Case 311B How many Plows??

Hey all,

I have a case 311b and would like to break some ground on some property I bought to put in a food plot. Have no idea if the ground has ever been worked but it has a pretty good sod base and some sandy semi-rocky ground under it. Located in south east WI. The land is dead flat and I'm only talking like 1.5 acres.

The question is how much plow can a 311B with triple range handle? Looking for some advise.

Thanks!

I would look for a set of Eagle Hitch 2-14 or 2-16 plows. Regular 3 point plows will probably work on your 311b, but I would prefer Case plows.

We used grampa's 3pt Deere 2-14's on our 311b and they worked fine.

Here's a pic of a Case 2-16 plow for the311B

Your tractor will handle a 3-14 if absolutely everything is in very good shape. However, with a 3-14, the type of bottoms will dictate the quality of the job. That is, unless you are plowing lighter than average soil, you will have no power to spare and a stubble bottom (the common EX-bottom) needs to pull around 5 mph to give you good results in sod, without "doctoring" to make it cover trash and keep the furrow slice from occasionally falling back into the furrow. The blacksmith type bottoms work out better when they are doctored to run at a slower speed. The 311b has slightly less power than a late SC, and I have been doing a lot of plowing with my 54' SC (with a fresh rebuild and a somewhat raised compression ratio)and both a 2-14 (FS-bottoms with the plow doctored for slow pulling in sod) and a 3-14 (stock EX-bottoms) eagle hitch plow. My SC will barely pull in second ("5 mph"-ish) with the 3-14 in damp clay sod, and it takes two sets of wheel weights to get traction in first (and this plow doesn't completely cover trash taller than 8" in first). However, I can pull the 2-14 in any gear except road gear. I even made some rounds, in second gear, in wet-clay with 1" of water sitting in the bottom of the previous furrow. I think that you will be far happier with a 2-bottom plow than with a 3-bottom plow.

We always pulled a BER 3-14 with our 300 round nose. It pulled them well in direct 2nd., and L3 in heavier ground.
Loren

(quoted from post at 19:40:38 06/25/15) Hey all,

I have a case 311b and would like to break some ground on some property I bought to put in a food plot. Have no idea if the ground has ever been worked but it has a pretty good sod base and some sandy semi-rocky ground under it. Located in south east WI. The land is dead flat and I'm only talking like 1.5 acres.

The question is how much plow can a 311B with triple range handle? Looking for some advise.

Thanks!

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What are you planning to plant in your food plot? I'm guessing this food plot will be for deer? You might be better off with a small disc to work up the soil just enough to make a seed bed.

Sorry for the delay. Yes this will be food plot for deer, probably broadcast seeds of some type then drag over them.

I was thinking about just getting a disc, but I was not sure I would be able to break up the ground enough.

Here is a pic of the type of stuff I am dealing with. Seems line a pretty heavy sod base.

in my part of eastern wi 2-14 max heavy clay soil, the grass mowed pix is ok, take a shovel and dig what color ground do you have. I have red clay, blue clay, rocky, and nice loam all with in 1/2 mile... Nebraska Tests should have been here...

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Sorry for the delay. Yes this will be food plot for deer, probably broadcast seeds of some type then drag over them.

I was thinking about just getting a disc, but I was not sure I would be able to break up the ground enough.

Here is a pic of the type of stuff I am dealing with. Seems line a pretty heavy sod base.

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What kind of plant are you going to put in your food plot? If you are planting corn you'll need a plow to turn over that sod. If you are planting clover a disc would work alright. To plant clover you only need to break up a couple of inches of soil on the top. It would be best to do this in the late fall before the ground freezes. Run the disc over the ground until the soil is loosened. Then broadcast the clover seed. The rain and snow over the winter will do the rest for you. When it warms up in the spring the clover should germinate and start growing.