Fencing with Allis
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Topic: Fencing with Allis
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Subject: Fencing with Allis
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 10:18am
We've been replacing all the fence around the farm as the cattle were starting to leak out into the neighbors! I used the '47 'B' on the post pounder and built a wire spool rack on the back of the '50 WF to spool out the wire. The 'B' handled the post pounder like a champ! Hutterite boys were helping me and loved working with the old Allis tractors. One wanted to take the 'B' back to the colony as he said it was better than any of their newer "green things"!  
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Posted By: Glockhead SWMI
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 11:08am
| nice! |
Posted By: Reindeer
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 11:45am
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Before post pounders and wire rollers, fencing was always a challenge. One of our neighbours died of a heart attack after a day of pounding posts by hand. Yay progress! And the allis look great. ------------- |
Posted By: Bolivar Boy
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 1:14pm
| watch out Phil. first it will be your tractor and then they will invite you over to work on it. leave a forwarding address and directions for the fuel shut off on your wf if you deceide to make the trip..........we're all here for ya....... |
Posted By: BrettPhillips
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 9:12pm
| I'd like to see some closer pictures of your post pounder cart. I have given some thought to building one like that for our Shaver. |
Posted By: EricPA
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 10:48pm
| you mentione the Hutterite boys, are they all as wacko as the colony on the TV show or is it like the rest of the "reality" shows the find the strangest to make good TV? |
Posted By: allischalmerguy
Date Posted: 10 Jul 2012 at 11:34pm
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How does the post pounder work? Do you hook it to the B's hydraulics? I too would like to see photos of the post pounder trailer! ------------- It is great being a disciple of Jesus! 1950 WD, 1957 D17...retired in Iowa, |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2012 at 9:19am
| I'll take some pics today of the setup and post them. It belongs to my neighbor and we share it around three farms. I do any repairs and maintenance. |
Posted By: BillinAlberta
Date Posted: 11 Jul 2012 at 9:19am
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Hope you don't wilt in the heat Phil.My B also works well on my pounder until I get in the hills.Not enough weight.So I usually use a D17 |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2012 at 9:59am
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Brett and Allis Chalmers Guy. Here are some pics of the post pounder setup with the B. The 'B' handled the weight on some pretty rough ground with no problem, even with a full load of 7ft posts on the rack.    |
Posted By: BillinAlberta
Date Posted: 12 Jul 2012 at 3:49pm
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Looks great phil,love the Landrover too!I mounted my pump on the pounder & run it with a 6hp engine.That way the "borrowers"don't need to borrow the tractor too. My B needs those rear wheel weights.Know anybody with a set that might be for sale? |
Posted By: BrettPhillips
Date Posted: 14 Jul 2012 at 8:55pm
| Very Nice! Thanks for the photos!! |
Posted By: LionelinKY
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2012 at 6:55am
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Boy, does that bring back memories. This is the first I ever heard of a post pounder though. Dad neglected to ever mention there was a machine for doing this. We had a fence trailer which was really just the back half of a Chevy pickup. Posts,etc laid in the bed. We also used a post in the rear stake pocket of the bed to mount a roll of barb wire for unwinding. Our post pounder(aka-ME) usually rode in the trailer too so that I was high enough to get a good square hit on top of the posts with the 16lb fence post mall. Thanks for posting your pics. ------------- "My name is Lionel and I'm an Allisoholic" |
Posted By: allischalmerguy
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2012 at 9:33am
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Lionel, we too never had a post pounder on the farm...that was back in the 60's and 70's. I have not seen the pencil sharpened posts around here. 2 years ago I saw a fellow pound posts with it mounted on a 560 Farmall. It was mounted on the front side of the tractor. The posts he put in where not sharpened. Just a square cut wood post. I have some fence to make someday and would like to find one to use in my area. I may end up using a 3 pt post hole digger. Phil, Thanks for posting the photos. I enjoy them alot. Pastor Mike in Iowa ------------- It is great being a disciple of Jesus! 1950 WD, 1957 D17...retired in Iowa, |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 15 Jul 2012 at 12:10pm
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That was a big fencing job. 8 ft. posts on corners and stays. the rest were 7 ft. and 6 ft. Pencil-sharpened posts are the only type I've seen around here for many years. Anyway, cows and calves are now in the pastures and happy!!  |