My allis is a mid 1970's 185 with a koyker #5 loader. I agree with easy of operation on the new stuff. I also agree with a gear transmission and the way thing are set up and designed, the allis is an odd ball. However, that old allis is beefy, rugged and and pretty tough when you got get down and dirty. I can push a tree with it faster than a guy can start a chain saw. Ive up rooted alot of trees. That particular tree broke and i didn't want a stump. The stump was a lot more trouble than i figured. I probably won't try any more stumps. Pushing trees Doesn't require alot if hp, just alot of weght and traction. This new stuff to me seems like you got to have the engine screaming to get anything out of them and then they are to light and spin. Alot of traction issues. Not only will that old allis push, she will pull like a freight train. That is the first pin I've ever busted pulling or pushing.What model is your Allis? Use to have a 180 and a 200 w/ fel. I learned how to operate and grew up on those tractors. Tractors today are a breeze after operating those titans.
Two of the guys that assisted me on our explosive weekend, were graduates from a community college blasting course. But there was a joke that at that time (80s) anyone could buy explosives if they seemed legit to the vendor, but you needed a license for fireworks.
And back then, rural farm houses had mostly (cheap to replace) single pane windows and tin roofs. What's a little fly rock here and there?
Learned a lot that weekend. Have 8mm footage. The best was the large wooden console TV which all but disappeared from the earth,
Fooling around with explosives is no more dangerous today than it was years ago when a lot of us grew up watching our fathers blow stumps and even did a few things we shouldn't have done with dynamite. Could be purchased it at the local hardware store back then. What makes it more dangerous today is all the crazies today that so called "modern society" has produced. And of course, all the lawyers looking to make an extravagant living at someone else's expense.
It may be 2018, but everyone doesn't have the availability of rental machines or the means and skills to operate the proper equipment that you apparently have.
Simple. Give out the recipe and end up on the "no fly" list.