Tractor-Drawn Double-Bottom Plow #2
Posted by: brwhiz
N 39° 53.182 W 087° 18.250
16S E 473993 N 4415189
This piece of Old Agricultural Equipment is on display in an improvised quasi-museum called Patton's Corner along a well-traveled route used by tourists to visit the covered bridges for which Parke County is famous.
Waymark Code: WMHHE6
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2013
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A local farmer, probably with the last name of Patton, has become a magnet for all of the old agricultural implements and tools that other farmers in the area want to clear off their land. So he has improvised this display for passing tourists to stop and view.
This is the second plow of this general type at this location. The method of adjusting the depth of cut of the slitting discs in front of the plowshares differs greatly between the two different models.
The double-bottom plow could turn twice as much soil in a single pass but took proportionally more power to pull it. This plow was almost certainly pulled by a tractor since there is no place for an operator to sit on the plow.