$75 Dollar Day!

Well, dad and I went to go pick up a plow today.

It is a Ferguson 2 x 16 three point. From the road I thought it was a 2 x 14, but upon arrival it is a 16! Not sure I have anything that will pull it, but it is FLAW LESS!!! Still has the original coulters, and the brackets, also still has those little chains that keep the coulter from swinging too much and doing damage... $30...

Next we stopped at an old friends to brag about our new prize, and he took us on a tour. (kind of a wheelin and dealin kind of guy, so there is ALWAYS something new) We went around back and he had a whole pile of tail wheels, and little rims and tires. He actually had a complete tail wheel assembly for a JD No. 5 mower, which I have three of, so I gave him $5 for that assembly and a NICE tire that was on it!

Then as we were walking back to the truck, I saw front end of an old trailer in the tall weeds. Turns out it is a factory built farm wagon!! $50!! Someone has chopped it in half, and made it so that you can no longer adjust the length of the frame, and I think that the drawbar has been replaced, but it is in very nice shape. 3 tires are holding air, and the other needs a tube. Pulled it home with the ATV, Black Lightnin'. The front wheels are really stiff, and don't really want to turn, but I am working on getting some good stuff flowing in them to get them freed up! I will try to get some pictures later! Bryce

By the way, he and I both think that by the look of the wagon, it is a New Holland. There is a tag on the right front wheels angle brace, but it is beyond readable, but if anyone has a wagon with the tag in this place, then that is probably the brand!

This looks a lot like the wagon, you can see the tire rods underneath... Bryce

Bryce, I have an old hay wagon around here that is just awesome!
It pulls great, steers great and can be hauled empty at 55 without issue!
But, every couple of years it seems the king pins in the front end
get froze up with old grease, rust, dirt, whatever.
I heat them with an Oxy/acetylene torch just hot enough to push
new grease in with a grease gun and push the old crud out.
Good for another couple of years.
Not sure why it does it, we grease it every time we use it.
Maybe we just don't use it enough? I believe my gear is an Electric.

P.S. Sounds like good deals all around!

I think we had a baler like that. Wonder if that brochure is from the 1950s?

Alright, here are a few pictures of the plow and trailer... Just noticed this writing on the back.. Do you think it might be a brand, or maybe a model? Bryce

(quoted from post at 19:51:38 07/19/14) Bryce, I have an old hay wagon around here that is just awesome!
It pulls great, steers great and can be hauled empty at 55 without issue!
But, every couple of years it seems the king pins in the front end
get froze up with old grease, rust, dirt, whatever.
I heat them with an Oxy/acetylene torch just hot enough to push
new grease in with a grease gun and push the old crud out.
Good for another couple of years.
Not sure why it does it, we grease it every time we use it.
Maybe we just don't use it enough? I believe my gear is an Electric.

P.S. Sounds like good deals all around!

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I have a Case running gear that does that about every 10 years. Load up a grease gun with diesel or kero or PB Blaster if you can afford it and force that in. It will soften and flush the old grease. That's what PB Blaster was made for, softening old grease, or at least the cans said that when it first came out.