Moline plow ID and Help

[BeeBazaar]

I just bought an old MM plow. its a semi-mount 3 bottom rope trip. I plan on using it and soon.
-Can anyone help ID it tho? and answer a few questions?
-what years was this model made
-how do I hook it up? Is the large loop standard? it kind of looks like it was added later on.
-how do I remove the wheels? the one looks to have a single hub nut and the other 4 nuts of a cap, maybe over a hub nut?
-Is this plow feasible to even use. I give $200 for it and hope it does the job for me on 3 acres
-there are 3 tabs on each of the individual frame rails if you will, at the top. Is there some sort of rigid bar that helps to keep the plow from twisting?
-There is a U-bolt on the center frame rail (in my hand in the picture? any idea what this is for?

Thanks for the help!
Pointers for use are welcome too!! This will be my 1st time ever plowing - and Im using an Oliver 1650 diesel.

 

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sorry for all the posts of pictures... and Im not sure why the post upside down.

-also, how do the moldboards look? usable? I can see wear on them, but I dont know if its excessive or what not

 

[JMS/.MN]

You do not have a semi-mount plow. It is a 3 bottom pull type plow, with a trip rope to raise and lower the bottoms. You use a clevis through the front loop to attach it to the tractor drawbar.

 

[BeeBazaar]

(quoted from post at 17:47:09 11/18/19) You do not have a semi-mount plow. It is a 3 bottom pull type plow, with a trip rope to raise and lower the bottoms. You use a clevis through the front loop to attach it to the tractor drawbar.

So what exactly is a semi mount then? I was under the impression you towed a semi. Does it make a difference as far as pulling? I chose, what i though was semi mount because i heard the weight distribution while plowing.

 

[plowman]

Hi Model AF rope trip plow. The clamps are for a beam to keep plow form twisting. I do have a manual for that plow. Thanks Steve 419-618-0017

 

[Leroy]

Actually it is not sup[posed to be a clevice for that plow. What is supposed to be there is a spring release hitch bolted to drawbar to unhook the plow if you catch onto something so it does not break everything. Moline was backward of most plows as the spring release was on the plow and not tractor for most makes.

 

[Leroy]

A semi mount plow uses the tractor 3 point hitch to carry the front (now on a Farmal it woild be the fast hitch with fast hitch prongs instead of the pins for a 3 point hitch) and it will only have one wheel on the back end with a hydrolic cylinder to lift it as same time as 3 point hitch lifts front end of plow. They might have a second weheel same as a 3 point hitch plow for a depth control but has nothing to do with anything but depth control. Most semi mount use that cylinder to raise back end but a very few used a mechanical linkage never saw one but very early Ford used that linkage to rear wheel that worked with the 3 point hitch arms. And a semi-mount will never have a rope.

 

[JMS/.MN]

A pull type is a dead weight pull behind the tractor. A semi-mount, thru the lift arms, can accomplish some weight transfer to the rear of the tractor. ie, the system senses wheel slippage, and slightly raises the lift arms, and that upward lift pushes down on the rear axle, putting more weight on the wheels.

 

[BeeBazaar]

I got the wheels off. The tires are different sizes, is that normal? Or did someone just use what was available? These do need tubes i assume? I think one was a 6.5 x 16 and the other 7.5 x 16. Are these special tires? Can any tire store put these on?