Please identify this Tractor
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Topic: Please identify this Tractor
Posted By: BuckSkin
Subject: Please identify this Tractor
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 5:42pm
  My first post here; I hope I am in the right place. I took these photos at a recent show. I cannot identify this tractor; I sort of think maybe a D17, but I may be miles off. The rear tires are 14.9-28 (13-28). I can't even determine whether it is 4- or 6-cylinder. For comparison, it is flanked by a D19 and a C. (The D19 decal is still present on the other side) Can anyone enlighten me as to the model and hopefully the year ? |
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Posted By: Artfarm
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 6:24pm
| D-17 series 1 gas |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 6:28pm
1957 D17... if the grille is original! ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 6:48pm
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Mystery Solved ! and most appreciated. I have a few other mystery A-Cs that I will post in the near future. Thanks ! |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 7:34pm
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Here is another unidentified A-C and now I suspect that it also may be a D17. Notice the industrial (backhoe) tire on the right-rear; I thought all backhoe tires were 24" ; I have never before seen a 28" backhoe tire, so this A-C may be on 24" rubber (or a 24" on the right and 28" on the left. Is this tractor also a D17 ? year and model?  
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Posted By: frnkeore
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 8:22pm
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I believe that one is a D14. The rear tires should be 14.9 x 26 though. ------------- Frank 1959 D17 Series I #24001+, '59 D14 '55 & '59 Ford 850 & 861 Ferguson TO 35 Deluxe, Oliver 70 and 5 more. |
Posted By: Artfarm
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 8:26pm
| D-14 looks to be 26'' combine rims. |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 11:25pm
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Thanks so much for the identification. Here is another that I have not been able to identify:    |
Posted By: Wispitfiremike
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 11:45pm
| As much as I enjoy seeing them shined up, I enjoy these still working tractors. Lots of longevity helping somebody scratch out a living and I am sure some assistance from the members here to keep them that way. |
Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 11:50pm
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That would be a "WC" with non-factory rear spoke rims. ------------- Thanks & God Bless Dennis |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2019 at 12:03am
So that would be an early "un-styled" WC. The tractor just the other side of the "G" , the one with the home-made wooden tool-box, is labeled as a 1942 WC. The description says that, because of the war, it came with steel wheels/tires and the wheels on it and this WC pictured both appear to be home-made "conversion" wheels with spokes welded into open-center rims. Thanks for the identification. |
DennisA (IL) wrote:Posted By: cabinhollow
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2019 at 6:24am
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The blue popup tent in the back ground is the eye catcher. |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2019 at 1:13pm
  Here is another that I have been wondering about for some time. This one has the wheel centers dropped below the axle center. The crease above the radiator looks as if a flat-bed truck has backed into the tractor. I may be fooled; but, I can't imagine this small tractor handling big rolls of hay on the loader. Check out the third-arm. Although not pictured, there is a hay spike on the rear as well. What model is this one ? |
Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2019 at 1:29pm
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That would be a “WD-45”. ------------- Thanks & God Bless Dennis |
Posted By: BuckSkin
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2019 at 2:11pm
Thanks ! After I saw what looks like a hydraulic tank cap on the loader frame, I did a bit of reading on the 445 loader. From what I can gather from the very limited information that I found, the 445 loader kit has it's own hydraulic pump and system, completely independent of the tractor's hydraulics --- is that correct ? I have a completely independent Kwik-Way Loader on my 1971-72 Mitsubishi R2500. |
Posted By: LionelinKY
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2019 at 11:26pm
Wow, that looks like a pretty good bend in that wide front axle from my viewpoint. I hope they have another front axle laying around or they retire her soon before she gives up herself. ------------- "My name is Lionel and I'm an Allisoholic" |