My dad sold AC's from 59-83. We ran mostly D-17's here on the farms and added a 180, 190xt, and 200. All were gassers except for the 180 that was rebuilt to 185 specs and the 200. We could pull 2 tanks of fuel through those D-17's in a day pulling 3-16's in red clay. We plowed in the fall and the exhaust manifolds would turn cherry red at night. I would go up to the dealership and as a boy had a great time looking at the parts bins. The smell of oil and grease. Those were indeed great memories.
Absolutely relate to plowing with D17. Plowing in fall from after school until well after dark. Really ran well with the cooler, denser air and would really lite up the muffler just as you say. Thanks for dredging up that great memory for me.
Grew up on a small farm, we had several Allis Chamers tractors and implements, we had some other brands also, but really thought the 160 was one of the best tractors we owned.
Spent most of my School years operating Dad's 160 Allis Chalmers. That tractor always started and never needed any repair. I wished we still had it..🚜🇺🇸
Oh the memories. My dad ran a dairy farm in Pennsylvania. We had five tractors, all AC. Our main two were a 170 and 180, both diesel. Being the oldest child I spent thousands of hours each year from my preteens to twenty running them, mostly to mow and bale hay and spread manure. We also had a D17 (diesel; I forget which series,) and a CA and 175, both gasoline. The 175 was horrible but the rest were great. I didn't run this much because they were relegated to tedding, raking, and running wagons, which my brother and father mostly did.
We had a D17D 175, 5050 and a 6080. AC made some great ones and some not so great. Still glad that we didn't have a D19 Gas. Guys who had them told me that they would burn 50 -60 gallons of gas a day .
@@robertlong7033 I farmed with a D19 and you'd have to work a long day to burn 50 gallons. It's burns less gas than a 4010 or a 706. I liked my D19 for comfort and being quiet and powerful but the weak spot were the hydraulics unless you put a front mount pump on. Still have my D19.
My uncle bought a new 175 gas and it was a great tractor for him. He still has it and I disked for him with it some times and hauled manure and moved round bales. The only thing I didn't like was the throttle being a bit stiff. I also worked at an AC dealer 30 years ago for a time and the 170/175/180/185 tractors were favorites among our customers. What was wrong with your 175.
When I was 12, I spent the summer working on my cousin’s dairy farm (1970). Their primary tractor was a John Deere 3020. There was an Allis Chalmers dealer nearby and they would go and look at the190XT. I think they eventually bought it.
We have a 180 and a series 1 190XT that are both gas. They are the toughest workhorses I think I've ever seen. When you grow up around them you tend to have that bias though! We restored our 180 and she's never been happier. The 190 is quite a bit rougher after sitting for a decade and a half but a new battery and a little ether and that tractor fired off! Too bad modern tractors can't be as beautiful or mechanically sound..
I like these old videos. AC made good reliable equipment that lasted. What do Americans have now? Well we have Kubota, Fendt, Manhidra, Doytz, Yanmar, Belarus and New Holland- Case LH (most of their tractors are out sourced)
Although the Kubota engine is made in Japan, the other components are assembled here is the good old US of A !!! I think Kubota builds quality equipment. I too grew up while the small family farm was powered by using Allis Chalmers tractors 🚜
I saw the first field of NO-TIL corn planted in the state of Missouri. 4 row x 40" rows pulled pulled by a D-17. The professor ask me was I thought of this. I told him it would be the future of farming or would be the same as the AC round baler.
I have a 190XT that is parked deep in the shed of the barn facing the highway. She sits there in all her Prussian Orange glory. From time-to-time some fellow, usually a young one, will stop if I'm out and come to the gate wondering what kind of tractor it is. Not many real orange tractors in this part of the country and I don't cont Kubota. I had it out one day about the time the kids came home from school and several of their parents stopped to see the big orange tractor with a black tornado bellow across the pasture. A thing of excitement and beauty of the not so distant past. Never ran a tractor that sat taller. The Ford 9600 came close though.
Although the Kubota engine is made in Japan, the other components are assembled here in the good old US of A !!! I think Kubota builds quality equipment. I too grew up while the small family farm was powered by using Allis Chalmers tractors 🚜
My dad has a 8010 and sometimes, disking amount up to driving in a straight line and watching/listening a movie while driving Those are long days, but as my dad once said: « I don’t mind driving for 6 hours straight, that’s like half a day of planting »
My dad sold AC's from 59-83. We ran mostly D-17's here on the farms and added a 180, 190xt, and 200. All were gassers except for the 180 that was rebuilt to 185 specs and the 200. We could pull 2 tanks of fuel through those D-17's in a day pulling 3-16's in red clay. We plowed in the fall and the exhaust manifolds would turn cherry red at night. I would go up to the dealership and as a boy had a great time looking at the parts bins. The smell of oil and grease. Those were indeed great memories.
Absolutely relate to plowing with D17. Plowing in fall from after school until well after dark. Really ran well with the cooler, denser air and would really lite up the muffler just as you say. Thanks for dredging up that great memory for me.
Grew up on a small farm, we had several Allis Chamers tractors and implements, we had some other brands also, but really thought the 160 was one of the best tractors we owned.
The black tornado coming from the XT is a thing of beauty
@Landyn David the fact that you did it dressed in her underwear is what frightened me
Got to love the Allis Chalmers cowboy hat 🚜
Spent most of my School years operating Dad's 160 Allis Chalmers. That tractor always started and never needed any repair. I wished we still had it..🚜🇺🇸
From Family Farms and Love of the Land back then, to merely Big Business today. I don't call where we are now 'progress'.
Oh the memories. My dad ran a dairy farm in Pennsylvania. We had five tractors, all AC. Our main two were a 170 and 180, both diesel. Being the oldest child I spent thousands of hours each year from my preteens to twenty running them, mostly to mow and bale hay and spread manure.
We also had a D17 (diesel; I forget which series,) and a CA and 175, both gasoline. The 175 was horrible but the rest were great. I didn't run this much because they were relegated to tedding, raking, and running wagons, which my brother and father mostly did.
We had a D17D 175, 5050 and a 6080. AC made some great ones and some not so great. Still glad that we didn't have a D19 Gas. Guys who had them told me that they would burn 50 -60 gallons of gas a day .
@@robertlong7033 I farmed with a D19 and you'd have to work a long day to burn 50 gallons. It's burns less gas than a 4010 or a 706. I liked my D19 for comfort and being quiet and powerful but the weak spot were the hydraulics unless you put a front mount pump on. Still have my D19.
My uncle bought a new 175 gas and it was a great tractor for him. He still has it and I disked for him with it some times and hauled manure and moved round bales. The only thing I didn't like was the throttle being a bit stiff. I also worked at an AC dealer 30 years ago for a time and the 170/175/180/185 tractors were favorites among our customers. What was wrong with your 175.
When I was 12, I spent the summer working on my cousin’s dairy farm (1970). Their primary tractor was a John Deere 3020. There was an Allis Chalmers dealer nearby and they would go and look at the190XT. I think they eventually bought it.
3:48 and we are still saying the same damn thing 50 years later haha.
We have a 180 and a series 1 190XT that are both gas. They are the toughest workhorses I think I've ever seen. When you grow up around them you tend to have that bias though! We restored our 180 and she's never been happier. The 190 is quite a bit rougher after sitting for a decade and a half but a new battery and a little ether and that tractor fired off!
Too bad modern tractors can't be as beautiful or mechanically sound..
From the golden era of farming.
I like these old videos. AC made good reliable equipment that lasted. What do Americans have now? Well we have Kubota, Fendt, Manhidra, Doytz, Yanmar, Belarus and New Holland- Case LH (most of their tractors are out sourced)
EZ570 case John Deere Kubota. New holland . Where are u from.
Fendt is a part of AGCO which is made up of the old Allis Chalmers, Oliver, MasseyFerguson, and several other old ag names
Grew up on a D19, a 200 and 7040. loved them all.
Although the Kubota engine is made in Japan, the other components are assembled here is the good old US of A !!! I think Kubota builds quality equipment. I too grew up while the small family farm was powered by using Allis Chalmers tractors 🚜
I saw the first field of NO-TIL corn planted in the state of Missouri. 4 row x 40" rows pulled pulled by a D-17. The professor ask me was I thought of this. I told him it would be the future of farming or would be the same as the AC round baler.
Great video
I have a 190XT that is parked deep in the shed of the barn facing the highway. She sits there in all her Prussian Orange glory. From time-to-time some fellow, usually a young one, will stop if I'm out and come to the gate wondering what kind of tractor it is. Not many real orange tractors in this part of the country and I don't cont Kubota. I had it out one day about the time the kids came home from school and several of their parents stopped to see the big orange tractor with a black tornado bellow across the pasture. A thing of excitement and beauty of the not so distant past. Never ran a tractor that sat taller. The Ford 9600 came close though.
I drove a D21 Allis Chalmers I at least I knew where I was going
My neighbor’s D 19 gas was a hell of a puller. 4 16 s in nw Illinois.
Although the Kubota engine is made in Japan, the other components are assembled here in the good old US of A !!! I think Kubota builds quality equipment. I too grew up while the small family farm was powered by using Allis Chalmers tractors 🚜
Here it is and tractors in the
300 to 650 Horsepower 50 years later
And farmers are more broke now then ever
@@RJ1999x Ain't that no kiddin! A disease with no equal.
My dad has a 8010 and sometimes, disking amount up to driving in a straight line and watching/listening a movie while driving
Those are long days, but as my dad once said: « I don’t mind driving for 6 hours straight, that’s like half a day of planting »
in reality, its farms that built this country, without food, we would not be creative
Is that Doodles Weaver?!? My father-in-law has a 190 XT III. It’s awesome!
Am I the only one that wants that white Allis Chalmers cowboy hat.
Been looking for one for some time now...no luck though
Had one as a kid. We got them when we got our F2 in 1980. Best sun hat while baling on the D17.
I was disappointed that Joe's hat was white instead of Persian Orange.
Men Like Joe Mullins...
Who knew Al Bundy sold tractors?
Shakes his finger like him too! Wonder if he scored 4 touchdowns in one game? :)