Recently, folks, I've been selling off things that I've acquired (or kept) over the past decades in order to simplify estate management for my son who lives 1,800 miles away.
FWIW: I've noticed that CL ads have once again become more effective after some time when such was not the case. Same ads, same prices, no results in the past but things selling now. Why? I think it is because of stimulus checks. What do you folks think?
Sorry for the tangent. My post is about an antique push plow, which just happens to be the next thing on my list of things to post on CL.
Sometime, just before my memory in the early/mid 50s, my Father bought a push plow with several attachments from the local feed mill/farm store. He used it along with his favorite tool, a hoe, to set out and tend his garden until returning from vacation in the summer of 1959 to find the garden overwhelmed with weeds at which time he bought his first roto-tiller from Western Auto. I was ecstatic! I could now spend a few enjoyable minutes behind the Wizard roto-tiller with 3 HP Clinton engine and much less time with my hoe.
But, again, I digress.
Shortly, I will list my Father's push plow with attachments on CL, yet have little idea of it's value. It's always been inside and one can still read the manufacture's name (Empire) and model # on the right side handle. One can also read the name of what may be a distributor (or manufacturer) in Cincinnati, OH on the left handle. Incluced is a 5 shank cultivator (I hated pushing that thing), two shanks used for creating a seed furrow for corn, beans, etc., and (Can you imagine!), an unused moldboard of probably 4-6 inches. Neither my Father nor I pushed the moldboard to plow a garden but, apparently, some folks did. I guess that's why it is called a push plow.
Apparently, push plows were still available untly recently, and one can still find listings for new ones on the net but all indicate none currently available.
Not trying to sell it here, folks, but thinking that my Father's push plow should be listed at abour $150 on CL.
What do you folks think?
Memories.
Dean
FWIW: I've noticed that CL ads have once again become more effective after some time when such was not the case. Same ads, same prices, no results in the past but things selling now. Why? I think it is because of stimulus checks. What do you folks think?
Sorry for the tangent. My post is about an antique push plow, which just happens to be the next thing on my list of things to post on CL.
Sometime, just before my memory in the early/mid 50s, my Father bought a push plow with several attachments from the local feed mill/farm store. He used it along with his favorite tool, a hoe, to set out and tend his garden until returning from vacation in the summer of 1959 to find the garden overwhelmed with weeds at which time he bought his first roto-tiller from Western Auto. I was ecstatic! I could now spend a few enjoyable minutes behind the Wizard roto-tiller with 3 HP Clinton engine and much less time with my hoe.
But, again, I digress.
Shortly, I will list my Father's push plow with attachments on CL, yet have little idea of it's value. It's always been inside and one can still read the manufacture's name (Empire) and model # on the right side handle. One can also read the name of what may be a distributor (or manufacturer) in Cincinnati, OH on the left handle. Incluced is a 5 shank cultivator (I hated pushing that thing), two shanks used for creating a seed furrow for corn, beans, etc., and (Can you imagine!), an unused moldboard of probably 4-6 inches. Neither my Father nor I pushed the moldboard to plow a garden but, apparently, some folks did. I guess that's why it is called a push plow.
Apparently, push plows were still available untly recently, and one can still find listings for new ones on the net but all indicate none currently available.
Not trying to sell it here, folks, but thinking that my Father's push plow should be listed at abour $150 on CL.
What do you folks think?
Memories.
Dean
