More Plow Qquestions
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Topic: More Plow Qquestions
Posted By: AaronSEIA
Subject: More Plow Qquestions
Date Posted: 13 May 2019 at 8:28am
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Looking at what I think is a 60 slat bottom. Looks like they use a different share than the 386 and 387. Does anyone know how hard it is to find shares for the 14" slat bottom plow? Also, it is the single pull bar like the 50 for the WD, not the loop style for later tractors. Will that work on a D17? How does the slat bottom do compared to the others. I think it'd be a neat talking point at shows, but I want to plow with it as well. AaronSEIA
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Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 14 May 2019 at 3:28am
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I have found that an IH share is a very close match with only drilling one new hole in the frog. The slat bottoms have less draft although parts are extremely hard to find for them. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 14 May 2019 at 9:34am
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There is no 60 bottom in my plow bottoms parts book. The shares for the variations on the 387 plow bottom (not slat) are only used on the 387 plow bottom. The slat moldboard reduces the soil to plow friction in wet sticky soil with clay mixed in it. There is no 386 bottom in my book either. For most AC bottoms plow shares (often called blades in the parts book) were offered in several variations, wide, narrow, narrow cut deep suck, wide cut deep suck, stoney, and for the various plow bottom widths. Plow shares were offered in cast iron, surface hardened steel, and hardened steel all the way through. The cast iron shares and the hardened steel all the way through wear the best, but crack easily when they they hit stones under ground. The surface hardened steel with a soft steel core wear good but don't break when they hit stones. Gerald J. |
Posted By: Matt WI WD45
Date Posted: 14 May 2019 at 11:13am
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Aaron--I've got a excellent specimen of a field-ready snap coupler 80-series adjustable-width 3-bottom slat plow with spring-trip shanks, fresh coulters and coverboards and hydraulically-controlled transport wheel that I was going to restore but don't have time. To get an idea what it looks like behind a WD/WD45, the unit's similar to the one Ron Albart sold hereabout this time last year https://www.allischalmers.com/forum/a-c-w-d-45-3-bottom-plow_topic148806.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.allischalmers.com/forum/a-c-w-d-45-3-bottom-plow_topic148806.html -- except that mine has the 80-series frame with spring-trip shanks and slat-board bottoms.  I also have an extra matching bottom plow for spare parts or that could be used to make it into a 4-bottom with the addition of a few additional frame parts. Here's a pic. Also has the hydraulic cylinder and hose--just not mounted in the pic.  It's a fairly rare combination as far as I can tell and you could put it to work immediately or get it show-ready fairly easily. Located five miles NW of the old Allis Chalmers Plant in Milwaukee (West Allis). Matt ------------- Nuubie, WD45 Quick-change front-end, ps, AC500 front loader |