| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
IBWD MIke 
Orange Level
Joined: 08 Apr 2012
Location: Newton Ia.
Points: 4081
|
 Post Options
 Thanks(1)
 Quote  Reply
 Topic: Proud owner, 2 more AC tractors
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 12:42pm |
|
Settled the estate this morning, 6080 and 185 are now officially mine! I have always used them, (and maintained them) like they were mine, now they are! That is a great feeling!
|
 |
|
Sponsored Links
|
|
|
Fred in Pa
Orange Level
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
Location: Hanover Pa.
Points: 9210
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 1:41pm |
|
What a great reward , congrats
|
|
He who dies with the most toys is,
nonetheless ,still dead.
If all else fails ,Read all that is PRINTED.
|
|
sparky
Orange Level Access
Joined: 13 May 2011
Location: So. Indiana
Points: 1784
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 1:53pm |
|
Great news!!
|
|
It's the color tractor my grandpa had!
|
|
DSeries4
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Ontario, Canada
Points: 7505
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 2:41pm |
|
Both are great tractors! We need pictures!
|
|
'49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080
|
|
allischalmerguy
Orange Level
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: Deep River, IA
Points: 2893
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 2:52pm |
|
Hooray! Awesome.
|
|
It is great being a disciple of Jesus! 1950 WD, 1957 D17...retired in Iowa,
|
|
Alberta Phil
Orange Level
Joined: 13 Sep 2009
Location: Alberta, Canada
Points: 3919
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 3:45pm |
|
Good on ya!! Pictures???
|
|
plummerscarin
Orange Level Access
Joined: 22 Jun 2015
Location: ia
Points: 3912
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 4:11pm |
|
|
|
HudCo
Orange Level
Joined: 29 Jan 2013
Location: Plymouth Utah
Points: 3912
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 4:21pm |
|
thats a good feeling isnt it , i took care or grandpas like they were mine growing up and now they are ,
|
|
IBWD MIke
Orange Level
Joined: 08 Apr 2012
Location: Newton Ia.
Points: 4081
|
Post Options
Thanks(1)
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 5:04pm |
Thanks, I'll see if I can dig up a picture or two. Edit; Still amazes me to look at the pics from before the deracio!
Edited by IBWD MIke - 18 Nov 2022 at 5:05pm
|
|
Sugarmaker
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Jul 2013
Location: Albion PA
Points: 8517
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 5:39pm |
Mike, Congrats on the tractors! Good pictures! Regards, Chris
Edited by Sugarmaker - 18 Nov 2022 at 5:41pm
|
|
D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet.
|
|
Dan Hauter
Orange Level
Joined: 06 Feb 2011
Location: Carlinville, IL
Points: 1254
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 5:48pm |
|
Cool! Congratulations!
|
|
AC720Man
Orange Level
Joined: 10 Oct 2016
Location: Shenandoah, Va
Points: 5232
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 6:11pm |
|
Mike, you got 2 great tractors there| Congratulations, I know you will enjoy them even more now.
Rob
|
|
1968 B-208, 1976 720 (2 of them)Danco brush hog, single bottom plow,52" snow thrower, belly mower,rear tine tiller, rear blade, front blade, 57"sickle bar,1983 917 hydro, 1968 7hp sno-bee, 1968 190XTD
|
|
captaindana
Orange Level
Joined: 14 Sep 2009
Location: Fort Plain, NY
Points: 2559
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 18 Nov 2022 at 6:13pm |
|
Mike those are such gorgeous machines CONGRATS you so deserved them!
|
|
Blue Skies and Tail Winds
Dana
|
|
Kenny L.
Orange Level Access
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: NEIOWA
Points: 1350
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 19 Nov 2022 at 4:37am |
|
Hay Mike that great and great looking tractors. I'm going to be in your area today if I would've had more time Id reach out to you but needed to do just a turn around same day it'll happen.
|
|
Tom59
Bronze Level
Joined: 27 Feb 2021
Location: Lebanon Tenness
Points: 155
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 19 Nov 2022 at 5:47am |
|
Congratulations on getting the tractors, that got to be a relief for you. The AC 185 and 6080 good looking tractors in your pictures. Question, how does the AC 6080 tractor handle a plow compare to the AC 185 ?
Edited by Tom59 - 19 Nov 2022 at 6:42pm
|
|
IBWD MIke
Orange Level
Joined: 08 Apr 2012
Location: Newton Ia.
Points: 4081
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 19 Nov 2022 at 7:13am |
 Tom59 wrote:
Congratulations on giving the tractors, that got to be a relief for you. The AC 185 and 6080 good looking tractors in your pictures. Question, how does the AC 6080 tractor handle a plow compare to the AC 185 ? |
Thanks guys!
Tom, I haven't plowed with the 6080 enough to give a good answer. There are so many nuances to moldboard plowing and what little I've done with the 6080 the plow probably wasn't set as well as it could have been.
Kenny, don't feel bad. I was in your part of the state a couple weeks ago and didn't have tome to stop. Really would have liked to though.
|
|
Tom59
Bronze Level
Joined: 27 Feb 2021
Location: Lebanon Tenness
Points: 155
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 20 Nov 2022 at 7:31am |
IBWD MIke wrote:
Tom59 wrote:
Congratulations on giving the tractors, that got to be a relief for you. The AC 185 and 6080 good looking tractors in your pictures. Question, how does the AC 6080 tractor handle a plow compare to the AC 185 ? |
Thanks guys!
Tom, I haven't plowed with the 6080 enough to give a good answer. There are so many nuances to moldboard plowing and what little I've done with the 6080 the plow probably wasn't set as well as it could have been.
Kenny, don't feel bad. I was in your part of the state a couple weeks ago and didn't have tome to stop. Really would have liked to though.
|
Thanks replying back. It kinda of neat having a AC 185 and then having the AC 6080 tractor that is what Allis Chalmers replacement for the 185.
|
|
DSeries4
Orange Level
Joined: 12 Sep 2009
Location: Ontario, Canada
Points: 7505
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 20 Nov 2022 at 6:52pm |
|
Great looking tractors! Good to know they will continue to have a good home!
|
|
'49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080
|
|
KJCHRIS
Orange Level
Joined: 21 Dec 2015
Location: WC Iowa
Points: 958
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 20 Nov 2022 at 8:23pm |
|
A nice looking pair of tractors. Appears you've looked after them well.
|
|
AC 200, CAH, AC185D bareback, AC 180D bareback, D17 III, WF. D17 Blackbar grill, NF. D15 SFW. Case 1175 CAH, Bobcat 543B,
|
|
Luke R.
Orange Level
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: SE Iowa
Points: 1262
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 21 Nov 2022 at 5:58am |
|
Good news!! Missed you at the last auction reunion on the 13th over by montezuma
|
|
4-7030's,170G,220FWA,3-220's,210,D21II,D21I industrial,2-200's,3-190's,175D,2-D19D's,D19G,WD45,WD,CA,2-UCont.,5015FWA,917,B110,Gleaner F
|
|
IBWD MIke
Orange Level
Joined: 08 Apr 2012
Location: Newton Ia.
Points: 4081
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 21 Nov 2022 at 7:49am |
Luke R. wrote:
Good news!! Missed you at the last auction reunion on the 13th over by montezuma |
Crap! Wasn't aware of that one, did I miss anything good? Went to one close to Pella Saturday. Stood out in the wind for 4 hours, spent $10! There was a WD 45 that did not start, brought $1600!! I think that was the only thing Allis.
|
|
Mikez
Orange Level Access
Joined: 16 Jan 2013
Location: Usa
Points: 8707
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 21 Nov 2022 at 5:08pm |
|
That’s good that you have been maintaining them. Know what your getting then ha
|
|
AC7060IL
Orange Level
Joined: 19 Aug 2012
Location: central IL
Points: 3532
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 21 Nov 2022 at 6:31pm |
|
IBWF Mike, Congratulations! Those are two awesome AC tractors. I like both their engine sounds when they get loaded up. 185’s 301 has a great 6 cylinder lull & 6080’s 433I’s turbo can impress.
That deep black Iowa soil turned over behind 185’s plow looks sweet too.
Condolences about the estate.
|
|
Luke R.
Orange Level
Joined: 11 Sep 2009
Location: SE Iowa
Points: 1262
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 22 Nov 2022 at 4:02am |
IBWD MIke wrote:
Luke R. wrote:
Good news!! Missed you at the last auction reunion on the 13th over by montezuma |
Crap! Wasn't aware of that one, did I miss anything good? Went to one close to Pella Saturday. Stood out in the wind for 4 hours, spent $10! There was a WD 45 that did not start, brought $1600!! I think that was the only thing Allis.
|
Yeh the Pizza was good. I bought some weights and tires.
|
|
4-7030's,170G,220FWA,3-220's,210,D21II,D21I industrial,2-200's,3-190's,175D,2-D19D's,D19G,WD45,WD,CA,2-UCont.,5015FWA,917,B110,Gleaner F
|
|
IBWD MIke
Orange Level
Joined: 08 Apr 2012
Location: Newton Ia.
Points: 4081
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 22 Nov 2022 at 9:24am |
AC7060IL wrote:
IBWF Mike, Congratulations! Those are two awesome AC tractors. I like both their engine sounds when they get loaded up. 185’s 301 has a great 6 cylinder lull & 6080’s 433I’s turbo can impress.
That deep black Iowa soil turned over behind 185’s plow looks sweet too.
Condolences about the estate. |
Thanks! It is a little interesting to have one model and the next one that replaced it. The way that happened; Dad bought the 6080 new in '84. I was a senior in high school then. Fast forward to 2010, Dad was looking for a disc mower, (which he never got bought) Found the 185 at the local Case IH dealer. He knew the tractor, had belonged to a buddy of his, Russel S., for a long time. He bought it. I later found out that Howard Dunnick had been the original owner. Lets say this tractor has had a very pampered life!
|
|
IBWD MIke
Orange Level
Joined: 08 Apr 2012
Location: Newton Ia.
Points: 4081
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 22 Nov 2022 at 9:26am |
Luke R. wrote:
IBWD MIke wrote:
Luke R. wrote:
Good news!! Missed you at the last auction reunion on the 13th over by montezuma |
Crap! Wasn't aware of that one, did I miss anything good? Went to one close to Pella Saturday. Stood out in the wind for 4 hours, spent $10! There was a WD 45 that did not start, brought $1600!! I think that was the only thing Allis.
|
Yeh the Pizza was good. I bought some weights and tires. |
Sorry I missed the pizza! I'm always in the market for weights and tires but don't really need anymore.
|
|
Tom59
Bronze Level
Joined: 27 Feb 2021
Location: Lebanon Tenness
Points: 155
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 22 Nov 2022 at 2:15pm |
IBWD MIke wrote:
AC7060IL wrote:
IBWF Mike, Congratulations! Those are two awesome AC tractors. I like both their engine sounds when they get loaded up. 185’s 301 has a great 6 cylinder lull & 6080’s 433I’s turbo can impress.
That deep black Iowa soil turned over behind 185’s plow looks sweet too.
Condolences about the estate. |
Thanks! It is a little interesting to have one model and the next one that replaced it. The way that happened; Dad bought the 6080 new in '84. I was a senior in high school then. Fast forward to 2010, Dad was looking for a disc mower, (which he never got bought) Found the 185 at the local Case IH dealer. He knew the tractor, had belonged to a buddy of his, Russel S., for a long time. He bought it. I later found out that Howard Dunnick had been the original owner. Lets say this tractor has had a very pampered life!
|
I really like hearing stories and history of tractors and equipment, the reason a person or if a family tractor why their father or other family members brought a certain tractor or things that happen leading to the purchase. Thanks for sharing.
|
|
IBWD MIke
Orange Level
Joined: 08 Apr 2012
Location: Newton Ia.
Points: 4081
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 23 Nov 2022 at 9:25am |
|
Thanks Tom. I had to put a set of batteries in the old girl the day I took it plowing. I was the one that put the previous ones in, didn't realize it had been 11 years! Felt pretty good about the life of them. Probably been five years ago I replaced the ones in the 6080. Never-ending battle trying to keep batteries in everything!
|
|
Tom59
Bronze Level
Joined: 27 Feb 2021
Location: Lebanon Tenness
Points: 155
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Nov 2022 at 7:48am |
|
Mike, batteries are a pain to keep charged up and maintain, also expensive. In the two tractors I used often I buy good batteries for them. I got two other tractors ( sixty plus years old ) I working on to get running, I almost running and the other needs a lot of work to it. I brought cheap Wal Mart battery for the one almost running. Was the AC 6080 your father brought new was that his big tractor at that time ?
|
|
IBWD MIke
Orange Level
Joined: 08 Apr 2012
Location: Newton Ia.
Points: 4081
|
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Quote Reply
Posted: 24 Nov 2022 at 8:48am |
Tom59 wrote:
Mike, batteries are a pain to keep charged up and maintain, also expensive. In the two tractors I used often I buy good batteries for them. I got two other tractors ( sixty plus years old ) I working on to get running, I almost running and the other needs a lot of work to it. I brought cheap Wal Mart battery for the one almost running. Was the AC 6080 your father brought new was that his big tractor at that time ? |
Tom, yes, the 6080 was the big gun for many years. At some point, he bought his first 185. It had a cab, year around maybe? No air conditioning. He thought he was tough enough to sit in there and run a big round baler! Turns out he wasn't. He then bought a 4230 JD, it became the bailing tractor and big one too. At some point he decided he didn't need the 185 and let it go. He lamented this for quite awhile and when this 185 came along he jumped on it and I'm really glad he did.
I was never a fan of the 4230, didn't matter what you did with the toe-in, that stupid thing wandered going down the road! Drove me nuts. It and the baler went down the road after the deracio. Interesting thing about selling it is i made a friend in the process. Great guy, used to do auctions in the Indianola Ia. area.
Apparently, people in my family didn't take pictures of machinery because I can find none. Would really love to find some pics of the 175 like the day it showed up and the new tracks in the snow. Not holding my breathe.
|
|
