[AT] Land slides (plow parts)

[Indiana Robinson]

On 12 Apr 2005 at 21:46, JAHaze at aol.com wrote:

> Our club has our annual plow day scheduled in two weeks.  I've been thinking 
> about trying to go, but have been having a hard time deciding what plow to 
> use.  I want to bring my Case C on full steel, and thought it would look best 
> pulling a two bottom plow on steel.  My best option is an old John Deere plow I 
> have, but the landslides are broken on each of the bottoms.  Do I really need 
> these to make it work properly?  I don't think I could ever find replacements 
> for them.  I'd really like to find a decent Case plow on steel to use, but I'm 
> pretty much out of time.  Thanks for your help.
> 


	Hi Joe:

	For somewhat limited plowing like plow days etc. you should be able to just make new 
ones out of heavy mild steel and they should last well. I have also made them from old 
throw-away plow shares. One time I used two short pieces of old truck leaf spring welded 
to the old one.
	A lot of doing with out good land sides is how the plow is made and adjusted. I have 
seen plows where about all the tail wheel did was carry the plow but I had several where 
the tail wheel could be set to carry all of the side thrust and did it well. I have used 
about every cheap-skate trick in the book to avoid buying parts at one time or another on 
a tired old plow. I have been known to weld a piece of steel rod to the leading edge of 
the shin boards to extend their life. I have tack welded about anything you can think of 
to land sides to keep them going.   :-)    I have never tried Bondo on a moldboard with a 
hole but I suspect it would last a  fair while. I have used it inside of a combine header 
to fill wear holes on a combine I used to have. It always lasted the season.   :-)


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