1950 Allis Chalmers WDs

I'm not that familiar with AC tractors nor the WDs, so any information would help, i.e. what to look for, what's good about them, what's not so good, what problem areas, etc.  Someone on the Farmall Cub forum mentioned about the low seat which I wouldn't care too much for.  I have a Farmall B that the seats too low, in my opinion.

This is my first post, so I hope it's okay to post links to the tractors in question.

 In the right soil a WD can put 3 14's. But they do real good with a set of 14 two bottoms in almost all soils. Yes the WD45 has more HP They were our big tractors on my Dads farm until the early 1970's. They did all the work in the fields, with very little maintenance.

If you take the trailer take the check book too. They have a way of pulling at the heart and wallet strings. Bring them home. Give them some time to grow on you. They are very different from the IH equipment, in how they feel. 

Having grown up on them, it's second nature to me. And yes my left leg has grown a inch longer for the years on them.

They are a lot of tractor for the size. 

Lots of them made and lots of good parts out there too.

Hope that helps.

Here is the thing with the tractors, lots of folks want a tractor and see the price compared to a brand new Kubota and think they will do the same job. No these are antique tractors made to pull plows and do field work, not made to do lawn work. There are a few of us old folks that have the funds and the interest to have them. My guess is if you make the dealer a reasonable offer you will own them.

Regards,

Chris

I rarely sat in the seat with both feet on the foot rests on a WD. I sat with my left foot on the plate below the seat. Seemed more comfortable to me. I just used the hand clutch for nearly every action and it doesn't take much to swing my foot up to the foot clutch if needed.

The first tractor I drove was Dad's WD at about 9 years old. Easy to drive and you could hitch up the drawbar by standing on the ground and using the hand clutch to back up slowly..... not recommended these days!

For show everyone prefers the WD45 just because it's a WD45 and set a benchmark for the competition as far as performance goes but a good WD will do almost everything a good 45 will do but just one bottom less and if at some time in it's life someone put a WD45 crankshaft in it then it will perform right along with a WD45. As far as noise goes, if you are driving an M Farmall already then you are used to the noisy transmission. A late 1952 model WD or any 1953 WD will hav ethe same quiet transmission of the WD45. A curved shift stick should mean it has a helical gear WD45 transmission type.

One thing though. Don't expect it to keep pace with a Farmall M because IH way back in about 1960 discontinued the standard 3-7/8 bore low compression flat top piston kits and replaced them with Fire Crater kits that pushed the 36 hp M to about 50 hp. Allis provided the standard kits WD flat top kits until sometime in the 1990's or even early 2000's. My dealer would discourage customers from upgrading to a 45 kit and crank or D17 kit and 45 crank. They pushed standard kits. A 45 can tear up a PTO gear box in heavy use like a silage chopper.

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