[AJD] Plow for '35 D

[Gary Epps]

Dean and Steve, thanks for you responses.  Now here is where I display 
my ignorance.  Can you enlighten me regarding a trip hitch and trip 
bottoms?  I think I understand the handle that raises and lowers the 
wheel that in effect lowers the bottoms into the ground.  Is the trip 
hitch a heavy  spring affair?

The farm I grew up on used a team of horses and a single bottom plow and 
my father walking behind holding the plow handles and reins, probably 
around his neck.  He had fond hopes of buying a 1935 B but was never 
able to get the dollars together to make it happen.  When I was still a 
young lad a drought in the Ozarks put an end to dad's farming dreams. 
As a result of that decision, and dad going to work for a factory, life 
got better for the Epps family.  At any rate I have no experience at 
plowing with a tractor and plow.

We do have rocks around here, some huge.  Our house is setting on one. 
I know what these hills are made of.  Some rocks are very deceptive, 
they look like you could easily dig them out, only to start and find 
that they are many times larger than you want to tackle.

I would think 2 16"s would be the way to go.  A friend has a plow with 2 
16"s on it that he will sell.  It is currently disassembled and rusty, 
but is supposed to be complete with the exception of coulters.  I don't 
know the model number but he says it is a good match for his early 
styled A.  What is a fair price range to start negoiating at?  If it is 
a #52 what would be a fair price to offer?

Gary

Dean VP wrote:
> Gary:
> 
> I would recommend a 2 x 16" tag along with a good trip hitch or a plow with
> trip bottoms.  The D will have no trouble handling a 2 bottom plow in any
> kind of soil and 2 bottom plows are fairly easy to find. A 3 x 14" plow
> would also work but I think you would be safer with a 2 x 16". 
> 
> Depending on how rocky the soil really is, it may dictate throw away shares
> with three piece bottoms as opposed to the two piece bottoms with forged
> shares. Forged shares are harder to repair (replace) and it's next to
> impossible to find good used ones. 
> 
> Make sure you have a working trip hitch or working trip bottoms if there are
> any rocks of substance in what you are plowing. And also make sure you have
> a working release on the trip rope when the plow disconnects. 
> 
> On a positive note, if the soil is really sandy, pebbly, and rocky you
> probably won't have any trouble getting rusty bottoms to scour quickly. 
> 
> 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-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
> Gary Epps
> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 8:20 PM
> To: antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AJD] Plow for '35 D
> 
> I have no experience plowing.  So I am at a loss as to what size plow I 
> should be looking for.  I want to plow under a aged fescue hay field so 
> I can replant with something more conducive to a quail population. 
> There is some top soil, but the soil? here is mostly rock with enough 
> clay to hold it all together.  I am located on the top of an Ozark 
> mountain (big hill).
> 
> What should I be looking for a two bottom or a three bottom, 14" or 16"? 
> I know plows have been discussed in the not too distant past on the 
> list, but not with respect to what a D should handle in rough soil.  It 
> has been stated that when you buy land in the Ozarks, you don't 
> necessarily get dirt with it.  Any advice as to what I should focus on?
> 
> Gary

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In the Ozark Mountains of South Central USA where both life and I move 
at a leisurely pace.