Dearborn 10-1 2 bottom plow

fredstev · May 2, 2016

I've had a Dearborn 2-14 plow for years, and it has always worked pretty good on a 1 1/2 acre garden. It never had a furrow wheel, however. I just got lucky and found a good one for $25, complete with a good landside. Easy job mounting it, so that problem is fixed.

My question is about the coulters. I don't have any jointer arms or jointers. No big deal, but I'd like to at least improvise something with the check chains. What have you guys done? Also, what is the best way to lubricate the coulters? I have to break them loose every year with Kroil so they will rotate. No zerk fittings, from what I can see.

maxwell99 · May 2, 2016

If you are washing the plow off with a water hose you are getting water into the bearing surface of the coulters, then they rust before next year,

If you have dug around the old paint and made sure there is no zerk fitting holes on these coulter joints, sometimes they have fallen out or got
hit and broken off, then hole filled with dirt,
Then after cleaning the plow I would pour oil over the bearing as you are turning the coulter insuring oil has gotten into the bearing surface,
After a week, pour more oil and turn coulter, might do this a couple more times during the storage season, should insure they turn next time you
plow,
All coulters I have had, had zerk fittings, grease them good after clean up and they were ready to go next season.

I also use John Deere or case ih plow wing paint on the wings, protects the wings from rust, but sheds right off as soon as you start plowing,
wing brighten right up, a slick wing turns the dirt over smoother in my opinion,

Leroy · May 2, 2016

Look close again for a place for the zerks, it came with them. When doing a lot of plowing as when they were used on the farms you greased them morning, noon and after supper if you went out again.

fredstev · May 2, 2016

Well, I guess that mystery is solved. Both coulters say "John Deere - B624-A" on them. I kinda think looking at them, the intent is to use the two large cotter pin pockets are to be used as oil cups. I shoot oil in by the cotter pin, and it disappears into the bearing.[/img]

JayinNY · May 3, 2016

I also have a dearborn 10-1 2 bottom plow and
mine has a grease fitting on each coulters. Look
close and you can see the zerk fitting in the second
picture.

fredstev · May 3, 2016

Want to swap coulters? Apparently, Ford had a better idea.

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