The Official Farming Thread...

[Cat 525]

A new Allis 4 row no till planter in 1976 was $1800!

 

[Mastermind]

A new Allis 4 row no till planter in 1976 was $1800!

My how times have changed.

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

A new Allis 4 row no till planter in 1976 was $1800!

I think we could easily get triple that today for our 1962 vintage A/C 4-row!

 

[amberg]

A new Allis 4 row no till planter in 1976 was $1800!

Yes, my used 6 row 600 series one cost about that back around 1980 with three extra no till units. When they delivered it on the combine trailer.

 

[amberg]

My how times have changed.

Yes sir, and not always for the good!

 

[Cat 525]

And I thought $400 or more per row was high too!

 

[amberg]

And I thought $400 or more per row was high too!

Check out the new ones at $120.000 grand plus!! (way out of my league! )

 

[ajschainsaws]

Been out looking at tractors today this one brings back memories
Spent 4yrs back in the 80’s driving one of these 1594’s

 

[ajschainsaws]

This one is for @Steve the new Zetor crystal

 

[Steve]

This one is for @Steve the new Zetor crystal

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I seen they brought back the crystal name. Did you see now they had Pinafarina redesigne the major series? Dont know why a tractor needs that many curves. I like the big, long square hoods of log ago. A D21 comes to mind!

 

[ajschainsaws]

Yeah I agree the long square bonnet was a classic style I suppose there all going like the car trade aroedynamic and trendy looking PLASTIC

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

I seen they brought back the crystal name. Did you see now they had Pinafarina redesigne the major series? Dont know why a tractor needs that many curves. I like the big, long square hoods of log ago. A D21 comes to mind!

The A/C 100 and 200 series were the best. Long, straight lines, that are narrow at the operator's station, then flare out to the width of the radiator. You could really see where you were going, especially in row crops.

 

[Cat 525]

A new AC 200 was $9400 in 1974! 94 fat hogs would buy a new tractor! Have things changed for better or worse?

 

[Big1066ih]

Not good when farming, excavating business and hunting take up your time and wood doesnt get done, trying to get rest of Uncle's wood moved to farm b4 it gets cold again

 

[deedskelly]

The A/C 100 and 200 series were the best. Long, straight lines, that are narrow at the operator's station, then flare out to the width of the radiator. You could really see where you were going, especially in row crops.
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Put a lot of hours of the AC 190 ,liked them a lot until they started jumping out of gear.

 

[ajschainsaws]

A new AC 200 was $9400 in 1974! 94 fat hogs would buy a new tractor! Have things changed for better or worse?

I don’t if it is better or worse there’s a lot of new big hp tractors over here with this new dangled vario transmission and after 3k-4K of heavy hours work and there giving up and it’s costing a fortune too put right

Second hand tractor sales are top of the market , a dealer said yesterday a lot
Of arable farmers are keeping there big tractors from the 80’s and 90’s
And repairing , overhauling when needed

 

[kingOFgEEEks]

Put a lot of hours of the AC 190 ,liked them a lot until they started jumping out of gear.

We have a couple tarp straps rigged up on the One Eighty, to hold the shift lever forward or back. It used to get sketchy in a hurry, when it popped out of gear going down hill with a loaded silage wagon.

 

[deedskelly]

We have a couple tarp straps rigged up on the One Eighty, to hold the shift lever forward or back. It used to get sketchy in a hurry, when it popped out of gear going down hill with a loaded silage wagon.

We had one that you couldn’t hold in with your knee!

 

[Steve]

My first time square bailing was with an AC 175 diesel. First time round bailing was with an AC 7020. I like those tractors.

 

[ajschainsaws]

You guys where spoilt we only had the Allis B and C and a couple of TVO allis’s