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D13
02-12-2000 06:23:03
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Re: Oliver plow!!! in reply to Bill {Antique Acres}, 01-30-2000 20:14:28
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I have a 2-bottom 3-point, and my father has a 3-bottom 3-point. These are both No. 3241 series units. My father has the manual for them. The plows are all the same, just the number of bottoms and the assembly of the frames differ. The 3 bottom has one extra side piece. To adjust the bottom spacing for 12-14-16 you move the frame braces to different holes (adjusts the spacing of the frame beams from each other). Then, adjust the location of the hitch to correspond. These plows come with or without turners, shields, rolling coulters (straight or fluted), coulter cleaners, etc. My assumption is you're hooking this to a S44 or 440 as my S55 will pull 2-16 in the nasty Michigan clay, limited only by my traction!! Anyway, these plow come up at acution or on dealer lots for $150-$300 depending on condition and equipment. FYI, the old trailer plows from Oliver had the same capability to swap the bottom # and size - I made my Dad's 3 bottom into a 2 bottom when he sold his 770 and all he had left was a A-C WC. A bigger concern is finding bottoms and molboards. I have never seen a 12" molboard or point for these plows. The parts stores carry 16" stuff, although my points appear to be a later design - same hole pattern, but shifted so that the point sticks out in front of the shin. I don't know about molboard interchange, but one could cut down and redrill the point to make a light duty unit. The heat required to cut the bolt holes correctly would probably detemper the point and increase the wear rate, but you probably aren't farming 100 acres with this unit so that shouldn't matter. Unfortunately, the scanner and I are having discussions on file saving so I can't attach the relevant pages. The photos in this manual don't scan well either, but I do have a photocopy. If you do find a plow let me know and I'll send you the 5 or so pages.
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