[AT] Plowing

[Dennis Johnson]

Charlie

Fast hitch was for a 2 point or 3 point type hitch. 
The type used here was with an old fashioned drawbar.

Thanks
Dennis

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> On Jun 29, 2015, at 8:58 AM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am pretty sure that the term "break away coupler" is
> a John Deere trademark for their hydraulic couplers.
> Some might have called the AC coupler "break away"
> but that was not it's name.  The Farmall coupler was a
> "fast hitch" I believe.
> 
> Charlie
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Darrell Ratliff
> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 9:13 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Plowing
> 
> 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
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> 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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