1959 Allis-Chalmers D17 plowing

This is my brother plowing with my 1959 D17 Allis-Chalmers gas tractor. I think the plow is a model 53. The ground had been left alone for about 10 years and was pretty rough. Took a while to get the plow shined up and the depth set but it's working pretty well now. Lots of stones, broke the tips of the front and rear points later.
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[@tadebb]

There is just something about seeing a plow working properly in good soil, thanks for sharing

[@morrismonet3554]

I had a D17, I loved that tractor. It had a homemade/aftermarket 3 point hitch on it. Not sure what it was, but I cleared a lot of land with a Bush Hog. The Power Director hand clutch was perfect for dropping it back into low speed or even neutral when hitting heavy brush and popping back into high for lighter grass. The 3 point setup lost the traction booster, so I didn't plow with it.

[@whspioneer89]

Thanks for viewing and commenting. I’ve sold the D17 in the video but couldn’t live without one and picked up a series IV D17 that i still have

[@Michigander79]

reminds me of when i was about 5 following my dad behind his farmall H, then our dog following behind me. i must have walked miles watching that dirt flip. there's nothing more relaxing than plowing. it's relaxing just to watch it.

[@superrf85]

Impressive plowing, it looks like fun and the dirt just flows like butter.

[@dbupp]

Brings back a lot of fun memories. I used to run a diesel D17 wide-front for my uncle when I was a teenager. Was ferrying grain wagons one day, and forgot to unlock the brakes on one trip. Didn't realize it until I noticed smoke starting to come out of the axle vents, lol! Didn't kill the brakes outright, but they did need to be replaced sooner than normal. Amazing how much power that diesel had, never even noticed the brakes were still locked. It pulled just like they weren't engaged.

[@1941pearl]

You are doing just fine with three bottom, and nice job at plowing too.

[@milkman1944]

Now, that's plowing. Years ago, I plowed a lot with a JD B and a two bottom David Bradley disc plow. We had a field with a lot of stumps and several bushes and the disc plow worked well cutting bushes and rolling over the stumps. Really looked forward to the ground drying up enough to start plowing in the spring. I like the WD and the D, nice sounding tractors and pulled really well.

[@railroadman57]

Nice job ! good farrows nice and straight ! the Allis sounds good as well ! Great video !

[@kyliebug1212]

I could watch that all day

[@Boot_185]

Got to love allis I love them so much I even got a 2009 Allis AC130 lawn tractor when it was time to get a new one of those.

[@timh9407]

I have the same set up. The reason the ground is turning over in ribbons is because of the sod. You want the dirt to be broken up normally but is hard to do is sod.Plus some moldboards are designed to always lay the soil over like that. But for the most part you want the soil broken up.The way it is will probably take an extra pass wiith the disc or field cultivator to get it ready to plant a crop.Great video !! Love plowing with my 59 17 and #82 plow.

[@slobodansugic8009]

tim h glupost. Bez. Kraja

[@dexterglade8834]

Noooo Tim, the reason the ground is turning over in ribbons is because that's how a moldboard turns the soil. It stands the sod on its edge if it contains enough clay. A discplough will turn the sod totally upside down but it's rougher disking on the first pass.

[@stuartpickles6907]

This os the tractor I first learned how to operate when I was 14. My dad bought it for $1000 and traded a s10 to get it. He used it for years until a tree fell on it after a storm.

[@TheMonopodi78]

Absolutely beautiful to watch.

[@flufflepuffle6229]

That's a really nice plow job. So smooth you could just flop the turf back upright.

[@dickopdahl8034]

Fluffle Puffle

[@adogman12345]

Nice video I like how you have plow adjusted properly turns soil over not all choppy like a lot of the videos of people that post plow videos maybe you should teach them how to set plow properly haha any way my grandpa has the same plow on a wd45 tricycle front end with all wheel weights on it he used to plow fields with his and now only his gardens he told me that is how you want any field to look after plowed and thanks for posting video love the allis chalmers tractors can't beat the sound of them keep posting love seeing your tractor thx

[@whspioneer89]

adogman12345 Last spring the neighbors son came and got me to help him setup a plow he was pulling with a Leyland tractor.

[@chilipalmer9912]

Grew up driving this tractor, and a 50/50...awesome

[@itlldoktm]

Fantastic old tractor, doing a neat job. I would have been tempted to top the grass, of lightly rotavate first. Nice little video.

[@semco72057]

That tractor is working like a new one with more than enough horsepower to do the job. Those plows are cutting perfectly and sorry to hear two of the plow tips was broken.

[@whspioneer89]

Thanks for the nice comments. I didn't do much. Just set the rear wheel width and make a few adjustments to the beaming screw and the lift are's to get the angles right. I have a 4 bottom Allis semi mounted snap coupler plow I want to try on the D17 yet. I uploaded a video this spring of my D14 pulling this 3 bottom plow. It did a very good job. It did have to work a little more in spots.

[@semco72057]

That sure makes the job of plowing up a field much easier and that tractor is worth it's money spent on it and so is the plows.

[@Gugernoot]

Heavy discs are kinda like a one way but they are a constructed like a harrow, neat.

[@whspioneer89]

Thanks for viewing and commenting

[@fireburst102]

i love how those plows work, lookat how perfectly it flips that sod. sodbuster.

[@17br549]

@whspioneer89 Those furrows are absolutely perfect. You are doing a great job turning that soil.

[@DolittleMccoy]

Thats some Rich looking dirt........ GOOD VIDEO....

[@barneybetelgeuse6273]

Great job mate 👍😃

[@farminghuntingtrapping-fht]

Looks great!

[@whspioneer89]

Thanks for viewing and commenting

[@MFsteff]

Very nice furrows!!

[@MartinGraeger]

One of the best Plows, i´ve ever seen! :D

[@lloydboy6086]

Thanks for viewing and the comments. That land hadn't been worked in probably 10 years but it is a sandy soil with spots of better soil here and there. There are stones. Whenever you see the plow "jump" it's because it's sliding over stones. Automatic reset plows are very popular around here. In fact I broke the tip of the point on this plow later.

[@SupportDavidsfarm]

that cuts in real nicely!

[@whspioneer89]

The D17 pulls it pretty good. Only time it really snorts is going up hill or if a sudden change in soil type where the draft control doesn't respond quickly enough.

[@atvjoey12]

That thing plows perfectly it turns like chocolate icing on those fancy cakes

[@mattberg6785]

Looks pretty cool. I often wish I had been born a farmer

[@TheSkoalboy09]

you got that plow rolling dirt niceeee

[@whspioneer89]

Plows normally aren't lifted with the pto. There are two arms sticking out the back of the tractor below the seat that lift the plow. There is a hydraulic cyinder inside the rear end that lifts the two arms on a rockshaft.

[@bfwinkler]

That’s how it’s done folks!! 👍

[@whspioneer89]

Our D17 is in good mechanical shape and only has about 2000-2100 hours. It had a new idea picker on it when my dad and I bought it around 10 years ago. It had the picker on it since new and had only been off once and that was to use it to go load up another picker. The tachometer cable broke at about 1900 hours. I use it to square bale with a NH 273 and kicker, although the D19 handles it better. I do have a 4 bottom Allis mounted plow but I'm not sure the D17 can pull it.

[@SilverGleaner]

@whspioneer89 If the Traction Booster is set right and the engine is healthy you can easily pull a 4 bottm. I pull a 4x14 fully mounted in black soil with some blue clay in 2nd gear high range (5th gear) with a D17. I have taken it to plow days and been told that if they hadn't seen it they wouldn't have believed it. 720 JDs and 880 Olivers couldn't pull 3x16 in hard dry alfalfa field one year while I walked in 5th gear and 9 inches deep. Tractor is weighted to about 6,900#.

[@whspioneer89]

I think I'll make a video in the spring showing how I set the plow up. Might not be THE correct way but it worked ok for me.

[@stevehufford5159]

Nice compared to my grandfathers. His had a inch and half flame out of the stack. Thing was a real horse!

[@whspioneer89]

@tod3k I do have a 4 bottom Allis plow with hydraulic tail wheel that I could try on the D17. I'm leaning towards trying it this spring behind my D19 diesel. Although I don't think the turbo is working very well since it only dyno'd about 60HP 10 years ago when we bought it. My dad used to pull a 4 bottom plow with his D17 diesel and WD45 diesel tractors, but I prefer to not push my tractors to their limits.

[@whspioneer89]

thanks for viewing my video. To answer a few questions, the rear tires are the same size, I have no weights to add to the tractor and the rear tires don't have fluid in them. I hate rusted out rims. I'm sure I could pull my 4x14 tail wheel plow with this D17. I might try it this spring. My uncle picked up a newer model 3 bottom plow with tail wheel wheel and I bought it from him. Just have to get it, he's in IL, I'm in WI.

[@hubertbergen3000]

Use rim guard instead of calcium . Just put new tires and rims on my 185. Used rim guard to prevent rusted rims.

[@youthunter]

wow thoes are some damn nice looking furrows! cuts er like butter!

[@bofts]

A beautiful site

[@Grumpy_old_Boot]

That is some nice a rich soil you got there. :)

[@whspioneer89]

Thanks. It took a little trial and error till we got the hydraulic setting about right. And till the bottoms shined up good.

[@whspioneer89]

The first tractor I remember plowing with my dad was a Farmall H with an Allis 2 bottom pull type trip lift plow. It was the first tractor I plowed with. Next was a Nuffield 4/65 with a 3 bottom three point mounted Allis Plow. That one never worked right. It wouldn't fold the dirt over no matter how shallow or deep you plowed or how fast or slow you drove. Then we used a Farmall 706 diesel with a 5-14 IH semi-mounted plow and then a Ford 4-16 semi-mounted. Best was Long 1310DT with Oliver 6-18.

[@mohdfazli561]

What a good skill plowing straight line

[@enegueecirp3120]

Tidy stuff right there

[@whspioneer89]

Thank you for watching my video and leaving a comment

[@BATAR61]

Svaka cast---Bravo

[@radanmilinkovic9659]

nije dobro oranje

[@philorida]

Beautiful

[@sagarsanghar8904]

1.5 amazing

[@whspioneer89]

Thanks for the comments. Seems every mounted plow I get I end up tinkering with the settings on the tractor and plow for a while before getting them dialed in to where they do a halfway decent job.

[@tonysainsbury2663]

good piow .keep up the work from x farmer

[@PowderRide34]

I had a beautiful d15 series 2. Fully restored sold for $4500 for that and a brush hog. Been regretting it

[@mburrill88]

My grandfather still bales with the D17 near Corvallis, OR. He likes the shuttleshift on it, but honestly I don't think its big enough to be pulling a baler that does 70lb 2 string bales lol.

[@BreathDoctor]

Nice vid, thanks.

[@arjungodgaming669]

Great

[@whspioneer89]

I only have coulters on the back 2 bottoms. The front coulter is a bit different and I don't have one for it.

[@newholland2488]

👌👍

[@whspioneer89]

The mounted pickers I have are for the WC/WD tractors. i don't think they would work on a D17. I wish I had an Allis mounted picker for my D17. Power steering and power director would be nice.

[@TheParachaz]

I like this because it`s the same age as me, but it looks in better shape...lol

[@jmwnycprr]

I wish my 3 bottom AC plow did that good. I dont have cutters or the right atachment deals on it.

[@herzargoloz4986]

Nice!

[@Clear333track1west]

Need to finish my D-17 series IV project.

[@farmboy30117]

That's what I call gitten er done!

[@bnsfbandit9807]

That's so satisfying

[@Farmer2492]

great video how do you get the groud smooth enough to put seed in

[@whspioneer89]

Thanks for the comments. I should probably take a video of the times when it doesn't work too well, lol

[@tylerbonser7686]

That dirt nearly looks like waves in the ocean. Most people dont deserve to have plow turn dirt like that.

[@lloydboy6086]

Thanks for the comment. It hadn't always been that nice

[@mailanchiaa7580]

Super

[@75Marvell75]

не доглядел, и пласты обратно как и раньше вид приняли. как до обработка. ))))))

[@rudiZ28camaro]

how do u adjust the draft control for plowing

[@RoanJS]

I am guessing that o'l gal don't have GPS an she don't call the dealer to order $5,000 dollars worth of parts on her own.

[@hamitilhan2629]

Little Green 2305 x

[@michaelrichter8973]

We need to go back and build simple dependable tractors like this again when a farmer could repair his own stuff and do it economicly!today every damned tractor made has lots of stuff on them they simply don't need ,junk the EPA insisted on that malfuntions more than it works and really doesn't help the environment all that much!Good simple engines can and have been made by caterpillar and outhers that worked ok and didn't polute anymore than this newer junk and they ran forever it seemed between breakdowns.How often I've seen trucks setting on the roadside smoking to high heavens during a dpf burnoff my own Cummins px8 did this it smoked so much it would piss off anyone nearby it did this about 3 times a week it took 45 minutes and 1/2 tank of fuel every time ,now I ask you how good is that for the environment??EPA is pushing companies to meet silly unattainable levels of emissions,sure they pass when new but down the road at 20 thosand miles aprox.they fail big time leaving the owner with a pile of junk no one is able to fix ,I know I had one I got my dpf deleated egr valve blocked off computer reflashed to do away with all this crap my milage went up five yes 5 mpg to my way of thinking less fuel burned eqauls less pollution!!

[@lederis4u]

Nice :)

[@whspioneer89]

The camera and I were following the plow by way of my feet.

[@switch55]

How is the plow lifted at the end of a row? I couldn't see. In the pto?

[@hunterjacobs2178]

What. Why would it be lifted by the pto?

[@finderoftheway]

That tractor is walking on in that wet soil

[@idowonder4926]

Взял., и футбольное поле вспахал! ))))

[@rogo69]

HOW WERE YOU AND THE CAMERA FOLLOWING THE PLOW?

[@318SouthernCalifornia]

It's called walking.

[@rogo69]

farmboy319 god job of holding that camera or do you use a steady cam?

[@youthunter]

wow thoes are some damn nice looking furrows! cuts er like butter!id be a dick go throuhg the field rool the furrows back over haha

[@odstrel1]

hours?

[@phamthuong3686]

chiết d17 bao nhiêu vậy

[@NocnyLowcaDziewicWOT]

5 cm?

[@nelsond.gonzalez9033]

A

[@zkjr63]

аккуратно

[@DDFJ1230]

looks like chocolate

[@karolnowacki8795]

dobrze kryje

[@williamdasilvasantos7338]

Que

[@IKACBRE19981]

ovo je pesak a ne zemlja