[AT] McCormick plow

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

When you think about it those should wear out in the same number of seat 
hours as a 4 bottom (assuming ground speed is the same). We would weld 
patches on the moldboard of the 2 IH 450 plows we had. One of the parts bins 
in the shop had plenty of high dollar rebuild parts, moldboards, points, 
landslides, shins, bolts, springs and shock towers. We always replaced with 
genuine IH parts. We've still got a few new "frogs" left--I think that’s 
what you called the part that everything else bolted to. I never heard of 
anyone building up points.

We are in red clay so we got pretty good wear compared to the guys on the 
other side of the county running in sand. The auto reset was a big help with 
all the rocks we had.

John Hall


-----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
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