CA vs B
Printed From: Unofficial Allis
Category: Allis Chalmers
Forum Name: Farm Equipment
Forum Description: everything about Allis-Chalmers farm equipment
URL: https://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42188
Printed Date: 30 Aug 2025 at 2:20am
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 11.10 - http://www.webwizforums.com
Topic: CA vs B
Posted By: R.W
Subject: CA vs B
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 5:43pm
| For one row cultivating? I know a B is a true one row tractor, but a CA is only 10 inches wider and has PAW wheels, snap coupler, 4 speed, hand clutch, WD hydraulics. Do you think a CA would work good for one row work? |
Replies:
Posted By: deereequipment1
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 7:07pm
|
obviously, you must be talking about a wide front CA.
A tricycle CA makes a REally nice 2 row tractor. I personally never have seen a wide front CA. Are there many out there? ------------- Raised on a CA,WD,D10 & D15. Now, proudly own and pull a WD45 high crop, WD45, WC, also own a D-10, D-12, G and a CA. |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 7:11pm
| All the CA's I've seen in this area are wide front. |
Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 7:12pm
|
I have one. I've seen more wide fronts than narrow. ------------- "Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford |
Posted By: deereequipment1
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 7:17pm
|
do the wide front axles adjust in and out, to compensate for the rear spin outs?
------------- Raised on a CA,WD,D10 & D15. Now, proudly own and pull a WD45 high crop, WD45, WC, also own a D-10, D-12, G and a CA. |
Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 7:19pm
|
Yes the wide fronts are adjustable. |
Posted By: HagerAC
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 7:40pm
|
CA is a sweet little tractor, much nicer than the B. 4 speed tranny and hand-clutch sure makes it handy, although I don't know how well it would work for a 1 row. Depends on the row width I guess. You would have to convert a 2 row into a 1 row, or make your own somehow. ------------- 30+ A-Cs ranging from a 1928 20-35, to a 1984 8070FWA, Gleaner R52 |
Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 7:50pm
|
HagerAC wrote:Posted By: pumpkinman
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 8:26pm
| Frist thing you would have to remove all snap coupler hitch mountings and draw bar to mount a one row [ B ] cultavtor on a [ C A ] and fabricate new mountings where the cultavtor frame mounts to the foot rest bar as the [C A ] is different there than a [ B ] and revamp the hdl. lift. yes the [ C A ] is a little nicer than a [ B ] BUT a [ B ] is a ONE ROW CULTAVTING TRACTOR ! |
Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 8:55pm
|
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 9:26pm
| whyt reinvent the wheel. the B is made for 1 row and has implements designed for 1 row work. you will need to custom make every thing for a CA to do one row .. iF YOU WANT A ca YOU MIGHT AS WELL CULTIVATE TWO ROWS. We always set our garden up to cultivate two rows when I was a kid. I t worked very well we also cross checket potatoe hills and cross cultivated them. A NF works best for row crop work. |
Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 9:39pm
|
No reason you can't use the CA, even a narrow front CA for a one row cultivating tractor. Just mount one side of the cultivator on the tractor and leave the other side in the barn. :)
------------- 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: Chalmersbob
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2011 at 9:53pm
|
the CA doesn't have as much clearance in the center of the tractor as the B has.
Just get a B and a CA. Sounds like a good reason to buy 2.
You can pull almost as much with a B as you can with a CA. I farmed 14 acres with a B for years. Now I have 1 acre and have 14 tractors. Bob
|
Posted By: TexasAllis
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 7:05am
| Get the CA, put on a three point and get a one row cultivator. |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 7:20am
|
Bob,
That's funny! I like your thinking. Sounds like me. 3.5 acres and dozen Tractors... LMAO! There's somethin' screwy here....
mailto:Steve@B&B - Steve@B&B
|
Posted By: pumpkinman
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 12:43pm
| R W - You are right . You only know your needs and wants. So far you have compared a wd-45 to ca and a ca to a B and continually state that you want to cultivate one row at time. You can use any tractor to due that from a simplicty walk be hind garden tractor to a D21 with a 20 ft. tool bar cultivator by oving or removing the shanks and spacing the rows right. |
Posted By: jhid
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 4:10pm
|
If you' not sure which one you really want, look for a CA or B and whatever comes up first in the condition you want grab it ------------- red and green are nice for christmas, but orange is all year round http://www.canadianantiquetractor.com/tractorforum/ |
Posted By: Robert Mull Georgia
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 4:43pm
| If you have a CA and the two row cult. for it why would you not use it as a two row. I had a CA and before I found the two row cult. for it I modified a cult that was made for a B and used it for one row. |
Posted By: Scott(SC)
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 5:29pm
| I would suggest a D10 with factory 3 point hitch. Best of both worlds. |
Posted By: R.W
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 6:22pm
| I have chose to buy a "B", I have compared it to my other options and seems like the only wise choice for what I am guna use it for. The D10 is NOT a option WAY too much $$$! |
Posted By: Charlie (NC)
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 8:39pm
| CA's were used one row down here in tobacco country. Tobacco rows are wide so the extra width didn't matter. There are one row cultivator frames for CA's. They are just like the ones for D 10's. |
Posted By: Charlie (NC)
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2011 at 8:41pm
| In fact I saw a CA set up for one row sittng in a salvage yard about 2 months ago, cultivator frames and all. Fortunately the guy had the good sense not to cut it up and had set it off to the side. Unfortunately for me things are financially tough these days and I was selling stuff I didn't want to part with. No way I could rescue the CA. |