anyone know why JD drilled/cast this hole is into the plow's tailwheel?

   / anyone know why JD drilled/cast this hole is into the plow's tailwheel? #1  

disney

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scag turf tiger 61" #2, gx95, sold f525 twice, f725 sold
Greetings all. I am learning about this plow I recently acquired, and am curious to know why it may be there. The hole is just big enough to stick your thumb in, and more oval than round.

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   / anyone know why JD drilled/cast this hole is into the plow's tailwheel? #2  
This is all conjecture. The hole is oval because it was stamped in when the part was in the flat. It could be a drive hole for the stamping press. It could be a drive hole for a subsequence turning operation or roll forming operation. It was used as a hanging point for the paint line. It was a drain hole for when the parts were stacked and were salt bath hardened or quenched and hardened. That's all I can come up with.
 
   / anyone know why JD drilled/cast this hole is into the plow's tailwheel? #4  
Bullet hole from the Seminole Wars.
 
   / anyone know why JD drilled/cast this hole is into the plow's tailwheel? #5  
I once asked my grand pappy why he was out in the yard digging a hole. He said: “Well, son …” ...but never finished the sentence. I really wish he had because now it just a hole in the ground that water collects in and I can’t see what’s at the bottom.
 
   / anyone know why JD drilled/cast this hole is into the plow's tailwheel? #6  
Wow. I think im decently clever but i give good odds Oldtimer's list already has the winner in it. A 5 post thread about a silly subject and ive both learned and laughed already.. good times. :cool:
 
 

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