[AT] Moldboard plows - was RE: Best of ATIS? ---The D8 story

[Grant Brians]

A quick note to the list. I am looking for the hydraulics for two of my
Rollover plows. I have an Allis-Chalmers 4 bottom (4 up and 4 down at all
times) and an IH 4 bottom (the same) that need hydraulic rollover parts. Can
anyone help? By the way the AC was built in Oxnard California where AC built
the heavy implements, just like my JD disk and chisel were built by Killefer
in Los Angeles when LA was a major center of farm equipment manufacturing.
        Grant Brians
        Hollister,California Vegetables, Fruit and Nuts farmer

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Subject: Re: [AT] Best of ATIS? ---The D8 story


Charlie,
     You have pretty much stated it the way I see it.  Since the farming
methods have changed to minimum and no till, the moldboard plow has been
disappearing at an alarming rate to the scrap yards.  I have been trying
to grab a few of them lately when the price works out before they are
all gone.  I do not see myself adding any additional tractors unless
they can so some sort of work that would pay their keep.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
> Mike I think the old tractor hobby it's self has stabilized if not slowed.
> There are still lots of active participants but not that much growth that
I
> see.  I think the show
> tractors have now been restored and the activity at this point is hauling
> them to a show.  As for the tractors for sale,  .12 cents per pound scrap
> prices got a lot of them.
> If you've got a 4000 lb hunk of rust with a stuck engine and four flat and
> dry rotted tires and some missing parts, it's hard to get $500.00 for it
> from a collector/restorer
> unless it's something really rare.