what kind of cart is this?
 

Found this at a locals house. Is this a number 3 cart wit a ugly sticker?

Looks like a #3 cart, Nick.

Maybe some of the carts were outsourced to other Ag compaines or AC "copied" off of IH's cart design? :bigthink:

Or a PO had an AC and realy liked the cart and slapped and Allis Chalmers decal on the side. I like it personally but then again it leaves you to wonder...

Nick,

It looks like a #3 cart but is has the latching mechanism on the tongue.
I just picked one up over the weekend and all the ones I have seen do not have that latching mechanism so not sure it is or not or if someone maybe modified it. Measure the width and length and I can compare to mine.

Nick here's the link to Mike's pics of his new cart.

http://www.onlycubcadets.net/forum/s...29&postcount=1

Well, i cant be certain, but im pretty sure thats an actual Allis Chalmers cart. Simplicity and A/C shared a lot of things since A/C had simplicity make everything for them. Here is a picture of a Simplicity cart just like the one you have found. Even with the latch.

I have a similar one that the PO swears is a Sears cart. It looks identical to those only it has fenders and is a yellowish color.

AJ

Here's a pic of mine.

AJ I think your is a Sears. I looked at one just like that a few years ago and the PO bought it new from Sears. At least that's what he told me :biggrin2:!

At one point I was pretty knowledgeable on Sears stuff. I have to say I have never seen one of those in any literature for Sears attachments or equipment. Its quite possible though, that Sears sold it and it was more or less like an Allied product from another company. Who knows, as there was so much being manufactured and labeled by other companies all the time back then.

Those fenders are pretty sweet! They look just like what goes on an IH #2 cart, minus 1/3 of it.