| JD Plow Restoration Page |
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| Here it is the day I picked it up. Pretty much like you would expect an old plow to be; hoses are dry rotted, rims are different sizes, one of the rims is shot, covered in rust, one moldboard is broke, parts for coulters are there, just mismatched. |
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| I used a wire brush on my drill and cleaned off the rust as best as I could, then used primer. I had 2 different kinds laying around. |
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| Tires and tubes are good now. JD yellow takes 3-4 coats to cover well. Waiting on decals, need to paint the hub bolts and the drawbar control rod. Just about done, probably have about 40 hours in it now. |
| The John Deere Model 44 plow was made from 1945-1957. Normally you see these old plows with 2 large levers on top. Mine just has a hand crank. This was done the first 2 or 3 years the plow was made. It was to level the plow. There were 2 sizes of frames, and each frame could be adjusted to take 2 different sized moldboards. Mine is the larger frame, and is set up with 14-inch moldboards. |