Rollover Plow

Rocky in MO

Any idea what brand?

Any idea where the other end goes?

Rocky in MO

Here's a stick drawing of what your plow might look like if it was a three bottom . That bar sticking out back is the brace for the third bottom . This image shows it on steel but on rubber is the same looks wise . As you can see the furrow wheel is smaller . There's four different size tires it could use , none of which you'll find anywhere local I don't think . So if the rims are 16" try and find tires as close to the old sizes as possible which where 5.50 or 6.00 for the front furrow wheel and 7.00 or 7.50 for the land wheel . If the rim size is 15" you'll need 6.00-6.70 for the furrow and 6.50-7.60 for the land side . The rear furrow wheel takes an old size 3.50x12 but a 4.00/4.80x12 trailer tire works right nice . Decent used tires are given away at my local tire store or 17 bucks mounted with a new tube . I've got the same size on both sides of one of my three #8 plows right now but that's just because I got a good deal on them at the time ( both + new tubes and mounted for $24 ) So one is going on a different plow as soon as the snow melts some . ...Randy

Hi Rocky , This is what your hitch might look like . I've posted a link , and one on here . This image is from a newer parts book and the linked image is from a 1937 parts book . They look pretty much the same . ...Randy

• Little Genius hitch

Dealing with the guys that call it a TRIP plow, I say TRIP "WHAT" over the past 50 years, we've seen TRIP lift, TRIP hitches and TRIP bottoms. Most plows had at least 2 of these features, some had only one of these features. Given the history, I'd call the term TRIP PLOW a non term in modern times.

By the way, your No.8 has TRIP hitch and TRIP lift.

Looks like the MN, IA and WI boys mostly call it a "Trip Plow". Must be that metric terminology that makes you wonder what a trip plow is. I guess the trip plow term was used when the hydraulic lift came into being, so not to confuse the two different mechanisms (the trip/reset moldboards hadn"t even been invented yet in those years).

We are all lucky to NOT be plowing with a hand clutch John Deere with a trip rope plow. I saw more than one farmer years ago who had the plow trip on a rock, then unhook. Then he would back up his JD to close enuf to rehook, then get off the tractor (leaving it in reverse gear), then with his left hand he would lift the plow hitch off the ground, and with his right hand he would reach forward and "gently" nudge forward the hand clutch so as to get that JD to come back slowly for the rehook. Those old B and A JD often had a real jerky clutch (I always thought they all had a jerky clutch), and as the clutch was pushed ahead, the tractor would back against that pressure. I was always afraid that JD would back up right over that operator because he had no place to escape. Still gives me the chills when I think about what could have happened. Hooking up a disc was often done the same way...and was just as dangerous.

LA in WI

We always had to have a different hookup for the drawbar. It was like half a figure eight and that was so named a plow clevis

My folks had one just like that too. The rear wheel was steel and had rubber tires on the front. The spring was as mentioned, strain relief if you snag a rock or something hard. The plow would literally jump off the clevis, then pull the seat way low before snapping the string to the 'quick release' lever.

Plowed a lot of dirt with 2-16's pulling one of those too.

This particular day, he was only plowing the garden, hadn't been a stone or root come up in years. He threw the rope over his right leg. Well, the plow did find a stone, tripped, and the nut on the end of the rope hit him in the groin. OUCH.

I would question anything with weight on it like that. I've been hit in the back of the head a couple times, the rope snapped at the equipment end and not at the tractor seat.

Ironically I had seen that same thing done sitting on the trip rope. I didn't feel real good about testing that one on myself. *g*

The tractor lunges pretty good too when the tongue breaks down like that.

Like the term "Chisel Plow". No such thing; it’s either a chisel or it’s a plow. It isn’t both. :>)

Allan

Rocky in MO

Looks like someone swiped the gauge wheel. :>(

That 314 was a darned good plow. A little to be desired on ground clearance, but they'd sure turn the acres.

Allan

Rocky in MO

By the way , it looks like most of your hitch is there , From what I can see in the pictures you are missing the pin that goes through the two side plates that hold the spring . And a handle is handy too so hookup is easier by yourself .

Sorry 'bout the confusion, I was refering to the missing wheel on the spinner in Bob's picture.

Don't have a clue on those one-way things. Have never even laid eyes on one and they are totally greek to me.

Allan