Allis Chalmers All Crop

I always wait till the bidding has fired up and then simmered down to 2 or 3 serious bidders, When the auctioneer starts begging for a bid, ill jump in like I have a million. They usually fold.

$850. Yeah, I know, probably would have been worth getting even at $1000 and I'm kicking myself for not going higher. I had to work and my dad went in my stead. We had agreed beforehand to not go over $800 since we really didn't know the history or previous owner. I'm pretty confident that it could have had PTO turned on and cut beans tomorrow after getting it set with the right screens and setting cylinder clearance.

Found another one close to where my "retired" dairy farmer uncle lives. It's a bit of a haul but can be done. I'm going to have him take a look this week and make sure it's in good shape. Has the ever rare pick-up attachment as well. $500 asking price. I'll have $150-200 in fuel and miles going to get it.

Here's my All Crop 72.

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Nice!!!!!! I love it!!!!

I have to admit that I've never seen a pick up attachment like that on an All Crop.

How does it work, and how does it cut and pull the stalk in?

Clovis that pickup does not cut the crop. It picks up a ''windrow'' of material like a hay baler does. Some crops are mowed and windrowed so that it will all dry at the same time without a shatering loss on the drier pods. I think a lot of the edible beans ( kidney, navy, pinto,ect.) are harvested this way.

They are used to pick up windrows. Small grains are typically swathed and left to dry for 4 days or so, like hay, in a humid climate.

Paul

Gotcha.

I figured that was meant to pick up windrows, after I posted, of course.

The sickle is still there under a shroud. I also have a Hume reel instead of the original fixed bat. It's currently set up for clover but got the 3/8" finishing screen which will do a pretty wide range of crops. I don't have a swather but can use a sickle mower if I want to use pic-up attachment. It runs with a chain off the feeder chain drive.

Okay, Clovis, if this wonderful dream comes to pass, I will be very interested in purchasing oats from you!

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I was supprised that there were no AC AC combines in E Bay. There was, however a MH 35, I think that was like my first combine as a early 20s kid.

Used our AC 60 this year for the first time in 2 years... harvested 10 acres of soybeans and it worked pretty well. used it over the combine because its gentler on the seeds (we are saving to sort/grade for sale).

It probably won't happen in this lifetime...but it would be fun!

You'll find them from time to time on allischalmers.com under the for sale/trade section.

DLMKA,

Did you get any extra screens with your 72?

Have you run it yet?

No limits.

I like the picture of your combine with the pickup attachment DLMKA. I have not seen the pickup attachment for the 72 yet, a little different than the earlier models.

I wind-rowed my spelt this year because there were too many green weeds in it. My combine picked it up fine without a pickup attachment, but it would have been nice to have one.

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Has clover screen installed and came with the 3/8" screen for beans and a host of other crops in that range. Tom Yaz directed me to a place that makes custom perforated metal and they have CAD drawings he provided.

Not combined anything yet but did grease it up and put power to it through PTO.