Hillside vs 3pt Plow

Bill VA

Well-known Member
Help me understand - the purpose of a hillside plow is that it can be adjusted such that it rides a little further to the right (as one sets on the tractor) and in doing so, follows the tractor same as a plow would on flat ground. In other words, the hillside plow compensated for the tendency of the plow to be pushed down hill as it is being pulled.

I'm also thinking the hillside plow and it's adjustments were required for a drawbar pulled plow - where there is only one hitch point and around that the plow can somewhat pivot to the down hill side as it is being pulled along.

However, with a 3pt plow, you have two connections via the lower lift arms and (though I've never used them with a moldboard plow) the potential to use a stabilizer bar on the right side lift arm to keep the plow steady.

Question is - is there any need for a hillside plow with a 3 point hitch?

Also - please straighten me out if I a totally wrong about the whole hillside plow concept.

Thanks!
Bill
 
You are probably thinking Hillside hitch for pull-type plows. For 3-point plows, the rear furrow wheel is what keeps the plow from swinging downhill.
 
Hilside plow is also considered anouther name for a 2 way plow so you would have a left hand as well as a right hand bottom and would be able to plow going both ways around the hill instead of running empty one way.
 
Must be the case. I've got four hillsides here. The Vulcans say hillside right on them. They roll over and plow left of right.
 
Bill,
You may be thinking of a plow with a side hill control hitch (at least that's what they're called around here). The hitch will slide left or right (using a hydraulic cylinder), which moves the plow left and right. When you're turning ground uphill, you slide it to the right, when you're turning downhill you slide it to the left. It's a nice feature, but I've only seen them on semi-mounted plows.
I don't have great luck with three point plows on side hills
Pete
 
Yes - that's what I'm thinking. A plow with an adjustment to move it right when you are plowing around. Never considered left movement and plowing down hill - learn something new every day!

I've got some hills I'm considering putting a plow to, but all I have is a 3pt plow. I thought via the two lift arms, it might hold it's position better than a pull behind.

Might have to rethink this.

Thanks!
Bill
 
The older (30's up) pull type plows had a option in that it was a lever mounted solidy to the axle that was conceted to the swinging drawbar and moving that lever you could change the position of the hitch to adjust for that. That is where his semi-mount control comes from but it is not actually a hillside unit but for when you have different soil types in same field and one type wants to let plow pull straight and a second wants to make the front bottom cut narrower while still a different type will cut wider. They are desireable by plowers in the antique tractor class for compition plowing as to get the correct placement for that last furrow they can move the hitch possibly just a half inch for several rounds to get that last furrow in correct position. Some 3 point plows have a lever on the cross arm to do approximatly same thing. But none of these are for hillside work. Just normal field adjustments. The only hillside plow is one that you can throw the dirt up no mater the direction you are driving so you do not have to drive empty back for every pass. That is what you would need to do unless you could just plow cirirls around the top of the hill.
 

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