Hanoverfarms wrote:
I stand corrected, but with a bit of skepticism. Sure looks like an older Allis charmers . D10 was the only AC I ever owned. All others John Deere. Loved the Allis, real easy to work on.
Skepticism? A blind man on a galloping horse can see it's a Farmall. Lol
However, it's a fact of life we all form our preferences from experience.
I looked at machinery from a mechanics point of view. Most of you old sodbusters, ( no offence), from a hands on operating view.
Over my 50 year mechanical career I saw inside quite a variety of machinery & formed opinions of many products.
My choice between Allis Chalmers & IH is that AC are great for anchors (boats moorings).
The little AC farm tractors had a common problem of breaking in half at their skinny transmission section mid machine.
I managed the service dept of a large John Deere dealer for 10 years & gained a lot of respect for the JD brand. Still the only brand that has not been swallowed up by another failing product. eg. Ford/ New Holland, Fiat/ Allis, forget who took over Stieger, maybe IH. And even IH is owned by Fiat/ Iveco.
I must qualify all this in that my opinions are about the more modern machinery. The oldies like this Farmall & the old time machines were built with quality.
Not big in the ' Bells & Whistles ' department & not much better than the Horse, but less effort to operate & cheaper to feed.
When I see an old machine rusting under a tree, I just want to go & rub up against it like a cat against your leg. I love em.
I also admire the folks who restore them. I've seen a few sheds full of their collections. Fantastic!
Having been a mechanic all day, the last thing I'd want to do is come home & be a mechanic & restore one.
Enough waffling on.