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IH #8 Plow - Dropped a bottom today!

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Well it was a fairly nice day out so after I finished getting the hay equipment ready for dad, I starting working on my new plow. Had been looking for a good 2-bottom plow for my SH and was not having much luck. Ended up getting a decent 3-bottom with hydraulic lift for a very good price. Anyway, here is a before and after pic from dropping a bottom (from my phone so probably not the best)...
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Sweet, now a couple hours with the wire wheel and you can get the moldboards closer to straightened out. I take a grill scraper out with me and scrap them at the end of every pass until it takes a shine again.

If they are 16's I'm in the market for a moldboard.
 
That is a neat #8, nice sized coulter blades and it has jointers. Is the paint original? Kind of an odd combination, 15" wheels and hyd. lift make it a late #8, but it has the old KA bottoms with blacksmith shares. Make sure you sharpen the coulters before you try to use the jointers.
 
The hydraulic lift is a conversion. Could be put on any #8.

You can still see the clutch lift on the land wheel.
 
As far as I know paint is original. These plows are all new to me and I have never used one before...might I ask what KA bottoms are? Also, why do the coulters need sharpened for the jointers? Thanks!

P.S. - Here is a picture of my 3-bottom I already had. Will hopefully get these both all fixed up and painted this summer. Will see a few plowing bees but otherwise going to be parade queens and collection pieces.
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I had to do that with my grandpas 3 14 Case plow when I brought it and his 34 CC Case down here to Okieland from NE Kans near Atchison/St Joe. Mo. How dad and me and my brother could climb those Mo river bluff hill fields with it and never have much of a problem ill never know. But when I brought them down here to this sandy soil, The CC dropped like a rock right off, and it sets LOW anyhow. So I dropped off a bottom, and never used it again. Still got it.
 
Boy, it would be painful to paint the slat bottom plow, it looks so good with original paint! But, if you want to parade it, it has to look pretty.

KA is just the style or model designation for those bottoms. KA is general purpose bottom for heavy land or sod, HA was a more abrupt general purpose bottom, and GA was the stubble bottom.

The coulters need to be sharp and adjusted correctly so the trash is being cut or else the jointers will plug. The jointers then have to be adjusted for depth, too shallow and they will catch with trash and possibly plug, too deep and trash will boil over the top of the jointers.
 
Unless you can travel in time, there is no way you can definitively say that the plow is original. I really don't want to make a big deal out of this, but it just irks me when someone who just bought something claims it's "original."

People look at a tractor and say, "Yup, that's original paint." WHAT? Have you got X-ray eyes and a spectrum analyzer in your brain? How would you be able to tell the difference between original 1950 paint, and a 1954 repaint, or a 1965 repaint, or a 1977 repaint? They're all going to look old and weathered.

Time and old age play tricks on the mind. An original owner may have forgotten that the plow was converted because it was one of those forgettable moments. If the guy you bought it from wasn't the original owner, then all bets are off.

In fact I know it isn't original because factory hydraulic lift plows came with a special bare land axle that did not have the trip lift mechanism. Of course the picture is blurry and I can't be 100% sure that what I'm seeing is the trip lift housing, and I could be completely off my rocker on this one.

Either way, it's NO BIG DEAL. These plows are awesome. Original hydraulic lift is neat, but the conversion is even neater. It gives the plow a history and a personality.
 
(quoted from post at 05:38:59 05/31/11) Unless you can travel in time, there is no way you can definitively say that the plow is original. I really don't want to make a big deal out of this, but it just irks me when someone who just bought something claims it's "original."

People look at a tractor and say, "Yup, that's original paint." WHAT? Have you got X-ray eyes and a spectrum analyzer in your brain? How would you be able to tell the difference between original 1950 paint, and a 1954 repaint, or a 1965 repaint, or a 1977 repaint? They're all going to look old and weathered.

Time and old age play tricks on the mind. An original owner may have forgotten that the plow was converted because it was one of those forgettable moments. If the guy you bought it from wasn't the original owner, then all bets are off.

In fact I know it isn't original because factory hydraulic lift plows came with a special bare land axle that did not have the trip lift mechanism. Of course the picture is blurry and I can't be 100% sure that what I'm seeing is the trip lift housing, and I could be completely off my rocker on this one.

Either way, it's NO BIG DEAL. These plows are awesome. Original hydraulic lift is neat, but the conversion is even neater. It gives the plow a history and a personality.
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Chill....LOL! I don't get bent out of shape cause someone claims something is original unless they are trying to jack the price up while selling that original! Several things I have looked at that the seller claimed were originals when non original stuff was pointed out right away have apoligized and most would swear up and down that they were told that was original from whom ever they got it from (thats why I hate ebay). These guys were not jacking the price either. In fact one even dropped an already fair price Ford 8N another 400 dollars cause it had a repacement rim on it. And I only pointed out the rim being a smarta$$. I did buy that one cause with 400 off it became a very good deal!


Rick
 
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