inch angle iron, back to back in some locations. Whomever built it did a nice job. The only thing I would have done different is the glass. He cut the glass about a half inch bigger all around and then glued it to the metal with black windshield adhesive. One already was out, but the others are holding. I might make some tabs to put around the glass as a safety factor. Also, you can see the glue through the glass and it looks bad. I may paint that edge like they do in modern cars to hide that.
The rear tread is 7'2", and my plow is a 7'6", so I may have to find a 9 footer, LOL.. And a 8 foot tiller in the spring. Cant shorten the rear wheel spacing, cause of the nice cab. Plenty of room for us XXL guys. Hopefully some pics this week when I get to work on it.
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OldSchoolRecovery
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Here is pic of window that was out. Glass is still good, just have reinstall.
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AC720Man
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That’s a really sharp D-17. Do you think it had a 2 row corn picker on it at some point? Going by the mesh wire air cleaner. Sharp cab.
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1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD
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OldSchoolRecovery
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As you can see it still has numbers on the rear tire tread. I did check and the rears are not loaded, so I will make a weight box for the back and I have two 500 pound weights I can use for ballast.
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DREAM
Orange Level Joined: 06 Jan 2010 Location: Elberton,GA Points: 1828 |
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Looks like somebody had access to a pretty nice fab shop. Cant tell from the pics, but the cut lines look super straight. Maybe a laser or plasma table?
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I didn't do it! It was a short, fat, tall, skinny guy that looked like me!
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SteveM C/IL
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Shelbyville IL Points: 8239 |
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if not for the trouble,you could get some rubber for glass and reduce the existing glass size to fit ,then install it like factory stuff.
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OldSchoolRecovery
Silver Level Joined: 06 Nov 2015 Location: Eagle River, WI Points: 301 |
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That my friend is the correct answer. But, probably not going to happen until I have one winter under my belt to see how this thing works out. I might hate it, but I doubt it. LOL...
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WF owner
Orange Level Joined: 12 May 2013 Location: Bombay NY Points: 4664 |
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With a heater, it should work well in the winter. With all that glass, it looks like it could be a bit warm in the summer!
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Kurzy
Orange Level Joined: 02 Nov 2009 Location: WSS, Montana Points: 808 |
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Howdy oldschool, Nice unit, looks like the auction down by Mosinee? Kurzy
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Ed (Ont)
Orange Level Joined: 08 Nov 2009 Location: New Lowell, Ont Points: 1290 |
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Looks like a nice unit and would work great for your driveway. If you are into a parking lot a pickup would move more snow and much faster. Maybe a blower on the back if you have room to blow the snow.
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Herb(GA)
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Wonder why anyone had reason to sell such a well appearing D17? Herb(GA)
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john(MI)
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That is a nice looking tractor. I don't know why you couldn't put covers over the engine and direct that heat back to the cab. My little case uses the heat from the engiine and it doesn't have covers. I only need a jacket going to and from the barn when I blow snow and usually unzip it as soon as I start working. A guy that used to be on here, Jon, from IN had one that looked like that for sale for quite a while. I wonder if that's where it ended up?
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