Posted by J.C.in AZ. on August 21, 2007 at 10:41:17 from (65.54.154.116):
In Reply to: Alice Chalmers 190 gas posted by ohiofarmer on August 20, 2007 at 14:07:06:
As you can see there are negatives of any thing in life including the negative responses to your inquiry. The tractor you are interested in has had a hard life I am positive of,it probably needs more repairs than the equity is worth,it was not designed as a chore or loader tractor and is way beyond todays image of fuel efficency. When this series tractor was current[middle 60's -early 70's] Gas was probably about $.29 per Gal. Farm use[less Road Taxes]. I don't remember ever worrying about fuel efficency and I certainly never used it as a "Loader Tractor". It was a "Plow" Tractor and as now Plowing is pretty much a thing of the past[except in certain circumstances,nostalgia for one] so the 190 Tractor being in the neighbor hood of a 40 year old machine will need many updates but a loader is not one of them in my opinion. If you are interested for the restoration and show challenge go for it. Given the care it has had as you intimate if you wish to start it up and hook it to a 5 bottom plow,SURPRISE, I think you are more senseable than that. In it's day the AC 190 was the equal of a JD Gas 3010, Case 730 and the list of 60-80 HP Tractors goes on. In it's day farming Fence Row to Fence Row was not being practiced. Conservation was still alive and 160 Acres could provide a decent standard of living for any one not afraid to get his or her's hands dirty. I for one liked the AC 190 and still do.
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