I spent my life on heavy equipment and the HD5 Alis Chalmers was what I first learned. It truly was a powerful little tractor we used it in the oilfield building well locations, roads and pulling trucks in and out. I'm 63 now but I was 17 when I first set in the seat of a HD 5 and from that moment on running machines became a passion.
I'm 59 and just got my first HD5 yesterday. It had 2500 hrs when the clock got painted over. Walked it 6.5km, fixing my forest road the all the way and knocked over some trees when I got it home. Love it.
I just got a 1959 HD6 crawler with the Tractomotive ripper and loader. There is so little info on this era of Tractomotive it's amazing to see an actual video of one.
Thanks, I was lucky enough to find this one in a collection that belonged to a fellow film collector who had passed away. It was the only tractor film.
@@brieannateylar5810.... Hi BrieAnna, I'm Not the one whom your asking the question of, but the answer to your question is, it's a 2 cylinder, 2 cycle GM Diesel... which were marketed and sold as Detroit Diesel after April 1965. The engine is technically know as a 2-71... pronounced as a Three Seventy One GM Diesel (aka Detroit Diesel). All of GM's 2 cycle diesels were categorized by Series, based on the cubic inch (ci) swept volume (displacement) per cylinder. In other words, the engine in the HD5, has just 2 cylinders of 71ci each, so to know the total engine ci displacement.. you just multiply 2 x 71 which yields 142 ci displacement. At the time of this video in 1950, there were 5 engines in the Series 71 family, ranging from 1 to 6 cylinders (1-71, 2-71, 3-71, 4-71 & the 6-71)... then in 1957, GM Diesel released the first of the V configuration Series 71 engines, which were available with 6, 8 & 12 cylinders. They also produced V16 & V24 engine in the Series 71 as well, but were built with Modular construction, utilizing either 2 V8's or 2 V12's "siamesed" together. The V12 in the Series 71 was the Only V12 that was Not of modular construction and sounded like a v12 with a true v12 firing order. The 3 other v12's in Series 53, 92 and the big 149 were all of modular construction using 2 redundant V6's or V8's to produce either 12 or 16 cyl. engines. There was also a V20 in the Series 149, that was built using a V8 in the center position, with 2 V6's... one at each end of the V8 and 6 turbochargers.. 2980 ci displacement putting out 2,936 hp at just 1800 rpm. All the V engines, in each of Detroit Diesels family Series (53, 71, 92 & 149) are listed with the number of cylinders with a V separating the series number.. ie; 6v71, 8v71, 20v71, 8v92, etc. There were also 2 other Series engines... 51 (1951 - 1959) & 110 (1945 - 1965), the Series 51 was available in 2 & 4 cylinders and was the only Loop scavenged engine design (valveless w/ timed intake & exhaust ports) in the GMD lineup as well as the only engine family that was identified by its first year of production (1951), rather than by its cylinder displacement. The Series 110 was an inline 6 cyl. only, and was in production from 1945 until May of 1965.... sadly. It was a tremendously reliable and strong engine, and had huge potential as a very powerful heavy duty truck engine... but GM made a Huge mistake in "misreading" the needs & future needs of the heavy duty truck market, and decided to drop the 6-110 in favor of the V block Series 71 engines, and the later 92 Series V block engines. Sorry for the "book"... just thought I'd add a little background for you, on these engines. Have a Great day, week, month, rest of your life. : )
@@Romans--bo7br thanks for the help . Not everyone list the specifications on the equipment they show on their channel . You can still find DD 2 cycle engines in some US tanks being presently built . You left out the black sheep of the DD engine family the dreaded 1st generation 4 cycle aka fuel pincher engines before they started making the present John Deere based 4 cycle engines . Did you also know that Kinze made such excellent DD 2 Cycle repower kits back in the 60s up for JD farm tractors that JD actually had their lawyers contact Kinze requesting that they discontinue the production of the repower kits ? Also some AC dozers in colder climates with the 6-110 used a diesel converter instead of a torque converter to preheat the fuel to keep it from gelling up ?
7:40 "at the top of Stevens Pass". I used to drive that road for the phone company in winter, and man, is it scary! At the very top, they cut a road through a snow-bank 40 feet high, with vertical walls. It was spooky driving through that in a Ford F-350, I can tell you!
I’ve been on more Allie Chalmers tractors than I can remember. What a great film, thanks Jeff.
I spent my life on heavy equipment and the HD5 Alis Chalmers was what I first learned. It truly was a powerful little tractor we used it in the oilfield building well locations, roads and pulling trucks in and out. I'm 63 now but I was 17 when I first set in the seat of a HD 5 and from that moment on running machines became a passion.
Thanks for sharing, glad you enjoyed the film.
I'm 59 and just got my first HD5 yesterday. It had 2500 hrs when the clock got painted over. Walked it 6.5km, fixing my forest road the all the way and knocked over some trees when I got it home. Love it.
Back when you could have used a roll bar , but didn't need a computer to diagnose any problems that came up . that cutaway is amazing .
I love these old films.
glad to hear you are enjoying them. I have about 1000 films to go, if I can find the time
Back in the day when ''sensors'' were not even in the dictionnary!!!
1st forklift I ever drove was an Allis Chalmers. I was 7 and it was a tank compared to the new Toyota that came a few years later
I just got a 1959 HD6 crawler with the Tractomotive ripper and loader. There is so little info on this era of Tractomotive it's amazing to see an actual video of one.
Thanks, I was lucky enough to find this one in a collection that belonged to a fellow film collector who had passed away. It was the only tractor film.
@@theemulsionalchemist5688 what size engine does it have ?
@@brieannateylar5810.... Hi BrieAnna, I'm Not the one whom your asking the question of, but the answer to your question is, it's a 2 cylinder, 2 cycle GM Diesel... which were marketed and sold as Detroit Diesel after April 1965. The engine is technically know as a 2-71... pronounced as a Three Seventy One GM Diesel (aka Detroit Diesel).
All of GM's 2 cycle diesels were categorized by Series, based on the cubic inch (ci) swept volume (displacement) per cylinder. In other words, the engine in the HD5, has just 2 cylinders of 71ci each, so to know the total engine ci displacement.. you just multiply 2 x 71 which yields 142 ci displacement.
At the time of this video in 1950, there were 5 engines in the Series 71 family, ranging from 1 to 6 cylinders (1-71, 2-71, 3-71, 4-71 & the 6-71)... then in 1957, GM Diesel released the first of the V configuration Series 71 engines, which were available with 6, 8 & 12 cylinders. They also produced V16 & V24 engine in the Series 71 as well, but were built with Modular construction, utilizing either 2 V8's or 2 V12's "siamesed" together.
The V12 in the Series 71 was the Only V12 that was Not of modular construction and sounded like a v12 with a true v12 firing order. The 3 other v12's in Series 53, 92 and the big 149 were all of modular construction using 2 redundant V6's or V8's to produce either 12 or 16 cyl. engines.
There was also a V20 in the Series 149, that was built using a V8 in the center position, with 2 V6's... one at each end of the V8 and 6 turbochargers.. 2980 ci displacement putting out 2,936 hp at just 1800 rpm.
All the V engines, in each of Detroit Diesels family Series (53, 71, 92 & 149) are listed with the number of cylinders with a V separating the series number.. ie; 6v71, 8v71, 20v71, 8v92, etc.
There were also 2 other Series engines... 51 (1951 - 1959) & 110 (1945 - 1965), the Series 51 was available in 2 & 4 cylinders and was the only Loop scavenged engine design (valveless w/ timed intake & exhaust ports) in the GMD lineup as well as the only engine family that was identified by its first year of production (1951), rather than by its cylinder displacement.
The Series 110 was an inline 6 cyl. only, and was in production from 1945 until May of 1965.... sadly. It was a tremendously reliable and strong engine, and had huge potential as a very powerful heavy duty truck engine... but GM made a Huge mistake in "misreading" the needs & future needs of the heavy duty truck market, and decided to drop the 6-110 in favor of the V block Series 71 engines, and the later 92 Series V block engines.
Sorry for the "book"... just thought I'd add a little background for you, on these engines. Have a Great day, week, month, rest of your life. : )
@@Romans--bo7br thanks for the help . Not everyone list the specifications on the equipment they show on their channel . You can still find DD 2 cycle engines in some US tanks being presently built . You left out the black sheep of the DD engine family the dreaded 1st generation 4 cycle aka fuel pincher engines before they started making the present John Deere based 4 cycle engines . Did you also know that Kinze made such excellent DD 2 Cycle repower kits back in the 60s up for JD farm tractors that JD actually had their lawyers contact Kinze requesting that they discontinue the production of the repower kits ? Also some AC dozers in colder climates with the 6-110 used a diesel converter instead of a torque converter to preheat the fuel to keep it from gelling up ?
Thank you for sharing
7:40 "at the top of Stevens Pass". I used to drive that road for the phone company in winter, and man, is it scary! At the very top, they cut a road through a snow-bank 40 feet high, with vertical walls. It was spooky driving through that in a Ford F-350, I can tell you!
nice, sounds like it brought back some memories
tres bon film