[AT] McCormick plow

[Ron Cook]

Charlie,
     Yep.  Pretty much the same here except not on an Allis.  This plow 
is from a straight A, so it could be from the forties, and probably is.  
It is very rusty and I would guess has not been used for 30 years.  I am 
also pretty sure it was discarded because it is plumb worn out.  Must 
have been used on a very poor farm, mostly gravel.  Newer plows use 
replaceable shins as it is a wear area as well as the share and 
landsides.  The landside on this one is useable, but the whole rest of 
the thing is really shot.  I would like to get it operational again.
     I have no experience with a one-bottom plow.   My experience is 
with two-bottom and mostly three-bottom with a little five bottom. I 
always like moldboard plowing, but I think I would have not liked it if 
I had to face our fields doing one furrow at a time.  When we were 
plowing, there was always more than one outfit it the field, sometimes 
three.  Spring plowing is out in this part of the world, so all had to 
be done in the fall.  Starting with oats stubble/clover in august and 
ending with corn stalk ground hopefully before much freezing.  We would 
have needed a whole fleet of one bottom units to get it done.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
On 8/19/2014 9:23 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Well Ron, I've sat on a D-10 AC pulling 2 14's long enough to wear out
> several sets of plow points.
> To completely wear out the moldboard would take a while!
>
> I see some of those plows around in NC from time to time.  Haven't seen one
> lately.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Cook
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:12 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: [AT] McCormick plow
>
> Part of the negotiations for my recent purchase of a Super A resulted in
> my owning a one-bottom plow.  I can hardly imagine sitting on one of
> those little tractors plowing long enough to completely wear out a plow,
> but someone certainly did.  The share and moldboard are completely
> shot.  It looks to me that I should just locate a moldboard and share
> from a newer plow to bolt on the good plow frame/beam.  I am looking for
> thoughts and suggestions. Or new A193 plow parts.
>
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
>