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Proper plow setup / adjustment

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Tony

05-01-2000 18:35:51




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I've got what I'm told is an old Case 2-bottom breakaway plow (bottoms, beams & their frame separate from the 3-pt pulling bar on overload) that I'm having problems using without turning toplinks into pretzels (expensive pretzels!). I usually pull it with a Moline M5, a rather high tractor. In order to let the plow down far enough, I've got to leave some slack in the check chains. Sometimes when one bottom snags a root or big rock, the plow rotates off level (one side higher) and with the toplink then at an angle instead of straight, the plow flips forward instead of breaking away: the plow toplink point ends up almost straight below the tractor toplink point with the plowshares pointing down instead of forward. This action of course also does ugly things to the toplink bar and the plow toplink ears. When lowered, the plow toplink point is well below the tractor toplink point, so the link is always at a significant angle. I've considered raising the plow's toplink point to improve the vertical angle problem, but that would make the problem of rotation off level worse. The drag pin spacing is almost as wide as the hitch will accept. Is this just a case of a bad fit implement-to-tractor or is there something straightforward I'm overlooking?

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Tom from Ontario

05-01-2000 19:34:47




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 Re: Proper plow setup / adjustment in reply to Tony, 05-01-2000 18:35:51  
Those ploughs tended to make people lose their religion rather quickly. You are also packing about twice the horsepower that the plough was supposed to be used with. I had one of those ploughs for a very short while. After about the third trip session, I got the loader, picked it up and headed for the bush. I would suggest looking for a sturdy 3 furrow plough with trip bottoms. They stay attached, if anything goes wrong, pick it up, back up, reset, drive on. For what three furrow ploughs sell for around here, you would not have to replace many hitch parts before it's paid for. Tom

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