William Fissell
Member
Hi,
I recently test drove my (new) Dearborn 10-80 on a friends field. I recently acquired it, replaced the shot bearings and the worn discs.
He wants to flip over about 1 acre of sod and plant a cover crop on top while the sod slowly decomposes, so he can plant crops next year.
The 10-80 printed instructions make it sound like any moldboard plow. I leveled it side to side and fore and aft, and connected it to the bottom hole of the top link.
It made some nice cuts for a short distance, but then tended to pull up and out. It never cut more than about 4-5" deep, which seems shallow.
It has the massive cast-iron weight its supposed to.
Suggestions? Plow speed? Position control? (this tractor only has draft, and is also new to me).
thanks in advance.
Bill
I recently test drove my (new) Dearborn 10-80 on a friends field. I recently acquired it, replaced the shot bearings and the worn discs.
He wants to flip over about 1 acre of sod and plant a cover crop on top while the sod slowly decomposes, so he can plant crops next year.
The 10-80 printed instructions make it sound like any moldboard plow. I leveled it side to side and fore and aft, and connected it to the bottom hole of the top link.
It made some nice cuts for a short distance, but then tended to pull up and out. It never cut more than about 4-5" deep, which seems shallow.
It has the massive cast-iron weight its supposed to.
Suggestions? Plow speed? Position control? (this tractor only has draft, and is also new to me).
thanks in advance.
Bill