Rusty plows,signs and ear corn

rrlund · Dec 6, 2015

That elusive "someday" finally go here. I've been gonna get these plows and signs put up on display for years. I took advantage of this good weather and being caught up,to build this shelf. I hung some signs up behind it.
I got all but two of my plows up before I ran out of room. I've got a big hulking Oliver left handed and a locally built Moore that are still in the old milkhouse. At least I got these up so they're not just in a pile.
The first three are little pony plows. I can't find any markings to identify the first one,but the second one is a Vulcan hillside two way pony. It'll plow left or right. The third one's an Oliver pony,then an Oliver 13,19 and a 40 wood beam. You can still read the stenciling on the beam of that one. The next one's a Moore,built in Greenville Michigan,then there's a Syracuse wood beam hillside two way. The one behind that is a Chattanooga steel beam hillside,and finally a full sized Vulcan hillside. I had to leave the handles off of that one to have room for it.

FLOLDFORD · Dec 6, 2015

That's a fine collection of plows. I have a few over at my fathers that I would like to display but never have gotten around to it

vscummins · Dec 6, 2015

That's a cool collection you got there thanks for posting I love horse drawn plows I am in the market for one that could be pulled buy one horse

rrlund · Dec 6, 2015

That Oliver 13 and 19 I think could be pulled by one horse. I got one in Kentucky and the other in Tennessee. I figured they were made to be pulled by a single mule. They're not as tiny as the pony plows,but a lot smaller than the ones around here that were made to be pulled with a team of horses.

Bob Bancroft · Dec 6, 2015

Do you have another crib on the other side you could do the same thing with? How do you get the corn in? Under the eaves, or holes in the roof?

rrlund · Dec 6, 2015

Holes in the roof. No,I only have a crib on the south side of that building. The eves go down to 8 feet on the other side. I could shelve most of the west end and put some more up there,but that's gonna have to wait for another someday.

oliverplow · Dec 6, 2015

Looks great! Very nice collection! Wish I had more oliver walking plows. I have a 4, atleast I think it is, and a 40. I also have a 26 sulky, 7, 7a, and an 8a, all two bottoms. I know the oliver chilled plows were more popular in your area. Wasn't many dealers in MN back then.

Bonnan · Dec 6, 2015

Unique collection; thanks for posting as I really enjoyed the pics.

Bob Bancroft · Dec 6, 2015

There used to be 2 or 3 Syracuse Chilled/JD horse plows in the shed at home. Which is easy to figure since Syracuse is maybe 30 miles.
The cribs we filled were long and skinny, and not built into a building, so we filled from under the eaves on the high side. The last crib Dad built he didn't leave the space big enough to stick the end of elevator in, so he made a chute for the end of the elevator. But then the little old elevator had to be raised way up to make the chute work! And it was a pain moving, because someone had to be on a ladder aiming/handling the chute!

rrlund · Dec 6, 2015

I don't know how well you can see the one in the background here in the picture of the combine,but I built that one free standing originally. It looked like a good place for a lean to,so I built one on the west side of it. That's not the one where the plows are now though. They're in the building in the second picture.

Greg K · Dec 6, 2015

Is that a 535 combine it that pic?

rrlund · Dec 6, 2015

Nope,7300.

Moonlite37 · Dec 6, 2015

My daddy liked the Oliver Cast Iron plows and bought a new #13 just before WW2 and sold it to a returning veteran for the same price $25. He also had a smaller one called a GOOBER. It was also cast iron, Possibly the equivalent of the PONY which must have been the steel one horse plow. The #13 was considered to be a light 2 horse plow and the #19 took a good team. I believe the #40 was a 3 horse riding plow. I think the GOOBER cut about 6 1/2 inches and the #13 cut about 8 or 10. Let me know if I am right.

Tom in TN · Dec 6, 2015

Randy,

That's a really impressive collection and an outstanding way to display them. Thanks for the pictures.

Tom in TN

rrlund · Dec 6, 2015

I think you hit it on the 13 and the Goober,but the 40 was a walking plow that probably would have been pulled by a good sized team around here in this sandy ground. This one has 40 cast right in to the back of the moldboard. The big left hand Oliver that I have is a 405L I think,maybe a 402L,I don't remember right off the top of my head which.

rrlund · Dec 6, 2015

Three of these came out of Tennessee. I got the Oliver 13 just south of Static and the Chattanooga in Clark Range right across the road from Lee Little's house. I got the pony that I can't identify in Pall Mall.
The little Oliver pony came out of Alabama and the 19 came from Liberty Kentucky.

JD John · Dec 6, 2015

That is a neat way to display both, the signs and plows! Really like the MMPA sign, is that from your farm? I have a Moore and an Oliver plow back in the woods, don't know the numbers of them right now, have to check tomorrow.

vscummins · Dec 6, 2015

I've got a nice horse that pulls good he's actually my cow horse but I pull hay bales and kids on a sleigh with him its always been my dream to farm with a horse eventually I'd like to get a team of heavy horses . Now I just need to find a plow that I can I have harnesses .

rrlund · Dec 6, 2015

Ya,the sign used to hang out in the front yard. You can't read it in the picture,but it has Kim's and my name on it.

Paul from MI · Dec 6, 2015

Really neat display Randy. What do you charge for admission?

rrlund · Dec 6, 2015

All you have to do is show up.

RBoots · Dec 6, 2015

Them are some good looking plows Randy. I see you have got an MMPA sign hiding behind the plows, how'd you end up with that. Dad bought that Oliver walk behind plow at the auction where he bought that 770, I think he gave like $9 for it, came with 2 new handles. I didn't look it over much, and I wouldn't have any idea of the model anyway, but I'd like to clean it up (it is very original) and hang it from the ceiling in my shop. I remember picking corn when I was much younger, dad would sell the wagon loads of ear corn to people with cattle. The last time we picked corn was probably 20-25 years ago, and the corn picker set since then up until about 3-4 years ago when a friend of my brother's wanted to borrow it. He has had it since, with intention of buying it. It was an Oliver 73 or 83, narrow row, a very nice picker that did a wonderful job. Dad bought it from his late cousin that I believe bought it new.

Ross

rrlund · Dec 6, 2015

The MMPA sign was ours from when we milked cows. I never gave over $60 for any of those plows. Lots of folks seem to think they're made out of gold or something,but I'm never really out looking for them,I just grab a bargain when I find one.

larry@stinescorner · Dec 7, 2015

nice!!!

L.Fure · Dec 7, 2015

I didn't know there was anyone in the country that still put up ear corn. The ears look really good. If you would have planted one more acre you could have filled the crib to the top.

rrlund · Dec 7, 2015

I could have filled it to the top anyway. That's just one of five cribs that I fill. I had seven loads left over that wouldn't fit. I used to lay on my back up there and kick it around to get it full,but it's not worth the effort for a half a load. I'm not as young as I used to be.

rrlund · Dec 7, 2015

Those won't get sold at a flea market,I'll tell you that,not by me anyway. They were a bear to get up there. I had to take the left handle off two of them then put them back on after I got them in position. I told the wife,they'll be somebody else's problem to get down.

L.Fure · Dec 7, 2015

(quoted from post at 15:22:49 12/07/15) I could have filled it to the top anyway. That's just one of five cribs that I fill. I had seven loads left over that wouldn't fit. I used to lay on my back up there and kick it around to get it full,but it's not worth the effort for a half a load. I'm not as young as I used to be.

I know what you mean. I used to have to kick corn down to get my crib full. Then I still had a wagon load left over. I'd wait a while to let it settle, then put as much of the last load in as I could. What do you feed the corn to? I fed mine to hogs, so I had to shovel all the corn through a sheller, then shovel the shelled corn into the grinder/mixer.

rrlund · Dec 7, 2015

I feed it to beef cattle. I've managed to mechanize the whole process as much as I can. I'm not real fond of shoveling anymore either.

L.Fure · Dec 7, 2015

That thing looks kind of dangerous. I hope you don't get anywhere near the auger flutes while it is running.

When I shelled corn I would shovel the ear corn into the sheller, then it would go from there into the mixer hopper until I had the tank full. Then I would offload the shelled corn into a granary. When ever I need to grind hog feed I would shovel into the hammer mill from there. The reason I didn't grind the corn from the sheller is because I only ground small batches of feed at one time. I had to count the number of shovels in order to get the ration right.

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