Posted by 1206SWMO on November 25, 2015 at 15:32:49 from (198.45.208.16):
Today I plowed with a pull rope lift plow for the first time since 1963....I was 14 back then and used Dads 1944 model B John Deere with a 2 bottom IH plow...I got the bug to plow again after attending the FHAPA plow day held recently near Olpe,Kansas..I hope to plow with them next fall..
Several years ago I bought a dandy #8 IH 3x14 plow from a friend near Ft Scott,KS...His Dad had bought it new and a new UTU MM tractor in the late 1940's..His Dad never liked the IH plow because it didnt't lift high enough and drug trash on the ends and wouldn't go in the ground.....After plowing 300-400 acres it was parked and was never used again until today..Its like new..
Yesterday I drug it out and oiled and greased it..I put 3 used tires on that I had..It took longer to put the 4x12 tail wheel tire on than it did the two front 16" tires...I polished up the moldboards and shears with a wire wheel grinder..
Today I hooked it up to my 1953 E-5 Co-op tractor and away we went...It was sure a great feeling..It was almost too wet but this was my last chance this year as in the next several days we may get 3-4" of rain..I wanted to be ready to hit several plow days next year...The E-5 Co-op weighs 6000 lbs and 3x14's is all it needs at that weight running 3rd gear...At 8000 lbs it would pull 4x14's in 2nd gear..I have a 4x14 MM cylinder lift plow..
The 4th picture shows how little ground clearance it has..The last picture is the U MM that pulled it in the late 1940's when they were both new..
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