Ford Model 101 3 Bottom Plow

[bindian]

Brandi, My family lives in Brookshire, Tx just west of Houston and have a weekend place near Richards, Tx which has the same sandy East Texas Piney Woods type soil you show in your pictures. That soil is extremely well drained and has a acidic pH. It is great for high Bush Blueberries and Sassafras trees. We collect pounds of Blueberries off our property in Summer and make Sassafras tea from the tree roots and " File" from the dehydrated leaves.

We have Sassafras here. Never tried to make tea from the roots. Blueberries would, indeed, be a good crop here. We will see. I disced a small garden near my renter's RV trailer for him to tell. He was a full time truck farmer before a divorce knocked him to his knees. I'll talk with him about Blueberries.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Brandi, good luck with the new plow, there seems to be a learning curve to getting it set up right. I picked up a 2 bottom right after Christmas and hit my garden with it before the ground was frozen too badly, I agree with you plowing is a lot of fun.

Wmonroe,
Thanks. I am thinking the plow is pretty well sit up. Just gotta get the shear bolts replaced and everything tighened up. I think the depth is about right also...............as it was almost 6 inches in the first, all wheels on land, furrow. So I will try it again, then put the left wheels on 7 inch blocks and see. Your right about the learning curve!
Raining here today.................so it's a lazy, gate building day in the barn.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Here is a link to Messicks. I've already selected the 101 plow for you, all you need to do is select a component. Exploded views of the plow by segment, part description, and price through Messicks. I'm not sure if New Holland prices are good at every dealer, like Case/IH is or not.

Hope this helps, and hope the link carries through. If not, you should be able to copy and paste, and it will come up.
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How did you get to the page you linked on Messick's site? I find the site very hard to navigate. Heck, after I entered the part number for the shear bolt on their site..............the results showed zero. I would love to give them my business, as they advertise here, but I am gonna look else where.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

So what grade is the shear bolt? I think I will have better luck at my local bolt store.
hugs, Brandi

 

[HCJtractor]

On my 101 plow, I just used grade 8 bolts from tractor supply. I think they were 5/16" and length of 3" if I recall. Bought them by the bag full. I did not even use nuts. I kept a small hammer and punch in my tool box and when I frequently popped a bolt I just tapped out the broken piece, slid in another bolt and went back to work

You will learn to plow carefully when in questionable soil with rocks and roots , keeping your foot near the clutch and your hand on the 3 point hitch lift lever, so at the slightest sensation of the plow catching, you can react quickly by applying the clutch and lifting the plow

 

[sixdogs]

6dogs,
I will put a wrench on everything. Maybe today. It is a wet, gate building day here. If I want to keep the plow and use with my Mahindra.............what do I do about the left hitch mount? With it being cat 1 and the tractor cat 2?
hugs, Brandi

Not sure what left hitch mount means but get some cat I/II adaptors and go for it. I think you have loaded tires for it to rip those roots out so take it a little easy. You already know you need the shorter cat I to II adaptors and many mail order places and some farm stores sell them--or just cut 1/4" off. You can also probably buy cat I hitch balls for your tractor if you want. Most of them are changed by removing a cotter pin and swapping the balls out but not sure about Mahindra.



The photos below are how you rip roots out as well as shatter hardpan. These really do the job. Weighs 235#.

 

[sixdogs]

So what grade is the shear bolt? I think I will have better luck at my local bolt store.
hugs, Brandi

Yes you will because all those bolts are obsolete because they are odd sizes like 2 5/8" or 3 1/4", etc. Use the right hardness bolts and keep the correct tension in the bolts that squeeze the shank plates together. Oil the part that trips--no grease--since oil is less likely to attract abrasives to gum things up. I still have some of the odd bolts if you get desperate.
Actually, you won't need any Ford parts for your plow. Just bolts. When you need the real long 1/2' or 5/8" x 3" or so plow bolt, you can get it at White plow or I think I have one.

Plowing is a very rewarding feeling.

 

[bindian]

6dogs,
Here is the photo again.

What I mean is the left hitch pin on the plow is too short to to lock correctly. I cut a quarter inch off of the adapter bushing, but the Mahindra's sliding lift arm's swivel ball is two big to put a lock pin in.

It never was a problem before, as all 3PH attachments I have used have removable pins. This plow's left mount is welded on. I had removable balls on my Ford 3055, but my Mahindra's balls are not removable.

After rebuilding my 9 foot offset disc...................I'm on first name basis with the counter help at the local bolt distributor.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

Maybe I could grind the shoulder back so the ball will slide on enough for the lock pin? What do you think? That would be the cheapest way.
hugs, Brandi

 

[bindian]

On my 101 plow, I just used grade 8 bolts from tractor supply. I think they were 5/16" and length of 3" if I recall. Bought them by the bag full. I did not even use nuts. I kept a small hammer and punch in my tool box and when I frequently popped a bolt I just tapped out the broken piece, slid in another bolt and went back to work

You will learn to plow carefully when in questionable soil with rocks and roots , keeping your foot near the clutch and your hand on the 3 point hitch lift lever, so at the slightest sensation of the plow catching, you can react quickly by applying the clutch and lifting the plow

Thanks HCJtractor! Yep, the bolts in question are 5/16ths. #1 bottoms shear bolt looks bent. So I'll replace them all with new Grade 8s.
Where I was plowing...........I am not planting anything.........just starting the learning curve.
hugs, Brandi