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Sandknob 
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 Topic: Off color ih plow problems
Posted: 08 Nov 2016 at 1:06pm |
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I have my grandpa's old IH #8 two bottom plow that I'm trying to get working. All I accomplish is fighting with it. It will plow OK on the front bottom, but the rear does not want to go in for some reason. It has to be an adjustment somewhere, but I've played with it quite a bit to no avail.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Adam
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PaulB
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Posted: 08 Nov 2016 at 4:03pm |
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As with any plow, worn parts are the biggest reason they won't get in the ground properly. Years ago we always saved shears that wouldn't go in the ground when plowing in the summer after wheat and used them in the fall. On two bottom trailer plows the rear shear needs to be in better condition than the front one. We'd always put the new one on the back and then that one we moved it to the front.
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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
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Sandknob
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Posted: 08 Nov 2016 at 4:39pm |
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How do you tell when they are too worn though? To me they look fine and seems to have a good edge.
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steelwheelAcjim
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Posted: 08 Nov 2016 at 4:50pm |
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If the point is round on the end like a spoon, and doesn't have a slight curve downward, then it's worn enough not to suck itself in the dirt.
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Pre-WW2 A-C tractors on steel wheels...because I'm too cheap to buy tires!
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Gerald J.
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Posted: 08 Nov 2016 at 7:42pm |
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The two main plow adjustments interact. There is side to side tilt and front to rear tilt. The easiest way to adjust both is to run the tractor left rear wheel up on a block as high as you plan to plow, and then with the ground level under the blocked up tractor and the plow adjust the left to right tilt with the three point lift bars and the front to back tilt with the three point top link or the tilt adjustment on the plow until both shares (shears, cutting edges) and the landsides sit flat on the ground. That takes care of the tractor tilt with the right side tires in the furrow. It tilts the plow on the first pass, so ideally you start without the block under the left tire and set the plow so the shares and landsides sit on flat ground for the first pass then adjust with the block for the rest of the field's plowing. Changing the left to right tilt with the three point lift arms usually also changes the front to rear tilt so you have to adjust them alternating until you get the plow sitting flat on the ground.
Gerald J.
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