Speed Maintainer VS Partol
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Topic: Speed Maintainer VS Partol
Posted By: AC WD45
Subject: Speed Maintainer VS Partol
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2011 at 5:08pm
What's the difference between the Speed Maintainer and W patrol? How many of each were built? Weight? Horse Power Specs? etc? Thanks.
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German Shepherd dad
1957 Allis Chalmers WD45
#WD234847
1951 Allis Chalmers WD
#WD88193
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Posted By: Rfdeere
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2011 at 6:26pm
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Bunch of Speed Maintainer info in this post: http://www.allischalmers.com/new/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=39863&KW=maintainer&title=dallis-picture-of-maintainernot-patrol - http://www.allischalmers.com/new/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=39863&KW=maintainer&title=dallis-picture-of-maintainernot-patrol
Post with an early W Speed Patrol here: http://www.allischalmers.com/new/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42591&KW=speed+patrol&title=pictures-of-my-wc-speed-patrol - http://www.allischalmers.com/new/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=42591&KW=speed+patrol&title=pictures-of-my-wc-speed-patrol
Patrols were built to 1950.
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Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 26 Dec 2011 at 7:07pm
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Patrol Maintainer
1940-1950 1938-1941
3751 built 411 built
The Maintainers were built in both styled and unstyled and they had a single front wheel. The Patrols had a frame extension on front with a wide axle. From 1940 - 1942 the Patrols were built in LaPorte and from 1945 - 1950 in Springfield, none were built in 1943 or 1944. The Patrol weighs about 5900 pounds.
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Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker
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Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 7:11am
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The Mainter turn's on dime,the W - Patrol takes a foot ball field to turn around.
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Posted By: AC WD45
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 9:10am
Why did they switch from the maintainer to the patrol? seems the maintainer was a better design?
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German Shepherd dad
1957 Allis Chalmers WD45
#WD234847
1951 Allis Chalmers WD
#WD88193
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Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 10:47am
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Maintainer is just what the name is Maintainer,used to Maintain the streets and road sides .
W-Patrol Grader ,The grader with being longer have more down pressure and you could grade with it . I will have to check my lit. but it tells how much down pressure you had to be able to cut grades .
Just one reason of going to W-Patrol .
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Posted By: AC WD45
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 11:52am
Oh. Seems they would have use the narrow front on the Patrol as well to be able to cut a tighter turn?
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German Shepherd dad
1957 Allis Chalmers WD45
#WD234847
1951 Allis Chalmers WD
#WD88193
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Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 3:47pm
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The longer wheelbase of the patrol will do a much better job of grading, look at any modern road grader- the long wheelbase bridges the humps and holes like a wood- plane also with the front axle out a ways it reduces side thrust of blade when blade is at a angle.I built a small grader using a WD, lengthened the frame about 4', it works great on my driveway!!
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Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 5:17pm
The Patrol could put 4700 pounds of down pressure on the blade.
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Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker
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Posted By: AC WD45
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 6:01pm
The question is, could it move while putting that much force on the blade? lol
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German Shepherd dad
1957 Allis Chalmers WD45
#WD234847
1951 Allis Chalmers WD
#WD88193
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Posted By: MNLonnie
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 6:17pm
That's easy. No.
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Waukesha B, B, IB, G, styled WF, D15, 615 backhoe, 2-Oliver OC3's, 4 Ford Model T's, 3 Model A Fords, AV8 Coupe, AV8 Roadster, 1933 Ford Wrecker
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Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 7:27pm
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AC WD45 ,You should just buy my 1947 W Patrol ,then you could play in the dirt with it .I have a W-Patrol that I will be selling some time but not right now.
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Posted By: AC WD45
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 7:32pm
Im sure your asking price is wayyyyy over my head!
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German Shepherd dad
1957 Allis Chalmers WD45
#WD234847
1951 Allis Chalmers WD
#WD88193
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Posted By: Ken(MI)
Date Posted: 27 Dec 2011 at 8:06pm
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I think the 4700 lb. number might be possible, but I would guess that traction would be severely compromised. My Patrol will move an amazing amount of ground, even with tired tires and an engine that's even further gone. She needs work, but if it gets restored, I won't want to use her, quite the quandry.....
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