Strange wd45 at auction
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Topic: Strange wd45 at auction
Posted By: wide
Subject: Strange wd45 at auction
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 1:03am
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Tall boy at an auction in Nebraska: https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/farm-equipment/auctions/online/31565751/allis-chalmers-wd45" rel="nofollow - https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/farm-equipment/auctions/online/31565751/allis-chalmers-wd45 Not sure that looks safe, ha. How much will it go for? Also a not so strange D14. https://www.auctiontime.com/listings/farm-equipment/auctions/online/31380819/allis-chalmers-d14 Wonder what that will go for. Also one near me with a D17III with a bad engine and good engine included. https://steffesgroup.com/Auction/AuctionDetails?Name=exclusive-multi-party-farm-retirement-auction-31865 It'll be this weekend. Wondering what a non-running D17 will go for, guess I'll have to go see. |
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Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 1:10am
| lol...I agree! I've seen others built up the same way, a different Allis, a 8N ferd, an Oliver. I think it was a kit that you could buy. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 1:12am
| I just remembered...Hagie high boy sprayers started out with tractors like this, same type drive, then they changed over to their own hoods. |
Posted By: Brian G. NY
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 7:57am
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According to the number, the engine is WD. But...... it has the curved shifter.
The engine serial number puts it right at the beginning of the transition to the helical-cut tranny (curved shifter) so I would say its a late WD. |
Posted By: JayIN
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 8:04am
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Interesting! ------------- sometimes I walk out to my shop and look around and think "Who's the idiot that owns this place?" |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 8:46am
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I like it but it would probably turn over in my drive way. |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 8:52am
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D17 engines go for quite a bit, but I'm thinking someone had a bad engine, bought another engine to transplant, and found out it was bad as well. Maybe $1000 and part it out. I think those weights, and other parts may be worth that, plus! ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: savedallis1953
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 8:58am
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Has to be fun to crank start. ------------- 1953 WD, 1953 WD, WD engine with WD-45 crankshaft. |
Posted By: omahagreg
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 7:58pm
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Imagine how tall it would be if all four tires had air....! HA ------------- Greg Kroeker 1950 WD with wide front and Freeman trip loader |
Posted By: Mikez
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 8:20pm
| What would that be used for. Is something like that done at dealer or factory |
Posted By: Ted in NE-OH
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 8:41pm
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Can't imagine hauling it on a trailer with that high of center of gravity. ------------- CA, WD, C, 3 Bs, 2 Gs, WC, I-400, 914 |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 9:49pm
| Those were used in hybred seed corn production. Uncle Frank had a tractor salvage lot. One of our local seed producers took 20 8n ferds, bought conversion kits like those and attempted to spray and to other things around the seed corn acres. They didn't have enough power to do the job. On top of that they were too unreliable when it came to starting. Uncle Frank bought all of them, removed the conversions, put them back to 8n ferds and shipped them all out of state. I was there and helped put them back to the original form. The seed corn company bought up some D17 allis and had them converted. |
Posted By: wide
Date Posted: 21 Mar 2019 at 10:14pm
Great parade tractor. |
Posted By: wide
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2019 at 9:53pm
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I took a look at the D17III today. I was thinking the engine was bad so they found a good engine but never got around to putting it in. But it looks like John was probably right, they didn't install the engine because it's broke too. There is an engine on the ground next to it, I couldn't get it to turn by hand, on the crank pully. Wouldn't budge. Should be able to turn it by hand right? Or should I have gotten the breaker bar out? Got a chance to talk to an old guy about it, seems he'd been looking at it. He pointed out the lever and told me to shift it forward. It popped right back up. Supposed to be a 2-speed gearbox but it won't stay pushed forward. It was nice to get a close up look at a D17III. I might go back this week and sit in the seat like a kid,... push some peddles. |
Posted By: DougS
Date Posted: 23 Mar 2019 at 10:02pm
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So the Power Director is bad. If the block and the crank on the second engine are good you can rebuild it. That tractor can be fixed, but be prepared to shell out some $$. If you can't do the work yourself don't even think of going there. |
Posted By: wide
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2019 at 1:50pm
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So that's what they call the power director, that lever to the right of the driver runs it and it chooses between a high and low gear. Like a 2-speed rear end in a truck. I'm sure I could figure it out mechanically, especially with help from people on this forum. But I'm still set on getting a WD to work on,.. I think I found one just waiting for the ground to get solid again,.. and not the froze kind of solid. |
Posted By: wide
Date Posted: 27 Mar 2019 at 5:08pm
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That non-running D17III went for 2300. https://steffesgroup.com/Auction/AuctionDetails?Name=exclusive-multi-party-farm-retirement-auction-31865&Sort=Catalog%20Order&PageSize=10&Page=4" rel="nofollow - https://steffesgroup.com/Auction/AuctionDetails?Name=exclusive-multi-party-farm-retirement-auction-31865&Sort=Catalog%20Order&PageSize=10&Page=4 |
Posted By: wide
Date Posted: 10 Apr 2019 at 4:11pm
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That tall tractor sold for over $3000 |