Every one of these I've seen here in Ohio the brackets for the vertical lift cylinders for the moldboard table are an ugly welded mess. Underneath the welds are very bad. Most have cracks running everywhere. I suspect shocks and vibrations transfer from the blade up through the cylinders to the brackets. Eventually, fatigue cracks start. If the repairman doesn't remove the crack to the bottom welding over top of it doesn't help. AL B retired weldor fabricator 😊.
I can't wait to see the next episode of Uncle Mark showing off some antique heavy equipment!
We have a NO yelling policy in these meetings
I've seen a western Austin that looked just like this. 😅
totally agree!!!
that is why I only do finish work with alice, no hard cutting or digging
Allis did make bigger graders and they were just as good as the D model. Allis just couldn't compete with adams and cat.
Every one of these I've seen here in Ohio the brackets for the vertical lift cylinders for the moldboard table are an ugly welded mess. Underneath the welds are very bad. Most have cracks running everywhere. I suspect shocks and vibrations transfer from the blade up through the cylinders to the brackets. Eventually, fatigue cracks start. If the repairman doesn't remove the crack to the bottom welding over top of it doesn't help. AL B retired weldor fabricator 😊.
I seen plenty of John Deere model D's that are older than that running in New York
yes, lots of jd. d's. left. They had a great run. The obvious difference being a tractor opposed to a road grader.
totally agree!!!
totally agree!!!