Ford 101 - 3 Bottom Plow

Bill VA

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Picked up a red Ford 101 - 3 bottom plow. Tag reads 101 and 10-466. Anyone know what "10-466" means?

Measured the beams and plow width and both appear to be 12 inch. The previous owner had the plow for a long time and used it to plow under corn stubble among other things. It has been used hard IMHO, but looks OK - not sure what you could destroy on a plow such as this, other than normal wear replaceable items. Previous owner used an MF135 to pull it. It is a trip spring plow.

Picked up 10-1/2 acres on the border of our farm recently and plan on making it another hay field. At the risk of turning up tons and tons or rocks, I might try this plow on this field. We'll see.
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From New Holland's website, 10-466 is definitely a 3 bottom, 12 inch plow. Mfg from 1959 to 1972.
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Bill, good lookin plow you got there! If you decide to plow that 10.5 acres be sure to let me know. Might have to have a "plow" / "play" day.
 
If you have rocky terrain you might want to make sure the trip spring are operating. Most of the 101 plows I've had were rusted fast. If you need the manual send me an email and I'll send you the link to download one. Wear parts for this plow are still available.

Kirk
 

That is a first for me...I have never seen "Cover-Boards" on a 12" low...

I agree, plowing under Corn stubble with a 12" plow may be an exercise of futility..!!!
 

I hope you plan to take the Rust off those wearing Parts before you go to the field...!!!

Corn ground is not a good place to ever try to scour a Plow..

I use an Angle Grinder, with a thin cut-off disc and use it as a powered Putty knife, to remove the Rust.

Hold it at about a 30 Degree angle ( wear safety glasses AND a dust mask).and the disc will NOT even scratch the steel...works GREAT..
 
Don't think this plow has been in the ground in years. But when it was, it was used hard.
 
Thanks!

I found a manual on the N-board.

Will definitely give the spring trip a look- see. We have rocks!
 
Have no plans to use the plow on corn. Hay field refurb would be the purpose of this plow.
 

OK but I certainly would clean some of that Rust off first ( as I described) and you will have a better day plowing..rather than continually scraping the stuck soil off the moldboards/Cover Boards..

BTDT...makes for a poor plowing job and much loss of plowing time..
 
Been sitting awhile for sure. You can get shares, shins, landsides, moldboards etc for these. Shins, shares and landsides for a 2 bottom was just under $200 a few years back, from the local temco dealer. I replaced them on a 2-14 101.

Would be great to see how the cover boards are mounted if you could post a close up.

The front share looks odd to me, or is it a stain in the wood that extends the point. I would think you may want rock shares in your soils, they are thicker at the point. Definitely free up the trip mechanism/grease same, there are zerks under each beam.

You may want to check it over for wear, it looks like the shins/shares are into the frog already. Thats basically from not replacing worn parts on time, but I would bet you could build up the frogs again to re-establish what may be worn. My 101 has some wear at the front tip and theres just enough left for the front share bolt hole.

When I rebuilt mine I measured and made a list of all the fasteners, before or during removal, so I had everything I needed in one trip to the temco dealer.

When I rebuilt it, I slathered lots of anti-seize on all of the bolts. After every use, I paint the bottoms with rustoleum white spray paint, 1 can easily does 2 bottoms, likely the right amount for 3. Grease and oils can wear off from the weather so I stopped doing that. Paint is also nice because if the plow is not adjusted right, and its not cutting as much as say the lead bottom, paint will remain on the upper portion of the moldboard for awhile + it will last for years when sitting without rusting. I clean all the dirt out of all the spaces and such and even paint the coulter blades and landsides.
 
I use John Deere or case ih plow wing paint on my plow wings,

Clean and wash the plow after use, let dry then use the plow wing paint,

This paint protects the wings if they have to be left out in the weather, but in a few hundred ft of plowing the wings look just as clean and shine as if you had plowed 10 acres,

I use it ever year, worth the price to me,
 
I used the cheapest spray paint I could find and it worked the same way, no need to spend the extra money, now if it was going to set for several years a better paint might last longer.
 
I tried regular spray paint, but I only have a few small garden spots to plow, never got to use the plows long enough for the paint to wear off,

on the upper part of the wings the same paint stayed on for years, I had to wire brush it off to clean up the wings.

the plow wing paint protects well and comes right off as soon as I start plowing, so the wings shine up.

I like to see those wings shine, like the big boys even though I plow very little,

my dad would have a fit if he saw those plow wings rusty or painted, his plow was always cleaned, oiled and greased and stored in the barn, wings shined right up on the first past.
 

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