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Questions on a 3 bottom Plow

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Charlie T in VA

01-16-2007 10:30:31




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I have a friend who was given a very large (heavy) 3PH 3x16 or 3x18 Class 2 made by "Long" (this plow had a square plate at the back so you could bolt on extra plows to make it a 4 or 5 bottom). The plow was to much for his tractor so he decided to take it to the local tractor & equipment dealer to trade it for a smaller (lighter) class 1 3PH 3x16 or 3x14 3ph plow. The salesman told us that the plow was only worth about $100.00. I didn't understand why. It was nice, clean and straight, just to big and heavy for the tractor. The salesman tried to tell us that Long was junk and the plow was not worth the $100.

Why would the Long Plow only be worth $100???? It didn't rally matter he got it for free, but it was bigger and cleaner than anything the saleman had on this lot, other than the repainted ones.

Has any one ever heard good or bad things on a Long plow. We ended up getting a MF plow, it seems to work great and the tractor handles the new plow very well.

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Charlie

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kyplowboy

01-17-2007 00:34:36




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 Re: Questions on a 3 bottom Plow in reply to Charlie T in VA, 01-16-2007 10:30:31  
I know you are not close to western KY but if you could come up with enough of them $100 plows to get a trailor load you could make some money round here. Only thing is you have to knock off any plate that does not say john deere, paint the frame green (be sure there are two lynch pins in the holes so they match when you paint it) and paint the boards silver or black (silver is better). Every one from here to Louisville needs one to go with the 4020, 15' bush hog, 12' disk, and other toys on thier 10 acre spread. Also if you can come up with an Allis corn planter, the ones run off a chain on the press wheel, cut them up, make two row no till planters out of them, paint'm greem. Folks go nuts over'm. Farm iron is like realestate, location matters.

Dave

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ktheo1

01-16-2007 18:35:07




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 Re: Questions on a 3 bottom Plow in reply to Charlie T in VA, 01-16-2007 10:30:31  
If you check Ebay you'll find that 3 bottom fully mtd. plows are bringing $350.00 to $450.00 recently. I don't know much about Long plows either good nor bad . Plows in general are a dead horse on sales and 5 and 6 bottoms are the worst.



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Gerald J.

01-16-2007 14:21:24




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 Re: Questions on a 3 bottom Plow in reply to Charlie T in VA, 01-16-2007 10:30:31  
In Iowa, plows generally are worth their weight in scrap iron. Especially the 3 to 5 bottom sizes. And since Long wasn't ever a popular plow, and a 3 point 3 bottom plow would be close coupled and so very prone to plugging with corn stalks, its value doesn't rise any.

Only garden plows and serious (7 or 8 bottom IH 720 or 730) have value as plows and then only if the plow shares and shins aren't outrageously priced and actually are still available.

I paid $125 for my AC 2000 4x18 about 15 years ago. When I went to pick it up from the consignment auction, there were piles of cutting torch debris where the two JD plow had been sitting next to my plow. So I beat out the scrap man. That's how it is.

Gerald J.

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Charlie T in VA

01-16-2007 14:02:00




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 Re: Questions on a 3 bottom Plow in reply to Charlie T in VA, 01-16-2007 10:30:31  
Thanks for the Replys
Charlie



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John (MO)

01-16-2007 12:26:19




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 Re: Questions on a 3 bottom Plow in reply to Charlie T in VA, 01-16-2007 10:30:31  
Most farmers no longer use a plow for field work. Small plows are still used in gardens and food plots however. So most people who have a tractor big enough to use the plow you are talking about don`t need or want one, and people who want a plow for a garden or food, don`t have a tractor big enough to handle it. Supply and demand: there is no demand and a fair supply and the price is LOW for big plows, while there is a demand of small plows and the price is HIGH.

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well

01-16-2007 11:37:31




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 Re: Questions on a 3 bottom Plow in reply to Charlie T in VA, 01-16-2007 10:30:31  
I agree with everything rusty says, not only a plow in nature it could also be the same situation vehicles, who needs what when.



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RustyFarmall

01-16-2007 10:39:50




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 Re: Questions on a 3 bottom Plow in reply to Charlie T in VA, 01-16-2007 10:30:31  
It has nothing to do with the brand. Rather, it has to do with the fact that there is very little demand for an implement of that nature.



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jc

01-16-2007 18:52:40




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 Re: Questions on a 3 bottom Plow in reply to RustyFarmall, 01-16-2007 10:39:50  
Shouldn"t the sales person have just said that instead of running down the brand?



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