Jerry,
Thanks for the comprehensive!
You wrote:
The Economy plow had a couple of advantages
over the earlier ones. One is that it was
easier and cheaper to replace the shares.
[color=blue:3fd8862bc7]I wondered why I didn't see a dividing line between share and board. . . or is it just that the share is very short (the red tip) compared to my 110. (?) [/color:3fd8862bc7]
Economy plows also had the advantage of
replaceable shins which is a heavy wear area
on the front of the moldboard. You can
replace a cheap shin without replacing the
entire expensive moldboard.
[color=blue:3fd8862bc7]I'm thinking maybe there IS a dividing line between moldboard and shin, that can't be seen because of the glare in the photo.[/color:3fd8862bc7]
One big advantage to the economy plows today
is that shares and shins are still
available. That is not the case with the
early Dearborns. Not sure if you would find
them for a 12" but I know they are available
for 14 and 16".
I'm just guessing here but would date that
plow from about 1955 or so. Ford
discontinued the Dearborn line of implements
about 56 and went to the red Ford
implements.
[color=blue:3fd8862bc7]I thought all the Dearborn implements were red.[/color:3fd8862bc7]
That one looks to be in pretty good
condition and might be narrow - like maybe
12". I don't see a shin on that plow so will
speculate that maybe they didn't put shins
on the narrow plows or maybe they didn't add
that till later.
[color=blue:3fd8862bc7]I've been thinking that maybe because it has that narrow look, that it is a two bottom more easily pulled and so would suit the un-ballasted (for now) Jube.[/color:3fd8862bc7]
If that plow is as good as it looks from
here I could get most of $400 for it here.
Primarily because it is a good, useable
Dearborn but also because I think it is
narrow and could be pulled by the Ns.
[color=blue:3fd8862bc7]Well that answers my last speculation.[/color:3fd8862bc7]
[color=blue:3fd8862bc7]She emailed me today and said $350 obo.
So someone has told her or her hubby the ballpark figure they fetch.[/color:3fd8862bc7]
Muchos Gracias,
Terrence