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DENNIS MITCHELL    Posted 06-05-2017 at 07:31:22 [URL] [DELETE]        [Reply] [Email]  
  • IDENTIFICATION OF PLOW
  • Can anyone identify this plow?


    Tim Daley(MI)    Posted 06-08-2017 at 17:40:42 [URL] [DELETE]        [Reply] [No Email]  
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  • Yes, like Kirk said, it is a Ferguson-Sherman 2-Bottom plow. They were pre-Dearborn days and parts are no longer serviced, meaning you can't hardly find them anymore. there should be tag on the A-Frame Upright. It is a nice plow for restoration and to display with your 9N or 2N tractor. The original coulters are there too but I can't see the other side to determine if the jointers are on the arms as well. Look for the FORD script logo cast into the mainframe beam inside...

    Tim Daley(MI)

    Wayne N Ind.    Posted 07-15-2017 at 18:03:05 [URL] [DELETE]        [Reply] [Email]  
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  • I was wondering what you meant by a Sherman plow tim. So it doesn't have Sherman on it anywhere? I knew mentioned your's a few times. I have one maybe more. Not sure. Have a great day. Wayne

    Tim Daley(MI)    Posted 09-13-2017 at 21:34:00 [URL] [DELETE]        [Reply] [No Email]  
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  • Henry "Harry" Ferguson and Henry Ford made the handshake agreement in November, 1938, at his Fair Lane estate in Dearborn, Michigan. That deal made Ford the tractor manufacturer and Ferguson the distributor of the tractor and all implements. Ferguson had been in business with George and Eber Sherman, the Sherman Bros, going way back. The new company was initially called the Ferguson-Sherman Manufacturing Company. All implements then said so on their ID Tags. By late 1941 the Shermans became disgruntled with Ferguson and dissolved their partnership. The company then was just the Ferguson Mfg Co. The tags then reflected this name change. I always refer to the early plows as the Ferguson-Sherman Plows regardless to what year they may be only to disassociate the name and models with the later Dearborn Plows and implements. Misunderstanding exists with some people that if it has a Ferguson name tag, it was associated with the Ferguson TE and TO tractors that came later, in 1946 and 1947, but in fact they were not the same Ferguson company at all. The plow was the only implement Ford originally made at the Rouge until they farmed it out. All other implements were procured from farm equipment suppliers already in the business, they simply had to convert their implements to the new 3-point design, with some modifications, which Ford engineers helped them do. Hope this clarifies the picture.

    Tim Daley(MI)

    Wayne N Ind.    Posted 09-13-2017 at 21:40:06 [URL] [DELETE]        [Reply] [Email]  
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  • Thanks Tim . I need to print that. Kept seeing you mention Sherman plows. Liked that rollover plow you posted too.

    Tim Daley(MI)    Posted 09-14-2017 at 14:00:30 [URL] [DELETE]        [Reply] [No Email]  
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  • The early [FORD] FERGUSON-SHERMAN MFG. CO ID TAG:

    NOTE: This was the 'new' Ferguson-Sherman Manufacturing Company formed in late 1938 when Ford and Ferguson went into business via the 'handshake agreement'.

    TPD

    Kirk-NJ    Posted 06-06-2017 at 04:34:57 [URL] [DELETE]        [Reply] [Email]  
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  • Early ferguson plow, pre 1943. Probably a 1942. Is there a ford script on the right beam near the front? There might still be a tag on the back side of the cross beam on the frame. Might be a 12" but looks more like a 14". Measure on top from center beam to center beam or from outside of beam to inside of other beam. Missing jointers and has non original eye hooks holding coulter.

    Kirk

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