trouble with JD 44 plow

riverbend

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This plow is not turning the front slice over completely. You can see the paint is not worn off the top of the front
moldboard. What do you think is wrong with it ? The moldboard is a fairly new Wiese moldboard.

Thanks

Greg
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Probably nothing.IS it still plowing level?If not,adjustmant is required.I have seen many new/rusty moldboards do that.You just need to plow more acres
 
What size frame do you have, small, medium or large? Think it will be medium that by moving front shank to rear and rear to front will change cutting width from 12" to 14" or reverce. On large frame change those figures to 14" and 16". Small frame is 10" & 12". Looking at the picture I would say you have the shanks set for the wide cut but for that the furrow wheel needs to be set in the wide position and you do that by turning inside to outside. It looks like yours is turned in so that would keep the front bottom from taking a full cut and that will make them do what you show. Try just turning that wheel around and then setting the plow so it takes a 2" wider cut with the front bottom. I think the tire is just running too close to the furrow wall that it cannot make a full with cut with the front bottom. Also might have to move the tilt lever so that front bottom cuts a bit deeper. Is the tail wheel also set in the correct position for width of cut. And on that plow you cannot tell width of cut by measuring between beems because of the offset part of the vertical shanks, Measuring the beem width would tell you it is a 11", 13" or 15" plow.
 
I think it is the large frame. The shears are 16". The offsets on the shanks are set to the outside. I'll check the furrow and tail wheels. That would sure be a simple fix. Thanks.

Greg
 
I know, I am a little behind on plowing this year. I have another 44 that has about the same number of acres on the moldboards (genuine JD, $$$, but if they last like the originals...) and they are shiny all the way up. The plow can be set to produce two level furrows. The problem in the field is that it is not getting the winter rye turned completely under. Besides looking messy, it will try to keep growing.

Greg
 
Without having one here to look at I cannot be sure but it looks like it is in the in position as the spokes are very close to the end of the hub. So I don't think the other side could be any shorter. One side the spokes are close to end of hub, other they would be 2" farther away from end of hub.
 
Your wheel needs to be turned around so the long hub is to the inside for 16" bottoms. The offset to your coulter shanks should be to the front. In the first picture they appear to be swung around. How deep are you running? A 16" bottom should be plowing 8" deep.
 
It's hard to tell from the picture but how far away from the bottom is the cutter set? If it is set too close the furrow slice won't be a full one. Also, how fast are you plowing? Too slow a speed will also cause the bottom to not be fully utilized. Mike
 
Probably just the way the picture makes it look but it sure looks like the front beam has a tweet to it. Again, probably just the way the picture makes it look. Bob
 
That furrow wheel is turned the wrong way, the longer part of the wheel hub should be facing in toward the frame to space the wheel out for the 16" setting. This will help you get a full 16" cut on the front bottom.

As someone else mentioned, the coulter setting can affect the 'width of cut', but if you're coulter is set 1/2" to 3/4" toward the unplowed ground from its respective bottom, then you're about right and can rule that out as a cause to the uneven scouring as pictured.

Something else to consider is if your plow is slightly un-level fore-aft then the clevis jaws (triangular shaped flat metal that connects the hitch to the plow frame) may need to be adjusted up one setting. Additionally the rear wheel might need some adjustment if it would allow the rear of the plow to go to low. When set properly, the rear wheel will keep the bottom of the rear landside about 3/8" up from the bottom or sole of the furrow and about the same from the furrow wall.

Hope this helps. 1st try flipping the wheel around and see what happens.

The operator manual for the 44 goes into the above adjustments and more.

Tyler in IL
 

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