Tell Me About this Plow

[jtcweb]

Looks like John Deere green. Has 4 plows with disc's in front of them. I'm not a farmer as you can tell. My wifes Aunt has some attachments to get rid of after her husband died and I'm trying to find out what I can about it.

 

[jtcweb]

Another view

 

[jtcweb]

Close up of the actual plow. I couldn't find any kind of model number on it, but didn't know where to look.

 

[beenthere]

Appears to be a semi-mounted plow. Beyond that, not enough to look at to tell. May be able to associate it with one of the tractors that are (or were) on the place. If it's Deere, there will be some part numbers, I believe, that indicate as such.

 

[GareyD]

From what I can see in the foto's....looks like a bottom plow with sod wings...the discs in front of the sweeps are probably colters...they came smooth or fluted...they cut a line in the sod for the moldboards and sweeps to follow, ease pulling...

GareyD

 

[Egon]

I agree with the sod mole boards. Can't see enough in the pictures to tell much more.

Egon

 

[Wannafish]

It is a J.D. semi-mount plow. I have one just like it...will have to run out to the field tonight when I get home from my "real" job to get the model #.

 

[sweettractors]

From what I can see, I would also go with John Deere semi mount plow. --Ken Sweet

Sweet Farm Equipment LLC *Over 30 Used 3 point and Pull Type Cultipackers in Stock Today*

 

[scout180]

The piece above the moldboard was called a cover board. It made sure that the top layer of soil material being cut by the coulter and turned by the moldboard got completely under as the plow moved forward. The cover boards wear more quicly than the moldboard.

Some coulters were serrated for more effective cut of corn stalks, again allowing better cover.

The real wear part is the plow points, bolted to the bottom of the moldboard. Older plows had plowshares at the bottom which were generally heavier and more costly than the points. We always took shares to a shop for a new welded nose whereas the lighter/cheaper points were just replaced.

Several types of tripping mechanisms were used to protect the plow when it struck large rocks, etc. A hydraulic rig was used as well as spring loaded devices. Both allowed the whole bottom to kick back. These were a far cry from old pull type plows that were attached to the drawbar via a clevis. When you hit a rock, the whole plow stopped and jumped off the clevis, also breaking the trip rope (for mechanical raising/lowering) away from the tractor.

 

[scout180]

Re-looked at the photos. Paint color, although faded, suggests you might be looking at an Oliver, not JD. The Oliver paint was somewhat bluish compared the brighter JD green....