Hey Jason!!

Tony in Mass.

Well-known Member
I had another 'coulter vs. blood pressure' fight today. The Dearborn-Lindeman flip over I bought last year? with the coulter still on it? I never used it before... it didn't really get used today. The plow point just couldn't get a bite with this thing rolling on the solid ground the way it was...
So if you are still collecting coulters, there is one somewhere in my neighbor's place... I didn't think I could throw it that far, my muscle tone must be coming back from losing it all winter...
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(quoted from post at 02:22:45 04/22/14) I had another 'coulter vs. blood pressure' fight today. The Dearborn-Lindeman flip over I bought last year? with the coulter still on it? I never used it before... it didn't really get used today. The plow point just couldn't get a bite with this thing rolling on the solid ground the way it was...
So if you are still collecting coulters, there is one somewhere in my neighbor's place... I didn't think I could throw it that far, my muscle tone must be coming back from losing it all winter...
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Did you have the coulter adjusted two fingers width up from the share? Now that I have them on my plow I wouldn't go back to not using them. I plowed some sod last week that had never been plowed before. I got everything dialed in and was pretty happy with the results.

A shot of the jointer or skimmer working
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The results when finished

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Oh? 2 finger adjustment? No, sorry. I did a 5 finger adjustment- right over the fence....
Now I know why the old timers up north disc harrowed the spot first, then plowed. Then disc harrowed again... It seemed like a waste of fuel to me, but I see the ..desperation... I'll get that plow to do what I want, someday, not today... to many fingers in the fire....
 
In the midwest the ground has been super dry the last several
years, so getting a plow to go in generally depending on how the
top link was adjusted. It has to be cranked in so that the point
of the plow is forced down.
Other choice is to pile all your junk on the plow to get extra
weight on the plow to go in. I started with a 3 bottom, the a two
bottom, and no luck going in ground, so got the old 1 bottom
pull type. It really went in, but had trouble pulling it. Those big
chunks were a real nightmare to disk. Got it worked down and
got a good crop of wheat growing on it.
Maybe it was the spinning tires that loosen up so of the ground.
 
I guess I got the cards stacked against me with this one Stormin. You win the local cigar!
I bought a stripped down one years ago just for the heck of it. No coulter, no fancy top link. It was welded to plow right hand only, I freed the left one up, got a tractor supply top link, a coat of Rustoleum, that's all. Boy that one can plow circles around this almost factory 'Dearborn-Lindeman'. This coo coo clock top link don't get any longer or shorter- even if the weather changes! The coulter's side to side swing isn't much to write home about either. Maybe a good thing John Deere bought the outfit?
This patch of dirt was hard as a rock here too.
Doesn't seem to be a popular idea on these forums, but certain implements for certain soil conditions seem to be why there has been lots of new ideas and better mousetraps since people were pulling a tree branch with an ox....
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