CA Plow

As I understand it, the disc plow should work well in your soil.  I'm sure others will let you know for sure.  We've got a three bottom disc plow for sale that was used on the WD.  And we sold a two bottom to BillP in Michigan last year.  I think I posted a link to one on CL near Charlotte, NC a few weeks back that had mounts for a B/C.  HTH

Lance:

There were at least two types of disc plows available for the CA:  The first type is the semi-mounted 2-disc  that was manufactured by Athens Plow Co.. This is essentially the same 2-disc plow that was used on the B and C, but the mounting brackets are different and allow use of the traction booster system.  My parts manual only shows this plow as being available with the pin hitch.   Standard disc sizes could be either 24" or 26". 

  There was also a fully mounted (pick-up type) 2-disc plow that was also made by Athens.  These were made in both Snap Coupler and pin hitch styles. Standard disc size was 26".  New discs for either of these plows were available through Agri-Supply as special order items the last time I checked, although you would need to specify the diameter, thickness, concavity, bolt size, and pattern. 

My 2-disc semi-mounted plow for my C has become a favorite plow to take to plow days when I don't know what kind of ground we will be plowing.  It rolls right over our plentiful Shenandoah Valley lime stone ledges, cuts 2" and 3" roots, and is very difficult to plug with stalks or other trash.  The worst part is getting it on and off of the trailer...  The best part is all the people with wide eyes saying "What's that big funny looking thing you're pulling with that little bitty tractor?"

Edited by BrettPhillips - 03 Jun 2010 at 7:11pm

Charlie:

I'm afraid my C ain't the most photogenic thing around.  I call it my mongrel pup, since it is painted with red and gray primer, as well as some orange here and there, with plenty of rust sprinkled in for good measure.  Now that everything, and I mean EVERYTHING on it has been rebuilt, I guess I really should paint it.  My trouble is that I did that once before, and it just ruined the tractor for me. I do wish I had some video of it cutting those big tree roots this spring.  We were plowing some ground that had been in no-till for a looong time, and the trees were about to take over.  Everyone who had spring trip moldboard plows spent a lot of time backing up, either to reset tripped bottoms or to unplug their plows, err... rakes.

Brett, Did the  plow trip spring work on your Plow?

After my last post, I thought to check the club's web page in case there might be pictures posted.  Guess what!  Not one, but three pictures of the mongrel pup with the Athens 2-disc plow.  If you look carefully at the exhaust, you can tell that it was working pretty hard.  I am just about convinced that you could plow an asphalt road with one of these plows, provided that you have enough power and traction.

  

Edited by BrettPhillips - 03 Jun 2010 at 9:08pm

Good pictures Brett. I don't think Lance will mind much.

Brett, that is definitely no problem as I am looking for any information available.  The picture of the one I am thinking about looking at shows the lift arms attached which indicates it is either a pin hitch or snap couple.  It doesn't show the front part which would tell me but the gentleman that has it says it has the SC loop.  How about prices? What has anyone sold or bought these for?  Just trying to get a feel for what to offer.

Here's some more CA hitch parts pics out of my  disc plow Dealers part Manual.