New stuff for the kingdom

jon f mn · Jul 12, 2020

Went to Illinois yesterday for some new items for the kingdom.
Picked up a case chisel plow and case grinder. Left at 5am.

Got there at 12:30 to load. Had to take the hitch off to get the
chisel to fit. And I may have spent some time chatting with the
guy. I know, hard to believe I would stand around chatting, but
it's true. Lol.

Left there at 3:00 and got home at 11:00. 747 total miles.

Spent the day today unloading and putting the chisel plow together and getting the grinder freed up. The old DC lifted the chisel like a champ.

They both look to be in nice shape except for the paint on the grinder. That is flaking off badly. Otherwise I'm happy with both.

The old stuff getter handled the job easily, as usual. Went through Wisconsin going down and was mostly freeway and fast and up through Iowa and Minnesota home mostly two lane. Averaged right at 8mpg.

Looks like the oats and hay will be ready to cut in a couple weeks so I'll be busy for a while now. Hope the hay grows some before then, not looking good right now.

flying belgian · Jul 12, 2020

Looks like the jack should be on the back of that chisel. Be careful when you pull the pin, it will rear up and hit you in the chin.

rockyridgefarm · Jul 12, 2020

Jon, you really have a great collection there. Are you considering creating a Case working history museum sort of thing? I'd sure put it on my list of places to see.

SVcummins · Jul 12, 2020

How many shanks is the chisel

jon f mn · Jul 13, 2020

Visitors are always welcome. My goal is to farm with just Case
equipment. I'm not sure about history because most
everything is from one decade, the 60s. But I have most
everything I need to farm with all Case machinery. Most of
what I get is fence row stuff that I bring back to life.

jon f mn · Jul 13, 2020

It had 10, I took 3 off to make it easier to pull in my hard ground. Going to take some doing to get this ground broke up I think.

super99 · Jul 13, 2020

Hey Howdy!!!! Glad you were able to get the chisel and grinder!!Looks like it found a good home. Chris

showcrop · Jul 13, 2020

That must be powder coat on the grinder, LOL.

cumminspuller · Jul 13, 2020

I'm liking that grinder! Is it just the hammer mill for a regular grinder with a tub on it?

Goose · Jul 13, 2020

I lost a chisel plow about like that off of a trailer once. We never did figure out how it got off.

I'd been to a consignment auction and bought a 3pt, six row cultivator and the chisel plow. We loaded the cultivator onto the trailer first and boomed it down. We then had them set the chisel plow on top of the cultivator. The way it sat down between the shanks, and frame to frame with the cultivator, I thought, "That thing can't go anywhere".

One of my wife's brothers was with me, and after about 50 miles we made a turn in a junction to go to his house. Somehow in the middle of the turn that chisel plow fell off the trailer and rolled over to the curb. Didn't even hurt it. We didn't try to reload it. I just pulled it home behind the pickup and came back for the trailer with the cultivator.

That was over 30 years ago, and to the day he died several years ago my BIL referred to that corner as the "chisel plow corner".

JMOR · Jul 13, 2020

(quoted from post at 06:22:25 07/13/20) It had 10, I took 3 off to make it easier to pull in my hard ground. Going to take some doing to get this ground broke up I think.

bought a Graham chisel plow years ago & I had to remove 4 before the SMTA could pull it. About that time I remembered what the old man I bought it from said as we were loading it. He said, "do you know what we call them?" No..... "tractor killers".

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