any 4x4 Allis tractors that R easy to find parts?

I was wondering if there are any 4x4 or mfwd Allis Chalmers tractors that parts are readily available and easy to find.  I know the 5020 sure ain't!

I'm not worried about getting going, but rather stopping.  With the wd-45 I had, I would be coming down the steep upper pasture road and if it was wet both rear tires would just lock up and I'd start sliding down the hill.  I had to hit the emergency brake to stop.(drop the loader bucket).  The 7ft bucket on the front stopped me in a hurry...lol

My tires were new on the allis and I had bear paw chains on it...road rougher than heck, but never got really stuck.
 

I think your problem with the 5020 is it's a small import. You might try to find something more domestic. Of course, the 6000 series is kind of an import too, so that limits you to the 8000 series for a more domestic MFWD.
Or just get a Ford 800/801 series with the Elenco FWD. Lol

Edited by CrestonM - 06 Mar 2017 at 1:07pm

CrestonM wrote: I think your problem with the 5020 is it's a small import. You might try to find something more domestic. Of course, the 6000 series is kind of an import too, so that limits you to the 8000 series for a more domestic MFWD. Or just get a Ford 800/801 series with the Elenco FWD. Lol

If you use your logic all mfwd Allis's would be eliminated. Matter of fact most compact tractors have some foreign influence no matter what brand.

I bought my first 6080 18 years ago and my second 12 years ago and racked up a crap ton of hours they are a very reliable tractor. The motor is one of the best Allis ever offered.

not the good news I was looking for.  Maybe I'll get a backhoe, so I can use it as an anchor if I start to slide down the hill..  ok with the 4x4 debate being settled is there a model that has better braking or one that the engine will hold it back,  the wd45 brakes just locked up and the engine wouldn't hold it back. 

I really have no interest in getting a "newer" machine (to expensive) and would prefer to stay with an allis.  Even if I can get a 2wd model to use most of the time, eliminating having to solely rely on the 5020.

 My poor 5020 has dug out the stumps and cleared the brush for 6 acres that use to be all woods to expand our pasture.  It has done all the excavating for our house to be put in and is in the process of digging into the hill side to make a less steep road on our hill side. got about 100yds of the road cut into the road probly almost 1/3rd done with the road, it has hauled all the shale as well.  In case your wonder, it is a pain in the ..... to dig stumps with a loader.  It is also a bit spooky digging a road on a hill side, until ya get a level spot started...at least it's only a 40ft drop if I fall off the hill....lol



Edited by dt1050 - 06 Mar 2017 at 3:42pm

Maybe renting a new Bobcat / skidloader on tracks with a bucket with teeth may help you more,,, those things are super fast in hydraulics and can do a ton of work in a short time ;; not bashing at all , but an experienced operator could make it all happen fast 

I have dreamed of a 5050.  A friends of a friend bought one sight unseen from montana I think and he loved It,  I seen him cutting my friends fields, when he left for lunch I thought about hooking up the trailer and taking the 5050 to my place..ya know just to try it out...lol

I've seen the long's in 4wd, I seen a ford 800 style tractor in 4x4 for sale and didn't even think they made them that way. until this post.  I always thought if I couldn't have an Allis it'd be an Oliver.  like the looks and everybody I new that had them loved em.

I havn't been around tractors until I started farming about 20+ years ago, my family thought I was nuts (probly right).  So I don't know a lot about em, just what I've picked up through the years.

allisrutledge wrote: There is a 5050 4wd with a loader in the Knoxville Tennessee craigs list. Scott

nice looking tractor, Wow with a loader even.  I'm gonna need to save up some $ before getting another machine.  Thanks Scott.  I don't suppose he'll let me test drive it to pa...lol

Just tell the wife how much smoother you will fix the driveway and after about a thousand times she will sign the check for you. Before I got a cab tractor I always made sure she was near me when I Blowed my nose after baling hay or any dusty job! Didn't take long till she sugested I get a cab tractor. BINGO I'm sure most of the guys on here could help with ideas that work as well. Scott
PS let's keep this a secret! ok