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2 Bottom Plow for a Ford 8N

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Samaritan01

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The subject line says it all, I need to get everyone"s ideas on a good, solid 2 bottom plow for my 1950 Ford 8N. It will be used to work a large garden in northeastern Colorado (Great Plains).
Thanks Guys!
 

If your tractor is in good shape the plow that is most used on the Ns is a two bottom 14" plow. Either a Ford or Dearborn brand would be ideal, but some other three point two bottom will work. Ferguson plows are very similar to Fords.
 
Samaritan01..........the N-Tractor was designed for 3-point 2-bottom plow. 12 or 14" per bottom. Can only pull 1-16" plow. Biggest mistake newbie ploughmen make is plow too slow. Have you considered disc-harrows??? Most garden soil does NOT need the 6"-deep cut that 14"-plows turn.

Howsomevers: N-Tractors are too-fast for rototillers. Iff'n you think yer soil needs rototilling, go RENT a modern tractor with rototiller. ........Dell
 
My 8N plows well with 2-14s. If money/age are not a concern there are several companies out there that are still selling them new.

Rick
 
lots of good plows around,but my advice is to make sure you can buy replacement parts before you purchase one.I use a dearborn prior model 10-1,and a dearborn disc plow,but replacement parts are getting hard to find.Ive not talked to anyone who has used one ,but if i were going to buy one again, for any real amount of work, i would think seriously of one of those new ones from tsc.Probably not the best but by the time you purchase a old one and rebuild it you would have close to the same amount of money in it anyway.And parts should be available for those for some time.
 
Since you have a lot of good info I will just add this. Size of plow be it 2-14 or 2-12 or even a 2-16 depends on what type of soil you have. In my area it is all my Ford 841 wants to pull a 2-16 but I have a lot of clay and rock. If I was going to pull a plow in my area behind an 8N I would look for a 2-12 and cross my fingers that it would handle it. So the choice of plow has a lot to do with what your soil is
 
I will recommend a 2X12 Dearborn Economy plow.

Shares and moldboards for the early, "prior model" plows are almost unobtainable.

Dean
 
i wish you were closer to Michigan. I have a 2x14 that I am thinking of selling. I put a pond in where I used to play with it and my wife gets upset when I plow the driveway!
 
Tanker or someone,

What are the companies that sell modern two bottom plows for an n tractor?
I have toyed with the idea of a garden, but need a plow to do it.
 
Hey Dennis, where are ou in Michigan? I may be interested in your two bottom plow for my NAA. I"m down by Grand Rapids. E-mail me with the info. Here"s my e-mail address.
[email protected]
Thanks,
Leo
 
I really like my Dearborn 10-158. However, it only gets used when I'm breaking sod or plowing under things like our u-pick strawberries or raspberries. A disk is all that is needed for good garden soil and maybe a cultivator (called a digger in these parts) to get down deeper to break any hardpan created by the disk or rotor tiller.

Borrow a plow. Buy a disk.

HTH
Colin, MN
 
A Ford 101 plow is good, they have trip beams so that if you hit something the beam pivots back and you either have to replace a shear bolt or backup depending on the option the plow has, they have razor blade or throw away shares and shins beside the moldboard that are inexpensive to replace. Older plows may have the long nose blacksmith type shares and you either can't get them or they cost alot or they are made of cast iron that break easy, this type is mainly for a showpiece.
 
So now after all that and everyones ideas...

just what have you learned that you didn't know before?

Who plows the same type of ground that you do?

Who's plows were in the same condition of what you may acquire?

Will someone be blamed if YOUR experience is not like theirs?

I'm trying to understand the value gained in this exercise... You haven't responded to any posts. If the subject line says it all, what was the question....

duey, the curious
 
I agree that a 101 is a better plow. Shares and shins are readily available.
As for tripping a bottom with a 24 hp N?
Let's just say I wouldn't invest in a whole bunch of extra shear bolts :)
 
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