Allis Chalmers 1950's 16mm film about the new AD-40 Motor Grader. Gives a brief history of graders and shows all the new features and attachments for the AD40.
You watch videos like this and it really makes you depressed to see the contrast of what this country has become from then to now. Really makes you want to go back to the 40's and 50's when this country was still an industrial power house that wasnt going to take shit from anybody and every single American was proud of it to boot. Just looking at that grader, such a simple tool designed to shape the ground. But the time and effort that went into not only producing a functional piece of earth moving equipment but also the time somebody took to give it style. That thing was some nameless industrial designers work of art and it shows in how smooth the lines are. Back then equipment didnt just have function, it had heart. We just dont get that today, its something we need to get back as a nation.
@@teresajohnson849 this film has a little footage of it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-H5kHqP9kE4M.html otherwise any of our Orange Spectacular videos should have one working in them
@@JandLVideos thank you i was wanting to see that video for years now also the 2 row cotton picker my granddad had on on his farm but he passed 10+ years ago and the model sp100 combine he had and i dont know what model cotton picker 2 row was sold thank you again it was nice seeing the 2 again Also i saw a gleaner model t combine i didn't know they made thank you keep up the good work with your videos they are nice
I bought a Alis Chalmers AD-40 Motor Grader 40 years ago from a local equipment dealer for $ 1,000.00.. He only bought for the engine, and was about to scrap it when I saw it. All I had to do was rebuild the starter and master cylinder. I drove it 25 miles to my farm and built a 3/4 mile oval race track to train my race horses on.. They don't make em like they used to🍷😎👌
I cut my teeth on a 1960 Caterpillar 14 grader, after seeing this video I sure wish we had an Allis. They were way ahead of the game with a lot of these abilities and comfort features compared to the Cat I used. I wonder if they were as bad of a knuckle buster as that Cat was? Those pto gear control boxes would hammer the levers and could give you sore wrists after a long day.
While working on another project, I came across in the Official Railway Equipemnt Register (1977) two Allis-Chalmers railway cars they made. Labeled: ACMX and KWUX. The KWUX is from Allis-Chalmers Power Systems. Combined they made a total of 7 rail way flatcars.
