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Old 12/09/09, 05:45 PM
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Electric Tractor Conversion Model G Allis-Chalmers
"Like a small but growing number of organic farmers around the country, Chris Jagger has converted an old Allis-Chalmers Model G tractor built in the 1940s to run on electricity at his farm in southwest Oregon."

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Will it clear the snow from the driveway?
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Old 12/09/09, 06:46 PM
 
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Hmmm, back in the 70's (i think) AC made a full sized electric tractor,,,same problem back then as now ,,,run time, farmers will usually want to run a tractor 8-16 hours a day...but for a short time its a great idea...

i saw an electric ridding mower in a junk yard a few years ago...the city of lynchburg virginia had purchased them to do some late evening cutting with low noise....again i think the run time killed the idea.
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Old 12/09/09, 07:07 PM
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GE made an electric garden tractor most are still in use they used golf cart batteries . .
the guy in the article would have been better off converting to diesel .
I miss our old G and would love to have it back .
It would be extremely easy to convert a C and you wouldnt lose any power if you went with a 27hp 100 volt dc motor
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I'll stick with gas, it's been more than adequate since my Dad bought the G in 1949:

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It sure would take one heck of an extension cord...
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Old 12/09/09, 08:26 PM
 
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you guys know how much a G is worth these days?!? very high priced collectable around where i am...
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you guys know how much a G is worth these days?!? very high priced collectable around where i am...
Yikes! If I only knew then what I know now. After first hubby died, I sold two Gs for a small price...one ran, the other was in pieces. Am now married to a farm guy who would have loved those tractors.
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G's are hard to come by around here,too. They're just about perfect for a truck gardening. They've been repowered by Subaru engines.
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Old 12/10/09, 02:19 PM
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Coincidence or what?I happened across this sight yesterday. eb

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Old 12/10/09, 08:29 PM
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Several years ago, ran across a website of some guy that was producing a modern tractor based on Allis "G" design. Yea the prices people pay for "G" are crazy. Its the equipment that would be hard, you could build an imitation "G" for lot less than the old ones sell for. there wasnt that much to them.
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Old 12/11/09, 10:03 AM
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HJ there are a couple of "G" designs being made. Saukville and Tuffbilt. Saukville introduced a new larger model this year if I recall correctly. I'm not currently at home so don't have bookmark access to post the sales sites of the two.

Would love to have a G but they sure aren't around my part of the woods. Would probably take several hundred miles or more than 1,000 for me to get one at a decent price at all.
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