Trip plow rope clip

[CaseDC3]

Never asked Grandpa...How does this work? Rope tied to a metal ring? Just a big knot in the rope? Ring or knot into the first twist or all the way up?
Thanks..

 

[Jim.ME]

A picture from an Operator's manual for a JD trip plow.

 

[CaseDC3]

A picture from an Operator's manual for a JD trip plow.

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Perfect, thank you!

 

[CaseDC3]

A picture from an Operator's manual for a JD trip plow.

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Jim.ME: Did that operator's manual happen to describe rope size? I appreciate the help.

 

[rustred]

Jim.ME: Did that operator's manual happen to describe rope size? I appreciate the help.

its nice to have at least a half inch rope , so when you pull on it you have some grip. say compared to a 1/ 4 inch rope. it dont take much of a rope to trip the mechanism.

 

[Jim.ME]

Jim.ME: Did that operator's manual happen to describe rope size? I appreciate the help.

I am looking at DIR140 for a 5A plow. No size is given for the rope. There is a part number of 13904. I believe the clip is supposed to release the rope if the plow breaks away (the direction calls for a wooden hitch pin for the plow, but not too hard of a wood). The breakaway clip would let most any rope at hand be used and release if the plow broke away.

 

[Mark Poss]

When I was a kid I made the mistake of tying the rope to the spring under the seat of a farmall M When I hit a big Rock with the plow and it unhooked the rope pulled the spring out and down came the seat. I hooked my legs under the light bar and pulled myself up. Once I stopped shaking l looked around to see if anyone saw me. After that I always used a piece of tie wire to attach the rope to the seat!

 

[rustred]

that is why u use a round metal ring on the end of the rope. such as in old horse harnesses for example has them. some of them plows had the actual hitch trip if you hit a big rock or stump. so if you loose the plow the rope must unhook also. or pull the seat off or break the rope which is what would happen. i have even used a light wire so that it breaks and can tie it anywhere handy. i have one of them breakaways for the steel seats just like that.

 

[DoubleR]

When I was a little guy I remember riding on Dads Case DC when he was plowing. He would hook the rope on the crank that would slide under the seat. I can remember him hitting a rock and the crank would just slide out when the plow came unhooked. Or when he unhooked the plow and forgot to unhook the rope.

 

[Tx Jim]

Some models of JD moldboards such as model 51 or 52 had a spring loaded hitch that would release clevis if moldboard bottom encountered a rock or large tree root. Mechanical lift rope was part # 15612A which was 10' long but gave no diameter.

https://partscatalog.deere.com/jdrc/sidebyside/equipment/9314/referrer/navigation/pgId/2189803

 

[Bob Collins]

Somewhere I have a bag with an NOS plow rope with the John Deere tag and part number, pretty sure the rope is 3/8 inch diameter.

 

[John in Ct]

Somewhere I have a bag with an NOS plow rope with the John Deere tag and part number, pretty sure the rope is 3/8 inch diameter.

Dumb question, what type of material is the rope made of? Why I ask, I knew a guy that bought a new baler years ago and he said that the OEM rope lasted a long time and when he had to replace it, the replacement did not last.

 

[J.Wondergem]

Dumb question, what type of material is the rope made of? Why I ask, I knew a guy that bought a new baler years ago and he said that the OEM rope lasted a long time and when he had to replace it, the replacement did not last.

When I was a kid, I remember one of them was replaced with clothes line rope. We also had the seat clips then.

 

[rrlund]

We always used a rod instead of a rope on Oliver plows. I use a rod on the one I have now for plow days. Of course the Olivers were made different. The crank was up on a standard and you can run the rod through that.

 

[Mike Fitz]

I've never seen a picture of those clips used the proper way, all I've seen in the wild is the rope was tied to the spring clip and the seat edge or something similar had a hole for attaching to the tractor.

 

[rrlund]

I am looking at DIR140 for a 5A plow. No size is given for the rope. There is a part number of 13904. I believe the clip is supposed to release the rope if the plow breaks away (the direction calls for a wooden hitch pin for the plow, but not too hard of a wood). The breakaway clip would let most any rope at hand be used and release if the plow broke away.

Was it a wooden draw pin or a dowel that went through a hole in the trip mechanism in the hitch?

 

[rrlund]

We had a Case SC that had an outfit that was like a rat trap made right in to the bottom of the seat assembly. You'd just put a loop in the end of the rope in that spring trap.

 

[J.Wondergem]

Was it a wooden draw pin or a dowel that went through a hole in the trip mechanism in the hitch?

Dad just tied a knot in the end and we just slid the rope into that first opening. This was on the John Deer plow , as the Oliver plow had a steel rod with a loop for your hand.

 

[Jim.ME]

Was it a wooden draw pin or a dowel that went through a hole in the trip mechanism in the hitch?

This is what it says. And the parts list reference a break pin and Clevis hitch part number W1457

 

[flying belgian]

For the last foot of rope we used a single twine string. It would break when plow tripped.