What happened to the Allis Chalmers plant and a look back in time

[MossRoad]

I remember when the Laporte plant closed.

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Allis-Chalmers Corp. Friday rejected an offer from an employee group to buy its LaPorte farm implement plant and said it will close the plant by the end of...

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AC bought the Rumely plant in La Porte, IN in the 30's to get access to their vast dealer network.

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[Hay Dude]

The Allis name still appeared on farm tractors as “AGCO ALLIS” into the early 2000’s.
They had Detroit diesels and Funk powershift transmissions in them.

Looked like good tractors.

https://www.tractorhouse.com/listing/for-sale/219886359/2001-agco-allis-9765-175-hp-to-299-hp-tractors

Then they were just “AGCO”.

https://www.tractorhouse.com/listing/for-sale/217904221/2010-agco-dt250b-175-hp-to-299-hp-tractors

The AGCO name brand went away in about 2013. I think the AGCO tractors were the best blend of modern, powerful and affordable.

Now AGCO offers Fendt, Massey Ferguson, Challenger and Valtra.

 

[azbinder]

I worked at the AGCO R & D facility west of Phoenix in the early 90's. They were also using C series Cummins engines in the White tractors. AGCO took on quite a line of different brands of tractors. Need to add Gleaner into the mix also,

AGCO is the acronym for ALLIS GLEANER COrp.

 

[Streetcar]

My Grandfather worked for Allis before WW2 in Cincinnati.
I still have the letter they wrote releasing him to join the navy when the war started.

The allis plant in Cincinnati is still going Siemens now

 

[Hay Dude]

I worked at the AGCO R & D facility west of Phoenix in the early 90's. They were also using C series Cummins engines in the White tractors. AGCO took on quite a line of different brands of tractors. Need to add Gleaner into the mix also,

AGCO is the acronym for ALLIS GLEANER COrp.

The AGCO (RT100-140) tractors assembled in France had 6.7L Cummins in them. Highly sought after, especially the CVT versions.

What specifically did the R&D facility that you worked at do ?

 

[ruffdog]

Part two video:

 

[5030]

Reminds me of AO Smith in Milwaukee. I hauled tons of frames for Ford motor out of there. I believe they are also defunct. Good paying loads, especially on a Friday evening when they went exclusive use.

 

[azbinder]

I've been to both AGCO tractor and implement plants in Coldwater Ohio and Independence MO. I do believe both have since shut down.

 

[5030]

Far as I know, the only thing that the Coldwater Ohio plant made was manure spreaders. Delivered there many times. They did have a test track but I never seen any tractors on it. Just so happens that SCH's main office is in Coldwater as well. I used SCH components on the cutterbar of my combine.

 

[azbinder]

Far as I know, the only thing that the Coldwater Ohio plant made was manure spreaders. Delivered there many times. They did have a test track but I never seen any tractors on it. Just so happens that SCH's main office is in Coldwater as well. I iused SCH components on the cutterbar of my combine.

Yes, there was a test track and also had a pretty good sized dyno room. There was a service training building across the street where I helped do a major upgrade on a McConnell-Marc articulated 4WD tractor.