House Demo Allis Chalmers hd5

[Serioussam]

 

[Serioussam]

 

[Serioussam]

 

[Al Smith]

I've only seen one HD 5 and it was junk .The guy wanted too dang much for scrap iron,I passed .He also had an HD 20 broke down in the middle of a soy bean field that would have taken a Cat D8 to pull out .

 

[Serioussam]

I've only seen one HD 5 and it was junk .The guy wanted too dang much for scrap iron,I passed .He also had an HD 20 broke down in the middle of a soy bean field that would have taken a Cat D8 to pull out .

This one is awesome, I have had it for over10 years with no issues whatsoever.
Probably one of the best investments for my little 5.5 acres. I have moved some big rock with this little girl

 

[Bill G]

I've only seen one HD 5 and it was junk .The guy wanted too dang much for scrap iron,I passed .He also had an HD 20 broke down in the middle of a soy bean field that would have taken a Cat D8 to pull out .

Good thing you "passed" on it.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

My uncle was a big allis fan and had a couple dozers and from what I saw with his is they should have stuck with tractors. He had and hd10 cable and an hd11 with a garwood blade. Both had Detroit 2 strokes and ran fine but talk about fragile final drives and hard to get parts for because they were all used up for that reason.

 

[Serioussam]

My uncle was a big allis fan and had a couple dozers and from what I saw with his is they should have stuck with tractors. He had and hd10 cable and an hd11 with a garwood blade. Both had Detroit 2 strokes and ran fine but talk about fragile final drives and hard to get parts for because they were all used up for that reason.

You have to love the sound of a Detroit, mine just has a 271 . Guys were putting bigger engines in the hd5s and thats when the drives would snap . This doesn't have a lot of power but I make it work

 

[lehman live edge slab]

You have to love the sound of a Detroit, mine just has a 271 . Guys were putting bigger engines in the hd5s and thats when the drives would snap . This doesn't have a lot of power but I make it work

These were stock as they built them and they were definitely weak in this d-4/5 class, seems that was what pastured the hd 10/11. His both were 4 cylinder i believe and the Detroit diesels are cool for a few minutes and then become annoying to me just like obnoxious piped on a sled ect.

 

[Bill G]

I started on a 1949 IH TD-9.

 

[Serioussam]

I started on a 1949 IH TD-9.

I haven't operated a td 9 , lots of hours on a td20 though. My favorite was the D8k when pushing blast rock though

 

[lehman live edge slab]

I haven't operated a td 9 , lots of hours on a td20 though. My favorite was the D8k when pushing blast rock though

We have D-10 and 11 at work, if I get bored welding I could probably go down to the pit and run dozer or grader on the mine roads.

 

[FergusonTO35]

There's a Fiat-Allis 8B still working on a farm around here. It's a neat little machine and I've seen it pushing some pretty large piles of stuff.

 

[Bill G]

I haven't operated a td 9 , lots of hours on a td20 though. My favorite was the D8k when pushing blast rock though

The early TD-9 was the diesel version of the T-9. It started on gas and once warmed up you switched it over to diesel. It those days there was a TD -6, 9, 14, 18, and 24. They were primarily IH red but some late ones were construction yellow. The TD 7, 8, 15, 20, and 25 came about later. We had a TD-15 B later but it was a gutless piece of scrap.

 

[Bill G]

We have D-10 and 11 at work, if I get bored welding I could probably go down to the pit and run dozer or grader on the mine roads.

In the late 1990's I was at the Cat dealer in Des Moines IA. They had some new D11's awaiting delivery to McAnnich. I got up in the cab of one and thought about what it would be like to run but they told me not to do it. It really would have been boring as they did not have blades. McAnnich ordered them without blades to use as pull tractors for scrapers.