I like that you put that old girl on the planks . So many people just leave them on the ground and they wonder why the tracks are stuck and frozen. Awesome video
For many years I had an Allis Chalmers HD-7W with a Baker straight blade. Extremely durable and excellent for sidehill work. It was an ex military also built in 1942. The screamin' Green leaker 3-71 was plenty of power for most any job. Mine also had a robust ripper on which I fashioned an extremely effective log splitter.
Thx for this great video. My father was a career catskinner and while I was looking at old photos I recognized that blade on one of his first machines digging a basement in Peace country Alberta around 1950.. It was set up on a Cletrac (not sure of model) but he said it was almost the size of an 8. He also had a brush cutter for that dozer and cleared thousands of acres of farm land with my uncles who had a 3T Cat and a HD16 AC. That Cletrac was later used to build some of the first seismic lines in NE Alberta using that Baker setup. Keep up the great postings
What a good ol' hard workin' beast this must have been! Great to watch it running, and it sure started up quickly.....and not a puff of smoke. ( I was expecting to see a big puff of blue !)
We have 7 in total,the model M was used alot in northern Wisconsin and the U.p of Michigan as a skidding dozer,because of their suspension they were better than caterpillars in that regard.i believe the same engine was used in a farm tractor as well,perhaps model U and rebuild kits are still available
Thanks for sharing. True piece of machinery that has been patched together to keep it going like many of the farmers and ranchers did throughout the years. None of our tractors ever saw paint or cover for that matter. You just used them and kept them running one way or the other. I love the crack in the block, leaks but keeps on running!
Running old memories like old cars, tractors, buses always puts smiles on everyone. Thanks for that. As always keep up the good work and videos coming.
I ENJOY Old Iron, again. Too bad there is no way to LIKE a video more than once... This years Plow Day brought back 63 year old memories of me riding on one of our TD's tool boxes holding onto the armrest. The wind blowing, one last time with my father, before cancer took him from the fields, walnut orchards, and me.
A/C stuff is nothing but tough. Thanks and Pop still has it and one of the saddest sounds I know of is the last licks hit by an old rig. I remember the old D-6 9-U's had to have the clutch in before you got any steering clutch booster. Thanks Toby and Pop. Sure is still a nice rig and runs super smooth for what it is.
My father owned an Allis Chalmers M for years and broke in hundreds of acres of hil lcountry with it had the land cleared of bush and scrub with a 9 U Cat D6 did all the giant dissing and top work with the Allis M great machine of course it wasn't terribly old then late 40 early to mid 50s All this in Southland New Zealand
For many years I owned an Allis Chalmers HD-7 with a Baker fixed blade. It was a War Baby (1942) and I built many fire breaks in the mountains with it. It had a screaming Detroit Diesel and power galore for it's size. AC built good machines.
Yes, the machines,,,,but what about the men,,,they were built to last as well,, and so we have the America that will also last for a long time too,,if we love her as much as we love the men and the machines. Once again,,thanks so much squatch,, for reminding us!!
Just discovered your site. Live in BERMUDA. Same age as the CAT. Wish I was in that good a shape. Most of my life boatbuilding and Marine Electrics and Electronics. Did 20 years in the local FD, many times driving a 1938 Mack, alon with 1960 Mack B series ThermoDynes.
You know that old M is just like the good old USA, nothing fancy just there when you need it. Your dad did scare me for a second when he drove into the woods the first time,I thought it was going to be parked and left for Dead. Thanks for sharing and please work this one into your rebuild list I think she's earned it 😁
Way back when I resided in the twin ports area (uff da!) I could remember a lot of the small contractors had Caterpillars, Internationals and a few Cases. I don't ever recall seeing any A-C's but obviously they were there, too.
Nice to see that not everyone scraps old iron. A few years back my dad just happened to come across the first dozzer he ever ran, a Cat D69U it was sitting on a flat bed headed for the scrap yard. He was able to buy it for the scrap price and bring it home.
T's kaapai to hear de ol gal tick ova agin' 6:27 den put thru it's pace's o' clearing..still in gud working condition.. awesome..wif sumfin' like dat, tend to put it undercover..wea 'n tear of da elements n keepsake!!.. maybe ova due for maintenance..but yeah, still doe's da job.. kaapai presente video Squatch253..thnx..Kia Ora ✌️👍
Nothing starts and runs like an Allis engine, They always kick and cackle ready to work. Of course being designed to run on 50 octane gas helps.. Was surprised to see how smooth it still operates and steers.
Wow that old piece of work I hadn't seen my great grandpa had one of those Alice Chalmers and a cletrack not a high drive F I believe his was a c or a d model great video
THANK YOU !!! makes me remember my youth and your D6 those pony motors boy do i remember cold cold mornings always seemed like forever !!! but they were great days wouldn't tread them for anything !! thanks again
Cool video, I grew up running old Allis Chalmers equipment. We had an HD-6 and HD-11 shovel dozer mid 60's vintage as well as an HD-16 dozer which I learned to push over tree's on when I was 8 that was a blast!! Now I'm lost when I get on something with grade control lol
July, 2023. Just watched this again. How about getting the other side track and rollers refurbed? This would make another 😂good series. Of course, there's the narrow gauge RD torque monster begging for it's own series! Isn't it great how folks want to give you more to do? Lol😅
Wow, yours has a starter! My old M has only the hand crank starter. But mine is a 1933 vintage. I have one stuck steering clutch that I haven’t been able to free up. Mine is also a tail seat orchard tractor. This reminds me I need to go do something with that old crawler.
Love the sound of straight piped old iron. Exactly how they were run when new. Although this machine has seen lots of use the engine seems to have weathered the storm pretty well. Usually well worn machines like this have been neglected never serviced run without air cleaners and smoke badly from all the burning oil. Not this beauty. Needs to get back to work on a project soon and polish that blade up the natural way, by pushing dirt!
Gotta love it made to last you won't find any tractor built to last anymore they are built like cars now days just a $100,000.00 more dollars of plastic and computers that will never last 10 years
That was the biggest surprise in a long time, I never thought during the video that Allis will start, drive and operate in this video, just amazing, well done. How many dozers do you have if I may ask. What a video, thanks for showing it.
Hey man, cool old dozer. We just got our ‘34 M running, any tips for attempting to free a stick steer clutch? Right side. I like that your blade angles.
Do you have any problems running gas with ethanol in it? I know it raises havoc with small engines, eating up rubber parts and floats. And you have a great channel, I am hooked.👍
Squatch253 I prefer Seafoam. I have an old Honda generator that sat for over five years with Seafoam treated basin the tank. It still smelled good and fired right up on that same tank of gas. Made a believer out of me!
I hope you will be making plans to do more restoration work , that right side undercarriage and repair or replace that engine Its earned it keep many times over for you.
My husband has a 1937 Caterpillar r2 crawler. He is interested in the fair you were at. We are in the U P of Michigan which is not that far from you. He's having a lot of trouble finding info on the r2. Any information would be appreciated.
I don''t understand why you 'collectors' dont build a carport type cover to keep the majority of the moisture ( rain and snow) off the collectables.a few a-frames and some tin sheeting would do wonders for not a whole lot of money. I recently built a 24x12cover for my boat for 2350
It warms ones heart to hear and see an old girl like that sing again. :) Thanks!
I'm a Cat guy but repair this one; its a jewel and sounds great. Its a keeper!
A piece of equipment like that deserves a memorial.
I like that you put that old girl on the planks . So many people just leave them on the ground and they wonder why the tracks are stuck and frozen. Awesome video
For many years I had an Allis Chalmers HD-7W with a Baker straight blade. Extremely durable and excellent for sidehill work. It was an ex military also built in 1942. The screamin' Green leaker 3-71 was plenty of power for most any job. Mine also had a robust ripper on which I fashioned an extremely effective log splitter.
Thx for this great video. My father was a career catskinner and while I was looking at old photos I recognized that blade on one of his first machines digging a basement in Peace country Alberta around 1950.. It was set up on a Cletrac (not sure of model) but he said it was almost the size of an 8. He also had a brush cutter for that dozer and cleared thousands of acres of farm land with my uncles who had a 3T Cat and a HD16 AC. That Cletrac was later used to build some of the first seismic lines in NE Alberta using that Baker setup. Keep up the great postings
Smile crossed my face as she fired up and started to move...Sr with an "old friend".......
The old girl still gets the job done. Thanks for sharing!
What a good ol' hard workin' beast this must have been! Great to watch it running, and it sure started up quickly.....and not a puff of smoke. ( I was expecting to see a big puff of blue !)
We have 7 in total,the model M was used alot in northern Wisconsin and the U.p of Michigan as a skidding dozer,because of their suspension they were better than caterpillars in that regard.i believe the same engine was used in a farm tractor as well,perhaps model U and rebuild kits are still available
Thanks for sharing. True piece of machinery that has been patched together to keep it going like many of the farmers and ranchers did throughout the years. None of our tractors ever saw paint or cover for that matter. You just used them and kept them running one way or the other. I love the crack in the block, leaks but keeps on running!
Was nice to see the M. My dad had one in the 60's that he had a jammer on and used in the woods. Brings back memories. Thanks
Running old memories like old cars, tractors, buses always puts smiles on everyone. Thanks for that. As always keep up the good work and videos coming.
I can tell, your Dad is really enjoying running that machine again!! Good for him!!
Impressive how an old machine comes to life and seems to work smoothly and effortlessly.
I ENJOY Old Iron, again. Too bad there is no way to LIKE a video more than once... This years Plow Day brought back 63 year old memories of me riding on one of our TD's tool boxes holding onto the armrest. The wind blowing, one last time with my father, before cancer took him from the fields, walnut orchards, and me.
thatd be a really cool restoration someday! really enjoyed seeing your dad running that ol girl! better do a video on x231 next!
Very cool old machine. I love everything was overbuilt back then.
A/C stuff is nothing but tough. Thanks and Pop still has it and one of the saddest sounds I know of is the last licks hit by an old rig. I remember the old D-6 9-U's had to have the clutch in before you got any steering clutch booster. Thanks Toby and Pop. Sure is still a nice rig and runs super smooth for what it is.
Thanks. As anthers have said its nice to see old things like that still running. Sounds really good.
My father owned an Allis Chalmers M for years and broke in hundreds of acres of hil lcountry with it had the land cleared of bush and scrub with a 9 U Cat D6 did all the giant dissing and top work with the Allis M great machine of course it wasn't terribly old then late 40 early to mid 50s All this in Southland New Zealand
For many years I owned an Allis Chalmers HD-7 with a Baker fixed blade. It was a War Baby (1942) and I built many fire breaks in the mountains with it. It had a screaming Detroit Diesel and power galore for it's size. AC built good machines.
Yes, the machines,,,,but what about the men,,,they were built to last as well,, and so we have the America that will also last for a long time too,,if we love her as much as we love the men and the machines. Once again,,thanks so much squatch,, for reminding us!!
That thing is built like a tank,I've never seen one of those until this video
Just discovered your site. Live in BERMUDA. Same age as the CAT. Wish I was in that good a shape. Most of my life boatbuilding and Marine Electrics and Electronics. Did 20 years in the local FD, many times driving a 1938 Mack, alon with 1960 Mack B series ThermoDynes.
You know that old M is just like the good old USA, nothing fancy just there when you need it. Your dad did scare me for a second when he drove into the woods the first time,I thought it was going to be parked and left for Dead. Thanks for sharing and please work this one into your rebuild list I think she's earned it 😁
One of the best videos I have seen on here, well done Sir.
Way back when I resided in the twin ports area (uff da!) I could remember a lot of the small contractors had Caterpillars, Internationals and a few Cases. I don't ever recall seeing any A-C's but obviously they were there, too.
Started up like she was parked yesterday! 😀
Nice to see that not everyone scraps old iron. A few years back my dad just happened to come across the first dozzer he ever ran, a Cat D69U it was sitting on a flat bed headed for the scrap yard. He was able to buy it for the scrap price and bring it home.
Absolutely awesome great old tractor .
T's kaapai to hear de ol gal tick ova agin' 6:27 den put thru it's pace's o' clearing..still in gud working condition.. awesome..wif sumfin' like dat, tend to put it undercover..wea 'n tear of da elements n keepsake!!.. maybe ova due for maintenance..but yeah, still doe's da job.. kaapai presente video Squatch253..thnx..Kia Ora ✌️👍
love it! glad to see some Orange!!
That's one beast of a machine!!!
Nothing starts and runs like an Allis engine, They always kick and cackle ready to work. Of course being designed to run on 50 octane gas helps.. Was surprised to see how smooth it still operates and steers.
Wow that old piece of work I hadn't seen my great grandpa had one of those Alice Chalmers and a cletrack not a high drive F I believe his was a c or a d model great video
THANK YOU !!! makes me remember my youth and your D6 those pony motors boy do i remember cold cold mornings always seemed like forever !!! but they were great days wouldn't tread them for anything !! thanks again
Cool video, I grew up running old Allis Chalmers equipment. We had an HD-6 and HD-11 shovel dozer mid 60's vintage as well as an HD-16 dozer which I learned to push over tree's on when I was 8 that was a blast!! Now I'm lost when I get on something with grade control lol
Many a man have tried to kill an Allis Chalmers, few if any have ever succeeded
Correct! That engine has a 6 1/2 inch stroke and 5 inch jug. Real torquer. :-)
July, 2023. Just watched this again. How about getting the other side track and rollers refurbed? This would make another 😂good series. Of course, there's the narrow gauge RD torque monster begging for it's own series!
Isn't it great how folks want to give you more to do? Lol😅
That’s awesome it run really well for as old it is and having been sitting definitely got some time on it lol plenty of work scares
That's amazing that old girl still has life in her very cool Dozer
I don't see how I missed this rig. I must be getting senile!
@@squatch253 oh yeah it was very nice to see the old girl come back to life again
It would be a special one to restore and show!
It still runs great. It might be geared a little higher than I would like. I used to have an HD5 and HD6. They had loaders instead of blades.
This one never gets old !
Have to finish the rebuild as an homage to all the work it did.
Thats a sweet old girl! She has a nice sound!
Wow guys that is extremely cool, love them old dozers!
Wow, yours has a starter! My old M has only the hand crank starter. But mine is a 1933 vintage. I have one stuck steering clutch that I haven’t been able to free up. Mine is also a tail seat orchard tractor. This reminds me I need to go do something with that old crawler.
Pity you can’t double like a video! What a great sound!
Other than the block crack it seems like the engine is in really good shape. i was expecting a smoker when you guys fired it up.
Way cool ! Thanks for sharing a little bit of history.
I did a place very similar to yours years ago with a 1957 Case 310.
Thanks for sharing.
Incrível essas máquinas antigas, eu jurava que não estava funcionando eu me enganei, funciona que é uma beleza.👏👏👏
For all the hard work that old girl can still hold her own . She might be badly worn but she still has mechanical hart .
My Dad's got an old hd5 allis , we still use it.
Love the sound of straight piped old iron. Exactly how they were run when new. Although this machine has seen lots of use the engine seems to have weathered the storm pretty well. Usually well worn machines like this have been neglected never serviced run without air cleaners and smoke badly from all the burning oil. Not this beauty. Needs to get back to work on a project soon and polish that blade up the natural way, by pushing dirt!
Great walk around as always. You must live in an enchanted forest to get that old gas burner going so easily after all the years of well earned R&R.
Thanks!!!
Pretty cool that it fired right up like that.
Would be great to see it restored in the years to come.
Got to be the coolest video I have watched today!!!
That bass tho
Go Senior Go!
Perfect video thanks for sharing your history.
Amazing! 😮 ❤
It would be neat to see that restored
Is this old beauty salvageable, Toby? Would be a heck of a challenge, but with your skills nothing is impossible!
Cool machine
Very nice old crawler! any idea when It ran last before the video? love the exaust note on that one.
Poor M! When are you going to restore that beast? It's earned its restore.
What a BEAST that blade and lift mechanism is. Wow. Probably weighs 1/4 of the machine. :-)
cool old thing
Nice!
Gotta love it made to last you won't find any tractor built to last anymore they are built like cars now days just a $100,000.00 more dollars of plastic and computers that will never last 10 years
That is so cool.
That was the biggest surprise in a long time, I never thought during the video that Allis will start, drive and operate in this video, just amazing, well done. How many dozers do you have if I may ask. What a video, thanks for showing it.
YAAY! Job security!
Hey man, cool old dozer. We just got our ‘34 M running, any tips for attempting to free a stick steer clutch? Right side. I like that your blade angles.
She's a tough ole plow.!!!
I have 3 model Ms. Id love to have drawings of that Baker mount. I gotta build something similar soon.
If that was new iron forget about it it would be yard art .
Sounds like victory.
Gotta keep that old girl!
What size trees can you dig out with that little old dozer?
Do you have any problems running gas with ethanol in it? I know it raises havoc with small engines, eating up rubber parts and floats.
And you have a great channel, I am hooked.👍
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Squatch253 I prefer Seafoam. I have an old Honda generator that sat for over five years with Seafoam treated basin the tank. It still smelled good and fired right up on that same tank of gas. Made a believer out of me!
Senior looks right at home pushing dirt with that ol' girl.
I hope you will be making plans to do more restoration work , that right side undercarriage and repair or replace that engine Its earned it keep many times over for you.
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Nothing like a low rpm engine under load!
Sounds so much like my old D17. Always loved the sound of that engine when the governor opens up.....
it does good work, but the operator knows how to make it purr
What's a machine like that worth
Is this crawler still around, Squatch?
I wonder if modern dozers will still run 80 years from now.
Will you ever restore the crawler? I would love to it it restored.
Hey I have a 1952 fergason do you know anything on that style
My husband has a 1937 Caterpillar r2 crawler. He is interested in the fair you were at. We are in the U P of Michigan which is not that far from you. He's having a lot of trouble finding info on the r2. Any information would be appreciated.
I don''t understand why you 'collectors' dont build a carport type cover to keep the majority of the moisture ( rain and snow) off the collectables.a few a-frames and some tin sheeting would do wonders for not a whole lot of money. I recently built a 24x12cover for my boat for 2350
can you make a video of it doing some actual work with them?
Neet! 🙂👍
Still have this M?