IH 720 plow

Don656 · Sep 17, 2014

How big of a tractor (i.e. how much horsepower) would it take to pull an IH 720 4 X 16 plow?

Don-Wi · Sep 17, 2014

Depends on the soil. "here" in our area it takes a solid 100 HP to pull 4-16's. In other areas, they claim as few as 50-55 will do.

Donovan from Wisconsin

RickB · Sep 17, 2014

I pulled a 720 with 4-18"s for a lot of years with a '71 Deere 3020D. But the 4240 that came along later handled it much better. Our soils would be called light by most.

Lars(w texas) · Sep 20, 2014

I plowed w/ a 856 for years 720 5x16 and a 5x18. L3, TA in forward position most of the time. Wide open throttle. We did have a 200 acre tract of what the locals called 'push dirt' that you could plow in H1 TA ahead if you wanted. Most of our land was clay loam, a little was red clay that you needed L2 or L1.
The land was in central Dane County, west of Madison.

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