Update: Chattanooga 2 Bottom Plow Pics

Here are the pics of my recently aquired Chattanooga 2 bottom plow. I'd like some info... I have heard these are IH plows. Is this true? It has a broken part. I plan to make the piece that is broken. A Farmall 504 (42 hp drawbar) should play with 2 bottoms.









Thanks,

CT

I am not an identity expert on plows, but it does not look like an IH plow.
It is missing coulters A flat disk like cutting wheel preceding each moldboard cutting vertically to make a clean strip of soil to turn. They are mounted on an adjustable frame attached to the beam above the moldboard.
The Shin (missing piece) is easy to re attach and will Be OK.
I would replace the shares (Bottom edge of moldboard as well, those look like they are not serviceable (But I am not sure what the new ones would look like) The land slides might be OK (flat vertical plates behind the shins)
They might need to be adjusted to limit side force caused by the wedging action of the moldboards. this pulls the tractor to the right in the field, and makes steering straight a tough thing to do. Use a rubber disk abrasive wheel on the surfaces to pre-shine them, with the polish marks in the direction of the soil travel. Scowering (letting the soil polish them) those parts (unless you are in sand) will take a while if not pre-shined. The tractor will pull it well. If this is the first plowing you will do, invite a old neighbor over to play. It will be invaluable. JimN

I am not an identity expert on plows, but it does not look like an IH plow.
It is missing coulters A flat disk like cutting wheel preceding each moldboard cutting vertically to make a clean strip of soil to turn. They are mounted on an adjustable frame attached to the beam above the moldboard.
The Shin (missing piece) is easy to re attach and will Be OK.
I would replace the shares (Bottom edge of moldboard as well, those look like they are not serviceable (But I am not sure what the new ones would look like) The land slides might be OK (flat vertical plates behind the shins)
They might need to be adjusted to limit side force caused by the wedging action of the moldboards. this pulls the tractor to the right in the field, and makes steering straight a tough thing to do. Use a rubber disk abrasive wheel on the surfaces to pre-shine them, with the polish marks in the direction of the soil travel. Scowering (letting the soil polish them) those parts (unless you are in sand) will take a while if not pre-shined. The tractor will pull it well. If this is the first plowing you will do, invite a old neighbor over to play. It will be invaluable. JimN

Thanks JimN. When you say "reattach" you mean to replace or fabricate and attach. I plan to fab one out of plate. I am going to use this to plow up about 40 acres then disk and drag. I will not use it on a annual basis for tillage, but to break up new ground before disking.

When you say the moldbords and shares are not servicable is it due to wear or pitting? I can polish them up after sandblasting. I am ignorrant to plows. I grew up with cattle and the occasional disking or chisel plowing of hayfields was all we did. Never disking. Then again, the farm was bought in 1956 and I was born in 1980. The hayfields are smooth enough you can cut hay at +8 mph.

Now my new ground is rough and I have been brush hogging in 1st gear due to the occasional stump hole that will make a 16" front tire disappear. I am excited to get this plow, if for nothing else but to play with. I know my 504 is a 3 plow tractor and it handles a 10 ft MF disk with a 10 ft railroad iron drag well. It also can pull 5 shank chisel plow shallow and 3 shanks 18" deep.

I am also interseted in the Chattanooga Plow history. I did some light Google searching and got the impression that IH bought them at one time... Enlighten me.

CT

I would no t spend any money on that plow it was never made for the 504. Go find one thats ready to go and you will save a lot of money but have someting that would work. You will be better off with a pull type that has the spring loaded hitch so when you hit something the plow will release as it sounds from what you say the ground could have lote of things burried that a plow wont like.

(quoted from post at 22:30:47 12/15/09) Now my new ground is rough and I have been brush hogging in 1st gear due to the occasional stump hole that will make a 16" front tire disappear. I am excited to get this plow, if for nothing else but to play with. I know my 504 is a 3 plow tractor and it handles a 10 ft MF disk with a 10 ft railroad iron drag well. It also can pull 5 shank chisel plow shallow and 3 shanks 18" deep.

CT

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If your field is that rough, I'd be chiseling it first to get the stumps, or whatever, out of the ground before plowing, or get a plow with "trip beams". It's going to jar your teeth out when you start hitting things if you don't get the trash out first. I was raised in Iowa where we had rocks in the fields and can tell you it's no fun hitting buried junk with a plow.

If your 504 will pull 3 chisel shanks 18" deep, why do you want a 2 bottom plow?

I was not remarking about the moldboard. (I left out a closing parenthesis) The boards look OK.
Find out what plow it is and buy the shin, it will not work well to try to make one as they are made from alloy and are anti abrasion. They should be available. JimN

IH bought the Chatanooga plow works in 1915 and some if not all of their plows were made there until 1944. Was looking through Wisconsin Historical Society IH plow collection recently and there are a lot of references to Chatanooga plows.

Before it got too wet this year, I was using the chisel plow. I took the back two off so I could subsoil with the remaining three. This was a "freebie" and I have never plowed before. Its just something new. If its junk, then its junk. I was curious if it was in decent shape, history, and is it practical to use on a 504. Most of this has been answered.

I figured it was a type of AR steel. I would use mild steel to fab the part. I do not plan to use it much if any. Who knows, I may use it only to do the Wife's (notice capitol W) garden? If I did decide I like it, I'd then use some 4140 to make the shin.

Thanks guys!

CT

(quoted from post at 12:50:22 12/16/09) IH bought the Chatanooga plow works in 1915 and some if not all of their plows were made there until 1944. Was looking through Wisconsin Historical Society IH plow collection recently and there are a lot of references to Chatanooga plows.

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Right. And IH wasn't building 3-point plows back then. I don't know what this thing is, but it is unlikely that it is an IH Chattanooga. I wonder if something like this was built at the Cahttanooga factory after IH moved out.