[AJD] Plow for B

[Bruce Mahr]

Dean: The 51 came in 16" and 18" .

Bruce Mahr

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
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Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 8:00 PM
Subject: RE: [AJD] Plow for B


> Spencer:
>
> LeRoy has given you good recommendations. Here is when the plows were 
> made:
>
> 4B, 4C - 1935 to 1949
> 4D - 1938 to 1949
> 51 - 1934 to 1948
> 52 - 1934 to 1947
> 52 Rice - 1934 to 1945
> 44 - 1945 to 1957
>
> The 44 plow came 6 years after the tractor and isn't as nice a looking 
> plow,
> IMHO. It is a truss beam (Bar Stock) Plow. The 4B, C, D, 51 and 52 plows 
> are
> Forged beams and have much more character and again IMHO are better plows. 
> A
> word of caution though, a 1939 B will have a tough time pulling a two 
> bottom
> plow in heavy soils. The 4's and the 52's are two bottom plows and I sure
> wouldn't go over 2 x 14" and if you found a 2 x 12" it would be even 
> better.
> The 51 is a single bottom and right now I can't find my reference material
> on it but it may have come in a 1 x 18" bottom. I would recommend any 
> model
> 4, 51 or 52 over a model 44. I just like the forged beam plows better.
>
> I have a 1940 Slant Dash B and have captured my Dad's original model 4C
> plow, which I plowed with as a kid in Iowa. It is a 2 x 16". I'm not sure
> the 1940 B is going to be able to handle it in our soils out here in WA.
> Haven't had a chance to try it yet.
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> storeroom door
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> LeRoy Price
> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 4:54 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AJD] Plow for B
>
>
> I'll take a stab at this since I was doing the same thing.  You probably
> want to look for a model 51 or 52.  I have a model 52 on steel.  Then 
> there
> are the 2 way ones like the 101 and the B3.  Another one might be a 4B 
> which
> was something like a model 52.
>
> LeRoy
>
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