Allis Chalmers Museum Tour

[@brucearudy7874]

Thanks for the memories. My dad worked and retired from Allis Chalmers. He was a welder in the Hawley plant. My older brother also worked there, he work in the tractor plant. God bless them both.

[@KieranMckean]

I live right next to the building where the drop forge was by the rail road tracks from 1970 -78 Seen some pretty massive pieces of steel come out on rail cars and lot of finished tractors 🚜 those were the good old days. 👍

[@billlittle4285]

Worked at Allis dealer in 1970 and 71 , I was 17 fresh off the farm, thought I had the world by its tail! That was at St Clair Wilkerson in Embro ON. Canada, I learned alot in a couple years, fond memories.

[@scottrayhons2537]

Used to see a lot of C Allis Chalmers engines as a power unit with hand clutch running rides at amusement parks, on ferris wheels, Scramblers and other rides. 60 yrs ago my dad would send my brother or me out to cultivate corn and beans with a C and a 2 row cultivator. Nice video! Thank you.

[@cwalt4483]

Nice contents. Thanks for showing some AC equipment. I have three Gleaner combines in the barn. A Gleaner G, L and a M2. Still use the L for corn and the M2 for beans. A farm I purchased a few years ago. Came with five AC G tractors. One G has a rotary hoe for individual rows.

[@Michagan_outdoorsman_James]

thank you so much for sharing. love any older tractor

[@johndoe43]

Great video and history. Thank you. That old pull behind combine was quite the monster. Cutting edge up against the steam thrashed. And yes 500 dollars was a big deal in the 30s. My dad bought a new Stevens 22 rifle in the depression. It was 4 dollars.

[@jazzerbyte]

That's a great museum, glad to see all that equipment under a roof. Fantastic that they have the original factory sign from the Milwaukee factory!

[@jeffreyverse]

Yeah, the sign really makes the museum building pop. You can see it from the highway. Before the 2nd building was built, there was an Allis-Chalmers sign painted on the east side of the building. But after the 2nd (and middle) buildings were added, and the sign was put up, it really made it stand out.

[@stratkiller86]

That Skywalk was above south 70th Street in West Allis, WI. Very cool to see that sign still survives, as well as a good segment of the factory buildings. I live 4 blocks from the main site.

[@PaperclipProphets]

Do you mean the main site in West Allis? If so, hello neighbor👋

[@woodrow7201]

Jeffrey, thank you for this tour. I was pleased to see the Luebben hay baler that Gilbert Vust restored. What a fine piece of work. This was the invention of my great grandfather Melchior and his brother Ummo Luebben and Gilbert paid such a tribute to the invention by reserecting this Luebben Baler.

[@jeffreyverse]

You are very welcome.

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank You

[@jasonbeecher509]

Allis Chalmers was my second favorite company. I'm a John deere man. They were very innovative just like deere

[@NP-rh3dt]

This was a great video Jeff. Being from Wisconsin I still see a ton of remnants of A-C, they were a silent giant you didn't notice until they were gone. My older brother lives in West Allis, the suburb of Milwaukee were A-C was from. Such a cool town with great history.

[@bigallis1]

Great video and naration Jeffrey. Thank's for doing it. Brings back memories of my families AC business in Retsof, New York. Western part of the state.

[@jeffreyverse]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@davidleehotaling]

Very cool 😎 my dad used to work for Allis until they went bankrupt. Always had a love for them.

[@KieranLeonard-v9t]

wonderful

[@rexsmith3944]

Awesome love all the old tractors

[@curtisdowling3773]

Awesome!! My father had a WC when I was growing up .

[@DancerOfClouds]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful museum. I grew up with Alis Chambers and Gleaner combines. Farming has come a long way, but it is wonderful to look back to a by-gone era.

[@jeffreyverse]

You are welcome!

[@jodydoakes8754]

Thanks for this video. Lots of memories. I grew up on a farm in Illinois with lots of AC equipment--WC's, WD's, Rotobaler, etc. Love the sound of that WC/WD 4 cylinder engine. I later worked for a company that was bought by AC in the late 1970's.......and then the end came for AC. Very sad. Demise was fueled by bad economic times coupled with very poor management at AC.

[@billf157]

Much of that museum was donated by Gilbert Vust. He was a very talented man who lived almost next door to the museum.

[@jeffreyverse]

Yes, you notice his name on a lot of the signs. In the old video I inserted with the Gleaner running in the field, you can see Gilbert driving the Rumley, and unloading into the wagon.

[@allis01old_allis]

That was a fun time up there. Thanks for the video.

[@jeffreyverse]

You are welcome. Thanks for watching.

[@terrybenson3632]

Great video. WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN, factory and headquarters.

[@farmercraig567]

Allis Chalmers and Gleaner pull type combines where offset to the left so you could combine counter clockwise and then mow clockwise to reduce skipping caused by wheel tracks. I have used the AC 90 pull type to combine fescue seed.

[@Nudnik1]

" Big Alice" steam turbine still produces electric for NYC today.. Allis Chalmers also had a experiment fuel cell tractor in 1950s. Excellent channel that you.

[@petergardner2334]

thats a great museum

[@jeffreyverse]

Did you check out part 2? The rest of the Fort la Reine museum in on another video on my channel....not as many people have watched it yet, but if you're interested in the other half, its up there.

[@MarshallSmart]

Excellent video. I worked for Gleaner for 15 years. Not the same Gleaner as this one is in Scotland and supplies fuel, heating oil , petrol etc. You may be interested or not but I am running a book on tractors 1904-1934 about 4 pages each week at the start of my videos. At the moment I am working on a David Brown 996 Uk model. Bring it back from sitting by the sea for 2 years doing nothing. Quite a bit of rusted up parts. I sometimes make parts that you can't get now. M 😀

[@anthonygreener3843]

I haven’t seen yet this year but hay just got started around here

[@montybolinger6383]

When you were looking at the implements in the pole barn you had seen a couple "disks". They were actually disc plows. These were used a lot on the prairie as they did pull easier than the moldboard plows, and they did scour easier than the moldboard plows.

[@BIILLETT]

Round back Gleaners are sweeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@OnePieceTractor]

My Dad had a Terra Tiger. Three of my neighbors welded Gleaners together in Independence Missouri til they closed

[@jeffreyverse]

I had a summer job once on an assembly line making Massey Ferguson combines. That plant was closing and I think they moved the production to Independence, as Massey was part of AG-CO.

[@freebooter247]

Nice Museum lots of iron in it. Been there twice 👍

[@Powerman2417]

Great video

[@jeffreyverse]

Thanks!

[@williammatzek4660]

Dad had a Baldwin combine. Hercules engine behind grain tank. Header on right side. It had a chute on left side to unload on to the truck. Dad pulled the combine with his g John Deere. The Baldwin combine was invented at Nickerson , Kansas. Years ago at are state fair in Hutchinson , Kansas their was a very early self propelled Baldwin combine. Model t engine behind the grain tank. The small wheels in the rear were the steering axle. Many yrs ago at the allis chalmers dealer in Wichita kansas I seen one of those combines that the header mounted on the front of the tractor. The tractor was an old rumley , allis, or case. The grain tank mounted on the left rear fender of the tractor may be 20 bushels. Also the old Baldwin self propelled combine at are state fair had a 7 or 8 ft header on it.

[@johndoe43]

Friend of mine still has and uses his Roto baler

[@rottmanthan]

my father had a wd45 with the narrow front and a loader, my older brother told me he remembers pushing snow with it. another brother said he knows where it currently is, depending on its condition i would like to have it.

[@stephenking7923]

real interesting I am from the UK my father had an Allis Chalmers fork lift in the 70s it was left here in the UK I believe from the US forces he bought it at a sale I used it regularly untill 1991 when I sold it and replaced it with a more modern fork lift. it was a good starter and worked well the only problem we had was once with the drive but soon got it fixed it had tilt and small side shift on it

[@leebuck180]

thank you for bit about the electric motor. Allis-Chalmers also made electric motors, turbines for power plants (before Siemens) and other electrical equipment.

[@NP-rh3dt]

I really liked that bit too. It's interesting how diversified A-C was. There are whole nuclear powerplants designed by Allis.

[@jeffreyverse]

Yeah, weren't there components in the Hoover Dam built by A/C?

[@kevinj2412]

Yes we have a couple hydro generators here in south central Nebraska that are AC units and still going strong.

[@hollycorlew231]

My great grandpa sold allis chalmers from the 40s all the way until they went bankrupt so my family always had an allis half of the family only had allis

[@philliplopez8745]

Sold AC parts back in the 80s . Harvest season and the gypsy harvesters were wild .

[@jeffreyverse]

By "gypsy harvesters" do you mean custom work crews that would travel with the harvests? I heard that Gleaner Ls were popular with those crews once upon a time.

[@peterbishop1933]

Hi from New Zealand. I used to own an HD6 Allis Chambers bull dozer would be very interested to see the range of there bulldozers and crawler tractors through the years

[@johnshields6852]

My Dad worked for them when I was a boy, they built transformers in Braintree, Mass. the company was moving to Tennessee but my parents didn't want to move, so we stayed in Boston area, my accent would've been different.

[@donbenson5292]

The memories. We were an Allis/Gleaner farm. We had a mod 60 all crop with the axillary engine on it, a 2 row mounted pickers on the WC and a mod 190 i beleive it was on the D17. Two CII C/S specials. An A also. The combine progression up to L2s. Ran a G also. Tractors 2 WCs, WD, D17, 185, 210 and a 7080. Sure wish someone would start Allis Chalmers back. Get rid of techno garbo and be an operator and not a computer jockey. Lol

[@AhPhoey]

A bit of fun trivia, the tractor was originally named after the founder's wife, Alice Chalmers.....They divorced and it was switched to Allis.

[@gheinyheiny3543]

Wrong

[@MrTGleaner]

Curtis is also responsible for the creation of the All-Crop combines.

[@dvdosterloh]

spreader that moved the manure to the front actually solved a problem, a conventional spreader shifted the load to the rear eventually going over center and lifting the tractor up slightly reducing traction, a real problem in snow

[@jeffreyverse]

That's a good point; didn't think of that. Would be especially helpful in the days of no front wheel assist, I guess?

[@MaclearieFarms]

That’s cool

[@johndoe43]

67 mph. That's cookin right along. Nobody has had the kahoonas to do it since 😆

[@deepwood4]

Would have been nice to see the bigger D series tractors.

[@frankwurth5375]

Jimmy Carter's all out war on the small family farmer and his fiscal policies that brought about 25% interest rates, are what destroyed the Family sized farm and the companies that supplied them. Framers went broke , then the machinery builders went, we lost Allis , IHC, Also short line companies like New Idea, also Moline and Oliver all went under, under Carter. Carter passed a new farm bill that took away the price supports so the big AG conglomerates like Con Agra, Cargill and others, could force prices to well below production costs. The present Administration under Biden, is trying to finish the job and force all Farmers into bankrupcy, and goverment take over of all agriculture, just like China And Russia. Then just watch what happens to the people! Wake up people! these New World Order lunatics want total Communism and one leader the world over. Then you will see the end of life as we know it.

[@rondavis2791]

Ronald Reagan visited Illinois in the early 80s. he was greeted with protesting farmers. He was quoted saying they should export the farmers and import the grain. He didn't know his microphone was on. They show their true colors.

[@farmercraig567]

West Allis WI was headquarters for Allis Chalmers

[@scottmaanum7262]

Hi Great video Thanks for sharing Were the Husman or Johnson Brothers involved with the museum Thanks

[@jeffreyverse]

I do not know. I do know that the buildings were donated and much of the collection was contributed by Gilbert Vust, who was a farmer in the area and A/C collector. But who else may have been involved, I'm not sure.

[@eugeneeveland7977]

d 21 with front wheel assist is one of a kind d21 series 1 does not have a turbo

[@CameronWWE123]

Our farm was Allis until the late 70s and have been Deere ever since

[@MaclearieFarms]

10:16 that is a side delivery spreader

[@timwalter9999]

My cousin had a roto baler the bale's were a pain in the but to try to mow

[@robertlong7033]

That was the problem with Allis Chalmers.....They made everything.....but in the end.....they made nothing. Nice tour . Thank you.

[@jeffreyverse]

You're very welcome. I'm happy people are enjoying the video...makes it worthwhile.

[@vwslivinglife4933]

My friend is a collector of all things allis Chalmers. Would anyone know of someone selling a antique Allis Chalmers lawn sprinkler? And if you didnt know they made these? You would be shocked 😲 at how mnay things allis made.

[@michaelfrancis7072]

Apart from Motorcycles, Aeroplanes, Ships and Cars, is there anything that Allis Chalmers didn't make.

[@MrCrazycook8]

$500 in 1938 is equivalent in purchasing power to about $10,757.55 today

[@jeffreyverse]

On the surface, that still sounds pretty good to get a compact tractor for $10,000....but then I remember you're only getting about 13 hp with ZERO comfort features. Not even electric start! :)

[@germanmg42]

Does anybody know what that tractor was that was pulling the gleaner combine in the video?!... Very curious!!!

[@jeffreyverse]

It was a Rumley, but I'm not sure on the model. If I find out I'll let you know.

[@germanmg42]

@@jeffreyverse very very cool man, i appreciate it so much!

[@biggeoff3120]

Is thare a allis chalmers model E D40 tractor lots in devon uk in the 60 and 70 good one

[@jeffreyverse]

I don't recall seeing one...I looked up what the ED40 looked like; very cute little tractor.

[@anthonygreener3843]

In Polk county Wisconsin the town of luck someone uses on of those little round ballers ever year

[@jeffreyverse]

Really? That's crazy that some are still used on a regular basis. I figured by now, the only use one might see was at a show of some sort.

[@anthonygreener3843]

@@jeffreyverse ya it is pretty neat to see if I see it i will get a video of it for you

[@bigAl64]

Spent many hours baling hay with a 175 Alis chalmers

[@eugeneeveland7977]

g"s were made in the sixties and another time in the seventies. i have a 71 g and it is diesel and hydro

[@nollrodney3253]

My dad had 1 the early model G I think it was a '55 or '56 because it had a 3 speed transmission. later years had 4 speed forward

[@truckinchihuahuaalvieschre2494]

How do I donate a Allis Chalmers B10 Garden tractor?

[@jeffreyverse]

Not sure. I guess you could contact the museum directly. It will be under the Fort la Reine Museum, located in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada.

[@diersirrigation]

I believe that the turbines in the Hoover dam were manufactured by Allis.

[@jeffreyverse]

I have heard the same thing.

[@daddio7249]

Not popular in the South, at least north east Florida . In 1981 I was looking to get a larger tractor then John Deere 3020's we had. Looked at a International 1086, gear shift on both sides of the seat, no. Ford 9600, no. Drove 50 miles to the AC dealership, cab was about the size of a jet fighter, no. OK, try the JD 4440, love. Today farms here are about 95% John Deere. A few Challengers and Kubotas. My neighbor has two Kubotas for light work but that is probably because his wife's Uncle owned the local Kubota dealership.

[@bluegrallis]

@ 8:14 it's a 1938. The only year Allis used cast front wheel centers with wedge bolt rims. Hand crank only models didn't have a choke rod to the operators station. Ya didn't need it back there, because you had to be out front to crank it. @11:07, that is not a B, It's a C. A B didn't have a wide enough rear wheel spacing to use it on a 2 row cultivator, and B's never had a narrow front end or a single front wheel.

[@michaelvogel2522]

In 37 a years wages was about $750.

[@pamvust8997]

Cool video. The narrator is a bit odd...but otherwise, it's a good video. :)

[@jeffreyverse]

Well I was going to hire Morgan Freeman, but he never responded.

[@Butch344]

good video BUT I'm a AC fan & you didn't show any.

[@scottjaecques7409]

Half allis half Oliver wahasha was Oliver

[@christenyoung5384]

Why did I not see a allis Chalmers b112

[@jeffreyverse]

That is a very good question....did I miss them? Maybe they're all still in use somewhere...didn't find one for the museum that wasn't worn right out? :)

[@jimjordon9841]

The PTO pulley is in the rear of the tractor

[@jeffreyverse]

I believe you pull up on the lever with the rounded loop to engage it though. (If we're talking about the B.) If memory serves, you also need to use the clutch, so I don't think you could use it like a "live" PTO either. If you had to stop the forward motion, you also stopped the PTO until you let out the clutch. I could be wrong about that though....its been over 20 years since I ran that thing. :)

[@anthonygreener3843]

West Allison wi

[@dennishayes65]

Anthony Greener: It’s West Allis, Wisconsin

[@warrenpost1502]

The G has the wrong year it should be 1969

[@eugeneeveland7977]

you are right!!

[@kevingrahl7254]

You are correct

[@berber8032]

Wish WEST ALLIS would have done this. Instead they're demolishing all of our history and lively hood of my grandparents & great grandparents

[@canadianHAWK3]