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Dad’s Allis Chalmers

09/21/2023 by ST Leave a Comment

Out of my tractor collection, this is my favorite, my Allis Chalmers WD 45. My dad bought it new at a local dealer in Columbiana Ohio in 1957. Also the same year I was born! My dad farmed with it till he passed away just a few years later, I was 8 years old when he passed. When he died, my mother said “son, you are going to have to work hard to keep the farm”.

That tractor did tillage work, planted corn, cultivated and everything else needed to be done, as this was the main work tractor. I put countless hours sitting on this tractor as that young boy. Since then, mom has passed and my wife and I still live on the family farm, where I have never left -all my life. So, after retiring, I decided it was time to preserve that history.

My Allis needed a face-lift. I restored it with all the parts I needed from Steiner. Steiner has been a fabulous company to work with. I have also restored an Allis 45-narrow front end, an Allis C, and a Ford Golden Jubilee, Oliver 66 row crop, Allis Chalmer G and Allis D12. All with Steiner parts. And I have more to come. Have to keep the preserving history going.

Thank you Steiner for all your help.
Rod and Lynda Knizat of Leetonia, Ohio

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1951 John Deere A Restoration

09/20/2023 by ST Leave a Comment

My Grandfather traded in a B on steel for a new John Deere A 1951, it was his pride and joy, a neighbor who is long passed would tell how Grandpa was so proud to be able to drive down blacktop to get farm necessities, it was a main workhorse on the farm

Plowing, planting, harvest work, silo filling with the belt on filler. At 4 years old it was the first machine I learned to drive 60 years ago. Through the years it was neglected as bigger equipment became the norm.

A couple of years ago my brother in law and I decided it was time for a restoration.

With the help of Steiner parts and fun work we have progressed to almost completely done, a little tinkering and rear tires and wheel paint, it will be done for my grandchildren to enjoy

Daniel J Arndt
Gillett, Wisconsin

Farmall Super M at MMOGTA

09/19/2023 by ST Leave a Comment

In the back ground at the left is 1953 Farmall Super M.

This was taken out at Oakley MMOGTA show grounds. My tractor is in the background on the left. This is Tractors at rest under the moonlight between classes at MMOGTA show grounds at their transfer sled pull in Fall of 2022.

The Farmall Super M finished 3^rd in the Division 1 5500 lb class.

Marvin Tobey is the owner of this Farmall, and works in our tech department at Steiner Tractor Parts.

Allis Chalmers pulled from the weeds

09/18/2023 by ST Leave a Comment

This story starts when I was about 10 in the early 60’s , when my brother and I discovered an old tractor behind a shed in weeds and trees at my uncle’s farm. It turned out to be an Allis Chalmers model A of my uncle’s.

We learned much later that he bought the A in the early 40’s, possibly to help out someone who needed money. My dad and uncle Elery, dad’s brother, used it to do custom combining for years until it was retired behind the shed. In the mid 80’s, dad and Elery pulled it out and took it to Elery’s shop to restore, but due to other projects and health issues, it never got done. Dad died in 2001 and uncle Elery in 2004.

At Elery’s estate sale in 2005 my brother Dan, and nephew James and I bought the A and began a 3 year rebuild. It was completely disassembled, every nut and bolt, and a complete rebuild was under way. The crankshaft was worn so bad it had to be welded and reground. New valves and valve seats were installed in the heads. New sleeves were installed but the original cast iron pistons were reused. The only work farmed out was the machine work and fabricating a new hood. Everything else the three of us did, including painting by James. New tires and rims were added to finish it off. We decided to keep it original with hand crank start instead of adding electric start, which was optional when it was built.

In the spring of 2008, as we were getting close to ready to run, Dan was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The A was put on hold for a while. By mid summer his condition was getting worse. We knew we had to get it running soon. It was running the last week of July and Dan drove it twice, the day it first ran and again the first week of August at the Carroll county fair tractor parade. Dan passed away September 6, 2008. The A was part of the funeral by running in the background at the cemetery.

James and I enjoy showing the A in memory of Uncle Elery and Dan. It has gone to Hutchinson Minnesota, Grinnell Iowa, the Antique Engine and Tractor Show in Geneseo Illinois, and the gathering of the Orange centennial held in 2014 at LaPorte Indiana, as well as many local shows. Our family owns 12 Allis tractors and a few Olivers and Fords.

Ron Shank
Morrison, Illinois

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