plow

[Tim in VA]

I am new at plowing. We always had someone else to plow our garden when I was growing up because we didn't have a tractor. I bought a tractor last year and I am not sure what the plow parts are called. I have a Dearborn model #10-152. The part that turns the dirt over is worn out on the bottom that goes into the dirt and is broken. It stills plows good and turns the dirt over. It is like this on both. Is there any need to replace it or just wait until it breaks completely and then buy a new one or a used one? If I do need to gets these fixed then what are they called and how do you measure them? Thanks Tim

 

[Old Ford Mechanic]

Tim,The basic parts of the plow bottoms are the moldboard,shin,landslide and the point.Some of the Dearborn plow points are very expensive and hard to find nowadays.Some are over a hundred bucks a pop now.The 3 sizes of the plows that i'm aware of were 12",14"and 16" bottoms.From your description i think the plowpoint is what your'e talking about.

 

[Old Ford Mechanic]

Tim,After reading your post again maybe the moldboard or sometimes called the wing is what your refering to.If you know or an old FORD TRACTOR DEALER in your area then,i would check with them.Dearborn plows were sold with Ford tractors in the early years.Of course most of the old Ford dealerships are now New Holland dealerships.

 

[paul]

Parts get called something slightly different in different parts of the country..... Old Ford sounds correct, slightly different words used here.

Where I am, the lowest part of the bottom is called the lay or share. It is the part that does the cutting, and wears out the most often. It takes the most abuse from rocks, and is most likely to break.

It is not good to run with one broken - the plow pulls harder, and the rest of the plow parts (generally more $$$) tend to get more stress & wear out quicker. As well, the plow will not suck into the ground properly, anyhow in hard or dry ground.

The shin is the sorta traingular part on the left side of the bottom, and the molboard is the big curved part of the bottom. The landside is the vertical part that is on the left side, following the vertical side of the furrow. The landside may have a heel or shoe on it that gets replaced more often & ptorects the bigger landside from wearing out so fast.

Some older plows also have a seperate point to them. This would be the front tip of the lay or share.

The more often you replace the lay & the shin, the less often the big curved part wears out. Generally, it's better to replace the cheaper smaller parts more often, than waiting until all the parts are worn out & you have a big bill. It seems a lot of old plows are being worn out totally because 'I just have a couple acres to do' when just a few bucks on the high-wear parts could save them for another 50 years of use.

I am not helping you with your model of plow, not familair with it, but hope I helped a little bit.

--->Paul

 

[Anonymous-0]

When installing a new plowshare or shin, it should sit 'higher' than the moldboard, so the soil flows down onto the moldboard, rather than wear away the leading edge of the moldboard. If it doesn't- remove the moldboard and clean the backside of it. Dirt often gets in behind if bolts get loose.