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David Maddux 
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 Topic: Early trip lift 4 and 5 bottom plows
Posted: 18 Nov 2010 at 3:25pm |
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I came across some interesting reading this morning in an old AC sales catalog. I did not realize that on the early big plows they used a special wooden pen to pin the plow to the tractor. They had a wooden pin that would break if they hit a rock or hard wooden root. I was wondering if anyone has seen these. This hitch was used as a substitute for the spring loaded hitches on the smaller pull type plows. I read where the spring loaded hitch could be bought for these plows for a more expensive cost. Dave.
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Butch(OH)
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Posted: 18 Nov 2010 at 4:43pm |
Prolly didnt work well since the first time it broke they were likely replaced with RR spikes, or sucker rod, or steam engine wheel spokes or a Model T wrench handle with the resulting mess next time, LOL.
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Rfdeere
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Posted: 18 Nov 2010 at 8:23pm |
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There was a NOS box of those pins on ebay a while back. I didn't get them.
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 18 Nov 2010 at 8:36pm |
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The protective connection on the elevator at our club grounds is one Dad had laying around. It had 2 half inch bolts in it and was rusted tight. I cleaned it up, dipped it in the electrolysis bucket and turned some wooden pins for it. Maybe I shouldn't have made them out of hedge wood ehh, Butch. LOL I have a bag full of extra pins around somewhere but the original ones I put in are only 6 or 7 years old and still working fine.
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norm[ind]
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Posted: 18 Nov 2010 at 8:57pm |
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my dad used those on a oliver plow used a 8 penny nail inside them under some conditions remember hin cutting them with a wood chisel used them behind a FORDSON
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ACJohn
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Posted: 19 Nov 2010 at 7:08am |
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The New York Steam Engine Assoc has platform plows with wooden pegs. If I understand correctly, the peg would break allow the plow to trip if it hit something too hard/immovable.
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Dusty MI
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Posted: 19 Nov 2010 at 8:50pm |
I once operated a walk behind trencher that used wood shear pins.
Dusty
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