I bought a plow

grandpa Love · Mar 28, 2019

Picked this 3 bottom Dearborn 10-180 plow up yesterday. Got an odd repair on middle plow. Oddly the spot they are covering is only about an inch wide and a couple inches long. The guy I bought it from says there is a parts plow in the woods and I can come by next week and get a moldboard off it. For " little or nothing". I noticed that Agri supply sells a moldboard that replaces the moldboard and shin, anyone use those?

Can someone explain the hitch? The bar with the pins moves a bit?

I think this is the parts plow! Maybe this moldboard is chipped?

Mike M · Mar 28, 2019

That hitch might be adjustable for centerline of draft ? Have to find a copy of an owners manual on it and it would hopefully explain how to adjust it all up.

formerly ny bill · Mar 28, 2019

nice find! looks like the second bottom has a broken share. one thing I see on the first bottom- on my IH and Oliver plows, there is a short tab that connects/bolts to the 2 open holes showing on the back end of your first share and moldboard, to strengthen that area. I expect that Ford would have the same setup. maybe missing that was why the 2nd share broke. the chip out of the parts moldboard is probably from excessive wear (but the extra frog connected to it might be a good thing to have anyway). the threaded J-hook in the 2nd picture allows you to set the line of draft, like Mike said.

Danny Prosser · Mar 28, 2019

Hey Grandpa where is this place located? I'd like to go look around there all day!

grandpa Love · Mar 28, 2019

Central AL

Russ from MN · Mar 28, 2019

It looks like the adjustment would line up the plow behind the tractor, if the 3-point didn't have sway adjusters.

BarnyardEngineering · Mar 28, 2019

You're not supposed to use sway adjusters to hold the plow in place behind you. Good way to break 'em when you hit a rock.

The plow is supposed to be able to sway to go around rocks. Between having the proper tread width on the tractor, and that adjustment on the hitch, a good plowman can set it up so the plow naturally follows the tractor. Should be able to put the wheel in the furrow and let go of the steering wheel.

If you're fighting it, it's not set up right and you're just tearing up the ground, making a mess. Not plowing.

2underage · Mar 28, 2019

Looking at the pictures it appears that the plow does not have a trip feature and that would explain how the moldboard and the width adjustment were broken. In plain language, if the plow hits a hard object such as a large rock it has no way to release the pressure and the result is something gets broken. Do not use this plow if your land has any large rocks or ledges as not only can the plow be broken but in many cases the three point hitch on the tractor will be damaged and then you have a costly repair.

grandpa Love · Mar 28, 2019

Luckily we only have football size rocks in any garden we will plow. So we should be good.

aFORDable · Mar 28, 2019

I've got one like it that I have used for years. The hitch flexes a little to give the plow some freedom when in use and also to help on hook up. No sway bars needed since the plow needs to be able to move if needed when plowing because of some obstruction in the ground.

Billy NY · Mar 28, 2019

In your soil with the size rocks you mention, might just be ok. If the plow will perform at lower speeds, you'll feel the obstruction and might be able to stop soon enough. I used a 2 bottom ferguson for a number of years in these soils, lot of round head glacial till rocks, up to basket ball size. What would stop the tractor was roots or small stumps in new areas that were cleared. I'd just stop, and free it up, then continue. My 110 ford single bottom works well in the worst section of soil with these rocks, it never trips, they just roll off and around. It is shear bolt protected, only thing that trips it is tree roots and or sometimes shale outcrops that are shallow.

JMS./MN · Mar 28, 2019

Regarding your previous post with the Allis-Chalmers plow beam...irons like that can be cut up and used for spacers on a shop press.....uniform height and width, handy to adjust the workpiece height when in the press.

GEO-TH, In · Mar 28, 2019

I have a totally restored 2 bottom Dearborn. Never used it. Makes a center piece in flower bed.

All parts are new. Nothing is missing.

SVcummins · Mar 28, 2019

Is the left hitch bent?

gab · Mar 28, 2019

I bought this one to plow my garden. After I sand blasted and painted it I couldn't stand to get it dirty, hasn't been out of the shed in years.

plowman · Mar 28, 2019

Hi I have a plow manual for that plow. Thanks Steve 419-618-0017

grandpa Love · Mar 28, 2019

I think it's made that way.

grandpa Love · Mar 28, 2019

Are you the same guy with Moline plow parts?

grayrider · Mar 28, 2019

I?ve got that same brand 3 bottom plow, I was made an offer on it today that I turned down when a guy came to buy a set of two row Covington Planters from me

Leroy · Mar 28, 2019

I am not him but yes it is the same man. He is a dealer in plow parts. I have met him a couple of times and sold him parts I no longer had use for.

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