Moldboard plowing, a blast from the past :: PICS

I know there is not too many people around that still moldboard plow so I thought some of you may enjoy these pictures. We still moldboard plow all of our corn on corn ground since we have always been please with the results. The ground warms up much faster and we don't have to deal with massive amounts of residue. We do no-till all of our beans and there has been some interest in going to strip-till on the corn so I'm sure the plow will be phased out eventually.

Anyways, enjoy the pictures and feel free to ask any questions.








In 2010 I finally figured out how to make the autosteer work for plowing, before that I just drove by hand.

Here is a video of it: http://www.youtube.com/user/DFarms001?blend=1&ob=video-mustangbase#p/u/9/mJG_ReAHAqU
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Here are some pictures from 2009 when I still drove by hand.
















Here is an example of strip-till.

That is some great looking dirt!!! What state? What is your
yield average?

If you think thats plowing come around this spring and I will put you on my 36 A and two bottom trip plow, then you will be able to smell that fresh dirt......now thats plowing! Enjoyed the photos very much..

A 36 "A", now thats more my speed!! This is me on my 70 Diesel a few years back. Thats a "R" and a Case 900 coming along behind me.


bill

(quoted from post at 11:51:22 01/15/12) That is some great looking dirt!!! What state? What is your
yield average?

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Thanks! I'm in IL. Continuous corn yields in the right conditions on the right ground on the right year have averaged 250-280 for us. That did not happen last year!

Animal and billonthefarm,

Thanks alot!

We still take time and get some of the 2 cylinders out every year to plow. In 2010 we plowed with a pair of 720 diesels and one A, in 2011 is was the 830, a 3010, and one A.

We have alot of fun each time, I'll try to see if I can find some pictures.

Great pics and thanks. But I hear ya Animal. I started out plowing with a Oliver 66 and a single bottom, steel wheeled trailer plow and then I really moved up to a Deere 60 with a 3 bottom Oliver radex plow.

I didn't realize you can get yields like that.

Ray I have and use a 3 bottom rooster comb plow, I think they do a fine job, the only beef I have with it is I love to watch it lift, and almost fell off the tractor not paying attention. Also factory farmer, do they serve cocktails in that suite, or are you stuck on beer like us guys with the convertables?

Please reduce your pixel settings in your camera a couple stops.
In SD we are already thinking big time drought this summer. No one going to do any more tillage than absolutlely necessary.

Hate to say it but I'm not too impressed. All my equipment combined is worth less than the tires on your tractor. Come out and chisel with my 1970's junk and you'll see what its all about. Running the equipment is easy compared to keeping the equipment running. I still haven't figured out what the Big Timers with new equipment do all Winter while the guys with full time jobs off farm work on their old equipment.

(quoted from post at 19:15:18 01/18/12) Also factory farmer, do they serve cocktails in that suite, or are you stuck on beer like us guys with the convertables?

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Nope. I'm not high enough in the chain of command to get cocktails :wink:

(quoted from post at 18:34:26 01/21/12) Hate to say it but I'm not too impressed. All my equipment combined is worth less than the tires on your tractor. Come out and chisel with my 1970's junk and you'll see what its all about. Running the equipment is easy compared to keeping the equipment running. I still haven't figured out what the Big Timers with new equipment do all Winter while the guys with full time jobs off farm work on their old equipment.

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Ok I'm going to be nice.

#1. I'm not trying to impress anyone. I just thought I'd share a couple of pictures because it seems like nobody plows anymore.

#2. Believe it or not, I grew up running 4430's and 4840's and to this day we still use them. We run our equipment until either A, it does not fit our needs anymore or B, it costs more for the upkeep then it does to run it. When the hour meters roll over at least once they really arn't what they used to be. We don't trade equipment every year and we know how to work on it. With the exception of two newer tractors everything we have has been through out shop at least twice to be overhauled. Heck, all of our corn was planted with a 1976 16 row Kinze planter up until 2006. We rebuilt it every two years and kept everything in good shape and it worked perfectly. We would still be using it today if we had no picked up a few more acres and needed a 24 row planter.

Want to know what our main planting griancart tractor is?

A 4850 with around 9500 hours, just overhauled it for the second time. Most years we put 4-600 hours on this tractor and we have no problem with that. In fact, I think it will be here for another 9500 hours since it is such a good tractor.


#3. I know there are some guys who don't work on their equipment and trade every year but we don't fit into that category. If a tractor needs overhauled we overhaul it. If a planter needs rebuilt we rebuild it. Not to mention there is a dairy to keep us even more busy when not working on equipment. And we don't run with the "big timers." We're just a single family just making a living like everyone else. We don't drive brand new pickups and we don't have a big, brand new, spotless shop.

So in the future I wouldn't go off making assumptions about a certain farm without knowing the facts first.