We (Pop, Uncle, and I) still have three Allis-Chalmers D-17s that Grandpa bought new at the now-defunct Allen Implement. The 1959 Series 1 was a dealer demonstrator tractor, so I suppose it was technically used (slightly). It has a New Idea trip-bucket loader on it. It is in pretty bad shape, and is the next candidate for re-work. The 1962 Series III and 1966 Series IV (both narrow-front) are still well-maintained and working hard for us. My uncle also still has an AC 185 that he bought new from another dealer. That dealer tried to tell him he needed to finance the purchase, but ended up taking my uncle's stack of cash anyway. Grandpa also bought two used Series IVs at farm auctions that my uncle and Pop bought from him. I bought another Series IV and a 7040 over the years to round out the fleet. The only tractor to escape was an old AC garden tractor (not a mower, but I don't know the model) that Grandpa sold to a local tractor mechanic. I would love to find that tractor again, but I don't have high hopes. Funny, I just realized that only the 185 and the 7040 are younger than me, and only those two and my D17 have been in the family fewer years than me.
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Today's Featured Article - Third Brush Generators - by Chris Pratt. While I love straightening sheet metal, cleaning, and painting old tractors, I use every excuse to avoid working on the on the electrics. I find the whole process sheer mystery. I have picked up and attempted to read every auto and farm electrics book with no improvement in the situation. They all seem to start with a chapter entitled "Theory of Electricity". After a few paragraphs I usually close the book and go back to banging out dents. A good friend and I were recently discussing our tractor electrical systems when he stated "I figure it all comes back to applying Ohms Law". At this point
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