WD to the rescue

[jhncp]

As if the bitter cold isn't bad enough and then my driveway drifted in again. Below zero the Allis Chalmers barely turned over on 6 volt and started on the 2nd crank or 1st crank with choked gas. Amazing how easy they start with magneto. With the hand clutch that you can shift with live hydraulics and the good lifting ability it must be the most under rated tractor from the 40's.

 

[Vito]

One of the most uncomfortable tractors I have ever used. Hired help tractor.

Vito

 

[Ultradog MN]

A little help with the photos...

 

[Steve K in Mi]

Yes good tractors, I have four of them. I have the one my dad farmed his 80 acres with, mostly just tractor ride and plow day tractor. Working on a wd45 propane one now.

 

[jhncp]

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[stoughtonfarmboy]

Brings back memories. In the late 1960s (high school) I worked for a neighbor dairy farm. Just moving into silos, haylage, self unloading wagons etc. Still baled hay, as well. Anyway, had an old WD on the blower to fill silo, a WD45 to run the chopper and wagons, a D14 to pull the wagons. Pretty undersized for the hills of Sauk County, Wisconsin.

 

[Steve K in Mi]

Dad's was plumb wore out when I got. My son's and I have rebuilt the engine, new clutch, and rebuilt the seat, which is way too stiff now, need to see if I can find a weaker shock spring combo to make it not so stiff

 

[Blackhole49]

One of the most uncomfortable tractors I have ever used. Hired help tractor.

Vito

I guess you never ran a JD M.

 

[jhwis]

One of the most uncomfortable tractors I have ever used. Hired help tractor.

Vito

We have two WD 45's. One is uncomfortable as all heck to ride. The seat is all jacked up. The other one I rake hay with to this day. It's a great ride. It does have a padded seat unlike the former one I mentioned.

 

[Rich'sToys]

I guess you never ran a JD M.

We had an MT and a WD-45. Neither one was that handy to get on and off of, but were good tractors otherwise.
We always thought some things on the Allis could have been laid out a little more convenient--location of ignition switch for example. But it worked. My brother still has that tractor.

 

[Brian G. NY]

As if the bitter cold isn't bad enough and then my driveway drifted in again. Below zero the Allis Chalmers barely turned over on 6 volt and started on the 2nd crank or 1st crank with choked gas. Amazing how easy they start with magneto. With the hand clutch that you can shift with live hydraulics and the good lifting ability it must be the most under rated tractor from the 40's.

I have used my WD with the loader and 6 ft bucket my Dad built from scratch back in the late 50s fot many years.
Last year I got me a Kubota side by side with a cab, a heater and a wimple shiper. Works really well.....it was the first time I have been able to plow in a nice warm cab.
Unfortunately, the starter went out on the Kubota and I doubt I'll get it fixed before the big incoming storm so The ol' WD may have to bail me out.
I hope this storm isn't like the one we had back in Feb. 2010 when this picture was taken!

 

[Richard G.]

I have used my WD with the loader and 6 ft bucket my Dad built from scratch back in the late 50s fot many years.
Last year I got me a Kubota side by side with a cab, a heater and a wimple shiper. Works really well.....it was the first time I have been able to plow in a nice warm cab.
Unfortunately, the starter went out on the Kubota and I doubt I'll get it fixed before the big incoming storm so The ol' WD may have to bail me out.
I hope this storm isn't like the one we had back in Feb. 2010 when this picture was taken!


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What was the temp when you were doing that?

 

[olddavid]

They were good tractors but were a bit unhandy like its predecessor the WC which was even more unhandy. The offset seat was a boon for roto baler operation as it was easier to look back and check the operation. Getting up and down off of the tractor became more difficult as I got older.

 

[Texasmark]

Yes good tractors, I have four of them. I have the one my dad farmed his 80 acres with, mostly just tractor ride and plow day tractor. Working on a wd45 propane one now.

Good luck with the propane. My first big tractor turned out to be a well worn JD 2040 propane. It was a total can of worms from several respects; one area.... worn out, the second..... propane for a fuel. Couldn't wait to get rid of it. Been diesels ever since.

 

[Steve K in Mi]

I worked in the propane industry for almost 50 years before I retired. I was able to buy a 500 gallon tank with a pump on it from my boss before he sold the company, so won't be a problem getting fuel. Have to finish the engine and a few other things, hope to have it done for spring plow days

 

[Non-farmer]

We always thought some things on the Allis could have been laid out a little more convenient--location of ignition switch for example

My "dashboard" is obviously a farmerized replacement (just a flat steel plate with a 90+ degree bend on the bottom that's bolted down), so no idea where the switch originally was. Current position is fine for me.

Getting up and down off of the tractor became more difficult as I got older.

That's my biggest concern. So far, it isn't a problem for me - yet.

 

[Texasmark]

I worked in the propane industry for almost 50 years before I retired. I was able to buy a 500 gallon tank with a pump on it from my boss before he sold the company, so won't be a problem getting fuel. Have to finish the engine and a few other things, hope to have it done for spring plow days

I hope you enjoy it. Per a neighbor I had years ago, he farmed W. Texas with gassers. Then propane became the rage and everybody was selling and buying propane, himself included. Then diesel became the rage, himself included, and it hasn't changed. Lots of farmers out there that made a living with their propane tractors.

 

[Steve K in Mi]

I found this one in Tennesee in 2018 and went and got it, only one I had ever seen that is straight propane not duo fuel, has two propane tanks. I am just getting around to fixing it

 

[Vito]

I guess you never ran a JD M.

I have not. Not a tractor I was interested in after looking at them.

Vito

 

[PJH]

One of the most uncomfortable tractors I have ever used. Hired help tractor.

Vito

I put a lot of hours on the old Allis tractors when I was a kid. They were very reliable, and the odd operating station didn't bother me as a teenager. I do remember Saturday nights in our little town. All of the old farmers and their wives came to town and gathered in the three little restaurants, the drugstore, and a few in the two taverns. I would watch those old guys walk down the sidewalk, and I always wondered if their backs were crooked because of the AC seat, or was the AC seat crooked because of their backs. Kinda like the chicken/egg story, I guess.