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snohiker

USA
521 Posts

Posted - 10/02/2011 :  22:22:29  Show Profile  Visit snohiker's Homepage Send snohiker a Private Message  Reply with Quote
dont think its a simplicity but its says its mounted to it http://www.searchtempest.com/results.php?location=03848&maxDist=50000®ion_us=1&search_string=simplicity&keytype=phrase&Region=na&cityselect=zip&page=0&showeb=1&category=8&subcat=grd&minAsk=min&maxAsk=max

Rob
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Talntedmrgreen

USA
4110 Posts

Posted - 10/03/2011 :  06:14:19  Show Profile  Visit Talntedmrgreen's Homepage Send Talntedmrgreen a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I don't see it Rob...Not sure which ad it is, but man, you guys have a LOT of Simplicity ads on CL up there! No wonder Larry finds so many machines!

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simplelife

USA
1385 Posts

Posted - 10/03/2011 :  13:38:39  Show Profile  Visit simplelife's Homepage Send simplelife a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Looks to be in fairly good condition, although you cannot see the chain detail, plus you get a 725 to go with it I assume.

It is near the bottom just before the ebay ads listed under Hartford ditch witch.

Edited by - simplelife on 10/03/2011 13:39:11
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acb10_64

USA
801 Posts

Posted - 10/03/2011 :  15:11:14  Show Profile  Visit acb10_64's Homepage Send acb10_64 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
That's really cool. Never saw one before, other than in the brochures.
Here is direct link.

http://hartford.craigslist.org/grd/2611278594.html

Wes



2 1964 Allis Chalmers B-10's

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Talntedmrgreen

USA
4110 Posts

Posted - 10/03/2011 :  16:06:41  Show Profile  Visit Talntedmrgreen's Homepage Send Talntedmrgreen a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thats either an original Allis, or made by the same manufacturer. The chain is bigger than what they offer, but the rest is a match!

http://www.simpletractors.com/attachments/trencher.htm


Edited by - Talntedmrgreen on 10/03/2011 16:08:37
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snohiker

USA
521 Posts

Posted - 10/03/2011 :  17:18:25  Show Profile  Visit snohiker's Homepage Send snohiker a Private Message  Reply with Quote
thanks wes for fixing it

Rob
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Talntedmrgreen

USA
4110 Posts

Posted - 10/03/2011 :  17:36:27  Show Profile  Visit Talntedmrgreen's Homepage Send Talntedmrgreen a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Better grab it up, or I will have to start arranging freight!

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snohiker

USA
521 Posts

Posted - 10/03/2011 :  19:20:18  Show Profile  Visit snohiker's Homepage Send snohiker a Private Message  Reply with Quote
its all yours way out of my tractor fund range

Rob
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Edited by - snohiker on 10/03/2011 19:20:38
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B112

USA
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Posted - 10/03/2011 :  19:26:27  Show Profile  Visit B112's Homepage Send B112 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
It's out of my tractor fund range too! See if someone can get pictures. While it's on my route, I don't even have the time to call these days. If anyone does call and asks for more pictures, please post.


Michael
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Talntedmrgreen

USA
4110 Posts

Posted - 10/03/2011 :  21:07:16  Show Profile  Visit Talntedmrgreen's Homepage Send Talntedmrgreen a Private Message  Reply with Quote
It has to be about the rarest of the rare. I've only seen one other, but have never seen a post hole digger...yet.

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Talntedmrgreen

USA
4110 Posts

Posted - 01/24/2017 :  16:01:06  Show Profile  Visit Talntedmrgreen's Homepage Send Talntedmrgreen a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Digging up an old post, since it was one that stuck with me for quite some time. There are no pictures here, and the craigslist ads are long gone, but I have finally caught up with the machine from this listing.

It was a Simplicity 725 and groundsaw (trencher) with special order, 6" wide chain. I saved the old pictures, but lost them on a harddrive failure. Having this post to reference the area being Hartford CT, I kept networking among collectors in that area for about 5 and a half years, until finally catching wind of this machine. In the meantime, I had posted here previously, when I found a second trencher, which I regretably sold the following year: http://www.michaelstractors.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7989&SearchTerms=trencher

So, in spring of 2016, I had a friend in CT find the 725 and trencher, still with the fella who bought it in 2011. He purchased it, somewhat on my behalf, for the same price listed years earlier. A John Deere collector had it, no less! I've had it paid for, for some time, and today made arrangements to make the drive to the East Coast to pick it up the second week of March. Turns out, the story is that this was a dealer demo unit, and never sold. It was acquired at some point through a dealer closing, and has seen some, but very little, use. The seat is still plastic covered. I'm pretty pumped!




Interestingly, I purchased a third trencher earlier this year, that showed up at the Portland, IN show. It is only the 2nd one seen to have the 6" special order chain, and is in great shape, but missing the serial # plate. I've researched these a bit further and found that there was and early and late variety, and I'll now have one of each (for a short time)!




So I'll be sure to update when I get my first love home...I'm glad I stuck to it! My next find needs to be the A-10 auger. Several have exchanged hands this past year, so my hope is I may get a crack at one as they are unearthed, to complete the trio of Hens Teeth beside the forklift and trenchers.



Edited by - Talntedmrgreen on 01/25/2017 07:58:25
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skunkhome

USA
12824 Posts

Posted - 01/24/2017 :  18:13:02  Show Profile Send skunkhome a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Very nice.

Phil



"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."

Benjamin Franklin
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B-16_IC

USA
2823 Posts

Posted - 01/24/2017 :  20:11:32  Show Profile  Visit B-16_IC's Homepage Send B-16_IC a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Really Josh!? Sure are nice! I will be wanting to trench a couple water lines this summer, bring one down.

Life is all about paying. Pay attention, or pay the consequences, the choice is yours. Rich
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Talntedmrgreen

USA
4110 Posts

Posted - 01/25/2017 :  07:57:41  Show Profile  Visit Talntedmrgreen's Homepage Send Talntedmrgreen a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I have been travelling further and further so Western IL doesn't seem quite so far as it used to!

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7010b1

USA
713 Posts

Posted - 02/26/2017 :  13:57:59  Show Profile Send 7010b1 a Private Message  Reply with Quote
very nice that is still one of my top 5 finds. weed cutter, trencher, post hole digger, AC loader and fork lift. i will have to keep dreaming one day. nice find.
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found a weed cutter on ebay but no shipping. to far a way to get it on a tank of gas.

spark up your life with a E3 plug..

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b1, earlys, big, b12, b110's, 712, 7010, 1316h, homelite T15 and T16, two 410's, over all 20+ of them
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Cvans

USA
4405 Posts

Posted - 02/26/2017 :  17:38:20  Show Profile Send Cvans a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Nice find.


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