redlevel said:
As usual, the junkster is right on the money with his advice.
Not only are the Ford 101 and MF 43 two of the best, they are usually the most numerous. There must be 100 of them in the weeds within a two mile radius of where I'm sitting right now. I have three of the Fords and one MF myself. The only problem is that it has gotten right expensive to keep them up if you are doing more than plowing a few acres for a garden or food plots. It is also a little harder to find the points, shins, and other wear components, and I would hate to see what a new moldboard would cost. Most NH dealers can get the parts for the Ford plows if they don't have them in stock.
Thank ya kindly sir!
Parts for the Massey plows are still available at AGCO/Massey Ferguson dealers, as well as a few aftermarket sources. Share for 12" and 14" are getting scarce, but 16" are easy to get and share the same bolt pattern. They can be cut down to work just as well as the shorter ones. In spite of having different part #'s, all the rest of the parts are the same on 12", 14" and 16". (Frog is the same on all sizes)
OEM parts are roughly the same price as aftermarket and they fit MUCH better.
Shares sell around $15 ea.
Shins about $12
Landslides are available only in the longer rear version. Cut them off to fit front bottoms. About $45 ea.
Cover boards (trash boards) are $50 ea.
Moldboards break the piggy bank into shreds. Nearly $100 ea.
By the time you buy new plow bolts, figure $250 per bottom to replace all wear parts except coulters.
Coulters are a tough item to find. "assembly" (hub and disc) sell new for over $125
And don't forget the UPS man. HE gets a few pesos for packing all that iron to your door.
Ford 101 parts mirror cost on MF plows for the most part. 12" bottom parts are darn near impossible to find.
Here's the #66 Massey plow I re-did last winter. Parts, freight, paint, and decals set me back over $650.