Anyone familiar with parts for horse drawn plows? - The Firearms Forum

SARG · 08-19-2009, 08:12 PM

My father left behind four or five horse drawn plows. I've rebuilt three of them but the other two require the wooden center beam....item B in the schematic below.

I've been looking far and wide for someone that reproduces these parts. I've exhausted all the local wood mills without luck. The beam is a little more complicated than it looks..... it has compound curves and angles on all sides.

Any ideas?

kingchip · 08-19-2009, 08:50 PM

Maybe the Amish?

kutaho · 08-19-2009, 08:54 PM

Know someone good with a draw knife?

armedandsafe · 08-19-2009, 09:04 PM

Most of those were hand carved or cut to a jig and hand finished. As Katoho says, get a good draw knife, some oak stock and have at it.

Pops

armedandsafe · 08-19-2009, 09:24 PM

Look at the first one. Look familiar? Full plans for making one.

http://www.wildhorsebooks.com/plows.htm

Pops

johnlives4christ · 08-19-2009, 10:37 PM

because each side of the beam wraps around the spaces you most likely will have to bend it wet to keep it from slitting i would think,

jacksonco · 08-20-2009, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by SARG

My father left behind four or five horse drawn plows. I've rebuilt three of them but the other two require the wooden center beam....item B in the schematic below.

I've been looking far and wide for someone that reproduces these parts. I've exhausted all the local wood mills without luck. The beam is a little more complicated than it looks..... it has compound curves and angles on all sides.

Any ideas?

Try looking here. It is a large hardware store in the heart of Ohio Amish land.

http://www.lehmans.com/

They carry just about everything.

Big ugly · 08-20-2009, 02:10 AM

I'll see what I can find around here. I may know a feller here, What is the length you need though?

Maximilian II · 08-20-2009, 03:13 AM

I think I've got one, not a repro but original.
Sorry, not for sale.
I'll ask around though, some of the "old timers" around here still plow with mules just because they like to.

GMFWoodchuck · 08-21-2009, 10:19 AM

Look up antique tractor magazines. Some of them will occasionally run articles or ads about the horse-drawn equipment. They will at least help steer you into the right direction. Antique Power is a good one.

SARG · 08-21-2009, 10:32 AM

Hey guys .... a quick update.
I contacted Farmer Brown's Plow store once again and got good news. Jim Brown is now set up to make the beams and will make a couple for me.

This will complete the six that Dad left. Just looking at them makes me smile.

Thanks all.

SARG · 08-21-2009, 10:50 AM

Work in progress. I'll be using new hardware because I'm not fanatical about exact reproduction .... not to mention the "old" replacement hardware costs ten times what the new stuff does.

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SARG V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northeast Posts: 306	Anyone familiar with parts for horse drawn plows? My father left behind four or five horse drawn plows. I've rebuilt three of them but the other two require the wooden center beam....item B in the schematic below. I've been looking far and wide for someone that reproduces these parts. I've exhausted all the local wood mills without luck. The beam is a little more complicated than it looks..... it has compound curves and angles on all sides. Any ideas? Attached Images --> Last edited by SARG; 08-19-2009 at 08:14 PM..

08-19-2009, 08:50 PM	#2
kingchip Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Marble Falls, Texas Posts: 541	Re: Anyone familiar with parts for horse drawn plows? Maybe the Amish?

08-19-2009, 08:54 PM	#3
kutaho Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Peoples Republic of the Pacific Northwest Posts: 1,852	Re: Anyone familiar with parts for horse drawn plows? Know someone good with a draw knife? __________________ No man stands in the same river twice If all else fails grab a rock Mi Taku oyasin

08-19-2009, 09:04 PM	#4
armedandsafe Former Guest Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Moses Lake, WA Posts: 10,344	Re: Anyone familiar with parts for horse drawn plows? Most of those were hand carved or cut to a jig and hand finished. As Katoho says, get a good draw knife, some oak stock and have at it. Pops

08-19-2009, 09:24 PM	#5
armedandsafe Former Guest Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Moses Lake, WA Posts: 10,344	Re: Anyone familiar with parts for horse drawn plows? Look at the first one. Look familiar? Full plans for making one. http://www.wildhorsebooks.com/plows.htm Pops

08-19-2009, 10:37 PM	#6
johnlives4christ Former Guest Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,828	Re: Anyone familiar with parts for horse drawn plows? because each side of the beam wraps around the spaces you most likely will have to bend it wet to keep it from slitting i would think,

08-20-2009, 02:10 AM	#8
Big ugly Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Knoxville Tennessee Contributor Posts: 2,603	Re: Anyone familiar with parts for horse drawn plows? I'll see what I can find around here. I may know a feller here, What is the length you need though? __________________ "You say the Devil made do it with a smile. Raisin' hell and howlin at the moon. Well I'm gonna put your @$$ back in line. I'm gonna scare the Devil out of you." BlackBerry Smoke Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R513dA4peMg Nothing is "proof" against a truly talented fool. Swanshot

08-20-2009, 03:13 AM	#9
Maximilian II Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Northwest GA Posts: 1,381	Re: Anyone familiar with parts for horse drawn plows? I think I've got one, not a repro but original. Sorry, not for sale. I'll ask around though, some of the "old timers" around here still plow with mules just because they like to. __________________ Karma is just justice, without the satisfaction. And I don't believe in justice. -Joe Sarno, bagman.

08-21-2009, 10:19 AM	#10
GMFWoodchuck Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Binghamton, NY Posts: 1,369	Re: Anyone familiar with parts for horse drawn plows? Look up antique tractor magazines. Some of them will occasionally run articles or ads about the horse-drawn equipment. They will at least help steer you into the right direction. Antique Power is a good one.

08-21-2009, 10:32 AM	#11
SARG V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northeast Posts: 306	Re: Anyone familiar with parts for horse drawn plows? Hey guys .... a quick update. I contacted Farmer Brown's Plow store once again and got good news. Jim Brown is now set up to make the beams and will make a couple for me. This will complete the six that Dad left. Just looking at them makes me smile. Thanks all. Attached Images

08-21-2009, 10:50 AM	#12
SARG V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Northeast Posts: 306	Re: Anyone familiar with parts for horse drawn plows? Work in progress. I'll be using new hardware because I'm not fanatical about exact reproduction .... not to mention the "old" replacement hardware costs ten times what the new stuff does. Attached Images Last edited by SARG; 08-21-2009 at 10:52 AM..