I am awed by Toby’s ability to manufacture parts and tools. Just marvelous. I hope we get some footage of this artifact in action. Like the ripper on modern dozers I gather it’s job is to open up particularly hard ground for further work,
I have the same plow. The first time I used it behind my 1939 B John Deere I powered out and was not able to trip and move forward to raise the shank. Ended up using a handy man jack to get it out of the ground.
You made a comment early in the video about how much material IH must have gone through back in the day. What always amazes me is reading about the manufacturing effort of the USA during the second world war. When you think about the ships, the planes, tanks, trucks and all of the other items required to keep our military going, it boggles the mind. If I remember correctly, during 1943/44 the USA was producing one B-17 every hour. And that's just one item of thousands. Another item I'm always fascinated by is how every piece of equipment was purely mechanical, no hydraulics, no electrical, just some guy who saw a way to make it work. It wasn't as easy to use as today's equipment, but it worked. And when things broke or wore out, you could fix them. Try that with today's stuff that you have to throw out when it breaks because you can't get parts to repair anything. But enough of my ranting. Great video. I wish I could find a local mechanic with your knowledge and attitude to work on my car.
You’re very close geographically. California Motor Speedway was a couple of miles west in Ontario. You might be thinking of the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana which is built over the site of a Kaiser Steel plant. It was abandoned for years before it was razed and was used in some movies, notably “Robocop” and “Mortal Kombat.” Ore came from the Eagle Mountain mine about 70 miles east of Indio on Kaiser’s own railroad which connected with the Southern Pacific near the Salton Sea.
One the nation's first freeways was the Willow Run Expressway that used by Ford to ship parts from the Ford River Rouge Factory to Willow Run Airport. That Expressway is now part of I-94 heading west out of Detroit.
20:01 brass button under the threads will not damage the threads under. Oldest trick in the book. The brass will engage the threads, form around them and lock in place. It does make removal a wee bit difficult, but rocking the cap/nut back and forth unsticks it. All my catch screws have one of those under. For what you have there, a 1.2~2mm button should do.
Regarding the amount of raw material IH needed in a day. That owned their own mill, Wisconsin Steel located on the south side of Chicago. They owned their own ore boat, the Harvester too.
Sure will like to see that working. Thanks for the lesson on the trip set up. I’m going to a plow match next weekend with my 1951 TEA20 Ferguson tractor and two sod plow, but there will be trailing plows there too. So I might be able to help out someone if they have trouble with there trip mechanism. Thanks
Appropriate use of a knuckle banger. There was a guy who brought one to Albany over 20 years ago. That was the year they were doing dirt work on the street to the housing development. I don't remember any problems with the lift. Doesn't hurt to be prepared. Thank you.
My dad had a subsoiler but it was a John Deere but looks just like that IH one you got we pulled it with all 3 of our tractors at different times an old gp John Deere , 44 massy Harris and then the D2
Thanks for the straight forward video on the "POWER-LIFT" as it has been called by others. Good luck, stay safe at the show and that goes for Senior as well.
Squatch Thanks for continuing to make great content really enjoy all that you do. One observation/idea: you mentioned in the video a caution about tightening bolts on threads. I could not agree more but I hate when they come lose from not being tight. My grandfather taught me a trick for such a situation. Place a soft material between the set bold and threads on the shaft to allow it to be tightened but not mar the threads. I normally use lead shot because I have it around but brass stock of a similar size or other soft material would also work. Just thought I would share.
Thanks for the video Toby! That's a neat piece of machinery to have. The thought process of how the lift/trip mechanism works is really simple but works perfectly. Cheers
I want to come look at all the cool old stuff you have hiding in the grass! I love old farm machinery! They have so many stories to tell. I keep looking for stuff for sale or even give away. I really want my own little display. A few towns over from me is the remains of some kind of CAT. It’s tiny! I wish I could get it and start my own little collection.
It's been a minute since I've seen one of these. I think it was '94ish...and in southwest Kansas. It was owned by a very kind Mennonite family who took excellent care of it.
The subsoilers we use now have much the same shape. They do admix soil zones a bit. We found that if that was a concern with intact zones that a paratill was the way to gently lift and fracture hardpan without admixing. Tremendous vegetation growth after. It was an old landowner/farmer that put us onto it. If he had unlimited money he would have broken the hard pan on all the land he owned. It appears the manufacturer knew that as well back then
Nice touch on machining the bolts and bending the steel to fit, little things like that and the square bolts/nuts make such a difference in finishing touches.
Then you are both using the wrong stuff. Walter Surface Technologies "Rock 'n Roll" - Ceramic Anti-sieze. It ain't cheep and you will usually only find it in high end welding shops. Ti and Stainless tig Welders use it for heat dams. We started using it on bolts for floating brake hats and monoblock radial mount brake calipers in TransAM... it eventually became the only anti-seize in our shop and race trailer... Then it was in EVERY race trailer. It's good from well below Zero to 2500° F.
I was glad to see how the trip mechanism works, Dad had a plow he pulled with his 10-20 and the wheel on the trip side was smooth and wouldn't grip sometimes. He just put bolts in each hole from the inside of the rim with a nut and let the ends protrude about half an inch, worked well and was never on a hard surface so never had to replace the bolts.
That was very neat to see how the trip clutch works. We will be making our first trip to Nowthen on Friday. Hope to see you and the equipment. I promise to try not to overstimulate you if I get an opportunity to say hi.
The previous owner obviously didn't have any hardpan to break up. I figure a couple of days of heavy working would have removed all the axle paint under the axle bushings. Must be a nice break to only need some preventative maintenance rather than a complete overhaul. 🙋♂😊
We used antisize on the boom pins on our digger Derricks .that stuff would get on you more than on the pins .it also would dry out. All it did was keep the pins free.
Great work. That will work nicely behind the D2. I recently built a 2 shank subsoiler to go behind my 35 hp Branson tractor. That would give that D2 a good workout.
Aww man, Monica and I won't be at Nowthen this year to see your D2 and plow set up. Hard to believe it's already been a year since we got to experience Nowthen. Do you plan to attend Rollag? If so, we hope to see you there!
What a lovely original piece of equipment 👌 International must have used the same method of holding the wheels onto the shafts for every size of wheel and piece of equipment as that is exactly the same as on my International ploughs 👌👍
Did you by chance purchase that at Le sueur swap meet? Maybe you won't even see this comment but I believe my dad and I met you and had a really nice visit with you after purchasing this sub soiler. It caught my eye as we were walking through the Northwoods I guess being I just purchased one like a year earlier
Thanks for the update Toby! My plans are still to come to the show Saturday. Hope to meet you and Connor there and also Kenny again. Never been to a show outa the state of Wisconsin and gonna visit my cousin who’s 20 minutes from the show. You got a great piece of equipment there! Thanks again and can’t wait for the next video!
Looking forward to see that thing in actual use...from your description it wasn't get clear to me... 😂😉 Great heating and bending job, that wheel looks like it could have grip anywhere now! 👍👍👍
It's a late comment, but the cleats only are fitted to the one side? Still can't understand the full functionality of trip wire. Hope to see the plow in action.
Very neat job on the cleats. But I have a worry. Not so much formal "Health and Safety" as personal comfort. The ends of those cleats look quite sharp, and protrude a little beyond the wheel. The wheel now looks like quite a nasty thing to rub up against. Might be worth taking a grinder out and just blunting the upper corners of the cleats. (I tried to look at the photo of the original wheel, to see what the originals looked like, but can't see with enough clarity)
In very nice condition. How old do you think the subsoiler is? Ran a 6 tine subsoiler behind a 250HP MF in London clay. When I lifted it to clear the corn stubble from the tines I burnt my fingers on the tip of the tine. Did not expect the tip to get that hot. Surprised there was no lead or brass slug under the bolts to prevent the bolt damaging the thread.
Nice looking set up you have! Are these IH no. 2 subsoilers common in your area? I am in central Indiana have been looking for one but not having any luck. Thanks
I don’t like anti-seize either, not only does it get all over everything, but after a time it dries out and can be anything other than anti-seize in the end, it’s like glue and dirt in the threads compared to grease.
@@squatch253I remember taking a tour in 1982 when I was in college for auto mechanics. It was mind boggling how much stuff was up in the rafters that came down to the line at just the right time. Still, not as efficient as a modern factory. Better used incorporated into the city.
does that use any kind of trip device for rocks, if not, that explains why it never got used much after the original owner got thrown off the front of his tractor 😉
How old is this implement? Probably early 1930s I assume by the design. I'm amazed they still make square headed nuts and bolts. As for the Question of how much IH might have gone trough raw metal : probably at least ten tons per day.
Could you heat treat & blue those U channel cleats by heating them to cherry red & quenching them in used motor oil? That sub soiler deserves to be shedded out of the elements now you put those cleats on.
I know that you like a one off tool and I think you missed an opportunity. A half inch drive adaptor to fit on an angle finder torque wrench might have replaced the crescent wrench.
Im amazed by your knowledge,attention to details , craftsmanship and your artistic eye for refinishing!! Absolutely my favorite restorations channel!!
I am awed by Toby’s ability to manufacture parts and tools. Just marvelous. I hope we get some footage of this artifact in action. Like the ripper on modern dozers I gather it’s job is to open up particularly hard ground for further work,
As our Aussie friends would say " She's a right ripper, mate!" :)
That video about the Ford Rouge plant where they made tires windows and everything is wild. Raw material in from the lake finished cars out the other!
I have the same plow.
The first time I used it behind my 1939 B John Deere I powered out and was not able to trip and move forward to raise the shank.
Ended up using a handy man jack to get it out of the ground.
You made a comment early in the video about how much material IH must have gone through back in the day. What always amazes me is reading about the manufacturing effort of the USA during the second world war. When you think about the ships, the planes, tanks, trucks and all of the other items required to keep our military going, it boggles the mind. If I remember correctly, during 1943/44 the USA was producing one B-17 every hour. And that's just one item of thousands. Another item I'm always fascinated by is how every piece of equipment was purely mechanical, no hydraulics, no electrical, just some guy who saw a way to make it work. It wasn't as easy to use as today's equipment, but it worked. And when things broke or wore out, you could fix them. Try that with today's stuff that you have to throw out when it breaks because you can't get parts to repair anything. But enough of my ranting. Great video. I wish I could find a local mechanic with your knowledge and attitude to work on my car.
You’re very close geographically. California Motor Speedway was a couple of miles west in Ontario. You might be thinking of the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana which is built over the site of a Kaiser Steel plant. It was abandoned for years before it was razed and was used in some movies, notably “Robocop” and “Mortal Kombat.” Ore came from the Eagle Mountain mine about 70 miles east of Indio on Kaiser’s own railroad which connected with the Southern Pacific near the Salton Sea.
Correction: you were right, Squatch. I was thinking of the Ontario Motor Speedway. California Motor Speedway was renamed a few years ago.
One the nation's first freeways was the Willow Run Expressway that used by Ford to ship parts from the Ford River Rouge Factory to Willow Run Airport. That Expressway is now part of I-94 heading west out of Detroit.
"I like grease because I like things that actually work." - Squatch253
and just like that the cliffhanger is passed !!!!
Yep, if all goes well, I’ll see you at the show!
Squatch. 11:15 every time I see your yellow and red gloves it always reminds me of Rupert the Bear.😅
Thanks for putting together a detailed video of the subsoiler restoration
Anti-seize works great .. until the anti wears off
20:01 brass button under the threads will not damage the threads under. Oldest trick in the book. The brass will engage the threads, form around them and lock in place. It does make removal a wee bit difficult, but rocking the cap/nut back and forth unsticks it. All my catch screws have one of those under. For what you have there, a 1.2~2mm button should do.
Once again, only you could obtain an 80+ year old piece of equipment and the inner workings be in nearly new condition!!! 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Regarding the amount of raw material IH needed in a day. That owned their own mill, Wisconsin Steel located on the south side of Chicago. They owned their own ore boat, the Harvester too.
Sure will like to see that working. Thanks for the lesson on the trip set up. I’m going to a plow match next weekend with my 1951 TEA20 Ferguson tractor and two sod plow, but there will be trailing plows there too. So I might be able to help out someone if they have trouble with there trip mechanism.
Thanks
I can't wait to see that in the ground!!
Appropriate use of a knuckle banger.
There was a guy who brought one to Albany over 20 years ago. That was the year they were doing dirt work on the street to the housing development. I don't remember any problems with the lift.
Doesn't hurt to be prepared.
Thank you.
10 out of 10 on the wheel cleats & bolts.
Another amazing peice of kit can't wait to see how that shakes out at the show.
Hope to see you at Nowthen Saturday taking Grandsons
My dad had a subsoiler but it was a John Deere but looks just like that IH one you got we pulled it with all 3 of our tractors at different times an old gp John Deere , 44 massy Harris and then the D2
I need one of these. Would love to try it on some tag alders in Northern MN
Nice job on machining the bold heads to fit, i expected no less and it made me laugh.
I'm anxious to see Swamp Angel pulling the sub surface plow!
I can't wait to see how this works I never seen one like this I have all ways seen them with a plow or shovel on it nothing like that
Thanks for the straight forward video on the "POWER-LIFT" as it has been called by others. Good luck, stay safe at the show and that goes for Senior as well.
Awesome little project, simple & easy...not often things work out that smoothly!
Squatch
Thanks for continuing to make great content really enjoy all that you do.
One observation/idea: you mentioned in the video a caution about tightening bolts on threads. I could not agree more but I hate when they come lose from not being tight. My grandfather taught me a trick for such a situation. Place a soft material between the set bold and threads on the shaft to allow it to be tightened but not mar the threads. I normally use lead shot because I have it around but brass stock of a similar size or other soft material would also work. Just thought I would share.
Those cleats were "chef's kiss". Super nicely done.
I'm not sure that Anoka County sand will give the Swamp Angel the workout you're looking for.
Thanks for the video Toby! That's a neat piece of machinery to have. The thought process of how the lift/trip mechanism works is really simple but works perfectly. Cheers
I want to come look at all the cool old stuff you have hiding in the grass! I love old farm machinery! They have so many stories to tell. I keep looking for stuff for sale or even give away. I really want my own little display. A few towns over from me is the remains of some kind of CAT. It’s tiny! I wish I could get it and start my own little collection.
It's been a minute since I've seen one of these. I think it was '94ish...and in southwest Kansas. It was owned by a very kind Mennonite family who took excellent care of it.
The subsoilers we use now have much the same shape. They do admix soil zones a bit. We found that if that was a concern with intact zones that a paratill was the way to gently lift and fracture hardpan without admixing. Tremendous vegetation growth after. It was an old landowner/farmer that put us onto it. If he had unlimited money he would have broken the hard pan on all the land he owned. It appears the manufacturer knew that as well back then
Nice touch on machining the bolts and bending the steel to fit, little things like that and the square bolts/nuts make such a difference in finishing touches.
I'm with you on anti-seize. Here in the Arizona desert, it dries out and turns to dust. Grease is my go to.
Then you are both using the wrong stuff.
Walter Surface Technologies "Rock 'n Roll" - Ceramic Anti-sieze. It ain't cheep and you will usually only find it in high end welding shops. Ti and Stainless tig Welders use it for heat dams. We started using it on bolts for floating brake hats and monoblock radial mount brake calipers in TransAM... it eventually became the only anti-seize in our shop and race trailer... Then it was in EVERY race trailer. It's good from well below Zero to 2500° F.
Excellent job!
Excellent video
I was glad to see how the trip mechanism works, Dad had a plow he pulled with his 10-20 and the wheel on the trip side was smooth and wouldn't grip sometimes. He just put bolts in each hole from the inside of the rim with a nut and let the ends protrude about half an inch, worked well and was never on a hard surface so never had to replace the bolts.
Will be waiting to see it in action
Awesome video. Thank you for sharing!!!
That was fun!
Also remember that all the pieces at IH were probably made on a piece work system. All of the pieces had to be tracked for payroll.
Great video thanks for sharing
Love the period correct wrenches!👍👍
Pretty cool peace of equipment, never seen one like that before! Excellent video!
Nice metal fabrication work! Anti-Seize works great on high temp applications and dissimilar metals.
I have exact ripper. I put tube behind shank and a mount to hold a roll of drip tape. Put in 10 acres of drip tape so far at 12 inches deep.
Thank you soo much. Very interesting
That was very neat to see how the trip clutch works. We will be making our first trip to Nowthen on Friday. Hope to see you and the equipment. I promise to try not to overstimulate you if I get an opportunity to say hi.
love how old equip still works as desighned!
In the beginning of this video we see the squatch in his natural habitat
I love tractors, and I love plows! But this ripper is pretty sweet.
The previous owner obviously didn't have any hardpan to break up. I figure a couple of days of heavy working would have removed all the axle paint under the axle bushings. Must be a nice break to only need some preventative maintenance rather than a complete overhaul. 🙋♂😊
Nice fitment of the cletes. Looked like perfect angle on the bolt heads.
I should be there Saturday if all works out. My kids loved their first experience last year, especially the sawmill.
So it looks like the lift function works within height set by the main lever.Neat design
We used antisize on the boom pins on our digger Derricks .that stuff would get on you more than on the pins .it also would dry out. All it did was keep the pins free.
Great work. That will work nicely behind the D2. I recently built a 2 shank subsoiler to go behind my 35 hp Branson tractor. That would give that D2 a good workout.
Nothing like a multi speed drill press 😊
Aww man, Monica and I won't be at Nowthen this year to see your D2 and plow set up. Hard to believe it's already been a year since we got to experience Nowthen. Do you plan to attend Rollag? If so, we hope to see you there!
"...and Now the Conclusion." Heard that phrase in Majel Barrett's voice. Those who will get the reference will show their age...
That was the test of your contour bend to tighten the cleat on the wheel with the wrench but without the adjustable.😎
What a lovely original piece of equipment 👌 International must have used the same method of holding the wheels onto the shafts for every size of wheel and piece of equipment as that is exactly the same as on my International ploughs 👌👍
I grew up using trip lever turning plows, mostly on steel wheels but a few modified for rubber tires. 👍
The slobbering will clean up also, since you changed that injector
"Angle finder" and I always thought it was a "bevel gauge".😊😊
Love the "factory looking" cleats and the period correct F-wrench. What, no sisal or baler twine for the trip rope? :-)
Did you by chance purchase that at Le sueur swap meet? Maybe you won't even see this comment but I believe my dad and I met you and had a really nice visit with you after purchasing this sub soiler. It caught my eye as we were walking through the Northwoods I guess being I just purchased one like a year earlier
😊that is one nice ripper 😊😊😊👍👍
I could really use a tool disclaimer at the beginning. I may never recover from this trauma.
Yeah that was fun
Trippy!
Did not get a notification for this one!
Grease, the original anti-seize.
Thanks for the update Toby! My plans are still to come to the show Saturday. Hope to meet you and Connor there and also Kenny again. Never been to a show outa the state of Wisconsin and gonna visit my cousin who’s 20 minutes from the show. You got a great piece of equipment there! Thanks again and can’t wait for the next video!
Looking forward to see that thing in actual use...from your description it wasn't get clear to me...
😂😉
Great heating and bending job, that wheel looks like it could have grip anywhere now!
👍👍👍
@@squatch253 oh, ok, now I see, thanks!
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Any vid with Squatching irregardless of intensity is a good vid 😁
Squatching = fabrication 😝 👍
It's a late comment, but the cleats only are fitted to the one side?
Still can't understand the full functionality of trip wire. Hope to see the plow in action.
Very neat job on the cleats. But I have a worry. Not so much formal "Health and Safety" as personal comfort.
The ends of those cleats look quite sharp, and protrude a little beyond the wheel. The wheel now looks like quite a nasty thing to rub up against.
Might be worth taking a grinder out and just blunting the upper corners of the cleats.
(I tried to look at the photo of the original wheel, to see what the originals looked like, but can't see with enough clarity)
In very nice condition. How old do you think the subsoiler is?
Ran a 6 tine subsoiler behind a 250HP MF in London clay. When I lifted it to clear the corn stubble from the tines I burnt my fingers on the tip of the tine. Did not expect the tip to get that hot.
Surprised there was no lead or brass slug under the bolts to prevent the bolt damaging the thread.
Did you fabricate those clamps on your drill press? If so, how did you do that?
I need a set of those clamps for my drill press.
@@squatch253,,aMAZON 😖😤 a most environmentally immoral company. imho
Nice looking set up you have! Are these IH no. 2 subsoilers common in your area? I am in central Indiana have been looking for one but not having any luck. Thanks
Curious why you heated and bent the cross cleats rather than hydraulicly bending them?
I know I would have just ground the angle on the heads of the square bolts with a grinding wheel. Not nearly as elegant though.
Does the op manual call this "Sub Soil Ripping Plow"? 2 me its a subsoiler with mole attachment. as always, nice job!
I don’t like anti-seize either, not only does it get all over everything, but after a time it dries out and can be anything other than anti-seize in the end, it’s like glue and dirt in the threads compared to grease.
some of those old factories were probably built by train tracks and just had most of their stock delivered by rail I imagine.
Sad, same happened here in East Peoria, Illinois at the original Caterpillar plant where your swamp angel was built
@@squatch253I remember taking a tour in 1982 when I was in college for auto mechanics. It was mind boggling how much stuff was up in the rafters that came down to the line at just the right time. Still, not as efficient as a modern factory. Better used incorporated into the city.
I was hoping you wouldn't use it around your property,man it's rocky up there...Lol
WHERE DID YOU FIND YOUR PLOW, THE BACK GROUND WOULD BE OF INTREST TO ME. THANK'S.
Stupid question but where did you get those vise grips you used on drill
Press? Thanks
does that use any kind of trip device for rocks, if not, that explains why it never got used much after the original owner got thrown off the front of his tractor 😉
How old is this implement? Probably early 1930s I assume by the design. I'm amazed they still make square headed nuts and bolts. As for the Question of how much IH might have gone trough raw metal : probably at least ten tons per day.
You will steel the show with your rig Tobie, awesome
Unusual to see something that old in such great shape! What types of applications would the ripping plow be used for in back in the day?
Breaking sod for either fields or for roadways
@@squatch253 That explains the need for it in the days before 20 and 40 ton equipment packing down the soil!
Could you heat treat & blue those U channel cleats by heating them to cherry red & quenching them in used motor oil? That sub soiler deserves to be shedded out of the elements now you put those cleats on.
Now I know why mine won’t work
I know that you like a one off tool and I think you missed an opportunity. A half inch drive adaptor to fit on an angle finder torque wrench might have replaced the crescent wrench.
I was gonna fun I enjoyed that