Hey timploughNman

grandpa Love

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I saw some post in archives where
you said you had parts for old
plows, granted the post was
several years old. I just got this
Ferguson plow and it has one broke
tip. Any idea on what year it
would have been made? Thanks
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A friend of mine who is a great
welder said he could fix the
point, your thoughts?
 
I'm not Tim but...
That plow is missing several parts.
Coulters for one and from here it looks like maybe the tailwheel too.
If it were mine I would just have your welder fix the tip - and add a long piece of plate to replace the missing tailwheel.
Then you would have a functional plow for not much $
 
The tail wheel (rolling landside)is more important than the coulters. But as I mentioned, you could add a long plate for a stationary landside. Board member Kurt NJ has a good picture of one he added. Maybe he will weigh in.
The coulters are primarily for cutting the sod roots when turning new ground. They make a clean cut along the furrow and allow the plow to turn the soil over better, easier. They are much less important when plowing land that gets turned over every year.
I don't think any wear parts are available for those old Fergusons or if they are would be pricey. I think you have a couple of bigger Fords don't you? An 800 and a 900 row crop?
Both of those would pull that plow handily but without a landside the plow will still make the tractor crab sideways a little.
Fix the plow point and add a landside and you'll be a plowin' fool with that.
 
Ultradog is right. I don't have a ford or Ferguson plow but someone took a IH pull plow and made it a mounted plow. Originally that thing wouldn't follow straight to save my life. I added about 14 inches to the land slide and it follows perfectly. I will try to get a picture posted if I can get out and get one taken.
 
Disclaimer: not pretty, not a Ford, not welded, figuring as little plowing I do this works. I used 1/4 inch thick steel, the same height as the land slide and just overlapped it on the back side for support. I think from the tip to the end of the land slide is 34 inches. Hope this helps Grandpa!
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Got a three bottom 14" plow as well as a set of two row cultivators for my 960 here in E central FL, whats your location?
 

BTW I would not let the land slide be an issue I plowed a bunch without the rolling landslide are anything in its place...
 
Here is one the had a fishplate steel on back so it lined up flush with the landside

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I would also recommend welding a small piece of steel on the inside back to be uses as sort of a wedge heel which will also help keep it against the furrow wall. Here are a couple of photo of cub plows to give you an idea.

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I'll look out back today to see if I can get better photos of the heel on my one bottom plow As far as share goes just weld on a piece.

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HiYa Grandpa-
Yes, that is an early Ferguson-Sherman 14? 2-Bottom Plow as Scott said. The good news is PLOWORX is now repooping some parts; I think you can get points for this now. Also stated it may not be cost effective. These old plows are great to restore and use for period-correct showings with your early 9N. Plowing is not done much these days as farming techniques use the ?no-till? practice so if you are looking for a working plow, your best option is to find a 14? Dearborn Economy Plow as parts are still sold for those, and, they were a better plow design. With your plow, I can?t see if it has the rolling landside (tail, or furrow, wheel) but that is essential to plow with. Without it the plow will want to ride up out of the furrow and won?t track correctly. No, you don?t need coulters or jointers to plow with ?those were optional with a new plow anyway. You also need a good landside. BTW, it?s not a NOT landslide. That is a force of nature when the earth fails and crumbles or slides away ala a mudslide or avalanche. Many of these old Ferguson-Sherman and early Dearborn Prior Model Plows can be seen with welded moldboards and points. Option #2 is to locate an Amish community near you and seek out the blacksmith there. Often these folks will weld up your plow at a decent cost. If you have to have a working plow, like I said, best to find a 14? (10-156 typical) Dearborn Economy Plow. The wear parts are still available for these ?moldboards, shins, landsides, frogs, and shares. HTH.



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Hey Tim , not planning on a restore at this point. Will just plow my garden with it. If it works good I may put it on the Ford 640 and go to a plow days around here. I figured it was fairly old and thought it was a nice piece to own. Do you have any pictures of what the points should look like? A friend of mine is a great welder and had offered to fix it up a bit. But it's hard to explain things to him, sort of a visual guy. Thanks
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Maybe broke where tail wheel goes?
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Thanks for the pictures. Makes my welder friend happy! Lol. Hopefully we can get it to work for small garden plots.
 
Here is what the inside heel looks like on my leinback plow. uses the same as bottom as the ford.

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You will also need to add another brace on the new loner landside

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Keep you eyes open for a parts plow the tail wheel bolts on... I have brought several off of cracklist just for the parts some good some real bad...

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I plowed a bunch with this plow worn shares no rear wheel it plowed OK for a beginner...

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Here is what the share would look like if you have the same number on the back. I might still have a couple laying around. I will check the length of landside.

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Tim I have these two Ferguson plows sitting behind my shop. Both are in really nice shape and both have new shares on them. the one with the smooth tailwheel I got from a well known Ford collector before he passed away last year. I know the one with the tag is a later one but what can you tell me about the other one. Lot of differences between the way the two of them were made. I might sell Grampa the later one if he wants to drive to Florida to get it!
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I'll see what I have. What is the numbers on the back of your shares? I be dealing with some weather the next couple days.
 
I haven't taken then off yet to see numbers. Possible severe storms coming through today. Maybe later this week before I get a chance.. thanks. Will post when I get it off.
 

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