Hot off the wire, Allis Chalmers mowers are back!

[Charlie175]

My mistake, not a MTD!

It's a start, so I won't knock it. Hopefully bigger and better things to come

 

[Fordlords]

I guess I feel better seeing the Allis name again as a Simplicity built product rather than yet another good old tractor name become just another GD MTD

-Fordlords-

 

[Charlie175]

I don't think there is much demand for high end mowers anymore, I have a Cub 1811 which is similar to your 682. Very stout mower for sure but most people only need a light weight "lawn" mower or they get a z-turn...

 

[Baucom]

Looks pretty sharp to me. Granted, it appears to be the same as the new Snapper LT100 series painted a different color with different stickers. I'd love to see and AC branded Conquest or Legacy--the color scheme would look sharp on it and I'm happy to see the AC name coming back.

 

[tb8100]

Why bring back the AC name only to put it on an entry level lawn mower? I hope they are going to go somewhere more with the AC name and release an entire line similar to Cub Cadet and John Deere where they have entry level mowers on up to high quality garden tractors.

It is nice to see the name and logo again though

This is what I've been saying all along.

By the way, this is a Snapper LT100 series mower rebadged as an AC, and available exclusively through Simplicity dealers. The Snapper LT100 is based mainly on the quality LT200 series, but Briggs put the Murray deck and front end on them. They have lots of HP though!

 

[tb8100]

I still wish Briggs would have snatched up Farmtrac and started producing the Farmtracs under both the Farmtrac and Allis-Chalmers name. They still could.....

 

[mjncad]

Bringing the Allis-Chalmers name back sounds like the same tactic cheap electronics makers do to capture the money of us older baby boomers who remember growing up with Packard-Bell, Admiral, Zenith, etc brands. The names are the same; but the company(s) behind the names aren't.

 

[Heywood Jannockitov]

BUT, for me, i still rather buy a used quality mower than a new More Trash from Detroit.......old saying we use to use when i worked at a troybilt dealership.....

Isn't MTD based in Cleveland?

Nice to see the name come back, but I gotta wonder why in blue thunder do they need 23 HP for a 42" deck?????

To make up for belt slippage.

Bringing the Allis-Chalmers name back sounds like the same tactic cheap electronics makers do to capture the money of us older baby boomers who remember growing up with Packard-Bell, Admiral, Zenith, etc brands. The names are the same; but the company(s) behind the names aren't.

Exactly my feelings. Why bother. It would be more meaningful to rebrand the AGCO line of utility/AG tractors back to Allis Chalmers.

 

[SuperDuty335]

I think Joe and Kent are both right. But I mean.......23 HP for a 42-in. deck! I know mulching take more HP, but my JD Z425 has the same HP briggs on a 48-in. deck, and, it drives a power flow bagger fan. That soaks the HP, but it's still plenty on my mower, although I must say I have no hills to negotiate. Hp does sell, and they probably got a good deal on those Briggs models for production purposes. There was a thread on another forum discussing the year old class action suit, filed against the small engine mfrs in the outdoor power industry, for exaggerating HP figures. Maybe those aren't "realistic" HP figures??? Regardless, my old '87 MTD (Wards) cut tall grass just fine with a 11-HP Tecumseh and a 38-in. deck (not that much smaller deck). Hmmmm....

I have a 2008 Husqvarna lawn tractor/48" cut hydrostatic with a Briggs V-twin 24 hp and I just got an old Cub Cadet 1250 hydro./42" cut with a 12hp Kohler. The old school Kohler pulls a LOT harder and seems to have more power than the new V-twin. It seems to be the same with old tractors as well. Every old tractor I've used compared to a similar sized new one had more "guts" and lugged through whatever it was doing much better. I can't explain it, I can just prove it.

PS I love old AC orange and hope they bring back a new and improved AC 185; one of my favorite old tractors.

 

[Johndeere3720]

Maybe they cold bring it back like the new Bommer 8N , originally the Ford 8N.