Re: IH Little Genius Plow

Posted by Bob Kerr on December 03, 2001 at 08:58:27 from (152.163.207.208):

In Reply to: IH Little Genius Plow posted by kent on November 29, 2001 at 14:06:23:

I have one of the steel wheel little geniuses also that I pull with the 10-20. what a nice combo! My 10-20 had a small rope pulley wired it a hole in the left fender towards the front. I run the rope through that pulley and after I trip the plow I let go of the rope! If the plow breaks loose the rope just feeds itself out of the pulley and stays out of the way. I know of two different people who had problems with the ropes while plowing. One was a lady who wrapped the rope around her wrist and when the plow unexpetedly hit a rock and broke free of the draw bar she was almost pulled out of the seat!She luckily got her toe on the clutch in time but she said she was stretched to the limits!One more inch forward and her toe would have came off the clutch and she would have gone flying off the seat.the other guy hooked the rope up to the seat and almost tore the seat off right from under him. That is the big rule! DO NOT TIE THE ROPE TO YOURSELF OR TO A SOLID PART OF THE TRACTOR!you never know when you will hit a solid buried object in the ground. The plow also has a neat part on it to make it easy to hook up without help. You do need a twist clevis, but on the front part of the hitch there should be a flat iron bar that is bent 90 degrees at the end and looks like a handle that does nothing. It can be used to keep the hitch off the ground when stored or flip it so it sits straight up and then you can back up to the plow and grab the handle and raise the hitch into the clevis. then just flip it back toward the plow so it stays out of the way. You have to "plan ahead" but it works great so you don't have to get off the tractor several times to get hooked up.Oh Yeah one more thing. Try the plow out before "adjusting it" or fiddleing with any of the settings. If it hasent been touched it may have been set up by someone who was really good at setting them up and may work super nice! I got lucky with mine , it plows like it should and doesnt pull the tractor hard.The original owner I got the plow from said it was set up by a local blacksmith ,years ago, who really knew his stuff with plows, and boy does it show! If a plow is out of whack it can fight with itself and the tractor and make lousy furrows and pull the tractor too hard. I fit is right you should barely notice it behind you untill you hit hard pan. If I work on it ,I am very careful to put it back exactly like it was. I hope you have half as much fun as I have with mine! I even made the local paper while plowing at a tractor show At Tipton IN 2 years ago( Mid America Treshers). If anyone wants to see the newspaper picture , just email me and I will send one to you. I have some from plowing the garden last spring also. Have a good time with it!

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