Re: Cost of Restoring an Allis WC

My brother just paid $9000 for a used John Deer 720 (I think?)3-cyl diesel with a small hyd loader. One step above a lawn mower but not too much smaller than an IB. If this tractor is asked to do half as much work as your IB probably has done I highly doubt it will be around 50 years. Not to mention that the IB would pull it backwards up a muddy hill. I feel a big advantage of old AC's is that they are easily fixed...I'd like to have the money that JD is gonna cost in repairs over the next 50 years.

In Don's case it's probably more nostalgia. But if he hooks a mower up to it and gets to actually use it...the cost is about the same as a good riding lawnmower and will last another 70+ years.

MY 2C

As far as the cost, I agree with the others here, It could cost you 3 grand. However spread out over several years and the fun and satisfaction, what could be better. You could drink up that much beer, and have nothing to show for it, or easily spend that much each winter skiing, and not have near as much fun, maybe break a leg too and be out of work costing you more. Do like someone said, one part at a time, if you get temporarily stuck on one thing set it aside for a while and go on to something else while you figure out what to do with the first one. It isn't a race, the longer it takes the more time you get to have fun working on it. The guys here will help you out with advise when you need it, gop for it!

Don