Around here in the mountains just about all farmland is hillsides,but in 37 years that I've been here I have never seen a two way plow. I guess the old farmers here never worried about erosion. Well I do try to prevent erosion on my hillsides but without a two way plow I have to plow and throw the dirt up hill and when I get to the end I pick the plow up turn around and drive back to the other end and start the next furrow. Anybody else ever had to do it this way?
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farmall300u
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I have an old M and a 3-14 trip plow I still use on side hills in upstate NY. I also plow one way. I have thought about a 2-way plow, but would need to upgrade the tractor I think.
TomA in CA
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Our ranch is too steep to turn most of it uphill. On a lot of it I will plow one way withthe D4 and 4-14" plow, turn around and go back empty.
My grandfather and greatgrandfather plowed with a team and a single bottom 2 way plow called a Knapp sidehill plow made in Half Moon Bay, CA
My grandfather and greatgrandfather plowed with a team and a single bottom 2 way plow called a Knapp sidehill plow made in Half Moon Bay, CA
Yep sure do here in pa! Usually I will throw everything up hill my first year on a new piece of weeds I get to lay the strips nice and even! stinks plowing this way but o well! my five bottom cost me 500 my neighbors new 5 bottom roll over plow cost him 36000! I can drive across a field many times with 35500 dollars worth of fuel! then the following year I will throw one up and one down then do it the opposite the year after that so far so good!
I don't know what mountains you live in,but these hillside turning plows seem to be as common as rocks in eastern Kentucky and East Tennessee. I've hauled two of them home to Michigan,a wood beam and a steel beam,just because you never see them up here. I was watching the movie Sergeant York on the 4th of July and in a couple of scenes he was plowing one.
They'll plow either way. You get to the end of the field,kick a latch,lift it up and turn the bottom over,turn the mule around and plow right back in the other direction.
They'll plow either way. You get to the end of the field,kick a latch,lift it up and turn the bottom over,turn the mule around and plow right back in the other direction.
coonie minnie
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I'm not sure where you are, but if you are concerned about erosion, consider no-till.
No picking stones. Minimze erosion. In many cases, increase, yes increase, yields!
No picking stones. Minimze erosion. In many cases, increase, yes increase, yields!
jared in wi
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I had a similar question last spring and got a lot of help on here. Search the implement forum. I found a JD 3 x 18" 4200 on Tractorhouse. $4900 including shipping from PA to WI. Some of the parts at Deere are NA but I am finding all the wear parts for it, left and right. Get a manual to set it up right. Once I got it set up right it pulled like a dream. But it is heavy.
Like someone said, you may also want to consider some form of minimum tillage if your soil is suitable for it. Paul
Like someone said, you may also want to consider some form of minimum tillage if your soil is suitable for it. Paul
MARK ROBKE
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So when are you going to SHINE them up? I bet shiny ones are even more rare!
I attended the 50th anniversary plowing championship reunion in Peebles Ohio in 2007. They had a bunch of demonstrations including horses plowing.It was the only time I saw horses plowing or shiny horse drawn plows. They offered to let volunteers try their hand at plowing with the horses,but I declined. I now wish I had.Oh Well!!Mark
I attended the 50th anniversary plowing championship reunion in Peebles Ohio in 2007. They had a bunch of demonstrations including horses plowing.It was the only time I saw horses plowing or shiny horse drawn plows. They offered to let volunteers try their hand at plowing with the horses,but I declined. I now wish I had.Oh Well!!Mark
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