Posted by AG in IN on July 20, 2013 at 18:40:53 from (67.237.29.57):
In Reply to: plow btm info. posted by Earl-IL on July 17, 2013 at 18:18:31:
I always heard the IH "ACE" bottoms and similar bottoms from other mfr.'s did just about the prettiest job for smaller plows/tractors in a "competition" environment. Show 99 of 100 people around here a picture of those bottoms and they think Dr. Frankenstein got into the plow business.
The Terra Flo is a bit of an oddity, and I can't say much about them. It's history, reason for it's design, how/where they were used and how popular they were would be interesting. I knew they were built for speed, and that's about it. How fast, I can't say. IIRC, they had some really heavy/thick shares available, and shims were available to match the thickness of the mold and shin to the share. There had to be a reasonable amount of demand somewhere for TF bottoms as aftermarket parts were available. My shins are stamped IHC-TF and 71 C 62 (a NLA Temco number) is chalked on the back as well.
Some VHS tapes I have show Case having a marketing idea in the early-80's trying to sell the farmer a newer, bigger tractor (and try and save the company from impending doom), encouraging dealers to show farmers how to farm faster with a new, larger tractor and the same equipment they already have. Maybe a potential use of these bottoms related to a similar idea from IH, minus the company going under (at least at the time). Perhaps IH wanted farmers to keep the old plow when trading up and jump up into high range?
AG
This post was edited by AG in IN at 05:53:23 07/21/13 2 times.
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