Oliver 6342 rollover plow

Does anyone have any idea how much a three bottom rollover plow weighs?

No, but if I was in your shoes I'd assume around 2k lbs.

What do you intend to pull (lift) it with? A 3 bottom is plenty for s 1650. We used to sell one or two a year

(quoted from post at 12:57:32 10/30/22) What do you intend to pull (lift) it with? A 3 bottom is plenty for s 1650. We used to sell one or two a year

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I would say it will lift it, But we had to add some weight to the front. A four bottom is a load for a 4020 or an 1850 Send me an e-mail with your phone number and we
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(quoted from post at 13:42:38 10/30/22) I would say it will lift it, But we had to add some weight to the front. A four bottom is a load for a 4020 or an 1850 Send me an e-mail with your phone number and we
can talk about ,ore.

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We had an IH 314 and later an IH 140 plow for that tractor so I know it can plow with that Oliver plow. We had 1000 lbs of front end weights on it.

I want to get out and exercise that tractor somehow and that will have to involve transporting it. Trying to figure all that out. Have a feeling that with adding ballast to the rear wheels and front end of that tractor, a rollover plow is a nostalgic luxury that would put things over the top.

Used a 3 bottom rollover for many years. We're on hilly land, and a good deal of it is terraced. Nothing beats a rollover for this kind of ground.



Wasn't that heavy either. Only took a couple of weights to keep it all balanced when pulling. It actually pounded less when I dropped the big weights, and left the two small ones on. Trick is to stay off the ground when a tractor has to pull so hard, that the front end wants to climb to the sky.



It soaked up every bit of horsepower on the 1850. Full throttle in 4th under. We have heavy clay that only has a very narrow window to work. It's either too wet,, or too dry. Whether a 1650 has the nutz to pull a 3 bottom, depends on the ground. I don't believe it would here in this part of Oklahoma.



I quit using it when the weather started changing. We started getting different weather patterns that made it almost impossible to work ground with a plow. I switched over to a 12ft. Miller offset, behind a Case 1370.

And, as the years wore on...............I let the entire piece of ground go into Johnson Grass. It doesn't make the yield that Hay Grazer does, but it doesn't require any work......just bale it a coupla times a year. Makes some of the best hay on the planet. So now all I do is Native Bluestem, and Johnson Grass. Made life a lot easier.

Is yours a model 6241?

Why no coulters

(quoted from post at 07:53:53 11/04/22) Why no coulters

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Sees like there are lots of plows that are in ads without coulters and I also wonder why. Also see most without what we called cover boards or others may call trash boards.

A 6341 rolls over with a chain. A 6342 yses a cylinder.

I'm getting the impression from reading forum discussions that the parts for those chains are hard to get.

(quoted from post at 04:53:53 11/04/22) Why no coulters

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Didn't have them when I bought it. Picked it up at auction in the early 90's. About $175 IIRC. The small farms along the Front Range in Colorado were going under at sometimes 3 per weekend back then. I'd drive out there, and hit as many as I could in the time I had. My folks lived there, so I had a place to stay. The Oliver 1850 came from CO too. You could find nice stuff during that time period, and in that particular area. I really don't like buying anything around here. Not many people take good care of their stuff.

My Uncle had an old Ford plow that, although it was a one way, had coulters. It was a Raydex too, just rebadged. I couldn't see just having coulters on one side of my plow, so I took his old plow to auction in Tulsa.

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I'm getting the impression from reading forum discussions that the parts for those chains are hard to get.

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Never really looked close, but the chain looked fairly standard, and the ends could be fabricated I'd imagine. I'll take a look at it tomorrow.

I couldn't get a clear pic because the headstock is rolled over, facing the ground. But the end bolt looks to be fairly easy to make, or adapt from a standard bolt. If a guy had to make one, I'd suggest Fatigue Proof 1144 (not the generic crap, the genuine La Salle stuff)

Because I can't get under there for a close look, I can't remember whether the bolt had a curve in it. It might have. (I actually just went out again, and got a better view of the bolt.....it's straight). I can't see more than an hour on the lathe, and mill, to make one.





The chain is plain ol' leaf(also called rollerless) chain. Available from McMaster. It's 2x3 laced. Not cheap, but cheaper than a new plow.

With the exception of castings, and other hard parts, I've found that most equipment is made from off-the-shelf stuff. Hay equipment being the worst(why it's so flimsy).

I wouldn't be afraid to buy one that didn't have the chain. It'd gimme the opportunity to put up a 5 page thread on making the repairs ROFLMAO

BTW......never got around to putting up the finished product after rebuilding the front end on the 1850 https://youtu.be/qGmyWLNiHlo Definitely worth the headache, and stress.