[AT] Plowing

[charlie hill]

Dennis, snap coupler wasn't on the plow unless someone put the wrong
decal on it.  There might have been a pointed end on the plow tongue
that had a notch in it that slid into a bracket on the back of the Super M.
The snap coupler hitch used on Allis Chalmers was a bell with a hook in it
up under the tractor.  The tongue of the plow had an oval ring on it that 
slid
into the bell and "snapped" the hook up through the ring to couple the plow
to the tractor, thus a "snap coupler"    If you had one of those it was 
either on
a WD 45 or CA Allis Chalmers or a later model D series Allis unless someone
cobbled one onto a Farmall M in their shop.   Two my knowledge Allis did not
designate the plow as a "snap coupler" plow.  It would have had a number
and  that numbering sequence escapes me right not.  Being a 3 bottom plow
it would have been something like a 3-53 plow.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dennis Johnson
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 8:38 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Plowing

Charlie

Snap coupler was on the plow. Not sure of brand.

Maybe my wording is off, but it was a spring loaded device which would flip 
up and disconnect when the plow was pulling to hard.

Thanks
Dennis

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> On Jun 29, 2015, at 5:48 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> Dennis, your Farmall M did NOT have a snap coupler.  That is an Allis
> Chalmers patent and registered trade mark.
> It might have had a quick coupler or what ever Farmall called their single
> point hitch.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Dennis Johnson
> Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 11:49 PM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AT] Plowing
>
> Tried to send this earlier, but somehow it never sent.
>
> Many years back I did some plowing when I was in high school. I used an 
> MF65
> pulling a 3 bottom plow, and another guy a bit older used a Case 930 
> pulling
> a 4 bottom plow. I think the 3 bottom plow was 14" long, and the 4 bottom
> plow was 16" long. We were plowing wheat fields in central Kansas about 7"
> deep as I recall.
> Few years before when in grade school, I remember trying to ride on a plow
> my older cousin was using. It was a Farmall Super M, pulling a 3 bottom 
> plow
> with a snap coupler. After coming to a tough spot in the field where the
> snap coupler snapped, plow stopped, and tractor jumped forward it got
> exciting. After the second time that happened, I no longer was permitted 
> to
> ride on the tractor.
> Hand another uncle who plowed a small field using a 8N or 9N Ford. He had 
> to
> put new rings in it each year to make sure it had enough power to pull the 
> 2
> bottom plow. Last year talked with cousin on same farm, and they did 
> no-till
> because it was a dry year, and people who plowed lost too much moisture
> which hurt the crops.
> These are memories that kids today are generally not permitted to have.
> Some day I hope to get that exact Ford tractor. It is parked in a barn 
> next
> to my Buick GN. I also would like to get a MF65 or similar size tractor 
> just
> as a remembrance of long days plowing.
>
> Dennis
>
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