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John(IN)
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Jordan(OH)
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Celina, OH Points: 1545 |
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Pleuvna? or something in Kokomo.
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John(IN)
Bronze Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Franklin Points: 48 |
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Very interesting subject. I'll add what Indiana Dealers I can remember to the list. These are in no particular order other than as I think of them. Trafalgar Hardware, Trafalgar, IN Latta Farm Equipment, Mooresville, IN Al's Sales & Svc, Martinsville, IN Gregg, Tucker & Davis, Nashville, IN Kellers Sales & Svc, Worthington, IN Pigg Impl Sales, Sullivan, IN Cordell's, Clay City, IN Smith Farm Mach, Cloverdale, IN Barrett Supply, Greencastle, IN Milligan Bros, Crawfordsville, IN Bob Webster Sales, Danville, INAdams Impl, Dana, IN
R. E. Thomasmeyer, Dana, IN
Graber Impl, Montgomery, IN
Blesch Bros, Holland, IN
Espenlaub Equipment, Poseyville, IN
B & T Sales, Brownstown, IN
Hunley Sales, Austin, IN
Briggs Equipment, Greensburg, IN
Vanderbur Impl, Greensburg, IN
Farmers Marketing Co-op, Columbus, IN
Brandes Impl, Osgood, IN
Brown's Impl, Vevay, IN
Allen Bickel, Corydon, IN
Modoc Sales, Modoc, IN
Newton Impl, Shelbyville, IN
Sherwood Impl, Rushville, IN
Laker Impl, Rushville, IN
Wilson Brothers, North Vernon, IN
Pardieck Sales, Seymour, IN
Ring Impl, Pendleton, IN
R. H. Lowe, Lafayette, IN
Jackson Farm Supply, Lebanon, IN
Moser Impl, Bluffton, IN
Affolder Impl, Berne, IN
Portland Farm Supply, Portland, IN
H & B, Plymouth, IN
Huffman Impl, Hartford City, IN
Modern Farm Eq, Marion, IN
Wabash Farm Bureau, Wabash, IN
Claussen Equip, Rensselaer, IN
Brook Farmers Supply, Brook, IN
Dillon Impl, Hillsboro, IN
Dillon & Dillon, Covington, IN
W. C. Baker, Riley, IN
Baker & Sons, Warren, IN
Strickland Sales, Oakland City, IN
Greentown Farm Equipment, Greentown, IN
Gilbreath Impl, Kokomo, IN
Stitt & Sons, Williamsport, IN
Ken Shourds Eq, Rockport, IN
Crowder Impl, Rockville, IN
I know there are a lot more former Indiana Dealers especially across the northern part which were connected to the A-C branch in Lansing, MI.
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Charlie (NC)
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Coastal NC Points: 942 |
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I've been waiting to respond with names in hopes that my memory would improve but it's not happening so I'll post what I know and try to update the rest later.
In eastern North Carolina:
Newport NC, Simmons tractor. Last time I went by there they were still in business as a Simplicity dealer and were still working on some AC's and Gleaners but the owner is getting on up in years.
Greenville NC, Hendrix-Barnhill. Closed down about the same time AC did.
Williamston NC, Mark Chesson and Sons. Still in business as a New Holland dealer.
Very knowlegeable on all things AC and still working on some Orange stuff last time I was by there.
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Brian IA
Bronze Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: masonville Iowa Points: 33 |
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Wow! Thank you for the list. |
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Brian Lindsay
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EricTn
Silver Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Mid Tenn Points: 98 |
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Bump back to the top!!! Got to be more!!
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Jay IN
Bronze Level Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Points: 49 |
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Power Implement Company, Rushville Indiana. 1944-1964 Owned by my Uncle Bill Power. He sold out to a man named Sherwood when cancer took my aunt. I spent a lot of time there when I was a little kid and it had a huge influence on what I do today. I am a test cell engineer for a diesel engine research center, and teach welding at Ivy Tech State College. ORANGE has been around my whole life! Orange PEOPLE are better than green people, you guys know what I mean.
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sometimes I walk out to my shop and look around and think--- "who's the idiot that owns this place?"
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TimOk
Bronze Level Joined: 19 Dec 2009 Location: Dickson, Ok Points: 44 |
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Swartzrock Agco in Charles City, Ia . Still open as of last fall. Good parts guys
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Tim from the Rocking TJC
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wjohn
Orange Level Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Location: KS Points: 1807 |
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Sinclair Implement used the be the Allis dealer in Martinsville, IL. Hasn't been in business probably for at least 20 years. Would have been a very small dealership, it was on the main road in town.
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Bob-Maine
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Central Maine Points: 922 |
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I wish that some AC person with a little time and a lot of tech skills would consider compiling this info. and making/updating a master list.
Any thoughts? Bob@allisdowneast |
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JimNEIN
Bronze Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Points: 30 |
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Some Ind.dealers Seaglys in Topeka,Brindle in LaOtto,Truelove Bros in Albion still in business,Goshen Farm and Lawn still in business as Kubota,Bob Garmater in Harlan.In Ohio,Fisher Imp in Edgerton, Homiers in Payne and Continental still in business,one in Antwerp can't remember the name.
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Alabamark
Bronze Level Joined: 21 Sep 2009 Location: NW Alabama Points: 40 |
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Kenny,I remember CRAFT SYRUP,based in Bono AR. Any relation?
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Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees . . . - Stonewall Jackson, 1863
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MI8050
Orange Level Joined: 08 Oct 2009 Location: West Central MI Points: 226 |
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Back to the top! So many dealers now defunct.
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Lonn
Orange Level Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Location: Назарово,Russia Points: 29773 |
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Speaking of race cars.....didn't I read once that someone way back used to run an Allis 201 or 226 in a race car? Does anybody know anything about that?
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Bertman
Silver Level Joined: 16 Jan 2010 Location: Illinois Points: 101 |
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Troy Grove Farm Mart, Then called Graper Sales and Service quit selling Allis in 1982
Streator Farm Mart, Now Streator Lawn and Garden I belive
Ennen and Weishar Ashton il (not spelled right)
Huck Creighton ?
There is more Ill keep thinking, There were lots of AC dealers around here
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Rfdeere
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Idaville, IN Points: 3282 |
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Thanks for the info, Don.
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Randy Freshour,Member Indiana AC Partners,
http://www.rumelyallis.com |
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Kenny(AR)
Bronze Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Arkansas Points: 21 |
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My Mother's Uncle and her Dad(my granddad) found out if they bought 2 WC's they could get a dealership and $200 in parts. This was in the 30's at Bono, Arkansas, little town on US 63 in Northeast Arkansas. It was called Craft Implement Co. My granddad sold out to his brother fairly early. My great uncle and his two sons ran it until 1954 when my Dad, Joe Tolbert, traded 160 acres and some cash for the dealership. He changed the name to Bono Implement Co. He owned and operated it until he came down with parkinson in 1963. He was in his late 30's when stricken.
He sold it to Les Coffman and Marion Gulley. They changed the name to C & G Equipment. Gulley sold out to Coffman and he stayed in business until 1985 and folded. As a kid growing up I got to go to Memphis, about 80 miles away, with whomever in a pickup to get parts. It seemed like a huge building full of AC parts and pickups from dealers all over backed in the loading docks picking up parts. The building is still there and it is amazing(sp) how small it really is.
There were dealerships in Walnut Ridge, Corning, Dixie, Turmann, Bay, Lake City, Tuckerman, Bono, and Waldenburg Arkansas that comes to mind. I can remember my Dad telling me at one time he had over a hundred bank notes for WD's and WD-45's that he had co-signed with farmers. Banks wouldn't loan the farmers the money without a co-signer. The 50's was the golden age for AC's around Bono, Arkansas.
On a light note my Dad sponsored a race car in the 50's. It was what is known today as a sprint car. They ran at West Memphis, Riverside Speedway. The car was a steelboded A model body with a homemade chassis. It was painted Allis colors, orange and black, and numbered WD-45. They ran a six cyclinder chevy powerplant. Often they were asked how do you get a "tractor" motor to run and sound like that. LOL
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Bob-Maine
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Central Maine Points: 922 |
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Some of the AC dealerships in Maine that come to mind:
Hammond Equipment in Auburn (left AC in the 80's but stayed in business, just bought out by a JD dealership by the same name). I bought my first AC from them, a 1941 B, about 1982. Littlefield's Garage - Corinna. I'm told the business burned and closed. Now an auto parts salvage yard. Dorr's in Bangor. Had AGCO until a couple of years ago. Still in business with Kubota. Olin MacLauchlan in Ripley. I own the '44 WC that he bought new before becoming a dealer. I'll do some research and post more. Bob@allisdowneast |
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Don Smith
Silver Level Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Indiana Points: 132 |
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Randy The answer to your question about 2 AC dealers in Goodland, I worked summers for the dealer up town while I was in school. His name was Ray Lefert and was a basterd to work for. You could not please him! Ken Hotler took the dealership out to west 24 on the edge of goodland. He sold the buisness to sigmans and that was the end of 50 years of AC Don
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tbran
Orange Level Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Paris Tn Points: 3245 |
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In Tn.
Waler May - Memphis, Ripley Tractor, Ripley, Lake County Tractor- Tiptonville, Boliver Tractor - Boliver, Mayers Equip - Summerville, Sharon Tractor - Sharon , Tri County -Milan, Austin Equip -Milligeville, MAury City, Dyersburg, Brownsville , B&G Equip Paris (still active) Goad Impl - Springfield , Perry Bros - Lawernceburg, Eskew Impl =_ Lebonnon, Reynolds Equip - Manchester. (all I can remember)
From 1970-1980 West Tennessee tied with about ten other territories with the highest market share of Gleaner Combines at 39% and tractors at 29%
What happened? Mega Dealer Austin sold all the machinery and the surrounding dealers the service and parts. When Austins stores went out so did the sales then the rest went out one by one.
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MI8050
Orange Level Joined: 08 Oct 2009 Location: West Central MI Points: 226 |
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old man mi
Bronze Level Joined: 03 Dec 2009 Location: west mi Points: 15 |
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Ed bankert equipment shelby mi.
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Brian F(IL)
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Paxton, IL Points: 2691 |
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Around home in the 60's it was:
Funk Bros. Impl. Co.
Onarga, IL
Muller Implement Co.
Paxton, IL
Dale Yergler Impl. Co.
Cissna Park, IL
McCollough Impl. Co.
Watseka, IL (still in business)
O'Hare Bros.
Onarga, IL
Shaner Impl. Co.
Gibson City, IL
I know there were a lot more in central Illinois, I just can't remember them all.
Brian F
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JohnCO
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Niwot Colo Points: 8992 |
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As already mentioned was Banderet Equipment in Commerce City, Co also in Colorado was Kats Imp in Longmont, which later became S&S Equipment in Longmont and Johnstown. The Longmont store became a Mozda dealer and is now an animal hospital. For a few years in the 80's there was a new AC dealer near Greeley but it only lasted a few years. Luther Equipment took on Allis/AGCO after he lost the Case dealership. Barneys Garage in Trinidad, Co was AC and perhaps still sells AGCO parts but was a NH dealer last time I was there. I know there were a lot of AC dealers on both sides of the mountains in Colorado but I don't know the names or locations. Will have to ask the "old timers"- someone older then my 61 years.
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"If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer"
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Rfdeere
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Idaville, IN Points: 3282 |
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Addressing Don Smith: Were there Two dealers in Goodland or was the first defunct before Sigmans? Adding too the list, Sigman's had a dealership in Logansport, IN that just closed last year.
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Randy Freshour,Member Indiana AC Partners,
http://www.rumelyallis.com |
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Jacob (WI,ND)
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Kenmare, ND Points: 1244 |
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Hi all,
Not exactly sure this is what you're looking for, or if I'm right, but here it is anyway.
Bar H Ranch (or impliment now) in Stone Lake WI carries AC stuff. They have for a while, at least back to the 60's. And they still do today. Not sure what there history is, if they started as a AC dealer or anything, that is why I hesitated posting this. I may be puting my foot in my mouth.
But I know Unk', (my great uncle) got both of his AC's there. Both D15 II's, one brand new (no longer in the family), the other used which we still have, with the rear reflector on the toolbox which has the Bar H Ranch on it.
Don't know if this helps any, but I hadn't seen this one listed yet, and know they have helped us with parts in the past, and we'd recomend them if you're looking for something.
Here is there site:
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Jacob Swanson
1920 6-12; 1925,1926 20-35 longfenders; 1925,1926 15-25's; 1927,1929 20-35 shortfenders; C; B's; IB; WC's; WD; WD45 |
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DREAM
Orange Level Joined: 06 Jan 2010 Location: Elberton,GA Points: 1828 |
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If SamT stops by(haven't seen him in a while), he would know most of them down here in Northeast to middle GA. He was an AC field tech. I think that's what he told me. Said he had been to Savannah valley gas to work on a few units.
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DREAM
Orange Level Joined: 06 Jan 2010 Location: Elberton,GA Points: 1828 |
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Down south there was Russell-Daniel equipment. Listed as Athens GA, but I think it was actually in Madison county. My grandfather's C came from there.
Savannah Valley gas co. had the AC dealership in Elberton, GA. One of the gentlemen that used to sell and service AC equipment still works there. It's Drake gas co. now.
There is Oakway Tractor in Oakway SC. They still sell parts. Edited by DREAM - 27 Jan 2010 at 7:12pm |
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morton(pa)
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Lancaster, PA Points: 1234 |
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I know for a fact that there was one in Blue Ball, PA (Can't remember the name but I have a picture of a local tractor with their dealer stencil on the hood around here somewhere, something tells me it was Martins?)
Grumellis in Quarryville, PA which is still in business Also heard there was one in Washington Boro (I think, one of the river towns along the susquehanna if I remember correctly), PA, never really got a chance to follow up that lead, lost the contact information of the person who told me that. If anyone knows ANYTHING about ANY Lancaster County, PA dealerships, please please PLEASE let me know. I have some project ideas I would like to do, but need some info on some dealers first.
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AC WD45
Orange Level Joined: 28 Sep 2009 Location: Mid Michigan Points: 1993 |
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Patterson...hmm... your not talking about the one east of St Johns are you?
I remember as a little one, they had a 7000 out front or on the corner there. Don't recall what happend to it though.
I live north of Pewamo out on Jones rd.
I think there was also a dealer near Lake Odessa.
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