Plow question

[buickanddeere]

B&D, I agree that for popular ploughs the parts will be available - for the same plough. DJ54 was asking whether parts were interchangeable. The JD 2 x 16" parts will not fit the 2x14". I assume you do have 16" ploughs in N. America. Nor will any other manufacturer's 2 x 14 parts fit the JD unless they are clones of the JD.

Rolling Coulters are easily interchangeable, even bottoms. On occasion at auction sales a plough will be found with both coulters and bottoms a different brand than the frame.
Years ago there used to be 12" framed ploughs. Quickly replaced with 14",16" and now 18" is sort of standard.

 

[wcampbell47]

I always thought it'd be pretty cool to have one of these, but won't work well in out clay soils. 2 Bottom Root Plow

Pulled one of these back in the 60's except it was mounted on 3 wheels and hooked to the tractor drawbar. We called it a disc plow. Always thought it was better than a bottom plow as it would roll over an obstacle. If I were plowing today I would try to find one of these.

 

[jeff9366]

Monroe Tufline still manufactures Disc Plows for compact tractors.

TDP2 Series 2 & 3 Blade Disc Plows | Tufline

 

[Ed of all trades]

I would say the words are just that, words that someone used to put a name on the listing. I would also say that the plow on the left that has the short moldboards would be a problem because it would not roll the sod over like the one on the right with the longer moldboards. Ed

 

[OldMcDonald]

Ed, I agree with you. Those short bodied ploughs are for use at higher speeds on bare ground - known as a "digger" plough in some parts, and they leave the ground disturbed and partly broken up. The longer the body and (within reason) the slower the speed, the more the share will turn over the ground. For ploughing in grassland there are ploughs with very long shares and known as "grassland" ploughs! One of the reasons I moved away from mouldboard ploughs. One type does not fit all purposes.

 

[SSdoxie]

Comparing the 2 plows OP posted on:
The less expensive plow does not have replaceable moldboard shins. That leading edge of the moldboard takes the brunt of the wear.
Also the less expensive plow does not have the frame for the front bottom extending forward of the 3pt hitch so no provision for adding a coulter (trash cutters).

These differences may or may not be critical, all depends on type of soil and ground cover it is used on. It appears that the more expensive plow is built on same design as the old plows of days gone by. Where the other plow is more of price point plow and designed for the hobbyist, occasional garden plowing. No way to tell from the pics, but I wouldn't be surprised if the lower priced one has stamped steel moldboard versus cast type on the more expensive one.

Which would be the better buy depends on actual usage and how often it is used.