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Jeff McBride

01-22-2007 20:35:50




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How much different is it to plow with a plow with coulters verses one without coulters? I have only plowed with- I can get a plow for 200 smackers less for one without than one with coulters. I guess this is like a poll so thanks for all replies in advance
J McBride




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MF Poor

01-23-2007 15:37:04




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 Re: Plow Coulters in reply to Jeff McBride, 01-22-2007 20:35:50  
I"ve plowed with coulters when they probably weren"t needed. I"ve plowed without them exactly one time when they were needed. From that point forward I never owned a plow without them.



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Hugh MacKay

01-23-2007 11:59:23




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 Re: Plow Coulters in reply to Jeff McBride, 01-22-2007 20:35:50  
Jeff: Heavy sod is just about impossible to plow without coulters. Also plowing without coulters only increase wear on other parts of the plow, particularly the shin, but the increased wear also affect landside and point. I expect plowing without coulters also increases fuel consumption.

Basically a more expensive way to plow.



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paul

01-23-2007 10:59:35




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 Re: Plow Coulters in reply to Jeff McBride, 01-22-2007 20:35:50  
It will depend on your soil type & what sort of trash is on the soil. No way to really help you on this, unless we know more, and even then it can vary a bit year to year.

I've always plowed with coulters, or the raw cornstalks or oats straw or tall clover will plug up the plow. But one needs big, good, new coulters to begin with. Plowing down 175 bu/ acre cornstalks on clay/peat ground right behind the combine takes a plow set up really well. I couldn't get 50 feet without coulters. I've tried.

--->Paul

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Dave Sherburne NY

01-23-2007 07:37:59




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 Re: Plow Coulters in reply to Jeff McBride, 01-22-2007 20:35:50  
Back in the old days we took the coulters off
when plowing corn stubble to save wear and tear on
the coulters. Most corn was chopped back then. If
it was picked, the stalks were disked to break them
up then plower. Coulters were used on sodground,
and removed for corn.



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Scott Griffith

01-23-2007 06:26:20




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 Re: Plow Coulters in reply to Jeff McBride, 01-22-2007 20:35:50  
I plowed a couple of weeks ago with a 55 ABH plow and noticed that I had to plow deep in order to keep the plow from clogging. I had mowed the field and the coulters needed to be adusted down on my plow in order to cut the scrub and keep it from clogging up my plow. I have a #52 that likes to get clogged because it has none on it. Remember I'm talking about Georgia soil which may be different than other types. So in Georgia, sharp or not, I'm glad I have coulters on the 55ABH. It really helps with the weed stalks etc.

my humble two cents...

Scott Griffith

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El Toro

01-23-2007 13:19:18




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 Re: Plow Coulters in reply to Scott Griffith, 01-23-2007 06:26:20  
My late brother-in-law bought a 55 acre farm in western GA when he retired from the Army. He thought he would make a fortune from it when that
Interstate was built from Birmingham AL to Atlanta. It just missed the farm by about one mile. They rented the farm to a truck driver and he raised hogs and he spread all that manure on his garden. He grew enormous sweet potatoes.
After he died my sister-in-law sold the farm. Now she says she should have kept it. I should have bought it myself. It just had a cabin on it, but you could've built a house or put one of those modular homes on it. It was about 50 miles from Atlanta with the Interstate one mile away. Hal
PS: I will think of that little town that was near.

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MyrlfromPA

01-23-2007 04:28:50




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 Re: Plow Coulters in reply to Jeff McBride, 01-22-2007 20:35:50  
Coulters are very useful for plowing tough sod and cornstalks but they must be adjusted right and also must be sharp ,rustfree, and turn freely or they are more bother that they are worth. That is why there is a lot of them that was turned upside down on many plows.



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El Toro

01-23-2007 04:25:41




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 Re: Plow Coulters in reply to Jeff McBride, 01-22-2007 20:35:50  
I think coulters may be ok when plowing sod to slice through the grass. I don't use them anymore. Hal



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Tx Jim

01-23-2007 03:27:00




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 Re: Plow Coulters in reply to Jeff McBride, 01-22-2007 20:35:50  
Glen,your right that's why on so many older moldboards the coulters are missing. I bought a JD # 52 several yrs. ago that luckily the farmer just turned them upsidedown so the were still on the plow. Tx Jim



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Glenn in MI

01-22-2007 23:07:24




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 Re: Plow Coulters in reply to Jeff McBride, 01-22-2007 20:35:50  
My Dad plowed for years without coulters, and I never noticed any difference, except that the coulters would leave a neater furrow wall.



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