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[tomstractorsandtoys]

I just bought this perfect Allis Chalmers silage wagon for my collection. It is almost to nice to use.

 

[Hoofer B]

Very nice find. Great save! Bill

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Nice! Looks like an orange & white Knight.

Mike

 

[Buckhammer]

Wow! Park that beauty inside.

 

[m16ty]

Looks like you drove through a bad neighborhood on the way home.

 

[38 Sears Roebuck]

Yes, I agree. I'd hate to get that dirty with silage.

 

[Hoofer B]

Or worse yet, dirt on the tires

 

[casecollectorsc]

I just bought this perfect Allis Chalmers silage wagon for my collection. It is almost to nice to use.

I was at a machinery jockey's lot in Artesian SD and saw a dozen JD chuckwagons. Thought of you when I saw them. Some older smaller ones and some of the later bigger wagons. Have never seen that many JD wagons in one place.

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

I was at a machinery jockey's lot in Artesian SD and saw a dozen JD chuckwagons. Thought of you when I saw them. Some older smaller ones and some of the later bigger wagons. Have never seen that many JD wagons in one place.

What was the name? Wonder if they have a web page? No more new toys after this one but I always enjoying seeing them. Will have some pics of this one in the field next week.

 

[jon f mn]

That is a beauty! Any idea who built it?

 

[ADB-Ia]

I just bought this perfect Allis Chalmers silage wagon for my collection. It is almost to nice to use.

I'm trying to figure the PTO shaft out. It looks like it runs to the end of the discharge apron. But it also looks like it has a shaft to attach in the center which makes more sense. Just curious.

 

[38 Sears Roebuck]

I believe that position of the PTO shaft is the transport position.

 

[Bob Bancroft]

That is a beauty! Any idea who built it?

According to Norm Swinford the first AC forage boxes were supplied by Calhoun Co, Cedar Falls, Iowa from the late 50's through 1962. At that point AC began building their own in LaPorte. I'm guessing the one pictured is a later AC produced unit.

 

[NY 986]

Pretty nice AC silage wagon just the next road over from me. The farmer is an AC collector.

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

According to Norm Swinford the first AC forage boxes were supplied by Calhoun Co, Cedar Falls, Iowa from the late 50's through 1962. At that point AC began building their own in LaPorte. I'm guessing the one pictured is a later AC produced unit.

This is the first style box that Allis made at Laporte.

 

[tomstractorsandtoys]

That is the transport position. My other Allis wagon has a shorter shaft and stays in the middle position.

 

[casecollectorsc]

What was the name? Wonder if they have a web page? No more new toys after this one but I always enjoying seeing them. Will have some pics of this one in the field next week.

Artesian Seed Services...605 999 5482.

 

[formerly ny bill]

I just bought this perfect Allis Chalmers silage wagon for my collection. It is almost to nice to use.

Allis made the best built unloading wagons. The sides never racked loose like other wagons did after a time of use. Problem was, fastening the sides with "rivets" instead of nails shot the cost way beyond other brands. The ratcheting bed chain drive wasn't real nice to use if you didn't have a tractor with good brakes/park lock on it at the silo.
I went thru probably 12-15 Allis wagons in the 80s and 90s, mostly feeding TMR. None were new, just well used.
That one is a real beauty.