Jennifer408 landplane

DeltaRed

Well-known Member
You were asking about GPS. not needed. you simply
drine across the field in the general direction of
water flow.Either go back and forth(like
disking...),or in 'lands' to make turning a bit
easier.Our fields range from flat to some
grade.The 'leveling' action is "automatic".In
fact,the machine even has the word"automatic" in
it's name! The Eversman 'Automatic' Land
leveler.It has a depth 'gauge' of sorts.You just
set it in your desired position.You can also lift
or lower the blade at will(via hydralics) to
cut/fill problem areas.'Landplanes/levelers have
been around since irrigation...Starting with a horse drawn
wooden 'float'/drag,to the new modern laser/GPS
outfits.Most guys still use the type that I am
useing.With the leveler,you go slow-4 mph +/-.You
go faster,the outfit will bounce and not do it's
job.Running slower also gives the machine more time to 'work'.I run in 3rd gear just under pto speed.Most of
the time it does not require excessive
horsepower(the '7' is around 90 hp),there times
when it can stall 150 horses,too.Hope this
helps.These are all the pics I have.Steve
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ok, thanks for the reply, schooling and pics :) i seen one in cl but it looked so big that i would be trying to figure out how to turn it around all day. plus my biggest tractor is only 50 hp, im just small potatoes.
congrats on pulling yourself up from your boot straps when you were 26 and making it work the second time around. :)
 
We have one like that. Mainly used to fill in washes with. I let my neighbor borrow it, but only on the condition that he stores it. It's way to long and wide to find a home in a building here.
 
Thanks for the info on how a plane works. Have seen pictures of them for many yrs. Never was around one in the Midwest. clint
 
Mountain runoff/snowmelt. Stored in reservoirs.Distributed by a very extencive system of canals.Most,if not all lakes/reservoirs here in the west are mainly there for irrigation. The 'recreation' is a side benefit.
 
My current 'plane' is 12' wide.Modle
4012(12'wide x 40' long) 70 horse will pull it if
not too deep.My previous one was 9ft wide.I pulled
it for years over hundreds of acres with a
SuperM.Eversman at one time made a 6 ft modle,the
PL-9.Some of them had a seat and could be pulled
with horses.It was a very simple straight machine
on (2)steel wheels about 15-20 ft long with a rope
trip! The biggest 'camelback' that I know of is
the model 4514.Now there are huge 3 point modles
that are 24 ft and wider.Those can use GPS/lasers.
Pictured is the 'old' 329(9'wide x 32' long) as I
was hauling it to the sale couple years ago...
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