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Fritz Maurer 12-02-2012 17:04:34 216.137.138.146 Report to Moderator	You didn't mention the condition of the shares. Look underneath where they cut, the shiny metal parallel to the furrow bottom. The wider the band you see, the more the plow bottom floats. You may have all these problems because you may have adjusted the plow to make it enter the ground faster, and when plowing at depth, everything is crooked. If the shares don't have a lot of acres on them, you can fix them with a grinder. Just reduce the amount of ground contact to about 1/16", all the way to the tip. If they're easy to find, of course the best way would be new ones. But you will never get the thing adjusted satisfactorily with dull shares. [Reply]   [No Email]
Crazy Red Power in SE-WI 12-02-2012 20:30:33 68.114.237.14 Report to Moderator	Re: Oliver plow woes.... in reply to Fritz Maurer, 12-02-2012 17:04:34   The shares look to be in fairly good order & should have enough metal left to grind down. I'll check the thickness tomorrow, when there's light again. I will probably be ordering new landsides, so I may just as well get new shares, too. Thanks, Mike   [Reply]  [No Email]
Leroy 12-03-2012 04:12:31 69.88.205.38 Report to Moderator	Re: Oliver plow woes.... in reply to Crazy Red Power in SE-WI, 12-02-2012 20:30:33   Mike, the shares for the 4 bolt are designed for a different landside than the 3 bolt shares as they set an aditional 1/2" to the left and the landsides for them either have a bend to put the back of the landside out that much farther or have a replaceable pad bolted on the back. Are your shares the plain flat blade style or the style with a nose for better suck? Flat blade I think grinding is only way to sharpen and then only once as nose becomes too short, style with a nose like the old blacksmith style share can be sharpened same way as the blacksmith sharpen share, if you were here I could teach you how to do it.   [Reply]  [No Email]
Crazy Red Power in SE-WI 12-03-2012 13:13:00 68.114.237.14 Report to Moderator	Re: Oliver plow woes.... in reply to Leroy, 12-03-2012 04:12:31   Leroy, I found three hole shares!! Osmundson makes them (Thanks, grandpajohn!). I don't know how long it would take to get them factory direct, but they had them (Osmundson #) at the Depot. They were put on the truck an hour ago & will be here late tomorrow morning, early afternoon. I also found landsides & heels. Didn't even know my plow had heels. It does explain why the landsides that are on there have extra holes in them. Oh well! I've learned one thing out of all this & that is, if you want to feel like a kid again, buy a well worn machine you know nothing about & have no manual for. I think I need more practice in the sandbox. ;v) Mike P.S. I always wanted to get into blacksmithing, but I'd have to trade one hobby for another. Otherwise, repairing shares certainly sounds right up my alley. I have worked hot iron a few times, the last time was when I needed to cobble up a new trip rod & other pieces for the bundle carrier on my binder. They ain't pretty, but they're the right length & havent bent or broke yet. Also.... The share on the second bottom had a bump left where a snout may have been, before I started plowing. So, I think they started life as a deep suck share.   [Reply]  [No Email]