[AT] Unusual 2-way J.D. moldboard plow

[grnacres at pgtc.com]

I have one of the 202H plows and I hate it. It looks cool though. I have a 
friend that has a 202 and it works very well. Mine pulls to the side, 
sometimes it switches and sometime it don't and sometimes it switches on its 
own. It quit playing with it but like I say it looks cool and gets a lot of 
attention.

Gordon

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dean VP
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 2:38 PM
To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
Subject: Re: [AT] Unusual 2-way J.D. moldboard plow

Herb,

That is a fairly rare John Deere Plow and quite valuable to JD Plow 
collectors.  It is a
model 202 Mechanical Lift Two Way Moldboard Plow and if it were anywhere 
close to NW WA I
would be all over it like stink on manure.  These were made from 1944-1953. 
There is a 202 H
version of this same plow using Hydraulic Lift. These plows are a little bit 
clumsy and
gangly but did the job in their time.  The JD Parts Catalog for it is PC0213 
and it can be
downloaded free as a PDF file from JDParts.com or upon request I can email 
it as an
attachment to an email. The PDF file is around 4.3 MB in size.  There is a 
series of these
type of Two Way JD plows: 101  - One bottom each way and 202 Two bottoms 
each way.  I own
three of the model 101 and 101A versions and have always wanted to get a 202 
but have not
found a good one close by,  The closest I have found years ago was in the 
Missoula, MT area
and I wasn't able to justify the transportation cost from there much less 
the acquisition
cost. And that was when gas cost in the $1 a gallon something range. 
Wouldn't surprise me
one bit if it is still there.  The picture isn't good enough to tell what 
kind of shape it
is in and there is more stuff in the middle center of the plow than usual. 
Can't quite
figure out what it all is. However, if it is complete and in useable shape 
it is worth
$100's of dollars pushing $1000 if in pristine condition as a collector 
item.   Don't see
many of these at shows. Integral Three Point Roll-Over plows replaced these 
types of tag
along plows in the mid 50's although there were other two way plows.  I do 
have some
original manuals and sales literature for these 101 and 202 plows.  More 
pictures of this
type plow and many other JD plows can be seen at:

http://public.fotki.com/deanvp/tractor_plows/jd-1/202/




Dean VP
Snohomish, WA

A gun is like a parachute. If you need one, and don't have one, you'll never 
need one again.

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Behalf Of Herb Metz
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:03 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] Unusual 2-way J.D. moldboard plow

Attention Dean & Other JD enthusiasts:
Show-Me Auction Co., Stover, MO has Edzards Estate Auction tomorrow, June 
29.   A huge
collection of mostly no longer operatonal tractors, cars, trucks, and much 
farm equipment
including a trailer type 2 bottom 2-way plow that "has John Deere stamped on 
main frame
member" according to one of auction companies principals.  This implement 
has an estimated
thousand lbs of extra framing, etc to accommodate the unusual method of 
operation of
operating.   Instead of the normal roll-over method of operating, these two 
plows set
alongside each other, and alternate dropping into the ground.  Hope its 
future is in a
stateside museum.  Herb
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