SV: [AT] JD Model 4C plow

Mon Jan 16 02:32:30 PST 2006

where's the rock story?

Child labour really needs to be seen case by case, it's not right but it
might be much better than the alternatives for poor thirld world (the kind
were they don't even have 1 phase) kids.

/Mattias

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Amne: RE: [AT] JD Model 4C plow

Dudley:

I remember plowing with a styled JD B's and a 44 Hand start JD A and 47 JD
A.  I have asked my much older brother what the years were of the B's. His
recollection is different than mine. He says we had a 1936 B and later 1941
and 1948 B's. A 2 x 16" plow is a heavy load for a B, even in our good rich
NW Iowa sandy loam top soil. Primarily because we plowed quite deep. But I
don't recall turning over anything but black topsoil. Except for one rock
and that incident was a major trauma and a story of its own. In the spring
we would plow in three 8 hour shifts. My Dad, my brother and I. The tractors
were only stopped to put gas in them.

I distinctly remember being quite full of myself the first time Dad let me
plow by myself. I could hardly get the clutch lever back and forth and the
brake pedals seemed to be a long ways away. I remember Dad attaching an
extra length to the hand clutch lever on one of the A's because I just
couldn't handle that one. OSHA would have had cardiac arrest. Much less
child labor law attorneys if they even existed at that time.

I remember plowing with the B's and A's but I was so young, model year
tractors weren't very important to me at the time I guess. When I was 14
(1954) or so Dad got a JD 70 and a 4 bottom tag plow and I spent 100's of
hours on that combination so I remember that much better. That 70 was an
animal, especially after we hopped it up. The B's eventually got replaced by
a JD 50 but the A's and the 70 remained. A few years after I left the farm
the 70 got replaced by a brand new JD Gas 3010 and 4 bottom three point
plow.

During my tenure all of our plows were tag along, trip lift except the 4
bottom which was a hydraulic lift. I remember the hydraulic lift as being
really modern stuff. We were in the big time now!  :-)

PS: I get a kick out of those who complain about the countries we import
stuff from today that use child labor. But I don't ever hear a complaint
about all the child labor used here on American farms to this day. Needs to
be looked at on a case by case basis.

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

Forbidden fruits create many jams!

www.deerelegacy.com

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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Dudley Rupert
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:39 PM
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Subject: RE: [AT] JD Model 4C plow

Dean,

Tell us what you pulled that plow with ... I am sure it was a Deere but what
model/year?  The eBay plow appears to have a trip lever and I am just
guessing that the one you pulled and are rebuilding probably did to.

Dudley

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Subject: [AT] JD Model 4C plow

There is a JD Model 4C plow for sale on eBay in Ohio that I would buy if it
wasn't so stinking far away. I need some parts off of it to finish restoring
my Dad's JD 2 x 16" model 4C. The very plow I plowed with as a kid. This
particular plow on eBay might be a 2 x 12" which makes it a bit different.
However, all I need off of it are the two steel wheels and the two levers.

Is anyone in the Ohio area reasonably close by interested in sharing some of
the parts off of this plow?  Or any creative ideas on how to capture this
thing until we can work something out? I would pay for services rendered as
needed.

See eBay auction # 7212190408

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

Forbidden fruits create many jams!

www.deerelegacy.com

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