International Canadian No8 trailed Plough Boards

I have one of these ploughs I shipped over to me in Scotland, The poinnts or socks depending on what you want to call them where ACE but I can get and have points or socks that fit over here is the UK for my plough which is a International Canadian No8 Trailed Plough but the front board is badly worn along the bottom the boards appear to perhaps have a small IHC mark then are marked SA6104 and then they are marked what looks like A H and it akmost looks like some other mark which I cannot make out. I would dearly love to get anothere good pair of these moldboards which are also one piece boards.

I was was able to buy reproduction boards that fit but the twist on the boards are nothing like as good.

I read somewhere that if I had the part number of the board that somebody new who to contact in the states or canada to try and find these boards can anybody help?

Case IH dealers show the Mouldboard is available and parts man quoted me in the neighbourhood of $355.00 Canadian

I never thought about going to my local CASE IH dealer not sure if they will tell me if they are available over here in the UK, you wouldn't know if they still use the same part code SA6014 or has this been superceeded, just hope they aren't he sheap reproduction one I already have with a bumper markup price. The twist on the origonal boards was much better and produced a much better furrow.

Raymond: How quick would you like to have these. There are a lot of good originals show up in auctions here in Ontario, for a fraction of that CaseIH price, Paul mentioned.

Problem right now, auction season is close to over for this year. I've found them for other folks, and I have shipped to Europe. My email is open.

I have a stack of new IH moldboards.

The numbers are:

522 326 R1
544 603 R1
112 779 C1

It may be that your number was superceded but I know nothing about plow parts.

I'd be willing to trade for some Field Marshall parts.

I HAVE A NO 8 INTERNATIONAL PLOW THAT NEEDS 2 MOLD BOARDS.DO YOU HAVE THEM FOR IT? DON

(quoted from post at 13:14:31 11/06/08) Raymond: How quick would you like to have these. There are a lot of good originals show up in auctions here in Ontario, for a fraction of that CaseIH price, Paul mentioned.

Problem right now, auction season is close to over for this year. I've found them for other folks, and I have shipped to Europe. My email is open.

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Hi Hugh thanks for the reply thats good to know I'll give that some thought as well, with the exchange rate not in my favour at the moment and the cost of shipping, I think I make enquires to my local Case IH dealer first but I suspect that won't be so easy this side of the pond so to speak with the particular mouldboards I am after I fear they wont be able to make any sense of the old part number I have anyway. I know you probably fully understand the style of board i am looking for but for the benifit of others this is a british style board and point which is completely different than the boards found on the No8 little genius american stlye plough with 14" bottoms. My plough is set to plough a 10" furrow as I previously stated the boards appear as if they have a glint of an IHC stamp on them, I can't see any markings that state ACE although this is clearly marked on the points/socks/shares (whatever you wish to call them).

Hi Warner thanks for the reply thats good to know too, but those part numbers sadly mean nothing to me.

As suggested by others I think I make enquires to my local Case IH dealer first but I suspect that won't be so easy this side of the pond so to speak with the particular mouldboards I am after I fear they wont be able to make any sense of the old part number I have anyway.

Just to clarify the style of board i am looking for but for the benifit of others this is a british style board and point which is completely different than the boards found on the No8 little genius american stlye plough with 14" bottoms.

My plough is set to plough a 10" furrow as I previously stated the boards appear as if they have a glint of an IHC stamp on them, I can't see any markings that state ACE although this is clearly marked on the points/socks/shares (whatever you wish to call them). But they definately are marked "SA6104 A H"

Whatever I do I would hate to end up with boards that are of no use to me so I taking my time to make certain I get what I am looking for the reproduction ones I have do work but as the twist on the board isn't as good they don't produce as good a furrow as the worn out origonal ones I have that came with the plough.

Plow parts are Greek to me. You will have to determine whether my part numbers will work. Maybe Hugh knows.

Plow parts are Greek to me. You will have to determine whether my part numbers will work. Maybe Hugh knows.

Raymond: ACE moldboards have a unique feature, and I say this because your not finding replacements in Europe with same curve. After ACE moldboards are installed on the plow, you can change to curve, by adjustment of the braces on back of moldboard. These also have to be adjusted when changing from 10" to 12" or 14". It is recomended that one change that adjustment with temp above 24C. It warns that a cold moldboard will crack.

I have the directions somewhere on that adjustment, I only ever used it a few times, the last being about 5 years ago. I bought a plow with different curve on each mold board. A previous owner had replaced a moldboard and adjusted braces to shape of moldboard.

The ACE moldboard is the same regardless of which plow it comes from. It could be used on all adjustable frame IH plows built at Hamilton ON. The ACE bottom was also a Hamilton product. Here in North America most of those plows were sold in New England or Eastern Canada. Those bottoms will bolt up to Little Genius plows, however I doubt if that ever happened. In those days the rest of Canada and the rest USA wanted GP bottoms, forged at Canton IL. Demand was such that GP bottoms got installed on the Canadian No.8 tractor plow but I doubt if ACE bottoms ever got installed on a Little Genius No.8.

When I lived in Nova Scotia, never saw a No. 8 tractor plow with GP bottoms, they were all ACE. Here in southern Ontario, thay are probably 50-50, and as you go west from here, you never see an ACE bottom.

I WILL CHECK THE NUMBERS. THANKS DON

Raymond,
I"m no help in your quest, but in fact had a question for you and maybe Hugh if he checks back on this thread.
I"ve never heard of an ACE bottom, but I"m not a plow expert & don't claim to be one either. This fall an uncle of mine did some plowing and used a plow that had what he called a "Scottish Bottom" on it. I'd never heard of such a thing so asked him about it and he said they have a larger, longer, heavier point for breaking up hard & rocky ground.
Are these the same thing but being called different names, by chance? You mention you"re in the UK, so thought I"d ask if "Scottish Bottom" is a term for a plow that you might be familiar with.
We have the same last name, by the way...

Smart Axe: Your in good shape as long as no one does a typo on AXE.

I responded to you on Implement Alley thread, yes, I've heard tell of Scottish, and basically they are same as ACE. I know IH, MH, Cockshutt, Oliver and Deere all had a version of this bottom, might be others. ACE is an IH trademark. If I get a chance, I'll go to the coffee shop and join the competition plowmen. They will know what each company called them.

They might not tell me. I had been urged to join the plowman's assoc. One of the members drove by and saw my plowing, then told the others I might be stiff competition. It was then relayed to me. I came home looked over my plowing, went back to the coffee shop one morning, and asked the question, "Are you guys really this bad."