Plow tripped

I went to plow up some new ground last night and tripped my 110 Ford plow. It tripped like it was supposed to, but the pivot was so rusty that I had to pry it to reset. I greased it up good.

Is there maintenance for this?

drowned in oil when it trips. my plow trips a beam once every two or three years. I have to hook a chain on the back, drape the chain down over the tip of the point, throw the chain under the tractor tire, then back up.

That's why auto reset plows became popular. I have had times when mine were doing a lot of banging, plowing the rock gardens here in NH.

I would think that there should be a lube schedule to the trip......if it needed pryed back into working position would it have needed extr force to trip? Around here the greatest majority of plows were auto trip as we contend with a lot of "land berries" I felt the 4440 come to a halt one night,looked back and had 3 of 5 bottoms tripped,they unloaded just as I looked back BANG BANG BANG...This was about 3:00 am...I was good to plow for a couple more hours, not sleepy at all!

This was my first time for a trip. My place does not have any rocks. I was helping out a friend a few miles away. The terrain varies a lot here because of glaciers.

Ford 110, I have one of those, single bottom, with all the options, its a nice plow, but its shear bolt protected, not a reset plow like my Ford 101. The 110 you have to reset by hand, and its a bit stiff, steel against steel, being stored outside, you need a drift or similar, align the holes, put a grade #2 in their, I have the booklet on it too, not sure if you can use a #5, but better to have it shear more often than not. On the up side, I plowed a section with it that has a ton of cobble, hard round rocks and what have you, did not go all that fast either. When I put the plow on, I raised the non furrow rear wheel up 8" or so on blocks, levelled the plow both ways. I did not have to adjust how it trails or centers, it was already so close or on, it pulled easily through areas I thought would trip it. Only time I have tripped it was from roots at field edges. Once adjusted, you can measure the exposed threads on your top link, level box, record those for future reference, (whenever you attach the plow its handy) carry some wrenches and spare shear bolts. I like this plow, was a great find at $100, and it has the coulter, long or heavier landslide and gauge wheel. The Ford booklet shows the options for these. I like the 101 just as much, both pull easily in all the soils here.

It might be a 101, It does not have a tag on it. I am missing the tailwheel also.