Today - 1973
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Topic: Today - 1973
Posted By: Randy_Larson
Subject: Today - 1973
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 7:32am
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The Allis-Chalmers 7030 and 7050 were introduced to dealers in Las Vegas, Nevada ------------- G,D10,D12,D14,D15,D17gas,D17 diesel,D19 Diesel, D21 Series II,160,190, B1,Bumble Bee 10,B1,HB 212,ACC 30 forklift and snap-coupler equipment |
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Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 8:33am
| THE ORANGE AGE BEGINS...….. |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 9:42am
 This is a photo from their 1973’s AC sales literature for the 7030 & 7050. |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 9:48am
 The black bandit cabs! |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 9:56am
 This page discusses some of the 7000’s new features. I did not realize that an option 16 speed Power Director was available? Anyone know of or have a 16speed 7030 or 7050? |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 10:22am
| Funny you should mention the 16 versus 20 speed trannys. If you look at the speed chart, these 20 speeds had so many duplications of MPH there were only about 15 actual speeds. Must be the Engineers calculator had a sticky key to come up with all the multiple 6.8 and 8.5 MPH selections, and then none of them were 6.0 to 6.2 MPH. The 7040-60-80 had that all corrected with 19 speeds out of 20 selections. |
Posted By: jiminnd
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 11:16am
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If I remember right my 7030 had a 5.2 mph in high on the power director that went to 4.2 in low. Then it had a 4.2 in high that went to 3.8 in low, duplicate speed but you had the shift down option, we used these two speeds a lot. ------------- 1945 C, 1949 WF and WD, 1981 185, 1982 8030, unknown D14(nonrunner) |
Posted By: JayIN
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 11:27am
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Dad bought a new 1973 7030 in 1974 in Kansas and had it shipped here in Indiana. Seems there was a severe drought out there and our local dealer made the connection for a screaming deal. What a great tractor! I was gone by then but got to run it some. It is still in the neighborhood today. ------------- sometimes I walk out to my shop and look around and think "Who's the idiot that owns this place?" |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 1:10pm
Interesting to know & appreciate AC’s engineering efforts to correct the early serie’s speed duplications. Thanks for sharing. Maybe it’s just the ordinary path of adjustments/improvement while proceeding thru a new investment endeavor(s)? I say that because AC had invested heavily into computer controlled machining that allowed better consistency in manufacturing their 7000 series components. Yes, I also thought that a few of my 7060’s gear speed selections are similar in speeds. Although I’ve never operated a 7000 series with a loader, maybe there’s applications that merit faster reverse coupled with moderately slow forward speeds like what their high range offers. |
DrAllis wrote:Posted By: A-C_220
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 2:17pm
| They were probably one of the best tractors AC made. There are quite a few high hour ones still going. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 7:59am
| I like the black fronts on the cabs. Darrel |
Posted By: ACjack
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 8:42am
| Here's a thought. Even though they had the same speed using different gears, what was the torque at the drive wheels? |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 8:48am
| I don't recall for sure, but I think my uncle attended that dealer meeting in Las Vegas. |
Posted By: Dean(IA)
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 11:42am
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In 1973 we finally had something to brag about to our green friends. The Orange age was one of the most exciting things that ever happened for us orange folks.
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Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 11:56am
| That was a big jump for Allis! Always thought the 7000 series were sharp machines, wasn't many around my area, as I got out in the world more there was one that had Powershift trouble and all the Green guys always talked about that, not about the cams going out on the sacred green machines! Lol |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 12:53pm
| In 1973, I was a senior in high school. I remember going to the local AC dealer and seeing (I am pretty sure it was) a 7030 and thinking it was a huge tractor! |
Posted By: Bill(MO)
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 6:41pm
| I just happened to be there as an AC employee. |
Posted By: DougG
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 7:09pm
| So tell us more Bill! |
Posted By: tcorbett
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 8:17pm
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Tweaked the photos a bit. It was so orange I thought it was Trump in the picture.   
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Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 23 Feb 2019 at 9:52pm
Your edited versions, do look better. Thank you! |