DT Fan Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Friday, 8-25 I went to the Widlund's open house just North of Manson Ia. Took a bunch of pictures. Bear with me, going to take awhile to get them all on here. Had a really good time talking with Charlie and Justin and the other folks that were there. Put a name to a face I see at plow-days in the fall, turns out he does the newsletter for the Central Iowa Tractor Club. Anyway, going to attempt to do this in categories and narrate a little. We'll start with dealer signs. Pretty sure there are more in the museum, will post them there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 How about lawn and garden next? The New Idea Electric tractor is interesting. Also the 712 Shuttle-shift has to be a rather rare bird! Didn't think to ask anyone about it. In the net to last picture is a Wauckashaw (SP), (pretty bad when you can't get close enough for spell-check to figure it out) B. They only made around 100 of these. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Moving right along, how about a few tractors next? Really didn't take a lot of tractor pictures, kind of concentrated on the other things. There is so much to see. Giving this a little thought, Farmall Land is the closest thing to this I've ever seen. There was a MM collector local here, (son is taking over I've heard) with tons of tractors/equipment but not near the memorabilia. Charlie has three 'Beachmasters' They are pretty rare to begin with and these are all beautiful! Of the three, two D-19's, one gas and one diesel. The 190 is a gas! That is just crazy in my mind. I asked Charlie if he knew how many were produced, he didn't but did say, not many! Apparently they did not build them until the order came in. He knows where a sanitizer unit is, it's still in use, on Lake Michigan maybe? Would be a great addition to the collection. There is the 190 XT, propane, snap-coupler, with belt pulley. I just love this one! A D-17 Wheatland, another low production model. The little IB would almost be considered abundant compared to a lot of these girls. The D-21 industrial is just gorgeous so it got a picture. Not sure what model the crawler is but since it's the only one, got thrown in here. The 175 orchard is a conversion that was pretty low production. There is, or was, a 185 like this in the yard at Colfax. Like that little High-Crop B also. Charlie was telling me about the High-Crop 175, which I didn't get a picture of. Apparently there are darn few of them. It's a single front wheel to boot. It's kind of rough but pretty sure it will shine when complete! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 How about some European's? My knowledge of these is limited to say the least! You would have to talk to someone else for any questions. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 A few random things that don't really have enough for there own category. One is a Snap-Coupler coil-tine field-cultivator, I'd like to have one just like it! A fire-pump. Really like the oil barrels. Disc plows are always cool, DFP, you watching? I haven't forgot about that one you have or the testicles! Threw in the WC shot to show the effects of CC on rims. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Modern farm equipment. Stuff still making a dollar though I'm sure some of the vintage gets used too. Talking to Justin he told me how much they use the D-17's, especially the Series 4 machines. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Missed a really nice mini-bike earlier. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 And finally, memorabilia. This is extensive. There is so much stuff in the museum. Of particular interest to me is the poster of the different engines they built. Rocket, turbine, turbo-prop, etc. This is in the day of the -Power-Crater', you know, WD 45 power plant! There is a NOS fender for a WD/45 in that one box, that's just pretty cool in my book as hard as good used ones are to find! Really like the Roto-bale cow too. The 'Traveling Automatic lawn sprinkler' is pretty cool. Used to see one on E-Bay once in awhile. Guess I never wanted one bad enough to pay the price! Studebaker radio is pretty cool! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkerwc4362 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 There used to be an Allis plant in Cedar Rapids. That was a long time ago. I remember us driving by it on the way to down town Cedar Rapids. It was by the railroad tracks as you crossed the bridge over the railroad tracks. That was probably 60 years ago. It was just off First Avenue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 And here I thought I was done. Forgot the harvesters. Guess I didn't get a lot of pictures of the all-crops. Or any for that matter! Talking to Justin, he said they drove the 7000 series tractors to Albert City and pulled the All-Crops with them. He had a picture, kind of interesting. I thought a shot of the 7080 pulling the 40 would be cool. Maybe just a bit of overkill? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 And this concludes my post of Allis Collectables V 2.0. If you are in the area it is still going on today and tomorrow. You won't find more gracious hosts, show is free to attend and they feed you lunch! Included in the lunch is a soft-serv ice cream machine. Can't say enough good things, just a fantastic bunch of people! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 I'm not sure, it probably got posted, anyway. There is a UC in one of the pics that is Justin's tractor, in pieces. He told me he started working on it 21 years ago. His oldest is now 20. Funny how that happened. He did say his 14 year old son is taking an interest in it so it may get finished yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt_Floor_Poor Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 That is an impressive amount of A-C stuff. Great pictures. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHandJDman Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 3 hours ago, DT Fan said: And here I thought I was done. Forgot the harvesters. Guess I didn't get a lot of pictures of the all-crops. Or any for that matter! Talking to Justin, he said they drove the 7000 series tractors to Albert City and pulled the All-Crops with them. He had a picture, kind of interesting. I thought a shot of the 7080 pulling the 40 would be cool. Maybe just a bit of overkill? A combine like that was the last combine my Grandpa had. This was well before my time but my Dad talks about how Grandpa would even combine clover seed with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt_Floor_Poor Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 4 minutes ago, IHandJDman said: A combine like that was the last combine my Grandpa had. This was well before my time but my Dad talks about how Grandpa would even combine clover seed with it. My dad and grandpa combined a lot of red clover with an All-Crop “66”. It worked great but was slow. St. John’s welding used to make a clover screen for a 6620 Deere. The 6620 didn’t clean it as good, but was so much better to operate. We ran it through a seed cleaner anyway, so we quit using the Allis. It’s still sitting in the barn, but hasn’t been used in 30 years. We haven’t cut any clover in years, the 6620 is long gone now too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absent Minded Farmer Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 6 hours ago, DT Fan said: That's a re-branded GE Electrak. Don't know the production figures, but there are a good handful out there yet. As for city name that auto-ncorrect chewed up.... People would have a slightly better time figuring that out if there was a "W" at the end. Mike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt_Floor_Poor Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Are those Allis refrigerators? I can’t say I’ve ever seen or heard of those before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 5 hours ago, Dirt_Floor_Poor said: Are those Allis refrigerators? I can’t say I’ve ever seen or heard of those before. They are. Rebranded I'm thinking. Don't think they actually produced them like IH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt_Floor_Poor Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 13 minutes ago, DT Fan said: They are. Rebranded I'm thinking. Don't think they actually produced them like IH. When would those have been available? 1950’s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillman Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 23 minutes ago, DT Fan said: They are. Rebranded I'm thinking. Don't think they actually produced them like IH. there was a story behind the venture. Taken from Wendell's book 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark (EC,IN) Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 Wonderful pictures.............thanks. Question, is this a museum that is open to the public? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt_Floor_Poor Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 2 hours ago, hillman said: there was a story behind the venture. Taken from Wendell's book That is interesting. I never knew anything like that ever existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IHKeith Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 What a collection!!! I knew Allis made a wide variety of products, but I wasn't aware that they marketed their service and brand as pictured and went as far as offering Allis branded tools. We had an Allis forklift like the I-600 pictured, it was painted a metallic blue colour and had red fenders from a 200 series Massey, Dad bought it like that, cool to see how it should look. I like the look of the Gleaner Baldwin signs, reminds me of the parts manual cover for a Gleaner E, Dad worked on a pair of them back when. The industrial D21 and D19s are something I have never seen. The small diameter rear wheels on the industrial D19s intrigued me, didn't look like a common size, a Google search says that they are a 26" rim, more common in that time but never the most common tire choice for a tractor of that size. I'd bet one of those 26" cast centers would be hard to find if a guy was looking In the previous Allis thread I mentioned some AC relics that are around home, this thread reminded me of another Allis project that is here. It's an AC 840 wheel loader, needs transmission work, doesn't move. Dad serviced it for years, belonged to a local sawmill, they kept it going longer than most people typically would use an older machine, the transmission failed around 2015 and Dad took ownership. Hopefully we get going someday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted August 27 Author Share Posted August 27 6 hours ago, Mark (EC,IN) said: Wonderful pictures.............thanks. Question, is this a museum that is open to the public? While it's not 'open to the public', I have heard that with a little advance notice Charlie will give a tour. he really enjoys talking with people about his collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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