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Hauled theses home yesterday. The previous owner figured they had been sitting in the tree row for at least 25 years. The plow is a Ford and it doesnt look that bad. The disc on the other hand is pretty cobbled. That front gang is being held up with barbed wire and a copper no 10! Lots of bad welds to boot. But I think I can fix it and make it usable again. The previous owner was happy to see someone want them with the intention of using them again. Its kind of funny the things we like to work on when most people would throw it away without a 2nd thought.
 
Looks like a Massey Ferguson disc. They were very well regarded and bring good money if in good condition. Parts still available..if it is worth fixing, considering the welds.
 
I have no idea on the make of the disc. No tags left on it. These are the only numbers I found. Do they look like massy id? It would be nice to know if I do need parts. Its never gonna be like new but as long as its usable Im happy
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+1 that is a Massey 3-pt disc and many regard them as one of the best, if not the actual best, 3 point hitch disc ever made. It is surely worth saving, fixing, using, or selling.
 
Just FYI, the wire tied around the disc spool is not to hold it together. Rather it is an old farmer trick to keep wet soil from packing the whole area between two blades full when the disc scraper is missing or out of position. BTDT. Have fun with your new toys.
 
Thanks for the FYI. I assumed the wire was holding the gang up since the outer pin is broken, but I just went and looked and sure enough the scraper is missing on that disc.
 
A-BO is a Harry Ferguson Inc prefix from before MF. This is probably an A-BO-22. It would have had 7/8 square axles from the factory. Check the bearings before going too far. The early ones had wood bearings, which somebody can make. The later ones had white iron bearings, which were hard to find 20 years ago. You might be able to modify the generic iron bearings from AgriSupply to work. Later MF versions of that disc (model 25)have round axles with sealed roller bearings.
 
Thanks for the info. That makes it older than I would have guessed. Hopefully the bearings arent shot. Its going to have an easy life now, just working the garden and a couple of small spots.
 
Looks like a Ford 101 plow with 'maybe' trip bottoms, worth some cash around here.
Have often wondered why -someone- didn't make aftermarket parts for that disc, they work well....until they slap wear out:-(
 
I think the plow was made by Oliver for ford, or possibly the bottoms were made by Oliver. I put them together in 1963 - 1964 when I worked for Ford. They were coming out blue but some were still red. The disc looks like a Love disc sold by Ford -Dearborn and possibly Harry Ferguson and possibly MF too.
 
The Ford 101 looks pretty decent, good performing plow in my opinion. Yours have trash boards too. I'd love to see some close ups of those, (top of moldboard front/back) need to add them to my 101. 101 is easy to adjust trip mechanism, wear parts are available. I replaced the shares, shins, and landsides on mine. Mine still has the Ford stamped moldboards.

I've got the M-F #25 Disc Harrow, newer version, wider model. These are known to be one of the best 3pt disc harrows, makes a nice seed bed. The boxings must be kept greased, replacement parts is the concern, though mine has an Agri-Fab or similar replacements on one gang, not the same as OEM which are NLA. Use care when hooking up, those levers poke into things if too far forward.

Very nice find.
 
The wire was used as a scrapper replacement. WE had one gang that had a missing scrapper and it would ball up,a loop of #9 wire and I ran it like that for years.
 
One of the guys mentioned that down below. I assumed they were using the wire to hold it together because the outside pin holding that gang on is broke. Makeshift scraper makes more sense. Thanks.
 
I have a disk that looks just like that one. It has a Dearborn tag on it, if I remember right. It's a nice little garden disk.
 
Thanks for the photos of the cover boards ! Suggestion before you use it, you may want to check the share and the shin for excess wear, from the photos you have posted it looks like these parts could be worn close to the frog, which means they should be replaced. Check the landsides as well, all should extend beyond the frog as those are the wear parts, not the frog. Previous owner wore into the frog on mine, thankfully not too much or I would have to re-build those too.
 
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