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Oilfield A

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Topic: Oilfield A
Posted By: split51
Subject: Oilfield A
Date Posted: 03 Nov 2011 at 11:25pm
  I found an A today and was wondering what you guys think would be a reasonable price to offer.
   The engine is frozen.
     Does the oilfield assembly have much , if any value? I am not interested in it and would remove it and put the tractor back to normal.
 
  Below is an added bonus found. A minneapolis 17-30B
 
 
 


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1929 20-35 sn17662
B1 w/snow blade
B10 w/sickle mower
B110 w/mower deck
B110 w/tiller
B112 w/grader blade
B210 w/plo



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Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2011 at 7:11am
Very interesting find , I have never seen a muffler like the one on the A


Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2011 at 7:28am
As for back to normal ;Any pictures of radi top .I have seen a few or these with a small top tank like the 25-40 ,20-35  & e-60 power units tanks .Drum brakes,axles not same as A,over center clutches ,front axle ,etc. .The rear wheel bolt pattern is the same as a UC if back wheels are good .Most of time the oil pans are differant then the A tractor . Never the less they will make a cheap want to be A and makes for talk .Would take ALOT of parts to make it a NORMAL A again .Any parts missing off engine ? manifold any good ?
I would think junk price or a little more ,but I am not standing aside of it looking at it.
Good Luck


Posted By: D-allis Iowa
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2011 at 7:28am
nice find. someone would probably trade you a A for the oilfield. Seems a shame to dismantle the rig off of it as I am sure very few of them exist.


Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2011 at 9:48am
I'd be inclined to leave it as the oilfield service unit.  Far more interesting and rare than your standard A.  As to the Minnie, I saw your post on the Stak and it looks like that old Minnie hit that tree hard enough to bend it!!LOL.  I hope you get then both.


Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2011 at 10:59am
Cool! it might have the high speed road gear too! Years ago Dave Bowers found one of those and didn't know what to call it so he calls it a model UAW


Posted By: tractorchuckie
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2011 at 4:40pm
are the spoke rear wheels  stock? I don't think I've seen them on an A before.

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Posted By: norm[ind]
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2011 at 7:27pm
  we have a oil field WC in the barn  runs an for sle   serious buyers only  1-800-254-3116  not mine   [a friends]  runs good   all  tires good an  up with air  6volt also


Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2011 at 5:45am
These A-C oilfield tractors are Fred Cooper conversions. I have some info on them.

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Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2011 at 6:36am
Originally posted by tractorchuckie tractorchuckie wrote:

are the spoke rear wheels  stock? I don't think I've seen them on an A before.
It is  a Copper oil tractor .If you read what I said about the tractor ,when they changed the rear outer axle and put a drum bake on the axle ,they put a hub on the axle and used a wheel like a UC .I have got wheels off some of these units through the years to put on UC's because they did not fill the tires, these wheels stayed nice! Chuck you need to get  Terri to help you read .LOL  . Fred


Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2011 at 6:39am
Copper was like Thompson,they bought parts from AC and built Units and tractors from them ! You never know if you will ever see 2 of the same from these guys .


Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2011 at 6:47am
Originally posted by Fred in Pa Fred in Pa wrote:

[QUOTE=tractorchuckie] are the spoke rear wheels  stock? I don't think I've seen them on an A before.
It is  a Copper oil tractor .If you read what I said about the tractor ,when they changed the rear outer axle and put a drum bake on the axle ,they put a hub on the axle and used a wheel like a UC .I have got wheels off some of these units through the years to put on UC's because they did not fill the tires, these wheels stayed nice! Chuck you need to get  Terri to help you read .LOL  . Fred
BTW Chuck the check made ,can't wait to see Terri again .God bless her .LOL


Posted By: SteveMaskey(MO)
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2011 at 7:20pm
Butch, The one my brother and I have will run about 30 miles per hour. That is about 26 miles per hour faster than it needs to go.


Posted By: coop97
Date Posted: 05 Nov 2011 at 8:05pm
Split51 your inbox is full

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56 WD45 DSL,55 WD45 DSL,53 WD45,50 G,48 C,37 A,30 E 25-40,28 E 20-35,79 5030


Posted By: Tricky Dickie
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2011 at 1:58am
Looks like a great find! Would the heavy cable equipment come off to leave it as an oilfield tractor without the extra clutter, or would that defeat the object of the exercise? Either way, A's are great tractors in any shape or form! By the way, I think that the "silencer" is actually a spark arrester. 
 
Tricky Dickie


Posted By: split51
Date Posted: 06 Nov 2011 at 8:23am
Thanks for the info guys, I am going to try to make a deal on it next week
       
I fail to see what Norms WC for sale has anything to do with the A I found.
    Norm, please put it in the classifieds where it belongs.

Coop, sorry, I got some space now

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1929 20-35 sn17662
B1 w/snow blade
B10 w/sickle mower
B110 w/mower deck
B110 w/tiller
B112 w/grader blade
B210 w/plo



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