a/c road grader

[chuck craig in SUNNY SOCA]

I just bought an allis-chalmers road grader. I dont know a lot about it except I liked what I saw. the year and model are a mystery to me so here are my needs. Some numbers are BD3-562 and 53587 and 6041U7. Ineed to know the aprox WT and the year of manufacture. Any help will be gladly taken. I also posted this on the dozer area in this forum. THANKS CC

 

[greygoat]

A good book, available at libraries, or book
stores can order it, is "Allis Chalmers Construct-
ion Equipment". It has a wealth of information
on models and options. For instance, if yours
has a 4 cylinder gas engine, it's propably the
same as WC tractors, and Allis Chalmers also
made it for LeRoi, and used it in cotton pickers.
After 1956, when Allis bought out BUDA of Harvey
and Buda Illinois the gas and diesel engines
were Buda's, in the bigger equipment.

 

[Anonymous-0]

You need to get a copy of Norm Swinford's book on AC construction machinery. It has a little info on the BD3. I learned to operate a grader in one back in the early 60's; my dad was hired by our township to run theirs in his spare time.
The BD2 and BD3 were built between 1948 and 1955 and had 2 and 3 cylinder Detroit diesels respectively.

 

[Anonymous-0]

I just looked in the back of my copy of the Swinford book and I'm guessing that the latter half of the number BD3-563 is the serial number which would make it a 1949 model. I can't find anything on weight but horsepower with the 3-71 Detroit is 78.
If California wasn't so far away, I'd come teach you to run it.