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Farmall M and Oliver 2-16 plow

rich, m will pull a 3-14 in most soils pretty good. the 3-16 ollie should be a dream to pull behind the m. ollie is an easy pulling plow.
 

Depends entirely on what you are plowing. I drove a very good running M with a 2-16s plowing up sod that had been in CRP for 12 years. 1st gear was a load in quite a few places. Other places that M was just loafing in 2nd gear. Down where Rich lives with that mostly sandy soil, that old M should be able to walk the dog in 3rd gear.
 
Just right in medium soils 2nd or third gear.
Sandy light soils it will be too easy to pull, but work well and deep. We operated Ms in Indiana yellow clay pulling 2-16s in second gear at 8"
JimN
 
We pulled 2-16's behind a TO-20 Ferguson. Albit in loamy soil 7 inch deep. If you have a chance to buy 2-16's you can always gear up to 4th if necessary and you can plow up as much ground than 3-16's in a lower gear. No tire slippage also.
 
Remember that this is a 60+ year old tractor, and you're not plowing for a living. There's no hurry to get done right? No sense in stressing the tractor to its limits and causing expensive damage.

2-16 is a nice comfortable load for an M in any going.

Around where I grew up, 3-14? No way. I tried it here a few weeks back with my #60 and Dad's Super M. That was all the old girl wanted, and maybe a little bit more. I bet that old tractor hadn't been worked that hard in 40 years. He's got a pretty hot Farmall 400 that will handle 3-14s nice in that ground, but it is tough going for sure.
 
Old, you must be gonna plow down in a creek bottom somewhere. The rest of that area around there you couldn't get a plow between the rocks!!
Ha HA

Gene
 
I'd say if it's heavy clay soil or "gumbo", 2x16s should be about all it wants... lighter soil you might go up to 3x16s. Only 2x16 plow I remember Dad having was a JD which had the reputation of being a harder pulling plow than an Oliver, and he pulled with a 1940 JD A. The M should pull quite a bit better than that A.
 
Yep down here about 150 yards from the house. I have an area that has a pond around it and plan to plant some field corn there. I figure it I'm lucky I'll get 50% of it and the deer that other 50% but may make it easy to bag one this fall I hope. Now if it will ever dry out enough to drop the plow in the ground that is another story
Hobby farm
 
The area I plan to plow is heavy clay and a bit of hill run off leaves etc. I wish it had some sand in it because it would drain better. Plus it has a pond down 2 sides of it. I will be planting some corn there and hope to maybe get 50% for my chicken and figure the other 50% the deer will get
 
I've had this old Oliver 2-16 plow for years now and have never hooked up to it with any thing so I figure it is about time to see what it will do. I could hook up to a JD-2-12 but I use it behind my 1935 JD-B and right now the JD is in the back of the shed in front of 4 or 5 other tractors and the M sit out in the open so it should work I hope
 
A triple wire electric fence will turn the deer or it has for me. Make the first wire close enough to the ground that they will try to push underneath. Works every time its tried.

Larry
 
My dad and in had a 1953 super m and we plowed in nothern illinois black and clay ground and it pulled that plow with no problem there was some allis chalmers tractors in our area but could not come close spinning wheels was more like it.
 
It's all about the ground. Where I grew up, the ground ranges from stony gravel to stony clay. It'll burn the points, shins, and landside pads off a 5-16 IH plow in 35 acres. It'll stop a 1066 pulling said plow in its tracks.

The soil where my place is is sandy loam. I have no problem with my unweighted Cub pulling its plow on TURF tires. I almost think my Super A could pull a 2-12 trailer plow and not spin a wheel.
 
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