Posted by IHCPloughman on July 20, 2013 at 16:13:03 from (96.2.29.51):
In Reply to: plow btm info. posted by Earl-IL on July 17, 2013 at 18:18:31:
AG, thanks for the reply. So the story goes, in the beginning, the Large Plow class had a stiff time limit and a bonus for finishing early. So you had to move to get done in time. The Terra-Flo was the only bottom that could leave at least a little furrow conformation while traveling so fast. In the first year of the contest, the crowd was so thick watching that they needed people on horseback to keep the crowd back from the big semi-mount plows swinging around on the ends. And, you had to use the size of plow that the tractor was rated for. A 5 bottom tractor needed a 5 bottom plow. So, injector pumps were turned up, governor speed was increased on the gas engines, and weight was piled on.
I am now even more curious about the origins of the Terra-Flo bottom. Was it a special project from a product manager? For the Large Plow contest specifically? IH made a small run of unique plow bottoms in the 40's or 50's to compete in an important plowing contest in Illinois.
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