? Oliver plow ? model other question

My son brought this plow in from Nashville, TN last week. Previous owner had taken it there from Charlotte, MI - a well traveled plow! I was advised over on the Impliment board, that it was probably an Oliver. Has several castings and at least one of the beams with EP_ _ _ _ part numbers on them. Any idea as to the model? Looks like in very good condition, except for tires and rear wheel bearing. Previous owner says there's no bearing in there. Anyone been in of these, and can tell me what I'm going to run into when I try to open it up? I am putting a link to the photos, as they don't want to copy from son's website directly to YT's. thanks. Ray

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As for the plow, it sure looks like a dandy plow. Heavy though. Needs some attention on that rear wheel, and a new tire, and it looks like it is ready to turn over a lot of furrows. It is 16" - son thinks he can pull with a JD B, I"m thinking it might be a bit too much plow for that tractor. We have a MF180 coming from Dad"s estate, and it"ll find the plow a plaything, I"m sure!

PS, looked your place up the other day, we"re not far from each other!
regards, Ray

That is a Oliver plow for sure. Oliver built that model of plow for years, but they did not have a model number. Oliver called those plows the Heavy Duty Gang Plows. That along with the number of bottoms and cutting width was how the plows were referred to. For example, a two bottom sixteen inch cut plow was a 2 X 16, or if it had fourteen inch bottoms it would be called a 2 X 14, etc. This numbering system went right up to the 5 X 16 size. That series of plows were some of best plows ever built, and one of the reasons Oliver sold more plows than any other company.

As to the question about the bearings in the rear wheel, I have never had one apart. I would assume the bearings would be like the front wheels, but maybe not.