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Topic: History of this forum
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Subject: History of this forum
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2011 at 11:15pm
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Bill Long's Birthday posts got me thinking. I found this forum in 2005 and have been hooked ever since.Consider you all family (Good and bad just like any family)Was just wondering and thought I would throw this out there.
When did the old forum start? How long have you guys been on here? Who would have posted first post? (Other than host,, Darrin?) How did this Unofficial A/C Forum get started? Lots of people have come and gone in the short 5-6 years I have been here.Maybe they still browse Dairyfarmer,Gloria,Brian Aus.etc,etc. Lost a few also, Barb and Rich come to mind first. Looking to the future was wondering if there are long term plans for this forum.Would hate to think it would ever end. Finally I would ask that if possible donate some money to Darrin.Donate Button is above and I am sure with the tornado in Joplin and the cost of business constantly going up Darrin could use all the help he can get.Amount of money is not important.If we would all give a little it would help and insure the greatest website on the internet will survive. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year my ORANGE loving friends ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
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Posted By: Rogers
Date Posted: 12 Dec 2011 at 11:26pm
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I found it about 2003 when I was looking for parts for a tractor I was restoring. I have been around ever since. It is a great site! I appreciate all Darin has done to allow us to have the forum. I agree with the donate button. It is well worth a little just to have this great site! ------------- Think for yourself and be your own expert. Be willing to change your mind; however, willingness to change your mind doesn’t mean that you will. Blindly following any path is the pinnacle of insanity. |
Posted By: Matt (NEIA)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 4:32am
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Been here since 2003 ish, found it in High School while looking for info on my WD45. Even managed to get in trouble with this website while in high school, does the name $hit hauler come to mind anyone? There was somebody with that name on the forum around that time and some people were on a bandwagon about making him getting rid of his name. Wasn't me but i accidently left the browser up during study hall and my buddies had some fun adding fuel to the fire so to speak but they were a little aggressive about it lol . Somebody on the website even traced the dang posts to our high school! Good times lol ------------- 1955 WD-45 with factory PS |
Posted By: Bob D. (La)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 4:36am
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If my memory serves me correct, I first found it in them mid 90's looking for information and parts for a 47 WC I had purchased. It's been home ever since. I am now on my 4th computer just so I can get my daily fix. LOL. Of course that WC is now the Mother of 24 more AC's, but three of them are strictly parts.
Forgot to mention, Thank you Darrin for all you've given us. We would all be lost without this site. ------------- When you find yourself in a hole,PUT DOWN THE SHOVEL!!! |
Posted By: rickwsomd
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 4:55am
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I started on here in the early to mid 90's as well. I was looking for any information on Allis-Chalmers as I had purchased a B a few years before. Have met some great people through this site and have also picked up 7 more AC's. Time sure flys when your having fun. Take Care, Rick W. ------------- Rick W.(So.MD) |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 4:56am
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A LONG time Pat!
I think I have been a member, since at least 1999, with the same name, Don(MI).
Met some really, really great folks and enthusiast from this site!
Edited to say, that I miss Barb too. She would always leave a hand written message, on my invoice with whatever I ordered from them, thanking me for doing business with them. Treated me like I was family! ------------- Galatians 5:22-24 "I got a pig at home in a pen and corn to feed him on, All I need is a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone!" |
Posted By: Mnfarmboy
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 5:12am
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I joined in 2009, keeps me in touch with growing up on the farm and all the days I spent on the wd 45 cultivating corn and beans. Dave
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Posted By: Larry(OH)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 5:17am
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Sometime in the mid 90's. I was building my WC puller and looing for help on the step down and was pointed to Barney Taylor. I too need my daily(or several times a day) fix. My wife calls this my facebook!! ------------- '40 WC puller, '65 770 Ollie *ALLIS EXPRESS contact* I can explain it to you, BUT I cannot understand it for you!! |
Posted By: Calvin Schmidt
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 5:43am
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I've been here since 2000. I rarely miss a day. I've made some good friends with people who I first met on this forum. It truly is a big family. It took a little while to get used to, but I like the new format a lot better now. ------------- Nothing is impossible if it is properly financed |
Posted By: scott
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 6:13am
| After the fact, do you guys think splitting the old forum up into smaller sections was a good idea or not? |
Posted By: David(Stockbridge)MI
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 6:15am
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I Have CRS, but sometime in late 90's and visit a couple times a day, early morning and again before I close up shop for the day. Made some good friends and customers along the way. Case in piont... Met DON(MI) last weekend and bought some parts and sold a few parts. all is good. David http://www.djstractorparts.com - www.djstractorparts.com ------------- All "NEW" Web Site http://www.djstractorparts.com 2035,A,U,UC,WF unstyled,WF styled,WC High Crop (cane),RC,B,IB,C,CA,WD,WD45,G,D10,D12,D14,D15,D15 II,D17,D19,WC styled,WC unstyled H3 crawler |
Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 6:27am
| I came here in the fall of 1999 and was under the impression it was a couple years old then? Ted Buisker has been on here almost from day one I believe? Maybe he will know for sure. |
Posted By: WEL(IN&TN)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 6:27am
| Liked the old format better. I have never gotton used to this new one. |
Posted By: DarrylinWA
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 6:34am
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I found this in early 2002 when I bought my first D 21 . KevininWA (Kevin TeVelde) told me about it and have been hooked (More like addicted) ever since. I have bought alot from people on here, sold alot and have had dinner with alot of people all over the country on here. I have made some priceless friends on here and have laughed, cried and prayed for alot of folks on here. When I lost my Dad in july of 2004, and when I told you about our sons Noah brain surgery in 2009, I really saw what a GREAT family I am blessed with on here. I got emails and phone calls from people that I did not even know that said they are praying for us or just words of encouragement. No matter how much I love ORANGE, it is more than the tractors that bring all you folks together. Thanks to Drrin and all the others that make this site the BEST on the planet. Take care, Darryl ------------- B 10 Custom. Serial # 1001 D21, First D21 built 69 #4498 and Last D 21 Built #4609. 1946 MM UTU. And 2000, 2005 Pete's. AC custom Hauling. |
Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 6:36am
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I found this great site back in 2000 or 01 but I just watched for years, I think my first post was in 2004 or 05. Back then a post might sit there for a day or two. ------------- 3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep. |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 6:46am
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I remember those days too Don! Now I can't even keep up with 1/2 days posts! Heck, overnight we gain a page! haha ------------- Galatians 5:22-24 "I got a pig at home in a pen and corn to feed him on, All I need is a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone!" |
Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 7:13am
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Been here since 1998. ------------- Thanks & God Bless Dennis |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 7:13am
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Don't remember when I was first on here. Must have been 1999 give or take. Wish I had a dollar for every minute people have spent on this site since the beginning. :) ------------- http://www.ae-ta.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.ae-ta.com Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 7:19am
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I'm thinking 95 or 96 when I got my first AC, my D14. Lotta good folks have come and gone, but there is always a great bunch of folks here.
The old forum was nice, but it got antiquated and needed updating. Once you get the hang of the new one it's great, except if you don't visit twice a day, minimum, you miss a bunch of posts if you don't read back 2 or 3 pages!!!
Darin has always done a wonderful job, and deserves everyones business. Now that it's Christmas time, be sure to stop by 3000toys.com and pick something up! ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 7:20am
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I got started a year and a half ago. I was web surfing and just looking for Allis stuff. Started reading and am amazed at all of the FAMILY on here and how the ideals that made this country are alive and well on this site. The wealth of knowledge on this site is priceless for sure!! That 'helping hands' approach to everything. God Bless ALL of you and Merry Christmas.
Thank you SO much Darrin!! PS I like that idea of (LarryOH)s this is our facebook!! LOL ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: WD45
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 7:25am
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I have been on the forum since the early 2000's.
I miss our friend Jim Rose who passed away a few years ago
with cancer. Cathy and I met Jim and Cheta at their farm in N. Carolina 2006.
Everyone have a Merry Christmas and wish you all good health in the coming year. ------------- Fred Dunlop, G,B,CA, WC,WF, 3 WD45`s,gas, diesel and LP,U,D10 series III, D12,D14,D15 SERIES II,D17 Series IV in Gas and Diesel ,D19 GAS and D21,170 185,210 ,220 an I-600 8070 fwd, 716H and 1920H |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 7:34am
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I don't know when I stumbled across this forum, I think sometime before 2001, and I know before 2003. If anybody can nail it down closer I'd appreciate it. Brian the Aussie and Barb were among the first to make me feel welcome. As far as the old v new format.......hard to say as both have their pro's and con's....'fraid we can't have it all. ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 7:39am
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I believe I found this wonderful place sometime in the late '90's. Don't post that much but read it every day. Yes, there are a few that made daily postings that don't post as much anymore. But, glad to see all the new talent too.
Thanks, Darrin.
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Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 7:49am
| I came on board in the 90's sometime, had a few lapses during times when computer was down. I've done some business with a few folks on here that without the forum, never would have happened. When my teen-aged daughter (who occasionally gets a little flack for always being on facebook) took a look at this forum one night, Her remark was: "Well Dad, this is just a facebook for Allis nuts!" Eldon has been on here as long as I can remember. Darrel |
Posted By: gary ny
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 8:09am
| I think around 1999 or 2000 .I don't get on much any more |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:12am
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I found this site in 2000. So who was first to post? ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: JK in Pa
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:30am
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Ted would probably know for sure. When I found it around maybe 1994 it wasn't called The Forum. Can't remember the name. There were about 8 "members" with possibly 3-4 posts a day-sometimes none. Most were farmers. I bought a 45 crankshaft and camshaft off a Kevin Paul that I met on here in 1995. I believe he has passed away. I was hooked from day one, my wife will atest to this! It is shocking to see how it has grown and we all owe a Big THANK YOU to Darren. |
Posted By: Unit3
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:30am
| We got the internet in our home before 2000. I couldn't have been to much after that I typed in Allis Chalmers. There have been many funny stories posted. I has helped me find the most unfindable parts. I have seen fence line finds to the fully restored. A baby deer that was white as new snow. I have seen pretty girls in swim suits. Been given a ride in a P51 Mustang and shown a two legged horse. I have seen or will see anything and everything that AC put orange on. Best of all, it has shown me alot of really good people. Thank you for this site. |
Posted By: Jeff Z. NY
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:35am
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"When did the old forum start"? Once upon a time a long long time ago in a land far far away............................................................... ------------- I Love Meatballs and Dumplings on Toast with Gravy and Rosemary and ??? {Open For Suggestions} |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:43am
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Think I started about 1999 or 2000. Have met some very fine people through this Forum. As it has been said before it is like a family on here. Old goats like me don't take to change very well but once I got used to the new format I like it better. Still miss Barb and Rich on here. Also miss others who no longer post on here for whatever reason. Thank you, Darin, for hosting this great site. Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year to all. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Brian G. NY
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:45am
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I got my first computer in Feb of '99 and this was one of my first discoveries; its been in my "favorites" ever since!
It was quite active then but it has grown tremendously since then.
A wonderful site with a great bunch of people and hardly ever any bickering or
meanness!
Merry Christmas to you all!
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Posted By: Jeff Z. NY
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:45am
Don't know when it was created but this is where it was.
 ------------- I Love Meatballs and Dumplings on Toast with Gravy and Rosemary and ??? {Open For Suggestions} |
Posted By: Rich(CentWI)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:49am
| I found this site in the late 1990's when I started restoring my WD. It has been a big help. |
Posted By: Nathan (SD)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:50am
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Harrell Sellers might have been the first to post. When I got on in 95( before it even had the allischalmers.com web address) there were like 12 posts per day. Harrell would be good for 4 or 5 responses. He referred everyone to Wayne Dodge or the AGCO dealer in Bryant SD. All three are long gone.
Ted B. was a early one and also F. Wilke. I know I saw a story about Eldons family in Successful Farming, and is was about that time he started posting here.
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Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 10:02am
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I found this site in about '98 or '99, and have been part of this "great family" ever since. I have made some great friends thru this site- some I have met personally and others I haven't. Some have even come and stayed for a while!! Learned a lot of new things, too, even some I didn't need to know!!LOL Thanks, Darrin for the greatest site on the net. |
Posted By: DanD
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 10:10am
| I've been coming here since the 1990's. I can remember logging on from the computer lab at the University and I graduated in 1999. I can remember when you had to go to Darin's website, (was it dstratton.com?) and then enter the discussion group. It wasn't allischalmers.com until later. |
Posted By: Eldon (WA)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 10:11am
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I think I came on in 98....using a WebTV browser in a condo in Bend Oregon. I was looking for information on a C that a friend was looking at buying. Turned out it had a B front end on it....hate to think how many hours I have spent here, a day without the forum is a rare and lonely day! Met a lot of people and learned more than I will ever remember! Went from two D19TD and a D17 to over 80 tractors and probably that many implements, tons of parts and literature in that time period. I wonder what the next 13 years will bring??? ------------- ALLIS EXPRESS! This year: |
Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 10:14am
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I never knew this site has been around so long! Before I was even born (1997)!
There are a great bunch of people here, and I hate to go a day without checking out "The Forum".
Keep up the good work Darin!
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Posted By: Rfdeere
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 10:16am
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I know I am addicted to this place ! Lots of good folks on here. Have had the pleasure of meeting several face to face, even if I don't remember everyone's name. LoL ! Ohh, his name is spelled Darin, D-a-r-i-n, Darin. HaHa.------------- Randy Freshour,Member Indiana AC Partners, http://www.rumelyallis.com" rel="nofollow - http://www.rumelyallis.com |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 10:16am
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Wow, Eldon, I am thinking you will either have your own dealership in the next 13 years, or the state of WA will be going down in elevation by 1 ft., with the weight of all the orange out there! lol just kiddin! ------------- Galatians 5:22-24 "I got a pig at home in a pen and corn to feed him on, All I need is a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone!" |
Posted By: JimD
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 10:35am
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Think I came along about 99 or 2000. We started the business in 2001 so that sounds about right. I'm on here a couple of times a day, but don't post as much. JimD ------------- Owner of http://www.OKtractor.com" rel="nofollow - OKtractor.com PM for an instant response on parts. Open M-F 9-6 Central. We have new and used parts. 877-378-6543 |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 10:44am
Nathan, Did Harrell pass? I got a loader from him once. Drove up there on the way home from KCMO. He sure was a nice guy, and I really liked his stories. He was the first to write about ACE that I ever saw.
Allis Chalmers Enthusiast(ACE) ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Nathan (SD) wrote:Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 10:44am
| I can recall my first day here as vividly as the day and where I was when JFK was shot. I had landed in Watertown, NY in 2004 in the dead of winter with my Lear 31A. We were 'holed up there' for days awaiting the next trip. I found this site and saw a CA with L306 for sale. I called Don Jr. that day and the first days I had off I went and met Don and bought it. I can't imagine life without this place! Thank you Darin! |
Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 10:47am
Your post reminded me that when I got my first computer at work that was on-line in the fall of 99 the 'puter guru said you have the internet now. I said, So? what do I do with that? She said to Email to which I again said so what? She then turned on the browser and looking at the wall of my office there was, and still is a picture of our 38A. So she punched in Allis Chalmers and did a couple other things and right in front of me was the original page, and here I have been since. How many besides me can say the very first internet site they ever looked at was this one??? LOL I also remember asking her why the pointer thing changed to a finger, LOL and I discovered links.
I think my very first post was looking for headgaskets for that tractor?
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Posted By: GlenninPA
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 1:27pm
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Been here for a long long time.... Found the place when my wife had gone back to school to get her teaching degree in the 1990's. I would drive her to night class, then sit in the computer lab while she was in class. I found YTMag first, then this site soon after. Then, Kim kicked me off YTMag for directing people over here, and for linking posts here back to the Photo galley over there.... (uh, and for some unkind things that happened in the middle, etc, etc, but I'v grown up a little since then... LOL) Remember when the MATCH Code went in over there, and we had a choice to view Activity Threads Collapsed or Threads Expanded? And that was Series III..... Remember when the Chat Room actually worked? How about when the Image Archive was started and only had about a dozen pictures in it? Ah, the good old days..... ------------- Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. From listening comes wisdom and from speaking comes repentance. Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise. |
Posted By: mtanut
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 2:04pm
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I hit here I think around 2000 under another handle. Good info, even had a dude from minn at my house one night I met here. The chat room used to be a riot, busting each others butts. I left for awhile because I got burned out with the pooter, but it was nice to settle back in to checking the forum daily. Thanks Darrin for the work you do keeping this going. ------------- I have a 185 Allis, 6060 Allis, Model K gleaner, SMTA ferg 35, ferg 20 (paps first tractor, Allis B (wife's)John Deere 240 skid loader and a bunch of the usual farm stuff. |
Posted By: AaronH
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 2:09pm
| Got a computer in fall of '99, been shortly after that. |
Posted By: John (C-IL)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 2:13pm
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I showed up around 1999 when we got internet service on the farm. First it was YT and then someone made the comment that "this ain't nothin", you should go to Allis Chalmers.com" so here I am. I used the internet to promote our show in Penfield for 2001 and met Jack Gustafson, Norm Meinert, Ted Buisker Dale Haymaker and Butch Cherrington. That show was my first contact with Norm Swinford who I invited down to sell his books. Witnessing Norm's skill as a saleman and promoter was a revelation for me. Plus a whole bunch of like minded individuals and was invited to the 2002 GOTO where I met Allen Dilg and his crew and it's been down hill ever since! I can't begin to name the friendships that have begun because of this site and would feel bad if I left someone out. I do miss the chat room though. I remember one early session where we joking around amongst ourselves and someone asked if we knew each other. The answer was simple, most of us had met each other in person and thus were able to share a laugh just by mentioning a person or incident like: "I aint hugging Fred!". You had to be there, but that moment in time is priceless as is this forum.
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Posted By: Kip-Utah
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 3:55pm
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I first started coming here in 2000 shortly after I bought my first A-C, a 1950 C wide front. I've been an occasional poster for about the last ten years or so, but seldom miss a day checking in. When Dad calls and asks did you see such & such on the web site, I never have to ask, "which web site?" Kip ------------- HANSEN'S OLD ORANGE IRON. Showing, Pulling, & Going!! |
Posted By: TedBuiskerN.IL.
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 4:01pm
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Been here since about 95, before it was allischalmers.com. I think it was 3000 toys back then. At one time I was one of the more knowledgeable question answerers on here, but there are a lot more knowledgeable people on here now. I kind of stick with plows now, as they are kind of a specialty with me. ------------- Most problems can be solved with the proper application of high explosives. |
Posted By: TedBuiskerN.IL.
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 4:02pm
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Oh, by the way, Thanks Darin for lots of memories and shared information. ------------- Most problems can be solved with the proper application of high explosives. |
Posted By: Brian G. NY
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 4:10pm
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Hey Ted,
When I first came here in early '99, I was also one of the more knowledgable guys.
Seems like I got a lot dumber in 12 years.
Actually, we've gotten a lot of really knowledgable guys on here since then and I've
learned much, much more about A-C than I could have had I not spent time here.
Thank you Darin and all the rest of you; its been a lot of fun.
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Posted By: cwhit
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 4:24pm
| Around 98 or 99 for me. Never even tried to post for several years . Had dial up service and it was so slow that I wouldn't even try to look at pictures. Wow, things have really changed. A huge thanks to Darrin and everyone else that have shared their knowledge . |
Posted By: SteveC(NS)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 4:54pm
| I musta found this "Haven" back in '00-01' when I got my first "B" it's always been a "second home" to me. |
Posted By: caRon
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 5:00pm
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I was looking for my first tractor back in 1998 and came across the old forum. I wanted a smaller antique tractor with live power and enough horse power to use a loader, under 2,000 bucks. I got married and bought my first AC in 1999, A 54 wd45 wide front with a Kelly loader. Currently collecting ca tractors and implements. After getting use to the new forum there's no comparison to the old, except for the politics section. What a waste of good tractor space! ------------- CA Tractor |
Posted By: Thad in AR.
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 7:27pm
| The first words I ever typed on a computer were http://www.allischalmers.com - www.allischalmers.com and it brought me here. I didn't know how forums worked. I was very nervous making my first post. I went here every day for probably 6 months before I ever looked at anything else on the computer. It was 2006 or 2007. I can't believe how much I've learned and how many parts I've found. I've met a few members and they didn't look like what I thought they would. I still have visons of what some look like but I'm probably not even close. Thanks Darrin for a great site. Barb sent me an email telling me how to post pics on the old forum. I saved that email until we got the new forum and now I have a saved post from Glen on how to post pics on this forum. I'm still not much of a hand on the computer but I sure can waste a lot of time on here. Does anyone still check out the old one? |
Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 7:50pm
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Mid -90's for me, it was the great 3000 toys days, seems so long ago. Have learned much here, taught a small thing or two, met some really great people who have either gone to greater glory or just moved on in life. Thankful to all who remain and happy to check in every time I can. Thanks Darrin!
------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB |
Posted By: clint
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 8:18pm
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since the fall of 98, when i started college and used the comp in the library. ------------- Our farms stuff: agco gt55, AA 8775, 8765, 6080, 185, 180, 175, 170, d15, d14, d14, wd, wd, wd, g, F3, L3, R62 |
Posted By: David Maddux
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 8:21pm
| It must have been around 2000 for me also, I had just bought this place where I live now, and my first AC tractor, my 1960 black bar d-14. I remembering going to tractor shows and people introducing themselves from the forum. I have traveled quite a distance since then. Dave. |
Posted By: Darrell G (MN)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 8:35pm
| I came here in the later nintys however I cant remember when, If Ted said it was 3000 toys, thats before my time, I remember fondly the chat room and lots of good time meeting members of this forum. I have been in all but two of the continential US States in the last 15 years hauling old equipment and have met many of you. Thanks Darin for all the hard work put into this forum. |
Posted By: Auntwayne
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 8:45pm
| I have visited this forum for untold amount of years searching for an answer to this or that, never realizing how great the pool of knowledge really was. This spring,( not knowing Ryan was a member) we were talking Orange, and, we both were talking about something that we had read on the Forum. I guess one thing led to another, and, he suggested that I should join. Best site that I have ever visited, so easy to navigate. I can not believe other sites have not copied this one. THANKS DARIN |
Posted By: DREAM
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:02pm
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Think it was 2007 or 8. Not sure now. Can't imagine a time when I didn't come on here. It's just part of my routine. I don't feel right if I don't at least come on and browse a little before bed. Sometimes I even get in a mood to be "talkative", and that usually is good for a laugh at my expense. I'm really good at typing before thinking. LOL!
Thanks so much for all the hard work Darin. This is the best site in the known universe! ------------- I didn't do it! It was a short, fat, tall, skinny guy that looked like me! |
Posted By: Coke-in-MN
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:15pm
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I am unsure when I first posted on here somewhere around 97 or 98 I believe, use to be the 20 pages and you would come back and see there might be one post since the last time you checked ,
Slowly it has grown and more and more individuals have posted to now the topics move fast and you have to check often or your lost .
The new site sure helps with the different sections and the fact of members posting, then spam wasn't that much of a problem and the form was open , then the match code cam into being to control spam , and now this site ,
Over the years it has been a great site and I appreciate all the effort that has went into keeping it up and running and for all the great people who share their information.
------------- Life lesson: If you’re being chased by a lion, you’re on a horse, to the left of you is a giraffe and on the right is a unicorn, what do you do? You stop drinking and get off the carousel. |
Posted By: m16ty
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:22pm
I don't know how long I've been coming here but I remember that old website. I was around many years ago but took a break for a few years. Now I'm back. |
Posted By: RichinWis
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 9:51pm
| Started in 1996 I belive when my second Ex wife told me I should learn how to navigate around a computer, while I was healing from hernia surgery, and boy I sure learned how to navigate to all the tractor sites, but most of all this one. Thanks Darrin. |
Posted By: Dennis (WI)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 10:49pm
| This is a response I got from Darrin awhile back: I think I started this site in 1996 or 97. It wasn't until 1998 that I picked up the Allis-Chalmers.com domain name. I started it without any great expectations of wealth or fame, and that has all been full-filled (LOL). I have always been surprised by the virtual community that has sprung up around the forum. There are several other things I would like to develope on this site but I just never have the time. One a side note, I was going to register Farmall.com while it was available, but I waited a few days too many and someone else picked it up. |
Posted By: Dipstick In
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 10:58pm
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I started on YT probably ten years or so ago, then found this forum after 2-3 years. Used both of them for quite awhile and never posted. I was like Thad in Ark. I was scared to, and 'sides didn't know how. Came to this one 11 Sept. 99, and was sorta suprised to see 6399 members on here now. I think I was in the first hundred when this forum started, and the old one was closed. ------------- You don't really have to be smart if you know who is! |
Posted By: Wendell(OK/TX)
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2011 at 11:20pm
| Found this in the fall of 1999. Had moved the family from Dallas to Oklahoma to help take care of my parents and needed parts/information. Dad still had most of the answers but I usually thought of the questions on shift which means at night and I couldn't just call him at 2 am. Was MUCH easier to stay caught up on the forum back then. Saw a lot more of Ted and that bunch on here then too. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2011 at 12:21am
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I don't remember when I found it, several years before the new site for sure. As with all new stuff, I wasn't real happy with the change but other then the ease of posting pics on the old one (thanks to Barb), I would hate to go back. Still can't seem to learn to post from my Mac to this site, tried many times and have given up for now. I really like the divisions, It seems like we do a fairly good job of following the rules. I mostly stay off the political site, too hard on this Lilly liveried, bleeding heart liberal's blood pressure! Thanks to UA, I've traded with KenTX, rhubarb for tomatoes, heard of and attended Hutch and found a few tractors, not too far away from home I wouldn't have found otherwise. THANKS TO DARIN FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT HE'S PUT IN OVER THE YEARS!!!!! ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: blidtke
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2011 at 6:50am
| Found this site around 2000 when i was getting out of farming and looking for a place to sell a couple of tractors. I don't post very often but check things out a couple times a day as I still have a 190xt. I seem to learn something all the time. By the way I did get my 7040 & other 190 sold. |
Posted By: Mike R. in Maine
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2011 at 8:33am
| It was 1999 for me, I was still in the Marines and had come back from a cruise and bought my first Allis. It was a CA that had a knock, the knock ended up being the crank broken in two and although it still ran, the two ends were all bruised from hitting each Other. Like Darrell, I remember the chat room was a new thing to me and I had a blast chatting with DG, Farmgal, Butch ,Okie etc. I've taken to the changes but still miss the old. When I moved back home from N.C. I brought back 11 tractors and have another couple dozen. Now I manage a Massey / AGCO dealership and get all my parts at cost....how nice is that. Merry Christmas to all members and especially Darin Mike |
Posted By: SteveMaskey(MO)
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2011 at 8:46am
| It was 1998 for me. We finally got the internet in town and ran a search for Allis Chalmers and found it. I don't post much but check in almost every day. |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2011 at 12:42pm
That brought back a memory. I remember when Darin asked us which we preferred; AllisChalmers or Allis-Chalmers, because he was getting ready to change the name.
I voted for AllisChalmers!!!
Seems like forever ago now! ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: David (in Mi.)
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 1:02am
| I found it when i was restoring my dad's 45 diesel a few years back, i don't post often, only when i know what i am talking about. I farm 1200 acres , try to read daily, can't always get to it, also a mechanic, so some of this stuff is really good and some of it really bad. I have seen people come and go, some get mad easy, some have more to say then should, and lots of people on here are great help. I like reading most post, have had thoughts that i have not posted and always try to be respectably to everone else on the form. I want to thank Darin for this forum and keep up the good work. |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 7:08am
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I to stumbled onto this site around 1999-2000 when I first purchased "Alice" my Model B. Been here ever since trying to help folks out with mechanical and especially electrical problems. Also met a lot of great folks at shows from this forum! I do remember, when I started building the wiring systems for the AC Tractors, that Dave Maddux was one of our first customer's to buy a system. A perfect example of one of the great folks I've met through this site, and still happy to say he's still one of our customer's! JoAnna and I have big plans this year to get the Custom Circuits website going, along with getting back on board here with Darin to support this great site he created! Thank You Darin! You da' man!! We'll be back in 2012 with our new address and new shop!
mailto:Steve@B&B - Steve@B&B
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Posted By: wdforty5
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 9:02pm
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Joined the forum back in 1968. Course back then we would all mail letters in, then the pile would be sent from member to member with new comments being added along the way.
:)
This is a great site! Only been on here a few months and have learned volumes!
Thanks to Darin for a place to be Orange!
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Posted By: AllisChalmers37
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 9:19pm
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I started a little over a year ago when I was restoring my 1937 WC. Joining this site was one of the best decisions I've made. ------------- 1937 WC, 1950 CA, 1959 D14, 1967 190XT, 2006 Ram 3500 |
Posted By: WC7610
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 9:33pm
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about '97. Purchased WC#7610 Thru a forum member. ------------- Thanks Most Bad Government has grown out of Too Much Government- Thomas Jefferson |
Posted By: Dale H. ECIL
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 9:48pm
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I have been here since 1996 or 1997, had one collector tractor, my Dad's 1955 WD45 that he bought new, it has grown to close to 90 AC tractors now plus close to 150 AC implements. I do not post very much but get on here every morning and night to keep up with all the latest AC news. Thanks Darin for a great site. ------------- Allis Chalmers Museum, Paris, Il.http:// www.allischalmersmuseum.com 217-275-3428 |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 3:46pm
| Any one remember the pin map that was put together quite a few years ago that pointed out where everyone was located? It started out as an actual paper map that one of the forum members put pins into when ever a member told his location, and then someone put up a computer generated map that each member could put their own "cyber pin" onto to designate their location. Darrel |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 10:57pm
| 04-05? Like everything...longer than you realize. Lots and lots of GOOD people on here.Met several in person over the years and they always seem like an old friend!Great site!Daily doses except when work gets too busy.Hardly enough time to sleep then let alone cruise the net. |
Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2011 at 11:05am
I'd be content with a penny. Not sure when I first found this board, maybe 1996 or 97. The G was the featured model in '98, it had been 50 years since it's introduction. One of the GOTO's was at Marshalltown Iowa, and I think the other was at the Florida Fly Wheelers. I made the Marshalltown show and I think the Fly Wheelers also. I like the new format better. Dusty ------------- 917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express" |
Posted By: Terry GA
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2011 at 2:12pm
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I was on ytmag forum in early 2004 asking for a wide front for a WD and a nice guy named Tony (Tony & Barb) said he had one but said he knew a guy that had on closer to me and gave me Bob Houghs phone number.Gave him a call and bought the front end and he ask me if i was on the Allis site and i said no...so he said go to allischalmers.com and try it out.Said allot of good info on the site and he was right!Told me his handle was "Okieboy" and been here ever since.Do not post much anymore due to work etc...but always lurking.Was sad when I heard okie did the things he did to some on this site because he sure did help me several times when i would ask questions about certain WD problems.Keep up the good work Darrin. ------------- I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder. |
Posted By: Brian Ahart
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2011 at 3:00pm
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I found the forum around 1997. Reading some of the other posts brought back some memories. Some early names that come to mind are Harrell Sellers, Gordon Chance, and Ted Buisker. I was the first to post a picture back in 2000 when I bought a 1968 190XT Series II. Keep up the great work Darin... ------------- A-C Weight ID reference and other goodies at http://www.brianahart.net" rel="nofollow - brianahart.net |