adjusting 53 plow

Jeff, Here is a picture of our #73 plow behind our D-19. This picture shows what I mean by being "up on the points" The left side of the frame is just a tad lower than the right hand side. If you look at Don's pic he has his plow upon the points a bit too. I all but the nicest conditons with pefect wear parts those old mounted plows will do a nicer job and stay in the ground better when set up like this. The later plows also had an extra hole in standards for the top of the frog so you could tip the entire bottom forwards for deeper suck. Sent a PM about the other things you asked about/

thanks Butch for the pic and the info...wish i could get mine to plow like those two pictures...i will send ya a PM back

also can anyone tell what bottoms these are?  i looked on the backs and can;t find anything...is it stamped underneath the frog maybe?  or i seen some of the newer ones with decals..maybe they are painted over?  if thats the case how do i tell what i have?

Jeff, I don't mean this in a bad way but I'm glad someone else is having the same problem I'm having. But I think I have figured out my problem.was ready to sell my plow. I'll give it another try.

the plows hard enough to figure out,and now you want pics what ever.we did plow Sat I will try to post this week.got high school football Tues night and I need him to post pics.

this probably won;t help but i did take an underside pic.....so the moldboard should have a number stamped in it?  if there is it must be under the frog somewhere then.....i was just curious to see if i could still get shares and shins for it

Here's the picture I have. Can't say its not of the 331, 332, 333 family.



That tab 16 is only used on the 16" bottoms.

Shins and "blades" are the same for all the family, only the moldboards are different.

The shin for RH bottom is 324940. Also fits 361, 362, 363, 371, 372, and 373 bottoms.

You said 3x14.

The regular bullet blade (or share) is 325614. Also fits 361, 362, and 363 bottoms.
The heavy duty blade is 326082. Also fits 361, 362, and 363 bottoms.

Gerald J.

Jeff,  If you cant get that plow to work right, bring it back and get a different one. Richard

ok here goes.  i adjusted the rear coulter after the first 4 daylight pics...it now leaves a good furrow wall....that problem is solved as soon as i can get the swing limiter collar free to get it where it's supposed to be but the arm is swung out and it leaves a nice furrow wall just doesn;t track quite straight....now...i moved the right wheel out to the next notch....remember i didn;t start in the narrowest setting...i was at a width of 61" when i started this whole thing....so i moved the right wheel out one hole on the slide out rim....seemed to have a negative effect...i think it was taking to much with the front bottom and it wasn;t cutting all of it...i would look down under my right arm and see it shoving land to the side and then rolling some on top of it....the first four pics are with the wheel set out the extra notch...first two are in harder clay ground...second two are in lighter ground.......still can;t get that front bottom to dig like it should....i am following my dad and he's running a JD A with a 2-12 intl plow and it burns me how well it does but i still can;t even fill his furrow....in fact with the wheel spaced out i think it did worse because it couldn;t flip it far enough to the right....the last two pictures are just how the plow and tractor set right now, literally i ran out of gas...city farmers anyhow!  but thats with the right wheel moved all the way in as far as it will go...so front bottom is not taking a full width i don;t think...still can;t fill the furrow and it won;t dig good....still leaving the ground uneven after i plow it with a trench where i couldn;t fill the furrow..but with the wheel in the inner most setting on the right side the lift arms hang pretty straight while plowing...maybe this ex-city boy should hang up my plow shares?  i should go to discing!

BrettPhillips wrote: Remember that the plow can be slid left and right on the cross bar to make fine adjustments to the width of the front furrow.  Wheel tread is the "coarse adjustment", and the crossbar will get you the rest of the way.

It does look like it is set pretty far to the left.  if you slide the whole shooting match over it'll fill in that gap for sure.  I know my plow is set a lot further to the left than that and it works pretty good.

Gerald J. wrote: And your tires are wider than the 12" furrow from the JD and so are smashing it wider and harder to fill. On one of your earlier pictures, the right half of the RR tire is painted with that turned dirt. Gerald J.

i see that now....i am going to make a few rounds today before he drops in....but last night was the first time i followed him..before that in most of the pics i was plowing by myself

My guess Is TRACTION BOOSTER.  ????????????

Jeff, Just load-up your WD45 and plow and come down to my fall plow day in OCT.

Hi again jeff.  You DO NOT need to move the lift link adjustments.  You need to adjust the beam adjustment screws.  These are the square setscrews at the base of the triangle shaped structure that has the depth crank.  Also cw means to turn clockwise.  -  AL