7060 pros and cons?

Nick m · Nov 13, 2016

I have zero knowledge of allis chalmers tractors other than d21's and 220fwa look really tough. That being said, I rented a farm this spring that an old farmers niece/nephew just inherited. I spotted an allis in the barn, but didn't want to push the boundaries. They made it very clear that nothing was for sale. Just today, I walked by the barn and the door was open. It's a 7060. A few minutes later I'm chatting with the nephew and it sounds like they might start to sell some equipment now. This interests me. Could use a 150hp tractor. Would mostly chisel plow and haul wagons. Are these good solid tractors? It hasn't moved in 5-6 years. What problems did they have if any? Not sure of hours yet. Should be up there in the next couple of days and will ask if I can look it over better. What kind of value do these have? Thanks

Bob · Nov 13, 2016

As a collectable, yes, ask a tractor being WORKED NNNNOOOO!

What problems did they have, powertrain issues and they would self-install auxiliary crankcase ventilation systems.

Skyhighballoon(MO) · Nov 13, 2016

Go over to the real Allis forum and ask your question rather than take terrible advice like this. This forum isn't known to have extensive expertise on 7000/8000 Allis tractors unless someone like Dr. Allis chimes in. Mike

Bob · Nov 14, 2016

Say what you want, but within 12 miles of my farm (heavy tillage area) three 7060's damn near broke 3 separate farmers "back in the day" with the problems I mentioned. And that's when they were "new". Oh, yeah, and the dealer went down as well. There was quite a bonepile of rear ends and broken engine blocks in the back lot when they sold out.

NOT flaming a brand, just telling it like it was, I truly don't believe those tractors were anywheres near "state of the art" for standing up to heavy use, even when they were new.'

YAMMV!

Aaron SEIA · Nov 14, 2016

They were known to have weaker engines. More than a few tossed a rod out of the block. Other than the torque limiter in the tranny, I've never heard of any serious tranny issues. Dad ran a maroon 7060 PS for several years. Did the torque limiter once or twice and it spun a main bearing so he had to put another engine in it. For the mid 70's they were way ahead of their time. Just needed to hold the rods on better and scrap that limiter.
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16-30 oilpull · Nov 14, 2016

I bought a 1975 7060 in 1987. I just had 1200 hours on it but soon developed engine trouble. A local mechanic who had worked at local AC overhauled engine , power director and torque limiter pretty reasonably.(OK maybe it really had more hours.) I used this tractor as my main tillage for over 25 years on our 335 acre farm and never had anything major. I now pull the drill with it, but would not hesitate to put it back on the chisel. It is a very reliable powerful tractor. I'm not saying there were not some duds,but mine is an early one and it is fine.There was a guy in our neighborhood who had two bad ones he bought new,but since then I've seen how he treats stuf and a tank would be lucky to suvive. By the way most are advertised at 192 horse and I bought a 8070 for heavy work (which has several of the same components.

DrAllis · Nov 16, 2016

A 7060 was rated at 160 HP and no more. Many were overfueled to 190HP or better and that definitely shortened engine life. I know dozens and dozens of those who never had any engine trouble at all, so take that for what its worth. In late 1980/early 81 there was a batch of tractors that had defective ring gear bolts in the rear end. Some of those failed and were taken care of by AC. I know. I was a company rep at the time and actually oversaw some of the repairs. There was also some models in 1975/76 that had ring gear bolts that weren't torqued properly from the Factory. Some of those too failed and were pretty much taken care of if failure was within a recent amount of time. Now, combine an overfueled 7060 with one that had loose ring gear bolts, and you were sure to have trouble sooner rather than later. They were a good tractor, but leave the HP where it belongs.

1206SWMO · Nov 22, 2016

There were lots of 7060's in my area including one that I bought new..Those that were
cared for held up pretty good and those that weren't had problems..I know of no 7060's
that broke a farmer and several were running them at 190 horses in the field..The
426's did need some attention at 3500-4000 hours.

ajl · Jan 3, 2017

Opportunity knocks if you can get a 7060 at a good price. The 7080 had engine troubles but at 160 hp, the 7060 was quite reliable as was the 8070 at 170 hp. Friend has 3 7040 and an 8070 all with high hours and they have been good tractors.

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