Re-Inserting The Suck

Allan in NE · Mar 19, 2015

Givin' the plow a tune up this year.

Allan

showcrop · Mar 19, 2015

now you'll be compacting your soil, LOL.

Mike M · Mar 19, 2015

plowing the sky must be pretty abrasive ? LOL

the tractor vet · Mar 19, 2015

Always loved to plow from my first time with a 2 bottom drag plow behind and Oliver O C 3 on up to the Massey 1805 with 7 bottoms onland . But now we have moved away from the moldboard to deep ripping . Last fall we added upper shank pieces to get a little more upper soil movement and fracture . We not only break up the hard pan from years of moldboard plowing but it is faster and it allows the water to drain deeper and the ground to dry out faster and warm faster . Now the down side to this is that it takes a bunch of pony power. The plus side is that we need not do this every year on every field that we plant . We will still keep the old 710 five bottoms but only use them about once every five or six years to turn under the hay fields then after the corn is taken off the first year then run the ripper thru it in the fall and we are good to go for three years .

Allan in NE · Mar 19, 2015

Yep,

I haven't upset it for a number of years now. Time to turn 'er upsidedown again.

Allan

donjr · Mar 19, 2015

I haven't had a set of plows on a tractor for more than ten years. My yields approach 200 bpa and the cover crops we use have loosened any plow layer we used to have.

You aren't, by any chance, in the market for a set of IH four bottom plows, are you????

Allan in NE · Mar 19, 2015

No,

But, I'd sure entertain the idea of a 6-bottom spinner. The cheapest one I can find, they're asking $16K for.....too rich for my blood. :>(

Allan

the tractor vet · Mar 19, 2015

Ya may want to do a hard pan check and see how much hard pan you do have . When we did this we were amazed as we had a six inch hard pan. and took some real pony power to break thru . Now when it gets dry the corn can put it's roots down where there is still moisture . When it is wet the water can go down thru faster . Get one of them hardpan probes and do some checking .I know your in a dry area , might help on your wheat crop some.

60 acre hillside · Mar 19, 2015

You do not plow the sky. That plow is for use in South America and Australia

Mike (WA) · Mar 19, 2015

You need to get a REAL rollover, Allan-

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