[AT] potato planting

[Ron Cook]

When I moved to the acreage a few years back, I bought an AC "B" that 
was in top shape with a 72 inch Woods belly mower.  Darned nice outfit.  
Hydraulic lift, distributor ignition, 12 volt alternator, good lighting 
with near new rubber and all.  Well, I found out there is some 
difference in operating one at age 14 and at age 59. Somewhere in there 
Allis Chalmers sneaked in and made the thing hard to get on and off of.  
A friend is a big AC collector and he bought my B.  Still using it to 
mow the lawn and building site on his farm 10 years later.  Nice little 
outfit and not very expensive.  Wish I had not sold it.  It would have 
been a good outfit to equip for potato work.  However, I would not buy 
another because of the on-off issues.  Well.......price could enter in.

I used to drive an AC "B" to school instead of riding my bicycle. That 
one is still on the family farm with the middle mounted sickle mower 
still in use from time to time.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
On 4/17/2013 7:46 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> That is their major strength Al.  They are tough as nails
> and over powered for their size.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Al Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 8:28 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] potato planting
>
> Naw I'm good....used to have a neighbor that gardened with an Allis B.  He
> proved that they had it right when they designed the B.  It was well-run
> into the ground when he got it, I swear I don't know how it ran but it did!
>
> Al
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> Sent: Apr 17, 2013 7:27 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [AT] potato planting
>>
>> LOL,  Al, John, John, Al....... no problem.
>> We might have both made Al mad?
>> Once again I was attempting to "multi-task"
>> while handling my e-mail.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 10:05 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] potato planting
>>
>> This would be a great time for you to get mad at me Charlie, since you
>> thought it was Al that sent that last post instead of yours truly!
>>
>> John Hall
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: charlie hill
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:13 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] potato planting
>>
>> One more thing Al.  I actually spent a lot of time on A's, Super A's
>> and 140's as a child.  I like them.  I just love the AC stuff because
>> that is what we had on our place by circumstance and I grew up with
>> it.  My uncle that we farmed with and my grandfather on my mom's side
>> both ran IH stuff.   My grandfather never had anything but IH stuff.  He
>> had
>> an A, H and a Super M.  He had a PTO combine and a bailer that were IH
>> also.
>>
>> Charlie
>>