[AT] country disc well grounded

[william.neff.powell at comcast.net]

I found a similar one on my property and identified it as an Allis Chalmers, the little flakes of orange paint were a give away, but yours is a little different.. I see a little bit of green paint on your outer disk, but that could be a repaint....

Will
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Larry D Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
> I have seen that design before, Farmer, but it was a long time ago at some 
> place like Pioneer Village in Minden, Nebraska.  It's reminiscent of the 
> 50's era when both International Harvester and John Deere had elaborate 
> mechanisms on their tandem disks so they would turn corners without raising 
> a big berm at the end of the field.  We weren't hydraulically empowered 
> enough in those days to think in terms of mounting the whole disk on rubber 
> so you didn't have to worry about tearing up things as you turned or while 
> traveling between fields.
> 
> Larry
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Francis Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 10:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [AT] country disc well grounded
> 
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> >
> >
> > --On Sunday, January 06, 2008 9:54 PM -0600 oldiron62 at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >> ...................................................................
> >>
> >> I have a disc that needs identified like manufactured by who for what
> >> tractor. It looks like a cub disc in a way then in another way it looks
> >> odd.  Then it not having any R1 #s make me wonder just what it is.
> >> Here is link to a couple pictures of it if anyone cares to look.
> >> http://picasaweb.google.com/bellville1/OldDisk
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >
> >
> >
> > Yep, that is a disk alright.   :-)   First one I ever saw being chased by
> > a cow.   :-)   It sure has a busy hitch, more links than most. It looks to
> > be in pretty nice shape for one that old. I can honestly say that I have
> > never seen one just like it. I thought the little curved rails on the
> > outside ends of the back gangs for adjustment were kind of neat. Again
> > something I don't remember ever seeing. It doesn't look like one that was
> > made as cheap as possible like some of the little independent makers
> > sometimes did. No design shortcuts. Sorry I can't ID it but it is 
> > different
> > enough that surely someone here will know. Any little traces of paint?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "farmer"
> >
> >
> > Francis Robinson
> > Central Indiana, USA
> > Robinson at svs.net
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