[AT] Roll over plow

[Dean VP]

Landen:

I suspect that might handle it.

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Landen Schooler
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:34 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Roll over plow

How about a White 6910 PFA (130hp Cummins, 110hp PTO)?

Here's a pic...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=46569&item=3862318290

I'd be happy with a real one of these. I want to use it for terrace line
maintenance.

Landen Schooler

Dean VP wrote:
> 
> Landen:
> 
> I hope you have a good sized tractor to handle a 3 or 4 bottom roll-over
> integral plow.  They are really heavy and will require really good three
> point hydraulics and a lot of weight on the front end. 6 or 8 plow bottoms
> hanging off the back is a lot of weight.  A tag-along or semi integral
> version is a different story.
> 
> The nice thing about a switch plow is they don't require both right and
left
> bottoms so you don't have double plow bottom weight. But they were not
> around during the 40's, 50's and 60's that I am aware of.
> 
> I have a couple 2 bottom JD roll over three point plows here and they make
> my 6000lb JD 620 a bit light in the front end. I think I could weight up
the
> front end enough for a 3 bottom rollover but never a 4 bottom. But JD's
have
> only about 30% of their weight on the front end. That is much different
than
> Oliver/White.
> 
> I don't know how Oliver/White handled the problem with the three point
> weight issues but JD went to a semi-integral plow so that the plow tail
> wheel handled a good portion of the plow weight.
> 
> You probably know all this but I was surprised a bit by how heavy these
> roll-over plows really are. I'm probably preaching to the choir.  :-)
> 
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290

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