[AT] Interesting AC-B

[Mogrits]

Farmer,

Apparently a lot of people shared your complaint about getting on and off
the B & C tractors. such that this is now widely available:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Allis-Chalmers-Tractor-Step-B-C-16-1-2-o-a-Length-5-Pad-Width-/400814329347?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5d52654e03

Mine has been apart so long that when I get it back together and running I
may need to buy one!

Warren

On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 7:43 PM, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 5:45 PM, <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > I don't think I've ever ran across a G in the wild either. Several B's,
> a C
> > or 2 and a few of the W series---and AC tractors here are a slightly more
> > common than hens teeth in these parts. It used to be easier to find a AC
> > pull type combine.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
>
> There used to be several G's around here. There was and still are a lot of
> truck patch farmers kind of in a circle around Indy and many of them used
> AC G's, B's and C's along with Farmall Cubs, B's and some Massey Harris or
> Ferguson Pony's etc. Deere L's and LA's were sort of common and some used
> JD H's and M / 40's etc. Lots of Ford N's and Ferguson's. I guess almost
> every brand had a tractor aimed at the vegetable producers. A lot depended
> on how many acres they were trying to raise. Right here about 25 miles
> south east of Indy there was very little tobacco grown but quite a bit was
> grown about 40 miles east or south of me. Most of those producers used
> pretty small tractors.
> I never owned or even drove an Allis B but I do have an Allis C that I have
> had for many many years. It's a little inconvenient to mount / dismount but
> once in the seat it is quite comfortable to drive. It has a piston and
> sleeve set in it that was supposed to bring it up to almost 30 HP. I helped
> the on/off thing a lot with a custom step. Most of the AC B's I see now
> have Woods mowers under them.
>
> --
> >
>
> Francis Robinson
> aka "farmer"
> Central Indiana USA
> robinson46176 at gmail.com
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