What is the model number of a one bottom John Deere Plow on steel?

Nothing of any value showed up on the back of my plow point. A logo-ized JDeere and some casting code icons. I have a question for you. Do you want to keep this plow stock as it came from the factory or are you just wanting to have a plow to work with that will do a good job for you? The reason that I ask is that if you�re just wanting something to plow with and don�t mind bastardizing it a bit you might be interested in something that my Dad discovered, years ago. He had an old Oliver 2x16 plow with one bad moldboard (His darlin son backed into something and broke it). If memory serves me correctly it was a Plowmaster 100 (one that has the crank depth adjustment on top). He pirated the remaining good bottom to put on a JD #51 single bottom plow. I�m fairly sure it was a bolt on swap. If you were interested in going this way those old Oliver 2x16� plows go cheap at farm auctions. This would give you Raydex bottoms on your JD plow. Points, moldboards and everything else are readily available at TSC or whatever you have near you.

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I pulled the point off my old Model 51 single bottom plow tonight. Tomorrow I�ll wire brush it and let you know what it says. In the mean time you have some work to do. Bob and Will are right. You MUST determine the size and type of bottom that you have.

I happen to have a later 51 with the enclosed clutch. It has the Deere 16� bottom which was pretty common. But if you have some other size or, for instance, a Syracuse bottom all numbers change.

I�ll let you know what numbers my point (or share) yields when I get it cleaned up.

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I have a 51 with a 14" bottom. Is it the same moldboard? I will have to get the numbers off of it yet. Mine has the pre 1944 open clutch and the post 37 brackets on it.

One 14" is not much work for my 43B. Would like a bigger bottom on it.

Thanks, Will P

I really don�t know. My impression is that the moldboards are different, but I can�t substantiate that. Too bad JD doesn�t put out a parts catalogue CD for tillage implements. And another for harvesting implements. And another for hay making stuff. And another----- ----- !!!

One sixteen was a fair load for a pre 41 �B� in this area. Your 43 should haul one around in fine style. I would think one fourteen would be appropriate for an �H� where the farmer didn�t want to mess around with the �under carriage� lift up plow.

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Will P