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agcodick
Bronze Level Joined: 23 Nov 2009 Location: Pulteney, NY Points: 140 |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2010 at 1:33pm |
Anyone ever come across an 8000 series with an agri data dash? I remember seeing one on ebay a few years ago for 600. It was brand new like it had been taken out of an 8000 and set on a shelf for years. I also remember seeing a real rough 8000 series on ebay once that still had one in it. I have a pile of sales brochures on them. I know it was a flop. But still a neat part of history.
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DrAllis
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Points: 19698 |
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If I remember correctly, they only made 50 of those and AC eventually bought them all back and replaced them with a standard dashboard......too much trouble and downtime issues.
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Brian Jasper co. Ia
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Prairie City Ia Points: 10508 |
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Seems like Norm Swinford talks about them in his book. I wonder what was the unreliable part, the dash or the various sensors? If a person knew what the values were for the sensors were (If that is the issue) they could probably be retrofitted with late model automotive sensors.
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ILGLEANER
Orange Level Access Joined: 13 Sep 2009 Location: Willow Hill,ILL Points: 6442 |
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I know Ivan Summerix has had one before
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427435
Orange Level Joined: 18 Nov 2010 Location: SE Minnesota Points: 18637 |
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The sealing art/technology for the sensors hadn't progressed far enough, at that time, to make them reliable in farm environments. There were also some EMI/RFI issues when operating near high voltage power lines. That was something else that wasn't well understood at that time.
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Mark
B10 Allis, 917 Allis, 7116 Simplicity, 7790 Simplicity Diesel, GTH-L Simplicity Ignorance is curable-----stupidity is not. |
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agcodick
Bronze Level Joined: 23 Nov 2009 Location: Pulteney, NY Points: 140 |
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It is neat to see how far ahead allis seemed to be of there competitors. I guess maybe other tractor company's were toying with this stuff but allis didn't seem afraid to try things. Its like they knew what the wave of the future was.
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