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cnafarms 
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Location: Mt. Airy, MD
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 Topic: Good/Bad/Ugly bout Allis 175
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 6:20pm |
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Recently bought an Allis 175 with Bush hog aftermarket loader on it. Plan on mainly using it to cut hay and load round bales with. When I went to look at it I took an old Allis man with me. He uses same model pretty much everyday on his farm and loves it. It’s a Perkins Diesel( like his) but am wondering besides a gear jumper what are the good bad and ugly about this model. Like I said he loves his and hadn’t had no real complaints about it and he’s had his sense new but anybody out there have any issues with there’s?
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captaindana
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Location: Fort Plain, NY
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 6:41pm |
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Only problem is I can't get her through the front door of my house or else she would probably live with me. She can do no wrong in my eyes!
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wekracer
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Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 7:48pm |
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I love ours. Only thing I can think of is the wiring. I think it was a point in the transition from mechanical gages to electronic where they still had a few bugs. Otherwise they are excellent tractors.
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DougG
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Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 5:43am |
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The Perkins will start hard when real cold but sounds like it will be a warm weather used tractor! They are very handy good tractors overall , you,'ll be happy
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Trinity45
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Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 6:25am |
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Not sure what bad you can find, we had one for years, easy to start, plenty of power for the size, I guess the only problem we ever had was the starter not engaging. Loved that tractor/
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 7:52am |
 captaindana wrote:
Only problem is I can't get her through the front door of my house or else she would probably live with me. She can do no wrong in my eyes! |
I guess that truly does express your love for your tractor! LOL! Darrel
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Steve in NJ
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Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 8:41am |
Ahhh, just widen the door Cap! Viola! Bring it in the Kitchen! LOL! Steve@B&B
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39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife
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darrel in ND
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Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 9:05am |
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Well I bet that if them jets had a bigger cockpit, Captain would take it flying with him. BTW, good to hear from you again Captain Dana. Want some good pictures of your haying operations come haying season. Darrel
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DSeries4
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Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 10:08am |
I grew up running a 175. Considering the abuse and neglect it had on my grandparent's farm, it kept running. My wreckless uncle made it a gear jumper, but that got fixed in the early 1990s and the Perkins engine was rebuilt in the early 2000s. We ran a Dunham Lehr loader on it since it was a year old and moved a lot of round bales with it. Naturally it did a number on the front axle pivot pin - be sure to have a good look at yours. Having the loader on it, it altered the handling and the sight lines, so we always took it off for field work - the quick tach loader helped for that. Since I restored it in 2015, I like it much more!
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