I now have a free download of the dealers parts catalog.

Also, I have put up a page of the first few aftermarket parts for the disk I now can get.  Will add more as I go forward.

I will not really get into the meat of this restore till after fall harvest as this is the busy time of the yeard for the All-Crop business

As I continue to learn about the Allis Roto-Baler, here is a factoid I learned from Jim Palmer…As opposed to the “Standard” model, the “Model 10″ Roto-baler featured a second conveyor mounted above the regular hay pickup.  When a twine was being wrapped, the hay was diverted to this upper conveyor. This was supposed to eliminate the need to stop during twine wrapping. Didnt work very good and many were converted back to the Standard arrangment. These Model 10’s were denoted with a “C” prefix in the serial number.

Talked to a aftermarket wholesaler; looks like he will be able to supply affordable bearing/spool parts for the disc…I await further details

Picture is an OEM bearing mount that I will need to get converted from the “spool” style bearings to the ball-bearing type. Will need 8 of these for my disc.  International Part Number 652581R91.  These are no longer available from Case-IH; so i looks like I will be having these fabbed. Doesnt look too complicated.

Part# 652581R91

I have created a page dealing with the refurb of my 1950’s era International Harvester 37 Disc

Ahh Paris!  The Arc de Triompe, The Louvre, the Romance!!  Ok, not THAT Paris, but Paris, Illinois, for the MUCH better “Orange Power of the Past” show held at the Allis Chalmers Museum July 18th and 19th.  

This show highlights Allis-Chalmers equipment working in the field and features one of the largest AC tractor collections around as owned by Dale Haymaker, founder of the musuem.

I will be treking out to the show with a cache of parts.  If anyone in the region or on the way from Harrisburg PA needs a hard to ship part, drop us a line and perhaps I can bring it there or drop it off. 

For more information visit http://allischalmersmuseum.com

One further note: July in general will have me on the road quite a bit. I realize this is when crops start coming in, so if you need a part for the harvest, best to place your order in June as it will be hard to fill orders in July.

Au Revoir!

I am often asked how the drapers are installed, as they do take some “tweaking” to get on right.  On this page I discuss how to get the rubberized drapers we sell to fit, and how the old canvas style drapers were put on.

Another year goes by quickly, and it has been a great one! We keep on getting more and more All-Crops back “on-line” doing their stuff.  Thanks to all for the continued support…..At the end of 2007, I promised to review my “to-do” list for 2008 and see what we accomplished..well lets do it:

1. Get drapers available for the model 40 combine.  I had a prototype set made, but was less than impressed with the finished product.  I then realized the best thing to do is to simply get the 60/66 set and cut them down to size..GRADE: A-

2.Make available more manuals, parts manuals in particular.  Was able top get the 40 and 66 parts manual scanned and available for free on the website…. GRADE: A

3.Overhaul the website (a 2007 goal not achieved) to make it more informative and effective in finding parts and combines. Was able to partially accomplish this goal.  The products page was re-vamped.  I also was forced to write some custom programs to handle  sales as the old method was not cutting it anymore with the increased numer of orders..GRADE: C

4. Get that new drill press assembled to allow us to pre-drill holes for the cylinder bars. Got the drill press up but could never fdind the time to drill the holes….GRADE C-

5. Get to at least one of the Allis equipment shows with a truckload of parts.  Didnt happen.  No time, couldnt afford the fuel. GRADE:F

So how do you grade our efforts? Suggestions, complaints, compliments? let us know!

Plans For 2009:

1. Make improvements to the website

2. Get elevator grain cups fabricated

3. Get Finishing screens and Scour Kleens fabricated

4. Try to get to a show….Really, Really try!

5. Get a 72 parts manual up for free download…

Thanks again for all your support. Merry Christmas to all,  and have a Happy New Year!

I was able to get the parts manuals for the 40 and 66 completed and loaded up to the website. These are no longer in print and usually only available as tattered used on ebay.  To get to the free downloads click here. These are large files so it will take some time to load.  I will have the  parts catalogs for all the models up eventually…

I finally got the new products page live. The big news is I will now start listing parts for other beloved AC implements as I have the chance to add them.  Right now I just have belts listed for the sickle mowers and rotobalers.  The new page allows you to drill down to the particualr implement and will have the capability to provide additional information about the part such as an illustration of where the part goes on the implement.  I hope to have a cache of NOS parts I will have access to listed by fall…You can access the new parts page directly here