Allis B brakes

[Scott L.]

The '53 Allis B I just inherited has individual, mechanical brakes, but they are terrible! I was backing down a hill and ran into my load. Several dozen operating hours (but twenty years) ago I helped my father replace the brake shoes, which helped not a wit. Is this the standard braking performance for this tractor, or is something wrong? If these typically had poor braking, is there a way to improve it? For example, by changing the lever arms?

 

[old]

Tractor brakes for the most part are not all that good. But on all the Bs and Cs I have had the brakes worked well enough to lock up the wheels so you probably have some thing wrong or you have oil on the brake bands
Hobby farm

 

[Dick L]

If the adjusting screw is not rusted fast you might be able to tighten them up. They will never be as good stopping when backing up as going forward. When I was pulling and loading and unloading my b's and C's several times each weekend I could slide the tires going down the ramps forward but the tires would not slide going down back wards. Not that I wanted to slide them backing down. That is just the way that style of brake band works.

 

[Scott L.]

Thanks so much for the tips! When it warms up some, I'm going to investigate.

Scott