Wisconsin engine on an All Crop?

   Allis Chalmers never put a Wisconsin on a All Crop. Now what the farmer did back in the day, who knows ?

We had a Case A6 with a Wisconsin motor on it. They also used 4 cyl Wisconsin motors on Case trenchers like the 30+4 and 40+4 so may be able to sell it for one of those.


Edited by Dean/MN - 21 Sep 2011 at 8:45am

Before automatic tiers came along, spent many a day(tying or blocking) on a wire tie Case or IH baler.  That Wisconsin baler motor governor would open up with every stock of the plunger.  We started the engine by one hand and one foot on the cast spokes of the 5' diameter baler flywheel.  I imagine they had a crank for it, but it was not visible.

The V-4 Wisconsin engine was an option on many brands of balers and other self powered implements like pull behind combines. Throughout the late 40s and through the 50s Wisconsin was unique for air cooled engines in using a Fairbanks-Morse external magneto with impulse start that made for better starting. The impulse start meant it didn't have to be spun to start, just roll it through a cycle to fill a cylinder with a combustible mixture and roll it through ignition and it was often running. The V-4 was liked by many and hated by many, probably because they didn't keep the magneto working well.

Wisconsin was happy to rebadge for sellers, my dad bought a one cylinder from Montgomery Ward in 1950 and built a garden tractor around it. It's tag says "Wards/Wisconsin" but has a standard Wisconsin engine model on it.

Wisconsin, like Allis, was careful to use the same parts on different products when possible, many a V-4 shared pistons and rods with single cylinder products.

Gerald J.

Those engines were used on a lot of balers including New Holland.  One thing you learned was to never shut them off once running unless there would be a 1/2 hour break or more--------they were next to impossible to start when hot.

Wisconsin engines were available with gear reductions, clutches, etc.,  like any other power unit.  I even pu one on an old Chevy Panel truck frame, and it was geared 2:1, just like low side on a 4 wheel drive.  It was our Ford/Ferguson around the farm, you know, gofor ____

 I HAVE PICS OF WISC. V-4,S ON AC COMBINES   CASE CORN PICKERS ETC. WAS ALL INSTALLED BY A LOCAL CASE DEALERSHIP  PAPEC CHOPPERS   ALL WERE USED BY THE AMISH TO MY KNOWLEDGE

  THE SECRET WHEN WE WERE USING THEM WAS SHUT THEM OFF BY FLOODING THEM WITH A MIXTURE OF HALF$ HALF OF GAS AND OIL  HELPED THE VAVES FROM STICKING AND IMPROVED STARTING WAS A RITUAL WHEN SHUTTING THE ENGINE DOWN  IN THE 40,S