Eagle Hitch Reversible Disk Plow - 283

Joe Young

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I located an interesting piece of Case history practically in my backyard this week. It's a model 283 reversible disk plow made at the Stockton plant in the late 1950's. I've never been around a disk plow before, but based on the literature, I probably need something more substantial than a 312 to pull it. Anyone have any experience with one of these?

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Joe, I have the next newer model, mine is almost the same but has a different tail wheel assembly. I have lit on both, I also have a ops manual so if you need some info from it let me know,,,great find!
 
Is yours the 400 series? That looks like a much simpler, lighter furrow wheel design....

Would it be possible to scan the section of the ops manual that details how to set/adjust the plow.

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Thank you for the help - Joe
 
Joe,
Lots of disk plows in our area. They cut about 8" per disk and are capable of plowing quite deep with new 26" blades on them. Dad's vac with a super power kit in it from tractor supply would "walk the dog" with a two disk simi mount athens plow. In third after allowing for slippage I would guess she was cliping along at about 3 1/2 mph. At that It takes a long day to plow 6 - 8 acres. By the time you run the headlands your going to cover about half acre an hour. The 35 - 40 horse tractors of the late fifties and sixties usualy came with a 3 disk and were heavely weighted. Some of the new disk plows now for the 3 pt hitch are poorly designed and don't hold straight like the old ones did. I think they are pretty much foriegn built. I'd like to try plowing with your set up. dealers sold a lot of case built 4 disk plows with the big 400. It would would walk on out with that. disk plows worked great in roots, stumps and in rocky soil. Give it a try and see what that 300 thinks of it.

Andy
 
(quoted from post at 04:34:57 07/09/14) I located an interesting piece of Case history practically in my backyard this week. It's a model 283 reversible disk plow made at the Stockton plant in the late 1950's. I've never been around a disk plow before, but based on the literature, I probably need something more substantial than a 312 to pull it. Anyone have any experience with one of these?

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Joe here's a pic of my 283. I got mine in 2008 and yours is the only other 283 Ive seen since. I have the 283 operators manual and can scan tonight. The plow has a narrow setting used by putting a set of stops end ways that may allow you to use your 312. Nick

 
The idea of a disc plow fascinates me. I have a 3 bottom trailer type of unknown make. I think the discs are worn down past the useful point and should be 28" or so instead of 23-24". Either way I have never been able to get it to stay in the ground very good on our heavy clay. The thing weighs a ton and has pie weights on the tail wheel too. I'd love to be able to use it on rooty ground behind either a 50 plus hp tractor or my D4.

Anyone with lots of experience with disc plows, especially trailer type, I'm all ears for your stories.
 
Many thanks or the information Andy. It sounds like you Dad's VAC was a tough little hombre... Thanks again.
 
Nick.... I should have known you would have one of these! It looks
great behind your 400. One thing your plow has that mine lacks is
the scrapers. The literature suggests they were optional, but I bet
they were desirable in most soil conditions. Have you found them
to be necessary in your experience?

I noticed the width adjustment on the left side of the plow. It's
currently set on the narrowest setting.

Thanks for sharing. A scan of the Ops manual wold be great.
Thank you! - Joe

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(quoted from post at 04:50:46 07/09/14) The idea of a disc plow fascinates me. I have a 3 bottom trailer type of unknown make. I think the discs are worn down past the useful point and should be 28" or so instead of 23-24". Either way I have never been able to get it to stay in the ground very good on our heavy clay. The thing weighs a ton and has pie weights on the tail wheel too. I'd love to be able to use it on rooty ground behind either a 50 plus hp tractor or my D4.

Anyone with lots of experience with disc plows, especially trailer type, I'm all ears for your stories.

It takes some trial and error and a book to set one right, I have an E26D Eagle Hitch version and it never plowed my clay for sh!t. After some tinkering and advice from the older guys it plows behind a VAC in heavy clay in 2nd or 3rd gear close to a fot deep! Real hard ground first or second. I've got a few videos in my YouTube showing it. I always thought I needed a hige tractor to pull a disk plow but after having it set right they pull very easy! The bottoms roll so once they are shined up they pull real easy.
 
Joe,
on any I ever used, the biggest problem with worn blades is it will allow the back side of the bearing "case" to drag the top edge of the furrow wall. A lot of them have been brazed (spell ?) to keep the dirt out of the bearing. You wont get good depth and hard groung will be a problem.

By the way, the scrapers are for more than just keeping the disk clean. Odds are that wont be a problem. In clay that is a little wet it will "grub worm" on you creating a rough ride when you try to work it down. Set the scraper down enough to turn the soil down will help get a smoother job by fracturing the siol and will aid in covering residue. Some plows will allow you to adjust the standars thereby changing the pitch of the blade to help penetration and residue problems. Have some fun plowing.



Andy
 
Joe, the room my scanner is in has company in it so I took these with the camera, if you can not get a good image from here email me and I will send the originals to you, a LOT more pics I can post for you if you would like
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In the early 60's I plowed many an acre with a 283 on a Case 311 45 miles S of the Stockton plant.The 300 done a great job. Disc plow pulls easier than a mouboard and each disc only cuts about 10" if I remember right. It sure works good in sod. Only issue we had was keeping bearings in the tail wheels. Dick from Oregon
 
Many thanks to all for the great information, and to tom and
nick for the ops manual scan. I appreciate you all for the help
and insight.
 

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