Hand Clutch Throwout vs. Spring Trip Plow Beams

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   For anyone who has plowed with a WD/WD-45 and experienced both the hand clutch trip/throwout kit, and a 60- or 70-series plow with individual spring trip mechanisms on the shanks/bottoms... Does one work better than the other?
I don't think AC had auto-reset trip bottoms on those models of plows, so I think you were stopping forward travel with either mechanism. You either had to shift to reverse and re-engage the hand clutch to unhook a plow bottom from a big rock/root, if the throwout mechanism had tripped it... or you had to stop and reset the plow bottom that tripped. Correct?

I think I have enough parts to put the hand clutch throwout on one of my tractors, so I'm probably going that route. I was just curious if there was a big advantage to buying a 60- or 70-series plow with the trip bottoms.

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wjohn Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 19 Jan 2010 Location: KS Points: 2330	Post Options Post Reply Quote wjohn Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Hand Clutch Throwout vs. Spring Trip Plow Beams Posted: 2 hours 50 minutes ago at 3:12pm
	For anyone who has plowed with a WD/WD-45 and experienced both the hand clutch trip/throwout kit, and a 60- or 70-series plow with individual spring trip mechanisms on the shanks/bottoms... Does one work better than the other? I don't think AC had auto-reset trip bottoms on those models of plows, so I think you were stopping forward travel with either mechanism. You either had to shift to reverse and re-engage the hand clutch to unhook a plow bottom from a big rock/root, if the throwout mechanism had tripped it... or you had to stop and reset the plow bottom that tripped. Correct? I think I have enough parts to put the hand clutch throwout on one of my tractors, so I'm probably going that route. I was just curious if there was a big advantage to buying a 60- or 70-series plow with the trip bottoms.
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PaulB Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Rocky Ridge Md Points: 5216	Post Options Post Reply Quote PaulB Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 2 hours 44 minutes ago at 3:18pm
	The 60 or 70 series plows were not spring trip, but shear bolt beams. The trip beams started with 80 series plow frames. Often I've had trip beam plows that would reset themselves after stopping by just lifting the plow quickly.
	If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY