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Re: Why a disc plow?
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Posted by Gary on February 14, 2003 at 06:24:51 from (205.188.209.141):
In Reply to: Why a disc plow? posted by Loren on February 14, 2003 at 04:56:31:
That photo of a disc plow with several blades is actually a "one way" mostly used in wheatland countries. A disc PLOW was used primarily for plowing "new ground" or rocky land, etc. They would cut right through roots, etc. They left the ground terribly rough, however. We kept a John Deere three bottom we bought new in 1952 in Missouri for the new ground and also for plowing in the river bottom gumbo in the dry fall when a moldboard plow just wouldn't go in the ground. When using a 3 point hitch type, you had to fix the top link so it wouldn't push in and your draft control pick it up out of the ground
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