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NEW OR OLD PLOW?

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Todd in MI

02-07-2002 13:50:19




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I'M IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW, TO ME THAT IS, PLOW.
I HAVE AN OLD FERGUSON 2-14 AND IT WORKED GREAT FOR ME, BUT PARTS ARE HARD TO COME BY. I SEE POSTS ALL THE TIME FROM PEOPLE LOOKING FOR OLDER PLOW PARTS. MY QUESTION IS THIS: WHICH IS BETTER? BUYING AN OLD PLOW CHEAP AND JUNKING IT WHEN IT BREAKS AND CAN'T FIND PARTS FOR IT OR BUYING A NEW ONE LIKE A FARM KING OR LEINBACH, FOR MORE MONEY, AND BEING ABLE TO GET PARTS. ARE THESE NEW PLOWS BUILT CHEAP. I PLOW ABOUT 10 ACRES A YEAR IN SANDY, BUT STONEY SOIL. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?

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Tom W.

02-13-2002 13:17:40




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 Re: NEW OR OLD PLOW? in reply to Todd in MI, 02-07-2002 13:50:19  
Buy an old plow. They are better built than the new ones.



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Scott

02-08-2002 15:53:43




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 Re: NEW OR OLD PLOW? in reply to Todd in MI, 02-07-2002 13:50:19  
Apparently you didn't go to the right place for parts for your plow, all the fast selling wearing parts are still available. If you have a 14A or 14AO go to an old Ford dealer, if you have a AO go to an old Massey Ferguson dealer. Cast parts are usually less than steel for your model plow.



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Tim(nj)

02-08-2002 17:04:26




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 Re: Re: NEW OR OLD PLOW? in reply to Scott, 02-08-2002 15:53:43  
Last time I tried to get Ferguson cast shares, the MF dealer said they were no longer available. That was about 6 months ago.



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Scott

02-09-2002 12:11:30




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 Re: Re: Re: NEW OR OLD PLOW? in reply to Tim(nj), 02-08-2002 17:04:26  
The old dealers get them from a foundry in the midwest that bought molds from Hamburg plow works.



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JHILL

02-08-2002 10:28:40




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 Re: NEW OR OLD PLOW? in reply to Todd in MI, 02-07-2002 13:50:19  
I would look for a Ford 2-14 101 truss frame plow. They made them up into the 80's and may make them today. Thousand of them out there. I can get all the parts I want at my NH dealer



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Tim(nj)

02-08-2002 14:02:30




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 Re: Re: NEW OR OLD PLOW? in reply to JHILL, 02-08-2002 10:28:40  
I believe that Ford 101 is the same as a Pittsburgh brand plow. Other good choices would be Oliver 2-bottoms with Raydex throw-away shares, no parts problems there, or IH 420 2-bottoms, which use IH Super-Chief throwaways. That model was in production from around 1970 to 1996, so no parts problems there, either.



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paul

02-08-2002 05:47:48




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 Re: NEW OR OLD PLOW? in reply to Todd in MI, 02-07-2002 13:50:19  
I do not think much at all of the new small plows or disks you can buy at a farm supply store. I feel they are junk before you get them home. Weak & lightweight.

But that is based on looking at them, I never actually have used one!

I would get another old one, try to match what you have & you will have spare parts from your old one.

Just my opinion tho, no right or wrong here.
--->Paul



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John,PA

02-08-2002 07:02:29




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 Re: Re: NEW OR OLD PLOW? in reply to paul, 02-08-2002 05:47:48  
I prefer older equipment too. I like to think of the iron to be seasoned, and not some new alloys that we can't fix with our usual farm equipment set-up.



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