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Lazyts 
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Posted: 01 Dec 2015 at 10:03pm |
We're thinking of buying this 945 loader. Actually a 945B, 1975 vintage looks like. Anybody on here familiar with or been around one of these? Bigger than we need, but hate to see it go to scrap. 
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Josh H
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Posted: 01 Dec 2015 at 10:30pm |
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Looks pretty awesome to me!!
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 02 Dec 2015 at 7:36am |
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Wow! That thing is a beast. Better buy it just to play with, if nothing else. Darrel
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Eric B
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Posted: 02 Dec 2015 at 2:18pm |
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That machine will do some serious work. I saw one a few years ago, a little newer I believe. It had a big Cummins engine...appeared original but I don't know if that's how they made them in the 80's? Cummins parts would at least be easy to find.
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Lazyts
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Posted: 03 Dec 2015 at 7:37pm |
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Yes, parts book shows optional Cummins engine, not sure when that became available. I know many have been re-powered with Cummins as well, this one still has the Allis engine.
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Posted: 03 Dec 2015 at 7:41pm |
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What eng in it they had three diff ones in them . They or good old loaders and pretty easy to work on and can fine part yet to pretty easy to
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Posted: 03 Dec 2015 at 8:29pm |
 Lazyts wrote:
Bigger than we need, but hate to see it go to scrap.
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That thing looks great, who the hell would scrap THAT???
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JohnCO
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Posted: 03 Dec 2015 at 11:57pm |
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Especially with scrap around $50 per ton!
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Posted: 04 Dec 2015 at 4:05am |
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Yep, get it Trev. You know your wife is very understanding with machine aquisitions.
That big brute could grab my 605 and shake it like a terrier shakin a rat
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 04 Dec 2015 at 7:43am |
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the 945B was made in Deerfield Illinois. It has a straight 6 cylinder 844 cubic inch engine... model was a 25000 .... which ment turbo and aftercooler. I know that Allis did not build the transmissions and axles.. They bought them from Twin Disc , Rockwell, and others depending on the years. If its a good buy depends entirely on the condition.
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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Lazyts
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Posted: 04 Dec 2015 at 9:19pm |
Yeah, Allison transmission, but apparently AC built the axles. Owner says he parked it a year ago because the torque was overheating. Tried to crank it over this summer but engine was stuck. I doubt it would be seized from sitting only a year. Cosmetically it is in pretty good condition. Also thinking of a 605B with a blown engine for a project. Yes Mac, my wife has been very understanding in the past but that could change... 
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Posted: 04 Dec 2015 at 9:23pm |
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As for scrapping the 945, I think it has more to do with a certain aesthetic- some guys just don't like old equipment sitting around on their yards... weird, huh?
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Posted: 04 Dec 2015 at 9:31pm |
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I always said if i bought some acreage, I'd put old equipment that was cheap and didn't work anymore here and there off the driveway as landscape pieces along the woodline!!
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Posted: 09 Dec 2015 at 9:12pm |
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Good rubber and glass!!! Grab it!! You can always part/sell or scrap it later.
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Posted: 10 Dec 2015 at 11:51am |
They turn 45 degrees left and right, do not have the Z bar linkage. I had Caterpillar at the time, but everyone else had an Allis loader they used. A few engines failed, but they all will do that when not cared for. I understand that a loader is now being manufactured in Sweden that is a dead ringer to these machines. Somone else must think the design was sound also.
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Eric B
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Posted: 10 Dec 2015 at 1:19pm |
Ages Cat wrote:
They turn 45 degrees left and right, do not have the Z bar linkage. I had Caterpillar at the time, but everyone else had an Allis loader they used. A few engines failed, but they all will do that when not cared for. I understand that a loader is now being manufactured in Sweden that is a dead ringer to these machines. Someone else must think the design was sound also. I have included the link below of the loaders Ages Cat is referring to. Just scroll down half the page...they don't say Allis Chalmers but that is what the writer means, you can tell by their design that they mostly copied the AC machines. The AC loaders were big on the market there back then...and now the legacy lives on. http://www.ljungbymaskin.se/en/our-history
Sorry you have to copy and paste the link as I'm not sure how to breathe life into it. |
Edited by Eric B - 10 Dec 2015 at 1:22pm
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CAL(KS)
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Posted: 10 Dec 2015 at 2:36pm |
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Me -C,U,UC,WC,WD45,190XT,TL-12,145T,HD6G,HD16,HD20
Dad- WD, D17D, D19D, RT100A, 7020, 7080,7580, 2-8550's, 2-S77, HD15
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Eric B
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Posted: 10 Dec 2015 at 9:15pm |
Thanks CAL for turning it into a live link! I guess I don't have a good excuse for not learning the trick. I have to hide behind the old saying "it's hard to teach old dogs new tricks" 
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Currently- WD,WC,3WF's,2 D14's B. Previously- I 600,TL745,200,FL9,FR12,H3,816 LBH. Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal!
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Posted: 11 Dec 2015 at 7:09pm |
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I see they are using Sisu engines, which, I believe is owned by AGCO, so they are almost an Allis loader again!
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