[AT] Plowing

[Darrell Ratliff]

We always called it a break-away coupler.


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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