Who Owns a Allis Chalmers wd?

I have a '52 wide front. I don't work it real hard, snowplowing and mowing brush in a pasture, but it does what I want it to without complaining. The only problem with it is the gas tank has a lot of crud in it and needs a good cleaning.

I have a 1950 and use it for hauling fire wood and snow plowing.

CA, WD, C, 3 Bs, 2 Gs, WC, I-400, 914

I have 3 WDs, two early ones, one late one. the oldest has the loader and chains on all year around, I aquired it from my brother. The other old one has a D17 eng kit in it, lots of power, my Dad bought it on a neighbors farms sale 40 years ago. The newer one my Dad bought from a neighbors widow when after her farm sale when she had to take it back due to a bounced check, that was about 25 years ago. there has been a WD on our farm for over 50 years!!!

I have a '51 wd That I brought 20 years ago used to use it for everything but now that I have dad's 160 it only is used for pulling wagons and backing wagons in the shed

I think dad bought our WD in 1982. We still work it very hard. We plant 20 acres of corn every year with it. We pulled our NH 273 baler with it this summer to bale our wheat straw (only because the other tractors were tied up doing other things). It pulls silage wagons in the fall. I'd much prefer to drive the wd than the other ones even though the ride isn't as smooth and it doesn't have power steering. It can't do the chores of the bigger tractors but still plays an important part on our small farm.

8030, 8010, 220, 185, 160, D-17, WD, Unstyled WC, CA, G, 20-35, Gleaner E

I have a '51 that Grandpa bought new. Mainly used now for raking hay and some sickle mowing. Gramps used to farm 160 acres with it, it was his only tractor. I wouldn't trade it for the world.

'49 A-C WD, '51 A-C WD, '63 A-C D17 Series III, 1968 A-C One-Seventy, '82 A-C 6060, '75 A-C 7040, A-C #3 sickle mower, 2 A-C 701 wagons, '78 Gleaner M2

I used my 52' WD for all my raking and haybining but since gas has got so expensive I try to used the diesels when practical. It's a real easy tractor to drive and our family has been using WD's for more than 40 years now.

Edited by Lonn - 17 Jan 2011 at 6:18pm

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I have a 51 that I lengthened the fram and made a grader, dont use it in the winter. s/n 76000

I have a 1951 WD with an Allis Chalmers loader on it..........it was my granddad's.....just take it to shows and use if for little jobs around the farm

I now have dad's WD he bought new in 49.Grandkids call it "the scoop tractor".

I have 3 with wide fronts, one with a nf and one with a single front. They basically sit there and take up space. Not much of a market for them out here, so I save them from China.

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A WD was the one side of my family's 1st experience with AC. It must have made a good impression, because after a time, they farmed with AC's exclusively for a while and the Farmalls slowly disappeared. It is picture'd in the back of this photo (the only on I have of it), the 45 is up front:

I bought a WD about a dozen years ago. It was always well cared for. The local dealer took it in on trade, and kept it for his own personal use on his farm until selling it to a acquaintance in the late 70's .That gentlemen did nothing with it except plow his garden with it for the next 20 years, then I purchased it from him. All it needed was a coat of paint and new front tires:

As long as you NEVER compare it to the power of a wd45, you'll never be disappointed in one. Yes, the transmission could be a little whiny but these seemed to be mostly immune to the Allis disease of popping out of 3rd. I consider the WD the be Allis's 1st modern tractor simply because it came with foot breaks right from the start!

For some reason I can't get pictures to post but I have a 49 that I restored but still use it to plant and cultivate sweetcorn with as well as pushing snow and spraying chores. I like it so much that I'm looking for another one with a wide front.

I have a 1949 that my grandfather bought new from my great uncle's dealership. I guess that it really is my son's, now.

I have a late '51 that my Dad and I rebuilt in '58 after it had been through a barn fire.

He built the front end loader from scratch (including the rams). I have an Oxnard blade on the back and the ol' WD sees lots of use moving dirt and skidding logs in the summer and moving snow in the winter. It never started well with the 6 volts after we put the O.S. pistons in it so I converted it to 12 volts a few years ago. Wish my Dad could see it "crack off" now even at 5 below.

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