John Deere No.51 Tractor Plow - Bringing It Back To Life Part 1 of 2: Repairing Levers & Trip Hitch

[@dannycreech6375]

Wow. Brought back some old memories. When I was a kid (in the 50's) we had a 2 bottom plow just like this one we pulled with an Allis model C. Really gutsy tractor and had no trouble with the 2 bottom in our rocky clay soil here in the Ozarks. all our equipment was in a machine shed so it didn't get too much deterioration over the years. Thanks for all your shares.

[@stephenlacher587]

Those old plows stand as a testament to traditional 'farmer fix'.

[@michaelscriffiano8765]

Cool old iron....love your stories....

[@dearanel936]

The heck with ropes and wine Grandma's rheumatism Medicine helps to relieve The kinks of the day. You have brought back memories of my childhood I'm proud of you Keep up the good work

[@bsalightning69]

I'm impressed... The sign of a true tinkerer. . I have the parts I need to fix this out back....

[@cybersylo5786]

You sir are a champion of old equipment. Great job bringing this old girl back to life.

[@bobferranti5222]

It's always exciting when Squatch rebuilds/restores antique equipment. I'm in my happy place lol.

[@thomasstewart9368]

Makes for a great day when we can find parts for whatever needs fixed that we saved 10 years ago 😀 People call that a scrap pile. I call it "a Mountain of treasure " 👍

[@1crazynordlander]

Old machinery is really cool! Thanks for sharing. Nice teaser at the end there.

[@super6954]

Thanks for part 1 of the plow it looks good now. It's kinda funny you say about your brother plowing up the disc part. We had a Heston/ Case IH brand round baler that was a pile of junk to use, our NH 688 is a way better baler that replaced it . anyway the Case kept blowing the lock collars off the roller shafts, Dad lost 3 before before I started welding them on and the baler finally left us . 3 or more different times I randomly walked across that field to see him over the years since and found all those lock collars laying out there on the surface. Those odds must be pretty high of repeating it. Same thing happened to a 3 point adjuster from a customers tractor, he lost it so I told him I'd lend him a spare one until he found his in the field, it was about 2 years later he pulled in my yard and gave me mine back. He figured he'd never find his ,but he found it while out baling one day. It's amazing whats in fields guys lost and it's still turning up 50 years or more later. Take care.

[@ronaldkearn3322]

I had a model 52 plow for years. When they are working they are great plows.

[@criticalhire9980]

i had forgotten how much I disliked trip activated plows. About half the time, the mechanism would go past it's intended action (going up, or going down) on it's own. When tripping to lower the plow, on it's own it would come back up. And do the same when tripping to raise. You'd have to loop around to plow the missed area. We celebrated when hydraulics came out!! Good video Toby, you take care sir!

[@lukestrasser]

Your experience with anti-sieze mirrors my own from the UP. All it ever successfully did was make me look like tin man as soon as I opened the bottle. Similar climate and similar experiences. Looking forward to you knocking some rust off that plow and making it shiny again!

[@shaneholst6940]

Hi Luke 👍😂🤣👍 Toby is messing with a John Deere!!😁👍🍻🍻

[@tractorhyatt7044]

Love those old implements! Would like to find something similar to put in my front yard as a nice display. You got an awesome deal on those two plows. Thanks again for saving and preserving agriculture and American history! 🇺🇸🚜👍

[@paulwomack5866]

I suspect once all the bad parts are on one plow, you could have it as a display item for cheap. "Plus shipping"

[@robertfuls7737]

@@paulwomack5866 Mlm

[@clydebalcom8252]

Those used discs are good steel for repairs. I agree with keeping everything. You never know when you might need some parts.

[@larrymeyers6913]

Nice plows and even better price. Since all these antique shows come out everyone thinks they are sitting on a gold mine and are asking big $$$ for old.plows like that here in Michigan

[@wemedeeres4105]

I might have a part or two if need be!....The most common reason for the chain was to connect it to the tractor so when the hitch would trip in hard or rocky ground you weren't spending all day backing up to re-hook. The best luck I've had with antisieze is to get more on myself than on the part I apply it to!

[@shaneholst6940]

Lol there's always more anti-seize on you then what you are putting it on lol!😂🤣😂🤣🍻👍

[@wemedeeres4105]

Shane Holst The pain is real 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@seastacker8582]

Very cool stuff. I love the old literature with anything vintage.

[@joekahno]

Spent my teens working for local dairy farmers back in Wisconsin, at a time when a small dairy operation was still a viable business. Totally familiar with not having the time to fix anything right. There was never enough hours in a day or money to buy the "correct" part even if you had the time to make a trip to the implement dealer. It was get it working again and get the job done with materials at hand so you could move on the next task.

[@heartland96a]

Thanks for saving them in what ever way rather than cutting to scrap

[@garyfeltus9801]

Every time I watch your I always learn something new. Be cool to watch that old plow go back to work. Wonder how quickly that will shine up . Thanks for sharing the plow. We had a case tractor. Pulled a jhondeer disc.

[@danielburke8350]

"sharing the plow." I see what you did there ;-)

[@ColtaineCrows]

I agree on anti-seize, I only use it for hot stuff like manifold studs etc. On old open air stuff like those ploughs I'd be dipping the screws in pine tar, nothing beats it in my opinion, and I know for sure that'll stick on there good, since it stays on bolts on the ass end of semi-trailers in the salt water rivers we call roads around here.

[@bobpaterson1845]

Love the rebuild on the D2 never missed an episode 💪 now ur comin in to my "field" old ploughs 👍 these coulter brackets u had are very similar to Ransomes brackets 🤔 I've actually not long finished rebuilding an early 3 point hitch international plough where the company utilised many of the left over parts from the trailin plough era 👍 great video 💪

[@BigJohn51976]

Since you are fixing the single bottom plow you should use the Catapiller TEN if it has a draw bar on the back. So little plow for a little crawler. Video is great.

[@edkeniston4786]

Anti-seize was designed as a assembly lubricant for stainless steel to keep the threads from gaulling. It has moderate success as a rust preventative. You are correct, in our Northern climates plain old grease and oils work the best.

[@weird1600]

love the attention you pay to this equipment

[@KubotaManDan]

Nice, Wow I thought when the thumb nail came up. Being from the city some of the terms your using are greek to me, But I purchased a 1 bottom Oliver chilled plow cir 1880's for $20 at a farm auction 15 yrs ago to cut drainage culverts on land I was living on at that time, took some time to figure out how it worked, guys at work didn't have a clue either. Amazing device made so long ago & still worked when I left it to return to the city. I check it out on Google Sat maps to see if it's still there & it is. Thanks for the video rehab..it brings back memories of slave labor.

[@acewrench]

"Let's go down to the spare parts pile." Lol. You've got two of everything!

[@waltermattson5566]

You are going to need a big building on your field. I can’t wait to see what goes in it.

[@johnpayne3197]

you can see the steel move around when you heated the rod up ..... nice vid..

[@m38_depotharold12]

Love this video!! Looking forward to part ll. The add on flat steel at the end of the moldboard is factory and called the moldboard extension. Yours seems a bit longer than what's shown in the manual and most likely has been replaced.

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

We used a copper based Anti-seize on oil field equipment offshore in a salt laden air environment, and would totally agree, it drys out and looses its effectiveness, oil and grease is best

[@TF856]

I really hope that you get the two bottom restored also.

[@RustyCarnahan]

We have a set of John Deere 5C 3-14 plows on steel wheels that we've had in the family since Shep was a pup. Somewhere along the way, though, they had the newer style frogs fitted to them, and New Universal 3 piece bottoms put on.

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

General Railway Signal was a manufacturer of automatic track signal equipment for railroads beginning in the early 1900s. If a motor tag, it is likely it came from a semaphore type signal drive motor.

[@scotthanson7888]

My parts pile is the deluxe version, it is on concrete slab of a long gone building. Several of my old trip plows have been "converted" to use a hydraulic cylinder. Not sure if that practice was common elsewhere , but it happened often here. Your jackstand looks like it might be one of the Harbor Freight models that have been recalled. A couple of KZbin videos showing them collapse made me a return the ones I had.

[@dansherrell6803]

Rochester, Ny! My hometown! Look at the original gauges on your Farmalls. All made in Rochester, Ny at Rochester products. they made the Quadrajet carburetor as well. Also home to Kodak, Bausch and Lomb and Xerox corporations.

[@andyhuckle]

great to keep the history going

[@HiwasseeRiver]

Antisieze works 100% of the time when I need to track something into a carpeted area.

[@jamesthompson8008]

Or upholstery, steering wheels, etc!

[@shaneholst6940]

Great 👍 video there Toby !😁👍

[@rogerallen6644]

Agree with you 100% on anti seize

[@ron827]

No wonder compasses go crazy when near the Squatch iron reserve. :-) Oh no, a yellow synthetic trip-rope is not appropriate! The "manual" calls for sisal rope or baler twine in an emergency.

[@outcastprojects6733]

Its pretty cool! Im gonna be doin some of that getting field stored equipment into field ready conditoion soon!

[@electr0maker436]

Just looked up that patent number, It is a tag off of a selenium rectifier. Used for converting AC to DC for charging large batteries.

[@waterloofreak]

@@squatch253 would you consider selling the 2 bottom?

[@joecool853]

thanks for the shout out! :)

[@hommie789]

I myself love a can of "Moly 50" it's a thread lubricant but it does not wash off. Stupid expensive but better than grease, copper kote or any other of that stuff. We use it on the chrome of cylinders and copper kote and grease after 5+ years in the elements pulls the chrome off the cylinder when we pull them apart and Moly 50 a 100 ton ram does the trick. I was never a believer until until i seen it on the suspension cylinders. Tip, this it out with WD-40 or it's to thick to apply with a brush.

[@garymeador6750]

I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one not pleased with anti-seize.

[@00nutt]

Heck yea. I have my grandfather's old Minneapolis Moline one way disk tiller. After reaching out to a few people online the figure it's around the 1920's timeline.

[@bensturges9273]

Anti seize is great on bolts or studs used with steam applications. Will keep the grease idea in other areas.

[@shaneholst6940]

Well Toby you had John Deere in your videos so I had to watch!!😁👍

[@dennisholloway1867]

would be nice to see them both fully restored in yellow and green.

[@b1bmer]

The antisieze works well if you have dissimilar metals. Where antisieze is a must.

[@josephszepieniec6223]

I cant wait for part 2

[@maddog6493]

looking good, should be a nice plow,,,

[@yokiniqu]

For stoney ground we would use a plough shear with a vertical wing welded to it and remove the skeith. The skeith would just pop the plough out of the ground otherwise

[@paulcarlsen4088]

We want another tumble bug video! Thanks in advance👍

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

I don't know just what the bolt and nut material content was but, I have always found them to come loose quite easy without any rust protection applied.

[@gullreefclub]

Looks like your spare parts department is also the Poison Ivy patch. Anti-Seize is not a lubricant or meant to keep things from rusting. Ant-Seize is design to prevent gauging and dissimilar metal corrosion. Additionally your generic silver Ant-Seize is not water proof, in fact you can smear the stuff on and run a water hose on it and watch the stuff slowly wash away. If you insist in turning yourself and whatever you are working silver with anti-seize as a general lubricant mix it 25% with 70% a good waterproof grease and the remaining 5% with inexpensive ATF and have at it you will find you have much better success with iron/steel fasteners. Additionally for your day to day proper uses of Anti-Seize such as spark plugs in aluminum heads, or stainless steel or aluminum hardware mix your Anti-Seize 90/10 with ATF or synthetic engine oil and you will find that it is much easier to paint thinly on you part and since you won't have globs of the stuff on your fasteners or parts there will be less chance of you turning silver. Lastly there is a waterproof Ant-Seize made its made for marine applications its chunky and last time I purchased some it was stupid expensive but when rebuilding the lower unit on an in-board outboard or an outboard engine everything is expensive so hopefully the next time I have to take it apart I won't have to drill out bolts and weld up bolt holes and drill and tap new holes again, or it will hopefully be someone else problem.

[@paulwomack5866]

Thank you, good info.

[@Adventures_with_Josh]

Shit that tag is awesome. I'm 20 miles from Rochester NY

[@_P0tat07_]

Wooo! some John Deere content!

[@Muffin_Masher]

AntiSieze is useless and more harm than good if salt enters the equation, grease works much better in that case. I have always preferred Kopr-Kote myself, but that could just be because that's what my Dad used when I was a kid. Kopr-Kote went on absolutely EVERYTHING when it was going back together, and it was good insurance that next time it needed to come loose there was no need for Inox or the gas axe :D

[@rodneywager2142]

Nice job on the fix up. I could put those spare IH coulters to work if you'd like to sell them. I could use a land slides as well. Any way now you need a Farmall A for the plow

[@fowletm1992]

Anti seize is a must on the coast here I Australia You guys get winter salt We get salt 365 days of the year Maybe because we don't freeze it works better, grease just melts out, prob because of our much higher temps It still dries out but you certainly know the difference in a few years We don't have any old plows or tractors left here They all turned to dust years ago The salt air is so brutal Brand new bare melt will develop surface rust in a few hours Cats iron and hardox steel like railway iron does better It'll last 20yrs or so

[@michaelspinello3607]

It's nice when you have a junk pile for parts! To fix another piece of equipment...

[@hm12460]

I have seen a lot of model 51's with a tail wheel just like the one on your parts plow #52

[@NEAFarmKid4010]

Man, I wish I had a No.51. They seem to be harder to find around here. I have a John Deere H, and I'd love to have a single bottom to pull with it

[@danielburke8350]

I've had good luck with anti-seize, but it's likely not the same product you're using ;-) I've got an ancient can from back when they made it from ground Lead in a grease suspension. The new aluminum stuff doesn't hold a candle to that! I'm hoping what I've got will last me the rest of my life, because there won't be any more.

[@jdsmort]

Interesting to hear your comments re antiseize... the only product I ever used for that was either jut plain grease as you do or what we call coppercote.. which was, I think, the 'original' antiseize... which is basically a quality grease.. slightly lower viscosity than normal, with copper powder mixed in it... and we always used that to great effect on all wheelnut/bolt applications on trucks and also on my 4wd... Is that something you have ever tried?? Most antiseize today seems to be aluminium powder, together with molyslip, and graphite in a low viscosity medium, and I don't bother with that at all. Some also still use the copper instead of aluminium... but for the expense of them, I tend to agree.. good quality grease or basic coppercote grease (which seems hard to get these days) is fine. I can still buy 'Coppercote' or 'Copper-cote' made by Rocol, CRC, etc... but not the basic grease with copper powder in it as we used to use. Just as well I still have my old gallon can of the original about 1/2 full still.

[@MoparNewport]

Ive never heard of using grease in place of antiseize. Up here in the Yukon we have pretty heavy calcium on the roads in summer and salt in the winter; so its frequently used on lug nuts and on hub flanges so you can get the damn duallies apart. My question would be if grease is more prone than antisieze in attracting dirt. Interesting take!

[@donaldmack7213]

My Dad had a Massey Harris plow he bought new in the early 50’s. Two bottom with rubber wheels. I can see lots of the parts look like his plow. Wonder if the same company made parts for other major farm equipment manufacturers.

[@thefixerofbrokenstuff]

Yeah. 6 30 in. If you were in the Ozarks, "IH colter, IH colter, copperhead, copperhead, rattlesnake, IH colter, blackwidow, brown recluse, copperhead,....oh there it is.

[@Bellboy40]

Ha! Same for my neck of the woods.... South Alabama. Those creepy crawley things like to live in those piles of stuff.

[@imtimrich]

I agree on anti-seize never works like you think it should, and I’m in California climate is not a factor...

[@GarnettM]

Good deal I was thinking to bad you don`t have a Colter ,We had 3 bottom IH plow then bought a Oliver 3 Bottom 23" I believe it was Breaking Disc for 50$ Man alive would it make that old M snort when we hauled it around , Actually the JD 40 did good with it but we kept kicking a track off on the ends .I just broke some garden field for a friend with my new red tiller Geez I was eyeballing the old 2 Bottom in the yard gonna pull it with the truck just to turn the ground over Man it was hard LOL.

[@LN997-i8x]

You've got to use the good nickel anti-seize, that's the secret!

[@corsairsmitty5438]

I know it has been few years since this video was made, however do you have any of the parts left over from that JD 2 bottom plow shown in this video ? I am specifically looking from the brace that is in the middle of the 2 bottom plow that connects the side beams together over the wheel section. Please let me know. Thank you.

[@horatiohornblower868]

Enough old iron to start your own junk yard, Toby!

[@JoshuaZiesmer]

Not too much of an anti-seize Guy myself, but you got me curious, what's with using a cutting attachment to bend? Would think that someone that works on as many old iron as you would have a nice selection of rose buds. I have a #4 and #6 mfa heating tip for my torch, I find them to be invaluable. Not that long ago I pulled the timing gear off the crank for gramp's Allis to get the alignment key to use on the new crank and gear, that gear has a five thou press fit, almost broke the puller, even the #4 rose bud didn't do much but make it angry. I let it cool down and tried the next day with the #6,and it practically flew off the crank.

[@barndog7082]

The only time I will use anti-seize is when I am dealing with a project that will be exposed to high heat, such as an exhaust manifold , the nickel in anti-seize helps to prevent metal to metal heat galling.

[@veiledzorba]

Yep, best thing for spark plugs, exhaust manifold bolts, and similar things that get hot!

[@levimccurley6284]

I have a number 52, and have used it for a lot of years. One moldboard has a chunk out of it, just like yours. I'd be interested to know where you got the manual for it, as I've hunted one for a while. Great video!

[@levimccurley6284]

Also want to add, the chain is probably on in lieu of a coulter. I used to do the same thing when plowing with a team and one bottom plow. It did a good job dragging the long grass and weeds down.

[@cassiuspuckett8789]

My problem with anti-seiz is it will creep. By that, I mean, you get it on your bolt and maybe some on your hand, and next thing you know it's all over your tools, all over what you're working on, and just makes a mess. You've got silver tracks everywhere you touched.

[@edwh164]

That’s what brothers are for 😆😆😆

[@bentonbee1]

The chain you took off might of been used to help bury trash when they were plowing. Sometimes they use #9 wire and some use a chain

[@jonjohnson2796]

In my experience, Anti-sieze for joining dis-similar metals. Grease still fine for similar metals.

[@evankibbe590]

Cool

[@jankotze1959]

Nice video

[@doncodman913]

I think people may be getting a little confused.... there is a product called copper grease which is good on brake parts as i believe its high temperature . Grease IS an anti seize !! So maybe people think that copper grease is better than normal grease . I dont know. regards Don.

[@shaneharrison4775]

Dad had a forgive me jd 2 bottom drop plow like this and a single

[@morgansword]

I sure am glad those days are over as they were not all pulled by tractor... well the one I used behind dad old mule, wish I could remember what kind of mule as he was near big as a horse and a lot more gentle once he knew I brought treats and was nice to him. He would stand outside my window in the house knowing I had a carrot or something that he could chew on and he came when you called and was happy when working. He could always work his way out of a root in the ground and you better just let him as you got yanked around pretty good if not paying attention. It had the total different deals on it to hook up to the stantion I think it was called

[@waterloofreak]

Would you consider selling the 2 bottom?

[@GunRunner3830]

Me Squatch I have a question that came to mind as you were talking about the grease on the bolts this has nothing to do with the John deer it has to do with the D2 my question is there any special type of grease gun used to grease a D2 or can you just pick one up at the local hardware store

[@GunRunner3830]

Squatch253 any idea where to look for one of these and thanx much for all the help

[@madmodifier]

Doesn't like anti seize, that un Minnesotan. :-) Does the grease stand up to the road salt better too? Thanks for another informative and entertaining video!

[@familytraditiontransportat7951]

Be sure to wash your hands thoroughly and burn the gloves .... That Deere rash is a b!tch to get rid of!! Just kidding, great job as usual, very in depth and thorough. Thank you for the education, and stoking the desire to have my own old iron collection and keep the love alive for generations to come... Oh and to the six thumbs down (so far) what's wrong with you...have you no soul?? are you THAT hooked on antisieze that you gotta thumbs down the video? for shame!

[@codyvought8923]

Man I really enjoy your videos. Its been helping me long this year with no tractor show or swamp meets. Do you have a way we can support you work and ? Because I rather give you money then then hulu. Me and my buddies watch you work on stuff while we are working on my stuff lol

[@paszkors]

Got any Green paint Squatch ? Paint that plow up nice.

[@ShainAndrews]

3:01 That is an electric plow prototype.

[@jondavidmcnabb]

I see a future video with this connected to the tiniest of Cat dozers

[@mortenthygesen1720]

why does the kubpta idle so High...?

[@ShainAndrews]

I doubt the shot with the Kubota was at idle. Usually bump the RPM's up to make the hydraulics more responsive.

[@coltnavrat7383]

U sell any plow parts?

[@KStewart-th4sk]

My Grandpa lost his false teeth in the field one year and they reappeared. Now my memory fails if it was the same year he found them again or the next year or....... LOL Think he was cultivating when they reappeared. He would often have them in his shirt pocket instead of his mouth.

[@mandolinman2006]

Do you know of anybody that has a line on parts for either an Allis Chalmers 2 bottom slatted rollover plow, possibly a Model 53 or a JI Case 3 bottom disc plow, possibly Model 302 would you?

[@mandolinman2006]

@@squatch253 thank you for the help! I'm one of only a few in my area that appreciate the older pieces of equipment. A lot went to scrap a few years ago.