Picture of our D17 w/plow
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Topic: Picture of our D17 w/plow
Posted By: Roger (NE)
Subject: Picture of our D17 w/plow
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2017 at 11:54am
Had a few minutes to experiment with trying to post pictures. Through trail and error I finally got this one to be close to the correct size. Found that if you have the picture in a file on your computer it works to resize and attach to the message...no outside photo site needed. This is our Series IV D17 we purchased new the year I graduated from high school. 
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Posted By: AC720Man
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2017 at 12:05pm
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Nice original D17. Still have dads 1968 series II D15. D series were such great tractors. ------------- 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 |
Posted By: EPALLIS
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2017 at 9:04pm
| Always like the Firestone Field and Road tires look on the D-17. Thanks for the pic.. |
Posted By: Roger (NE)
Date Posted: 08 Jan 2017 at 9:33pm
| Tractor came from the factory with Firestone's. The pair you see on it now are only the second set that have been on the tractor with 7000 plus hours on the tachometer. Obviously I don't use that 4 bottom plow with this tractor. Looks neat mounted but in our soils 3 bottoms are plenty. Plus it is just used for lighter jobs these days as we have a couple larger units for our heavy work. Might add the D17 is all original except for one engine overhaul. Generator, starter, radiator, have never been off. It has not had any sheet metal or paint work of any kind...even touch up. Rear rims are original and have had fluid in them since the tractor was new. Probably the best tractor we have ever owned! |
Posted By: Allis dave
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2017 at 6:56am
| Looks like a real nice tractor and plow setup. I would love to have one of those. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2017 at 7:11am
------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Roger (NE) wrote:Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2017 at 7:53am
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Wow, nice unit and family tractor to boot. Around here a D-17 was a 4-14 tractor all day long plowing in the high side of 2nd gear. A few pulled other brand 3-16 plows for trash clearance and the 17 played with them. Different soils. |
Posted By: Roger (NE)
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2017 at 9:21am
| Ted, First of all, understand I am a 68 year old self taught computer user...not even close to being an expert at this. Having said that, I was able to click on the new topic icon when starting this discussion. There is a little green tree icon with a blue arrow pointing up. I clicked on that and used the browse icon which brought up my computer file chart. I chose the picture I posted and clicked select and it put it in the box to be automatically added to this message. It was way too big so I went back and clicked on resize in my picture file for that particular picture. After experimenting a bit I chose 21 percent as being the best size for my purposes. Depending on what size your pictures are in your files your percentage may have to be different. Anyway, it worked for me. Not saying it was the correct method and computers or software or internet providers may not all be the same/compatible with doing what I did. I was able to preview my message to see what the picture would look like before posting it. Our desk computer is a Dell with the Windows 7 operating system. Hope this helps. Also wanted to say Thanks for all the nice comments on the D17. While not a show tractor by any means, it's always had a good home here and will continue to be a part of our operation for some time to come. |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2017 at 10:27am
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Roger, Welcome! You grew up with one (D17). I have had mine for a year and really like it too! Three bottoms are just right in our soils hooked on the 17. You did good with the picture upload and description of how you loaded it. Nice looking original family tractor. I was fortunate to find mine in pretty good condition also. It must have had folks care for it like you! Regards, Chris ------------- 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. |
Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2017 at 10:47am
Great picture!!  ------------- 1957 WD45 dad's first AC 1968 one-seventy 1956 F40 Ferguson |
Posted By: Roger (NE)
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2017 at 11:44am
Chris, Actually this tractor is the second D17 we have had. My Dad and Uncle bought our first D17 in May of 1959. I was allowed to come home from school early that day (believe I was in the 4th grade) to "help" drive it home the 17 miles from the dealer. We traded that one for the tractor you see in the picture in November of 1967. The Series IV had been the dealers demonstrator for the year but it didn't get many hours because of the new tractors (One Seventy...One Eighty) that were coming out then. I also lied (not on purpose) in my previous post when I said the tractor was completely original. I replaced the factory snap coupler hitch with a factory 3 point some time back and also replaced the lift arm cylinders with one's from a salvage One Eighty. I got tired of trying to keep the original cylinders from leaking...just a poor design from the git-go in my opinion. Might mention I sold the snap coupler setup to Skyhighballoon (Mike) from Missouri at the time so part of my tractor kept his going! Here is another shot of the tractor and plow for you to see. 
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Posted By: Allis dave
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2017 at 1:05pm
| You can see it much better in that photo. That's a beautiful original tractor. By how good you take care of it, I can tell you're proud of it. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2017 at 3:01pm
| A good polish job and it would look new. |
Posted By: caledonian
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2017 at 3:17pm
| Those D 17's were great tractors. We have a 1960 that was bought new by dad. Used snap coupler 3-16 plow on it and it handled it very nicely. Still have the plow. I like your sun shade too. Sitting in the shade with a little wind blowing you were usually cool. |
Posted By: acd21man
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2017 at 5:45pm
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iv got a 3pt set up to put on our series 4 17 got the whole set up. is it much of a job to do how long will it take to swap it over. ------------- 2 wd 45,2 D-17 diesel/gas 3 pt, 220,d21, 4020,2 4430s used daily http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCudh8Xz9_rZHhUC3YNozupw |
Posted By: Roger (NE)
Date Posted: 09 Jan 2017 at 8:40pm
| Not a real big deal to switch from snap coupler to 3 point. Has been a number of years now but I think I saved all the mounting bolts from the 3 point and used those. Don't remember that there were enough of the bolts from the snap coupler to use as the 3 point had extra mounting holes already in the tractor frame. The most trouble I encountered was getting the pin driven out that the snap coupler drawbar mounts fit around. It was in there pretty snug and it wasn't the best place to have a good shot to drive it out. |