Bought my first Allis Chalmers in a while.
Printed From: Unofficial Allis
Category: Other Topics
Forum Name: Shops, Barns, Varmints, and Trucks
Forum Description: anything you want to talk about except politics
URL: https://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=186408
Printed Date: 22 Oct 2025 at 4:43am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 11.10 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: Bought my first Allis Chalmers in a while.
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Subject: Bought my first Allis Chalmers in a while.
Date Posted: 12 Feb 2022 at 9:55pm
|
The guy called and said the backhoe is mine. Tomorrow afternoon I’ll go put a battery and fresh gas in it and see if it will run? Been sitting less than a year. It will be nice if it will run and drive. It’s way down in there with a couple sharp switch backs. Not super steep but tight quarters. |
Replies:
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2022 at 12:25am
| good luck on your trip home...and if you find the front end is a little light, put sum dirt or gravel/rock in the front bucket, my backhoe was really light in the front, if it bounced you never knew where you'd be pointing when it came back down. sounds like a nice buy, we want pics! |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2022 at 6:49am
Not sure if I’m gonna road it home? It’s about 20 miles back roads to keep off main hiway and down a 6% Grade on the hiway. This route has about 8 miles of hiway but not main hiway and no trucks on this road. One back tire is suspect.? I’m hoping to just drive it up off of the property to the county road. Then maybe down 5 miles of county road to the main hiway and haul it from there. Hoping to pay my bosses son or someone to haul it from there. |
shameless dude wrote:Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2022 at 6:59am
| What model?? |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2022 at 7:14am
I600 gasser been sitting about a year. |
Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2022 at 8:33am
|
Good luck Thad! Those Arkansas switchbacks aren’t to be messed with. Might want to toss in a clean pair of undershorts with the battery and gas! Take some pics and no doubt here that you’ll get it running! ------------- D17 Series 1 Allis B- 1939 Allis B- 1945 |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2022 at 9:10am
Scott I’m gonna have Little Vernon drive it up out of there. I’ll have to drive the ole yeller Ford out. 
|
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2022 at 9:23am
|
Hope you have an easier time than we did.. Boy bought a CASE 530 setting for 10 years.. He was going to "DRIVE" it out... I went and looked and told him he was dreaming.. Took the hoe off back in the woods... Jacked up the bucket and blocked the cylinders. Made a hitch to bolt to the bucket. Pumped up the tires... and pulled it a mile thru the woods, down the hill, around the bend, thru the ditch, to get to the gravel road where i parked the trailer............ Took an old FORD axle and mounted it to the hoe a month later. Boom was straight OUT. Made a hitch to bolt to the bucket and pulled it out like a trailer.. GOOD LUCK !!  ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2022 at 3:36pm
|
Worked on it a half a day and have it running and driving well. One back tire is suspect or I’d drive it home. I can drive it to the main road no problem. |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2022 at 3:43pm
 ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2022 at 6:41pm
|
Well,,,HOOORAY,,,three times,,,!!! I just knew you was gonna luck out on getting it running before the day is out,,,, 3-4 cans of Walmart stop leak shoould do the trick on that ta'ar,,,,you don't want to leave it out afetr dark after you done got it running,,,,,, 'Course ,,you know we are wanting lots of pics,,,,,,
|
Posted By: Walker
Date Posted: 13 Feb 2022 at 7:59pm
|
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 14 Feb 2022 at 7:56am
|
Joe I sent you a video of the initial start up. You can hear it trying to hit on the 4 th cylinder. After a couple minutes it cleared right up. Ran amazingly well for sitting and not cleaning the carb. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2022 at 6:23pm
|
Got the ole backhoe home safe and sound. She drove out under her own power. Had to back out the first section to the first switch back and was able to drive the rest of the way. I have a couple pics if somebody wants to post them. I can’t from my iPhone. |
Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2022 at 6:48pm
|
Hey Thad,,I just seen the video you sent and do believe you lucked out bIG TIME on that tractor,,,!! No smoke out the exhaust,,,that right there is a Big Plus for sure!! Waiting on someone to post them pics for you,,,,,,you just as well take some more pics while you at it,,,,,
 |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2022 at 6:55pm
|
Thad, send me the pictures and I'll see what I can do. Congratulations on your purchase. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2022 at 7:12pm
Thank you Hubert. I owe you my friend. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2022 at 8:01pm
Here you go, Thad.   ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2022 at 8:19pm
|
Nice!! ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 15 Feb 2022 at 8:43pm
| Thank you Hubert |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2022 at 5:08am
|
First order of business will be a tuneup kit next will be fluid change then throw away the plastic boat seats and wooden blocks under them. The previous owner must of been a short heller. Makes it very hard for my arthritic old self to get on and off. Any suggestions for simple durable seats? I have one extra WD type pan seat. |
Posted By: Scott B
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2022 at 6:22pm
|
That’s nice and certainly takes up all of that trailer! Don’t envy the switchback experience heading home! ------------- D17 Series 1 Allis B- 1939 Allis B- 1945 |
Posted By: Codger
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2022 at 6:32pm
|
That's the first A-C backhoe I've seen in a long time. Used one both digging and shutting graves, (human) at a cemetery I worked during the high school years. Most of their grounds equipment at the time was A-C. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 19 Feb 2022 at 7:20pm
|
seats ??? man you can't possibly be able to sit down with that golden horseshoe stuck you know where !!! That is a real nice new toy !!! Butt..... I kind like the little crawler,looks like a fun toy as well.... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2022 at 5:28am
Jay that crawler is the real Golden Horseshoe. My wife paid for it. 1937 m. It’s actually in very good condition. I intend to hear it run this spring. |