ALLIS-CHALMERS D-17 Tractor Plowing

a big tractor power fans this video comes to you from a western kentucky field where a 1959 alice chalmers d17 series one tractor is working on fall tillage with a 314 moldboard plow in this video i would like to share with you the d17 series production history specifications and original price tag but first let's head out to the field so you can see and hear this classic tractor plowing [Applause] the d17 was one of the larger row crop tractors available from alice chalmers for a decade it was manufactured at the company's west allis wisconsin tractor factory from 1957 through 1967 a total of 84 9114 ls chalmers d-17s were produced during this time period there were 51 598 models equipped with gas engines and 12 284 that were built with diesel engines powered by alice chalmers engines this tractor is rated at 63 engine horsepower and 52 belt horsepower the gasoline and lp gas models feature a 3.7 liter 226 cubic inch engine and the diesel models are powered by a 4.3 liter 262 cubic inch engine the gasoline and diesel models were fitted with a 19 gallon fuel tank and the lp gas models were equipped with a 23 gallon propane tank this tractor features an alice chalmers power director partial power shift transmission with eight ford and two reverse speeds during the tractor's 10 years of production there were four generations of d17s offered from 1957 through 1960 there was the original series one model which you see plowing in this video from 1960 through 62 there was a series 2 and from 1962 through 1964 there was a series 3 and the line routed out from 1964 through 1967 with the series 4 model which you can see harvesting corn here with an alice chalmers all crop combine the specifications of the d17 remained unchanged from 1957 through 1967. the mechanical changes were nominal between series 1 and series 4 mainly the paint scheme and decals were the big change on the tractors the original series 1 being a solid orange tractor and the series 4 featuring white decals and wheels this tractor weighs in at and 4 pounds a brand new gas d17 was priced at five thousand three hundred and ninety three dollars a model equipped with diesel was listed at six thousand one hundred and seventy five dollars when it was new [Applause] i hope you've enjoyed spending some time out in the field with the alice chalmers d17 tractor does your farming operation rely on alice chalmers tractors or have you operated them in the past i'd like to hear about the tractor and models that you know about in the comments section below this video if you've enjoyed the video consider subscribing to big tractor power youtube where there's over 1 000 videos of farm machines in action as always thank you for watching [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 5min 4sec (304 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 04 2020