AC 1300 field cultivator

It's not a heavy duty FC but it makes a great finishing tool with a mulcher mounted on the back. I have an 18-1/2' 1200 and it's about perfect for the 190XT with no duals. I'm sure the 190 would pull a slightly bigger one but this way I know we're not mistreating the old girl. The only thing we've ever had go wrong was twice, when putting it all the way in as deep as it would go, we've bent a couple of shanks when they hooked a rock just right. In hindsight, there's no reason to sink it all the way in since we chisel or plow the ground in the fall anyhow. The rubber mounted shanks really are great and never wears out the rubber. We've been using ours since the mid 1980's and other than shovels and those two shanks and an occasional hydraulic hose, that's all we've ever done to it. Oh, I did rip one of the cylinder mounts off it the very first time I hooked it up to a 7000 series. I learned to turn the flow down to the remotes after that. It's unbelievable the hydraulics of a 7000 series when you were used to an old 190.

Edited by Lonn - 10 Jan 2016 at 12:43pm

I watched one sell this fall on auction for around $1500.....way higher than I thought it would go since this isn't really Allis country....

Calvin Schmidt, how did your 220 handle the 24.5' 1400?

My 220 handles the 1400 In 5th gear with no problem. I may have to qualify my answer a little. My 220 has 20.8 x 38 radial duals with 3000 lbs of inside weights and Mexican hat duals. It weighs 17,300 lbs. It also has an industrial intercooled engine that dynos 190 hp without touching the injector pump.

Edited by Calvin Schmidt - 20 Apr 2017 at 3:42pm

Pulled a 24.5' with my 8030. No problem.

There were a lot sold in the 1970-1980's, as stated even the guys with red, green, and blue had an orange field cultivator. Very good product for their time.

3 500lb per wheel. I know of a lot of 7000 series with 3 per side.