[Stone Horse Farm]

They have them at Valu-bilt. $36.95 Cat #B52-0615

[Stone Horse Farm]

I liked the team alot, and the roller was a handy solution to get the log rolling BUT I would have had a much shorter trace to start with for more lift. Or an arch. Those traces were chained to the britchens as a sort of lazy strap too far back on the trace thus pulling them way away from the animal (useless anyways). The quarter straps were snapped to the market straps to keep up out of the way, but were distorting the line due to the aforementioned ‘lazy straps’. Awesome team, in the collars but quiet. Beautiful.

[Stone Horse Farm]

I would definitely get the other one, if it seems affordable. It is always good to have a backup if your primary breaks during planting. You might also find, if it is the same brand/model, that it has a different sprocket for the spacing, in which case you are that much more flexible with your plantings (ie. we plant fingerlings at 18 inches and others at 12).

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I’ve got the Directions for Setting Up and Operating the John Deere – Syracuse No. 4 Two-Way Plow. They call the mechanism you refer to “the auto foot frame shift”. Their words:

“Care should be used to have the neckyoke held as rigid as possible to prevent any swaying of the pole. This should be done with martingales or by making pole straps short.
“Martingales will also keep pole from tilting up. This will give the full benefit of the frame shifter in straightening furrows, taking more or less land or for keeping full width of furrow when plowing on hillside.”

There ARE two foot pedals, and a simple bracket for use when the pole is moved to the outside for three horses.

I will work on getting you a copy of this.

Stu

[Stone Horse Farm]

I recently restored a one horse drill and the tubes were shot. What I’ve ended up using is flexible sink drain tubing from the hardware store. It fit the cast seed drops and it flexes as the gangs are raised. They are white, so you can’t see through them, but they were cheap and functional. If you want to see the seed, maybe that clear poly tubing would work. Stu

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