IH #8 Plow frogs

I am looking to upgrade a #8 plow from the cast shares to the newer throw away type I think they are for a 3-bolt share + called a super chief type. I went to the local
Case IH dealer + they just laughed at me
. Looking for a source for the materials to make this happen. Even if the frogs + moldboards are good used ones.

Thanks
Grizzybear

Yeah, new frogs are $500 each, if you can even get them. Used ones are $125 each at a scrapyard. $100 for the moldboard, $15 each for the landside, point/share, and shin, plus bolts, plus braces.... You'd spend a fortune.

Your best bet will be to find a newer 3pt hitch type IH plow for sale locally, cannibalize the bottoms off it, and sell the rest for scrap.

What mod # of mounted plow parts would take to fit a #8 little genius.

The frogs all have the same bolt pattern. I've read several accounts of people converting old #8 plows to super chief by simply bolting on the frogs.

What's teh difference between a plow frog and a plow shin??? I asked below but did not get answer

What's teh difference between a plow frog and a plow shin??? I asked below but did not get answer

Plow frogs are what you bolt the shin to. This actually bolts to the plow beam with 2 or 3 bolts
Shins are a wear piece that "Cuts " the ground at the inside of the furrow. Below the shin is the landslide. Other than the share + the moldboard that is all there is to a plow bottom

I have a brand new set of moldboards and points , I know there IH but they dont match my plows But I do have 3 or 4 sets of IH plows here, In Central NY.
MagMan

Do you have any plows with the updated frogs they use the 3-bolt shares that you would part with?

Let me know

thanks...us city folks dont know nothing. So we ask.

(quoted from post at 12:10:47 06/04/08) I have a brand new set of moldboards and points , I know there IH but they dont match my plows But I do have 3 or 4 sets of IH plows here, In Central NY.
MagMan

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Hey Magman, you don't have any spare coulters around do you? Need 1-2 for my #60 plow so I can turn up some sod. Figure at least one for the rear bottom so it leaves a nice furrow for the next pass... Pullin three 14's with a 5220 Maxxum so power and traction aren't an issue.

Tom, here's a quick primer on plow parts, assuming a conventional plow. All directions are looking at the plow from behind:

1. Beam - The heavy cast piece that connects the bottom to the frame.
2. Bottom - The sum of the beam, frog, landside, moldboard, shin, share, and point.
3. Frog - The underlying frame for the plow bottom. All other parts bolt to it.
4. Landside - A wear plate that rubs against the side of the newly-dug furrow to keep the plow moving straight.
5. Moldboard - The large piece that turns the soil over and drops it in the open furrow to the right.
6. Shin - The leftmost piece of the moldboard. Early plows had a one-piece moldboard, but the Plow Chief and later Super Chief designs broke it down into a moldboard and a shin because the shin wears out at about the same time as the point/share, but the rest of the moldboard wears much more slowly. You can go through several shins before wearing out a moldboard.
7. Share - The lowest part of the plow bottom that digs the soil free across the width of the furrow.
8. Point - The very leftmost tip of the share. The point pulls the plow bottom into the ground. On the Plow Chief design, the point is a separate piece. Most bottoms have a one-piece point and share design because both wear out at roughly the same time anyway.

Please make corrections as necessary, anyone.