[AT] Allis WD / WC cultivator fit question

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Ron Haskell
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On Wed, 7 Jan 2015 13:34:19 -0500 Indiana Robinson
<robinson46176 at gmail.com> writes:
> Thanks guys.
> Here is the link where I found a reference to parts existing to 
> convert the
> WD cultivators to a WC.
>
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Allis-Chalmers-WD-Cultivator-with-WC-conversion-g
roup-Operators-and-Parts-manual-/380376641940
> As I understand it my neighbor wants to sell his WD / WD-45 
> cultivators to
> a fellow that wants them "if" he can put them on his 1939 WC. He had 
> been
> trying to find out about them but wasn't having much luck.
> I don't know if the possible buyer has a power-lift on his WC or not 
> but
> they are pretty common around here. I have a complete WC chassis 
> that has
> one on it but I don't really want to sell it off of it right now (I 
> still
> have visions/dreams of making it a running tractor or using it to 
> complete
> one I might find cheap with problems).
> Apparently Allis made the newer WD cultivators with some backward
> compatibility in mind. Now whether it is logical or affordable is 
> another
> matter.  :-)
> We are not talking about a high dollar transaction here.  :-)  He 
> lost
> almost all of his antique tractor stuff storage (long story) and he 
> has
> been getting rid of some of his stuff. He had asked me about his 
> unstyled
> WC which is kind of a conglomerate of sorts. IHC rear wheels, Massey 
> Harris
> loader and I think one of those PTO hydraulic systems. Decent price 
> but I'm
> already about a decade ahead on old tractor budget and I haven't
> accomplished anything for a decade now... Still... If I were to 
> stumble
> into some money... Ignore that last comment, I think I hear my wife
> coming.  Shhhhhh...