Ca disc plow vs wd disc plow?
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Topic: Ca disc plow vs wd disc plow?
Posted By: dr p
Subject: Ca disc plow vs wd disc plow?
Date Posted: 17 May 2020 at 4:41pm
| Picked up a two bottom disc plow this weekend. Pin hitch not snap coupler and not semi mounted. Just went searching for an owners manual on Ebay and it seems like there could be a different plow for the ca and the wd. Anyone got any info ? |
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 17 May 2020 at 5:21pm
Wd's would likely pull a 3 bottom, where the most a CA will do, is 2 bottom... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 17 May 2020 at 6:47pm
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I had a 2 bottom disc plow with the WD hitch. I pulled it with my CA without any issues. Wish I still had that plow, it was fun. ------------- Thanks & God Bless Dennis |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 17 May 2020 at 7:04pm
| Never worked on or ran a "CA", but I thought there was something different about the lift arm spread width?? over a WD and larger ?? or maybe the pulling eye/pull bar length ?? |
Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 17 May 2020 at 7:31pm
You are correct on all counts. However the WD rear mounted equipment will still work on a CA as long as the lift links pivot and have the right hardware. Snap-coupler is the easiest as parts are everywhere. I posted a video of my CA pulling a 3-14 plow. That plow is setup for a WD or WD-45. The CA handled it very well in both pulling and lifting.
------------- Thanks & God Bless Dennis |
DrAllis wrote:Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 17 May 2020 at 8:19pm
| So a ca can pull a disc plow made for a wd but can a wd pull a disc plow made for a ca? Sounds like no. |
Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 17 May 2020 at 9:08pm
Any mounted equipment made for a CA will not work on a WD do to the shorter hitch on the implement. ------------- Thanks & God Bless Dennis |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 18 May 2020 at 6:09am
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The difference in the hitch as far as the tongue on a plow I've seen is the bolt on piece that goes into the snap coupler is longer on a WD/D 14 series etc than on a CA,D10/12 the basic tongue is the same just swap pieces.Believe I remember some of the end pieces actually had two sets of holes for either.
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Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 18 May 2020 at 10:22pm
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The pull bars for the CA are different than the pull bars for the WD. ------------- Thanks & God Bless Dennis |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 19 May 2020 at 4:47am
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Main reason a CA won't handle a 3 bottom disc-plow, is the weight, if you do manage to hook it up, the lift lever will just lift the front end of the CA! ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 19 May 2020 at 6:23am
Now you got me thinking Dave! I have a 3 bottom disc plow that I replaced the discs on. I’ve never hooked up to it yet. I’ll try the CA and see how it lifts it. They are heavy. I highly doubt the CA can pull a 3 bottom disc plow as a 2 bottom works it pretty good, but I just got to try! ------------- Thanks & God Bless Dennis |
Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 19 May 2020 at 10:01am
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Now you got me thinking Dave! I have a 3 bottom disc plow that I replaced the discs on. I’ve never hooked up to it yet. I’ll try the CA and see how it lifts it. They are heavy. I highly doubt the CA can pull a 3 bottom disc plow as a 2 bottom works it pretty good, but I just got to try! [/QUOTE] Video please! ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2020 at 1:06pm
| Turns out it is a model. Wd d serial number 678 made by Athens. Need to figure out how to mount center link |
Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 07 Jun 2020 at 2:57pm
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Can you post a picture? ------------- Thanks & God Bless Dennis |