Plow Day-May 2-Keystone Oliver Club

[JohnRowehl]

I’m a little late getting this up but then again it isn’t like it’s breaking news
We had 15 people plowing, eight using Oliver plows. Forty acres plowed.

 

[JohnRowehl]

Oooops…looks like some photos got posted twice.

 

[rrlund]

Looks good. That's the same day we had ours. 16 tractors total. Would have been 17, but my son forgot about it and made other plans. Would have been four Olivers if he had been there to plow with the Super 55. I used the 66, my neice's husband had his 1850 and another club member had an 880. I was too busy plowing to take any pictures.

 

[JohnRowehl]

I’m with you; I’m having too much fun plowing and find it hard to make myself stop and take photos of other people.
I was fortunate to have had another club member’s daughter take photos and send them to me.

Also, our host farmer is a partner in Forrester Farm Equipment and he had one of their people come down and take photos, including the aerial shots from a drone. They put them up on the dealership Facebook page.

 

[Princeton Bill]

Very nice. Good idea to lay out lands before the actual plow day.

 

[JohnRowehl]

Just one more. I saw this on my coulter as I was going down the field. The blade had sliced right in between the coils. What are the chances that it hit it just right for that to happen?

Better that than finding it sticking out of the tire!

 

[GermantownGreen]

I’m a little late getting this up but then again it isn’t like it’s breaking news
We had 15 people plowing, eight using Oliver plows. Forty acres plowed.

View attachment 151134View attachment 151135View attachment 151136View attachment 151137View attachment 151138View attachment 151134View attachment 151135View attachment 151136View attachment 151137View attachment 151138View attachment 151139View attachment 151140View attachment 151141View attachment 151142View attachment 151143

You were pretty focused on laying that plow in the soil in your first picture! How did your IH do, you showed working on it and your plow?
Did you have all your adjustments set in for this year?
Very nice looking machines.
Thanks for sharing. GG Wes

 

[JohnRowehl]

The 826 did well. I was running in first gear, high range; about 5 mph. After a couple of rounds, I stopped and adjusted the rear coulter to run deeper, hoping to leave a cleaner looking furrow. I think it helped.
I’m really happy with how the plow turns the soil.

 

[GermantownGreen]

The 826 did well. I was running in first gear, high range; about 5 mph. After a couple of rounds, I stopped and adjusted the rear coulter to run deeper, hoping to leave a cleaner looking furrow. I think it helped.
I’m really happy with how the plow turns the soil.
View attachment 152098

Awesome picture. Did you find any rocks to test your spring resets? Watch Chris Losey with the 4340? Plow on the Cockshutt, then see what he found! It's a monster.....
Thanks for sharing, we're too wet here to try a plow! GG

 

[JohnRowehl]

I saw the video with Chris Losey digging out the monster rock but have not yet seen the one where he found it.

Yes, there were some times the spring resets on my plow were doing their thing.

 

[GermantownGreen]

I saw the video with Chris Losey digging out the monster rock but have not yet seen the one where he found it.

Yes, there were some times the spring resets on my plow were doing their thing.
View attachment 152200View attachment 152201View attachment 152202View attachment 152203

Awesome pics. That's neat where you can see the metal had worked! What's also neat is to see the engineering marvel of that metal linkages, think of the rounds of testing they put all that through to get to your plow.
I saw plows like yours at Ollie's sale and was marvelled at the mass of material in those plows.
My Dad has a 5/16 Oliver 565 that I grew up with.
It hasn't been used in ? Years. Your project gives me umph to want to revive it!
Thanks for sharing your time. GG Wes

 

[JohnRowehl]

I’m guessing that your Dad’s 565 has the spring cushion trips.

If you do go to work on it, and you are willing to take the time, start a project thread for us to follow.

 

[GermantownGreen]

I’m guessing that your Dad’s 565 has the spring cushion trips.

If you do go to work on it, and you are willing to take the time, start a project thread for us to follow.

Not sure on that, I was thinking the 565 was the cheaper than the 566 with it having cushion trip. When I get there I'll get some pics.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. GG Wes

 

[JohnRowehl]

I have a sales brochure for the 565-566-575 plows dated 7/71. The only on-the-go, automatic reset offered at that time was the hydraulic reset on the 575. It was offered in 3-8 bottoms. So it accommodated a wide range of tractor sizes.
The 566 was offered in 5-8 bottoms and had cushion action trip beams. Apparently intended for farms with larger tractors.
The 565 was 3-6 bottoms, offered with cushion action trip beams or shear pin beams.

The brochure I have for the 508-546-548-588 shows the spring automatic reset added as an available option. There is no date on that one. However I did receive a scan of the cover of a 546 operator’s manual, from another one of our fellow forum readers, dated 1969.

 

[GermantownGreen]

I have a sales brochure for the 565-566-575 plows dated 7/71. The only on-the-go, automatic reset offered at that time was the hydraulic reset on the 575. It was offered in 3-8 bottoms. So it accommodated a wide range of tractor sizes.
The 566 was offered in 5-8 bottoms and had cushion action trip beams. Apparently intended for farms with larger tractors.
The 565 was 3-6 bottoms, offered with cushion action trip beams or shear pin beams.

The brochure I have for the 508-546-548-588 shows the spring automatic reset added as an available option. There is no date on that one. However I did receive a scan of the cover of a 546 operator’s manual, from another one of our fellow forum readers, dated 1969.

Super thanks. I think that Dad's is the shear pin style. Very few rocks in our area. Was shipped as a 4, dealer in Chillicothe MO bolted on 5.
At that time he had a built 4020. Neighbor farmer with had two 4- JD. He ran 3020 diesel and 4010 gas, and later a new 4230 synchro shift. Dad was able to trade up for a 4320, had a friend in the Richmond Mo JD shop. Bigger operator near Richmond had traded that 4320 in on a 4230 quad range, was sold a lemon in the radiator department.
Couldn't keep it cooled off as he had been pulling big stuff with the 4320.
Dad had the 4320 delivered home, swapped duals off the 4020 and away it went.
Shop friend called Dad later that week and shared the story. Big guy stepped up to 4430.
4320 is two miles from our house still. Owner, is a super friend and knows us well. GG Wes