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Plowing with a Moldboard

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Eric Foster

06-04-2005 07:34:18




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All,

Since my harddrive crashed, I lost a message where a fella went into detail about setting up and plowing with a moldboard plow. Can anyone steer me in the right direction?

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Eric




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Texas Denny

06-05-2005 10:17:25




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 Re: Plowing with a Moldboard in reply to Eric Foster, 06-04-2005 07:34:18  
Eric, this may be obvious. You need to get the tractor lined up with the plow. If it is mounted, this means adjusting the wheel spacing. If it is pull type, the hitch must be setup in the correct position and again, wheel spacing may need to be adjusted so the plow follows the tractor in the correct position. The hitch should pull from about 4" from the center of the plow width. A 2-16 pulls best at 20" from the dead furrow. A 3-16 pulls best from 28" from the dead furrow. Plows will work reasonably well with differences from these positions but will either pull harder or wander a little bit.

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toddhamilton

06-04-2005 13:45:05




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 Re: Plowing with a Moldboard in reply to Eric Foster, 06-04-2005 07:34:18  
Drive straight! When laying off a land (section to be plowed) you will probably have to adjust the front of the plow so that the points (plowshears) will break the crust so the moldboards will go into the ground. Adjust your plow to the desired depth and make sure that the overturned ground is level from the front moldboard to the back. After the first round you will need to adjust the level of the plow as the front moldboard will not have to break as much ground when running next to the furrow. Drive the right wheel of the tractor in the furrow where the overturned ground will cover the furrow and lay level to the previous round. Depending on whether you start in the middle of the field or the outside you will have "dead furrows" to fill in at the end. Again, adjust the plow to make the turned ground as level as possible. Plow the ends of the field last. Any other suggestions from the board are welcome since I have not pulled a breaking plow since 1978.

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