Allis Chalmers HD16 cold start walkaround

1959 Allis Chalmers HD16A, gear drive machine. Startup and walk around

[@tdshaker]

Don't see many with the old cable blade, most were hydro blades by then. Good machine, a part of history, good to see one still running.

[@J.Goncalves55]

Ótimo video, máquina excelente, funcionando muito bem nessa temperatura baixa. Bagé, RS, Brazil.

[@stevelutzke9600]

My dad had two of these when I was growing up both cable. Had a cable pull scraper to go with them and two 160 motor scrapers. Wish I would have been old enough to have driven them. Many years later after my dad no longer was in construction he built a house and rented an old Cat dozer with a bucket from a friend for some site work. I remember him shaking his head in frustration as he said if he had one of the 16’s what took 3 hours would have been done in 30 minutes….

[@brentreid7031]

Nice old crawler. Like they say " Old is Gold ".

[@darrelschulte6214]

Dang, I need to get myself another AC bulldozer. Had a 7 once, but it kind of shelled out beyond repair 😢

[@edwardesty4951]

I have a 1958

[@wilmamcdermott3065]

Ran a 16 B for about 2 weeks was a fuel drinking pig