McCormick Two Bottow Plow Identification

I�m in the process of restoring my Grandfather's IHC two bottom plow. At first I just assumed it was a Little Genius plow since that was what I was most familiar with. Now I'm not so sure and I need some help making up my mind.

How can one tell the difference definitively with these plows? Somewhere I read that if the plow has a fixed rear wheel then it is a Little Wonder. My plow does have a fixed rear wheel but it has clearly been broken and then rewelded onto the plow so I�m hesitant to base the ID completely on that. Also the way the hitch mounts to the main beams is similar to what I�ve seen in pictures of Little Genius�s, that is there are two large steel plates on the outside of the main beams and the beams themselves don't look like they bend groundwards as much as the Little Wonder pictures I have seen.

As you can probably tell I�m not going on much here, mostly just pictures I have seen on this website. Do these plows have serial numbers like tractors and if so where would they be located? I am living in West Virginia now and these plows are pretty rare in this part of the country and ever rarer are any plowing experts. I would appreciate any help you could give me. I posted a picture under the Help Identify part of the Gallery area if it is any help. Once again thanks a lot.

Travis Keene
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Davis College of Agriculture West Virginia University

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Don't be fooled by some parts looking like a Little Genius, some parts actually are the same. The frame is different, hitch is different and the Little Genius had the lifting tail wheel. It had a linkage from the tail wheel to the rockshaft of left front wheel, that activated the rear wheel to lift.

The front wheels and lift hub are the same. Coulters and plow bottoms were the same for both, however there were several options, thus any two given plows could look much different.