1959 Allis-Chalmers D17 plowing

[whspioneer89]

thanks for viewing my video. To answer a few questions, the rear tires are the same size, I have no weights to add to the tractor and the rear tires don't have fluid in them. I hate rusted out rims. I'm sure I could pull my 4x14 tail wheel plow with this D17. I might try it this spring. My uncle picked up a newer model 3 bottom plow with tail wheel wheel and I bought it from him. Just have to get it, he's in IL, I'm in WI.

[leszek04061]

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[bierrum105]

its amazeing how enjoyable it is to plow. wish I could do it agien.

[BigHeadFarm]

awesome vid!

[whspioneer89]

Thanks for the comments. I should probably take a video of the times when it doesn't work too well, lol

[DjBl4ckout]

One of the best Plows, i´ve ever seen! :D

[Jesus45U]

That is some nice a rich soil you got there. :)

[travisjeanelle]

Got to love allis I love them so much I even got a 2009 Allis AC130 lawn tractor when it was time to get a new one of those.

[assirism70]

داسها وهي خلب

[TouchofAir]

OMG WHAT A LAND!!! LIKE A SAND!

[odstrel1]

hours?

[koertje]

Is the left wheel wider than the right wheel? Is that for better balance on plowing?

My father had a Allis Chalmers B. I have such good memories on that tractor.

Not for driving on it, because I was only 5 or 6 years. But I sat often on it imagining I was driving.

[whspioneer89]

Plows normally aren't lifted with the pto. There are two arms sticking out the back of the tractor below the seat that lift the plow. There is a hydraulic cyinder inside the rear end that lifts the two arms on a rockshaft.

[switch55]

How is the plow lifted at the end of a row? I couldn't see. In the pto?

[duszek1202]

to nie kombajn debilu nie musisz stac hahaha!

[hyber11]

Cool tracktor..:D



[fireburst102]

i love how those plows work, lookat how perfectly it flips that sod. sodbuster.

[milkman1944]

Now, that's plowing. Years ago, I plowed a lot with a JD B and a two bottom David Bradley disc plow. We had a field with a lot of stumps and several bushes and the disc plow worked well cutting bushes and rolling over the stumps. Really looked forward to the ground drying up enough to start plowing in the spring. I like the WD and the D, nice sounding tractors and pulled really well.

[whspioneer89]

The first tractor I remember plowing with my dad was a Farmall H with an Allis 2 bottom pull type trip lift plow. It was the first tractor I plowed with. Next was a Nuffield 4/65 with a 3 bottom three point mounted Allis Plow. That one never worked right. It wouldn't fold the dirt over no matter how shallow or deep you plowed or how fast or slow you drove. Then we used a Farmall 706 diesel with a 5-14 IH semi-mounted plow and then a Ford 4-16 semi-mounted. Best was Long 1310DT with Oliver 6-18.

[Michigander79]

reminds me of when i was about 5 following my dad behind his farmall H, then our dog following behind me. i must have walked miles watching that dirt flip. there's nothing more relaxing than plowing. it's relaxing just to watch it.

[whspioneer89]

The mounted pickers I have are for the WC/WD tractors. i don't think they would work on a D17. I wish I had an Allis mounted picker for my D17. Power steering and power director would be nice.

[tim52160]

so when do we get to see video of the 17 witht he mounted picker? =)??

[fireballfury1]

thats a gas burner isnt it?

[whspioneer89]

The D17 pulls it pretty good. Only time it really snorts is going up hill or if a sudden change in soil type where the draft control doesn't respond quickly enough.

[youthunter]

wow thoes are some damn nice looking furrows! cuts er like butter!id be a dick go throuhg the field rool the furrows back over haha

[youthunter]

wow thoes are some damn nice looking furrows! cuts er like butter!

[fireballfury1]

does those three plows make that tractor strain any?

[whspioneer89]

I only have coulters on the back 2 bottoms. The front coulter is a bit different and I don't have one for it.

[jmwnycprr]

I wish my 3 bottom AC plow did that good. I dont have cutters or the right atachment deals on it.

[whspioneer89]

Thanks for the comments. Seems every mounted plow I get I end up tinkering with the settings on the tractor and plow for a while before getting them dialed in to where they do a halfway decent job.

[1941pearl]

You are doing just fine with three bottom, and nice job at plowing too.

[finderoftheway]

That tractor is walking on in that wet soil

[tod3k]

I follow you in your worries about your tractors.

I forgot that they are "older boys" ;-)

Don't take my words but the D17 sounds very sound and sometimes a diesel needs to run at a 100% in a longer period to perform as intended.

I am amazed that the D17 is pulling a 3 furrow as I did in my youth with a Deere 2030. I miss being on the field as I were 30 years ago!

Lucky you :-)

[tod3k]

Great vid :-)

Why don't you try the 4 buttom plow on the D17 instead of beleaving it can not????

It doesn't sound like the D17 is having a hard time!

[whspioneer89]

@tod3k I do have a 4 bottom Allis plow with hydraulic tail wheel that I could try on the D17. I'm leaning towards trying it this spring behind my D19 diesel. Although I don't think the turbo is working very well since it only dyno'd about 60HP 10 years ago when we bought it. My dad used to pull a 4 bottom plow with his D17 diesel and WD45 diesel tractors, but I prefer to not push my tractors to their limits.

[MrStraccio]

the video is very nice! the soil in my videos is much HEAVIER

[itlldoktm]

Fantastic old tractor, doing a neat job. I would have been tempted to top the grass, of lightly rotavate first. Nice little video.

[lederis4u]

Nice :)

[butch356]

It would turn over a bit better if you disc the sod a little first. I always hated plowing heavy sod and have the furrows start to roll back so you would have to jump off the tractor and run to catch it before the whole furrow turned back.

[GarrettJDB]

smooth

[MrPaulVanRavenswaay]

purdy! smoooth like butttaa  ::::::::::::::)

[kyliebug1212]

I could watch that all day

[wildwes2011]

Nice plow, and that's some nice looking ground too. Everything we have around here is red clay.

I would think a d17 would pull a NH 273, or any other older new holland square bealer just fine. We pull a NH 311 baler with a Massey Ferguson 35 and do all of our baling with it, pulls it as fast as the hay will feed into the baler, and I know a d17 has a lot more power than that.

[DolittleMccoy]

Thats some Rich looking dirt........ GOOD VIDEO....

[mburrill88]

My grandfather still bales with the D17 near Corvallis, OR. He likes the shuttleshift on it, but honestly I don't think its big enough to be pulling a baler that does 70lb 2 string bales lol.

[bofts]

A beautiful site

[perki1952]

Great job!

[whspioneer89]

Our D17 is in good mechanical shape and only has about 2000-2100 hours. It had a new idea picker on it when my dad and I bought it around 10 years ago. It had the picker on it since new and had only been off once and that was to use it to go load up another picker. The tachometer cable broke at about 1900 hours. I use it to square bale with a NH 273 and kicker, although the D19 handles it better. I do have a 4 bottom Allis mounted plow but I'm not sure the D17 can pull it.

[SilverGleaner]

@whspioneer89 If the Traction Booster is set right and the engine is healthy you can easily pull a 4 bottm. I pull a 4x14 fully mounted in black soil with some blue clay in 2nd gear high range (5th gear) with a D17. I have taken it to plow days and been told that if they hadn't seen it they wouldn't have believed it. 720 JDs and 880 Olivers couldn't pull 3x16 in hard dry alfalfa field one year while I walked in 5th gear and 9 inches deep. Tractor is weighted to about 6,900#.

[dakotafarmboy90]

wow, i almost started drooling... nice furrows!

[Unthinkable2009]

nice we have a allis chalmers d17 an 3 bottom plow.......the d19 does a better job...but it works

[MFsteff]

Very nice furrows!!

[SupportDavidsfarm]

that cuts in real nicely!

[JRCollinsfan]

almost perfect furrows! thats good soil and a good plow!

[ACD19farmboy]

wow i wish i had some ground that plowed that easly!!

[tadebb]

There is just something about seeing a plow working properly in good soil, thanks for sharing

[whspioneer89]

Thanks. It took a little trial and error till we got the hydraulic setting about right. And till the bottoms shined up good.

[rudiZ28camaro]

how do u adjust the draft control for plowing

[farmboy30117]

That's what I call gitten er done!

[fordkillschevy]

nice,we had a 1960 lp.