[AT] Interesting AC-B

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If u wanna swap some parts let me know Warren
 
 
In a message dated 4/17/2015 6:54:22 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
mogrits at gmail.com writes:

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-Lengt
h-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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