[AT] McCormick plow

[charlie hill]

Ron, I've told this story here before I think but I'll repeat it
since it's on topic.  I grew up with a kid who was the son of
a share cropper.  They had two tractors, a worn out Super A and
an even more worn out A.  They tended I'm guessing about 150 acres
with those two tractors including about 15 acres of tobacco (very labor
intensive).  Around here everyone plowed in the late winter as soon as
possible.  Usually in late Feb.  When it was time for them to plow the
old man, my friend who was the youngest son and which ever ones of the
other two sons were available worked in shifts, 24 hours a day until they
got it all plowed.  School had to wait.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ron Cook
Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 11:37 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] McCormick plow

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
>

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