Hello, I got a three bottom plow in the fall and went to use it for the first time and turns out my 1959 Ford 841 doesn"t have enough power/weight to pull it with shares down more than about 4 inches. My intention was to trip a bottom if I had this problem, and tie it up some how so was out of the dirt so I could use just two bottoms. Problem is I can"t figure out how to do this. Did my best to loosen it up with plenty of Gibbs and WD 40, then banged as best as I could with a 8# sledge on a board on the share. (Trying to imitate a rock in the ground, but just left me feeling like I have a box of rocks in my head.) Took all the nuts and bolts off the frame to plow connection to separate that and thats rusted together to.
Thinking about putting fluid in the tires but I already have about 240# of weights on each one. I"d rather just plow with two bottoms.
Any body have any ideas? (Hopefully the pictures come through, don"t worry that mud was dirt when I attempted to plow, but with the rain we"ve had it"ll be a while before I get back out there.) Our soil is pretty sandy and not real heavy. Thinking i"d ought to sharpen the share with a grinder (doing my best not to heat them up) does that sound like a good idea?
I"d heard that plowing was a bit of an art and am starting to realize what people mean. I am just plowing for about an acre of vegetables. I have a disk harrow that works well to finish the job.
Thanks
Thinking about putting fluid in the tires but I already have about 240# of weights on each one. I"d rather just plow with two bottoms.
Any body have any ideas? (Hopefully the pictures come through, don"t worry that mud was dirt when I attempted to plow, but with the rain we"ve had it"ll be a while before I get back out there.) Our soil is pretty sandy and not real heavy. Thinking i"d ought to sharpen the share with a grinder (doing my best not to heat them up) does that sound like a good idea?
I"d heard that plowing was a bit of an art and am starting to realize what people mean. I am just plowing for about an acre of vegetables. I have a disk harrow that works well to finish the job.
Thanks