[AT] Allis Chalmers B-1 lawn tractor

[Larry D. Goss]

Hey, Cecil, my B7100 Kubota is rated at around 18 HP and I run a 50-inch
tiller on it.  Yes, I do go slowly, but I also end up turning sod into
seedbed in a single pass.  I took it over to the church this spring and
used the tiller as a scarifier to recondition a gravel driveway.  So I
know how stones will jolt you.

When I found this tiller, I knew I didn't want to buy it if it wouldn't
work on my tractor, so I loaded the Kubota up and visited with the PO.
We hooked it up and I took off through his garden patch where the corn
had just finished.  It tilled everything under.  The PO had been using
it on a Ford 800 and not been happy with its results.  He was darn near
in a state of shock to see how well it worked on my tractor.  I just put
the tractor on cruise control and let the tiller do its thing.

Larry

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Cecil E
Monson
Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2004 3:49 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Allis Chalmers B-1 lawn tractor

> Charlie; I'm with you on that horsepower being a misprint. 3 spindle,
60
> inch just don't fit with 7 1/4 hp, at any speed.
> C.H. Wendel says the AC B10 was the earliest, built through 1968 and
it used
> a 9 h.p. B&S. Wendel's book also pictures one of the B10's working
with a
> 32 inch roto-tiller. That too sounds like a mighty big load for a 9
h.p.
> engine, especially if the tiller is in the dirt.
> Maybe the h.p. ratings are different now than in the 60's. Gil


	I  also doubt that any 9 hp engine can handle a 32 inch
rototiller.
I just bought a 48" Kubota and it is rated 20 to 30 horsepower and even
then
I think the tractor had better be able to really creeeeeeep along. I'll
bet
the stones in our soil here really jolt a small tractor when you hit
them.

Cecil
-- 
The nicest thing about telling the truth is you never have to wonder
what you said.

Cecil E Monson
Lucille Hand-Monson
Mountainville, New York   Just a little east of the North Pole

Allis Chalmers tractors and equipment

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