International 420 to furrow plow with Massey 35 tractor ques

Cormiers Cove · May 1, 2019

Can I run a International 420 two bottom plow with my Massey Ferguson 35 deluxe tractor or am I being too optimistic? Do I have enough tractor for this set up?. 16 inch bottoms with coltours. See photo

The ground is old pasture land that was farmed years ago but hasn't been plowed in 30 to 40 years.

What sort of problems or adjustments am I going to run into.

Thanks to all the experienced guys out there.

NY 986 · May 1, 2019

Should be enough power even under moderately difficult conditions if in good operating condition. Now if the tractor is in need of an overhaul or a clutch then I guarantee
nothing. When starting out level the plow once in the ground from side to side and front to back then adjust from there. Once adjusted the front and back bottoms should
have the same depth of cut. Shares should have much of their leading edge left to go to desired depth in the ground. Shares worn nearly even with the frog (support) will
have a difficult time entering the ground. Some soils can be very dense leaving it desired to have rainfall to aid in getting the plow into the ground. Numbers are stamped into most shares so that can be used to obtain new shares locally or through a catalog outfit such as Shoup.

495man · May 2, 2019

(quoted from post at 14:12:40 05/01/19) Can I run a International 420 two bottom plow with my Massey Ferguson 35 deluxe tractor or am I being too optimistic? Do I have enough tractor for this set up?. 16 inch bottoms with coltours. See photo

The ground is old pasture land that was farmed years ago but hasn't been plowed in 30 to 40 years.

What sort of problems or adjustments am I going to run into.

Thanks to all the experienced guys out there.

You should be good. Key thing is to make sure your first furrow is set to the right width. You may need to move the plow on the cross shaft (looks like it has set collars and a nut on the rod the lower pins are on) and/or move your wheels in or out.

Easy way to set up is mount plow to tractor, drive left hand front and rear tires up on 8" high blocks (16 divide 2 = 8") and then level the plow with top link and right hand leveling box until the plow sits perfectly level on the ground. Place a straight edge along the inside of the first bottom so it runs between the rear wheel. You can measure the distance of the straight edge to the inside of the right hand rear tire. If it is 16" no adjustments needed. If not 16", adjust plow on cross shaft, it you can't get enough movement, you may have to adjust your rear wheels.

BarnyardEngineering · May 3, 2019

There is an instructional video on setting up a 3pt plow on youtube. Look up "Everything Attachments"

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