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Best way to straighten a plow frame?

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ShepFL the dumb

11-01-2001 18:02:53




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I have a little AC 3pth single bottom plow for my D10 that I have screwed up.

This past weekend while taking a break from the "redneckin plow" for grins and giggles I decided to hook up the little AC plow behind my 550.

Needless to say the plow is a pleasure to use. Well I got careless and hooked a buried fatlighter stump. This nearly tossed me out of the drivers seat & bent the he11 out of top frame. Top frame is now bent almost like an L and the plow bottom is nearly 90 degrees from normal.

How can I straighten this frame? I am afraid heat would remove any remaining temper. I am thinking of chaining it to a large oak tree & getting a come along and try to "pull" it straight. Thanks for helping a dipstick!

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ShepFL

11-04-2001 19:51:44




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 Re: Best way to straighten a plow frame? in reply to ShepFL the dumba$$ I am!!, 11-01-2001 18:02:53  
Thanks Y'all !

Will try to get some before and after shots and post later. Plan is to take the beams to 18 wheeler shop and have their fellas "press" out the bend.

Right now to busy trying to get the D10 to start.



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rhudson

11-01-2001 19:55:31




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 Re: Best way to straighten a plow frame? in reply to ShepFL the dumba$$ I am!!, 11-01-2001 18:02:53  
I would probably take it apart and use a press. being sure to apply the nose of the press at the exact crest of the bend. this is sometimes best found by having one person look down the length of the bent metal while another moves their finger down the metal until the looker tells them to stop (at the crest). it would be nice to have a large enought press to not need heat. controlling the dispersion of the heat adds another variable to getting the part to bend back in exactly the opposite way it was accidentally bent. but if it looks as if the beam is going to crack and break as it is being pressed back to shape, heat may be necessary to keep the metal flexable. would you mind posting with your progress?

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ShepFL

11-01-2001 20:40:07




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 Re: Re: Best way to straighten a plow frame? in reply to rhudson, 11-01-2001 19:55:31  
I don't mind keeping folks posted long as you don't mind watching a dipstick fix his mistake.

Hopefully others will learn from my foolishness. Just got to eager and plow was doing a great job!

Dipstick ShepFL



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rhudson

11-02-2001 06:36:19




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 Re: Re: Re: Best way to straighten a plow frame? in reply to ShepFL, 11-01-2001 20:40:07  
you should have seen the time i had the front wheels of a tractor on one side of a ditch and a pick-up disk on the other side of the ditch. rear tractor wheels in middle of ditch 1 foot in the air. at least you can claim you didn't see the stump. :>}



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Alvin NE WI

11-01-2001 19:16:04




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 Re: Best way to straighten a plow frame? in reply to ShepFL the dumba$$ I am!!, 11-01-2001 18:02:53  
I would believe heat will be the only way to get it back. For sure a come along will not do the job with out heat.



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Jerry D in NC

11-01-2001 19:13:42




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 Re: Best way to straighten a plow frame? in reply to ShepFL the dumba$$ I am!!, 11-01-2001 18:02:53  
Having experienced this type of learning situation has taught me (now know that I didn't bend anything but I got this neighbor.....) that take it apart and go find someone with a heavy press that can straighten it out without heat. There is a large truck shop or heavy farm equipment shop somewhere near you that can fix that thing right up. Just get the beam separated so it can be handled. I have been meaning to talk to you about your pine planting, would you send me an email...

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