Wd 45 still going
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Topic: Wd 45 still going
Posted By: allisbred
Subject: Wd 45 still going
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2020 at 9:28am
This tractor has been going strong since ‘57, on its 3rd overhaul, 2nd loader, 4th set of rubber, 3rd front end. In early years, Was the only tractor for a 700 acre farm, plowed, planted, picked corn, pulled combine to late seventies, has been moving round bales since ‘81. Never shedded.
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Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2020 at 11:08am
| Nice workhorse. Just goes to show what maintenance a fix what's broke attitude can do for a machine |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2020 at 12:50pm
| someone got a LOT of seat time in the early years |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2020 at 3:45pm
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Nice to see them still earning their keep as a working part of the farm. I have D17 LP, WD45, WD and a couple of 'B's and a WF. They are all still used for various jobs on the farm. One thing I've noticed, especially in my area, (which has always been "Allis Country due to a strong dealer presence), is that there are a lot of older Allis machines from as far back as the late '40's still at work around here. Also the occasional elderly IH. Yet you never see any two cylinder J.D's still working. All the ones I know about are housed in collector sheds and never go out, especially if it rains!! |
Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2020 at 8:00pm
| All 4 of my brothers and sister learned how to drive on this tractor, father said I was 4 years old and mother was upset for a week when she found out. Motor does not smoke and runs smooth, never hopped out of any gear, shifts on the fly like it synchronized. It has 16.9’s on the rear and 9.5’s up front with factory PS.The clutch and brake pedals are wore beyond any x’s. My father started farming with this tractor and it has out lived all the Allis’ we have had. I would like to know how many people out there still use these daily and hear the stories. |
Posted By: EPALLIS
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2020 at 9:55pm
| Never in a shed? My that is a work horse...….. |
Posted By: Driverdan
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2020 at 8:58am
| I still use the WD45 my dad bought in 1955. All summer it dedicated to the hay rake. (I still use the WC he bought -used-in 1952). That's the one I learned to drive on. |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2020 at 8:45pm
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We have two family tractors the 1950 WD which was the first AC on Dad's farm is now retired and living real easy. Only pulls in antique tractor pulls a couple times a year and takes Nic's kids for a wagon ride. The wide front WD gets some very light work pulling a trailer for anything we need moved on the 4 acres! Both these had hard lives when on the farm. I had a chance to buy both of my Dads WD's several years after they left the farm. I did not have the foresight!:( The one 45 sat out all its life. One of my nephews called it the black tractor! You have a real workhorse all right! They just keep going, while the green machines are in the barn! Regards, Chris 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: garden_guy
Date Posted: 07 Jul 2020 at 9:47pm
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What kind of loader you got on there, a 445? Looks nice. |
Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2020 at 7:30am
| This is a New Idea loader, I believe 504B? The frame is a little longer giving more reach and you can access the filter a little easier because of the tower location. |
Posted By: cooz65
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2020 at 1:11pm
Do you have a bale spear in the bucket or just how are you lifting the bales? My father-in-law recently gave me a WD for doing some horse stuff and one of the things I want to be able to use it for is lifting and moving round bales. It came with a bucket (not sure of the brand but it's old and the framing for it is round) but it looks like your tractor has the setup I'd be after!
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allisbred wrote:Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 08 Jul 2020 at 7:36pm
| I will get you some pictures maybe tomorrow when I’m at that farm. It is a machined car axle (I believe 8 3/4” Mopar)bolted to a 3pt frame. My father made these up several years ago. Most of the ones I see, the shaft is too large and will not go in tight bales. We have another shorter one for silage bales, they are much more dense. The one on there now is about 2ft long and maybe a little more to support 4ft wide bales. I think you can just use the loader you have. We had a 445 AC loader on there at one time, just needed a little more reach to double stack bales. This loader has some slight advantages for him because you can see very nicely over the tractor. The top loader may be built a little stronger as we have never cracked it.The brackets are designed lighter for the under carriage on the NI and have wore these out several times over 40 years of hard use. |
Posted By: allisbred
Date Posted: 09 Jul 2020 at 4:47pm
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