My New Disc Harrow - Please ID

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MaineDad

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Guys,

My father has known that I have been looking for a disc harrow. He is traveling in the Carolinas and came upon a disc harrow that was being used with a Farmall Cub. He bought the harrow for me and will deliver it up to Maine in early August when he comes visits. Can anyone ID this harrow?

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Thanks in advance...
 
We had a old one similar to that seems that I remember my father saying it was originally a horse drawn piece that was modified. Can you tell if it used to have a seat?
 
The harrow will be here around August 5th or 6th. I'll try to look and see if it has been modified. The lever that you see adjusts the angle of the discs, so you do not have to do it manually, that's neat.
 
The twin angle irons that the hitch is welded to give it away as horse drawn. A fore-truck would have been mounted there. You can see two holes behind the angle lever that the seat bolted to. The grease cup dates it too.
Two brackets are the same as a King disk I have, also the weight brackets and axle scraper looks the same.
I'm guessing King Plow Co. Atlanta, Ga.
 
Virginia Mike":2faj7j4r said:
The twin angle irons that the hitch is welded to give it away as horse drawn. A fore-truck would have been mounted there. You can see two holes behind the angle lever that the seat bolted to. The grease cup dates it too.
Two brackets are the same as a King disk I have, also the weight brackets and axle scraper looks the same.
I'm guessing King Plow Co. Atlanta, Ga.
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In the words of Sherlock Holmes, "Elementary, my dear Watson"...

Nice sleuthing there, Virginia Mike!! Way to wade through it... I would have had not the first clue on that harrow!

Mike in La Crosse, WI
 
Thanks guys,

Hopefully the harrow will work well for me. The P.O. said that it served him well over the years with his cub. Can you still buy grease cups?
 
no need to buy new grease cups. Unscrew the top, which is a hollow cylinder. fill it with grease and screw it back on some. Rather than pumping grease into bearings from a grease gun, you simply screw the cap down another turn or so every now and then to push grease into the bearings.
 
We used a modified horse drawn disk with the "G" and the Cubs till I found a F/H one in the early '70s. Works fine iffin you got room to turn around. Ours was a different make, no fore trucks and it had weight boxes.
 
The PO used the chains to lift the disc harrow with his Cub, so hopefully I can too because I do not have too much room to turn :)
 
I agree that it was a horse drawn disc. The seat was mounted near the base of the handle. I used one with mules, while growing up. The problem with a single disc as most of you know, is that it leaves a furrow in the middle. To cover the furrow, you have to overlap one half of the previous cut on the next pass. A double disc however, throws the dirt back to where it came from to cover the furrow.

Disc history lesson from a dirt farmer in TN. :lol: :lol: :lol:
 
Single cut Cub disks have the same problem. You just have to make two passes (more seat time). If your're good, it will look better than a pull behind double cut disk.
 
Micah,
You need to make up some weight boxes and cast some concrete weights to keep that from hopping around. Looks good. I have my parents picking up stuff all over the place, too. Hopefully he had help loading it up. Chris
 
I beieve that the chains are old work horse or mule trace chains. They are the correct size and shape and you can see the ring on the end of the RH one. The ring was used to hook to the single tree.
 
Guys,

Any idea on where I can find a part for this King Plow Harrow? The curved tooth section that locks the angle position is bent and broken.
 
MaineDad":30ip8wc9 said:
Guys,

Any idea on where I can find a part for this King Plow Harrow? The curved tooth section that locks the angle position is bent and broken.
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From your picture it seems the quadrant may be mild steel, and not cast. If so, it can be heated, straitened, and the mount on the end welded.

I don't know of any source for parts beyond the disk blades. King Plow Co. went out of business in the early 1980's.
I can send you pictures of the weights if you wish. They were cast iron, but could be cast from concrete. They would not be as heavy, so it would be mostly for show.
 
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