Ripper Plow

As Paul said those type of ripper plows are all that is used on the larger more modern farms of today. The conventional plow is too slow and does not break up compaction like the rippers do. The one in the photo ads is a small one, most of the ones you see today can go 15 inches or more deep, be pulled at 5+ MPH in the field and are desiged to break up soil compaction and break hard pan left by moldboard plows and offset discs.

Our farm has been running a 5 shank ripper for the last three years and we can see a big difference in the crops from the fields that get ripped and the ones that have not yet. In a few years you will not see a conventional plow or even a disc on a moderen farm as the rippers and field cultivators have simply replaced them

• More about rippers

I am in the process of recaiming a old mowing.
I would like to turn it over and plant it for hay.
I know Im going to find alot of stones big and small! Is there a implement for purpose ! Or is it just go real slow with the plowing ?
Thanks again,Tom

Then the hard part is you need to go back over the field with a loader or cart and pick them all out of the field, or if im in a hurry I take the roller harrow and run over it a few times and push all the rocks back in the ground. Not the best idea but it works until you can get them all out the next time.

• Shep's World

It takes a lot of HP to pull these machines but they do break up the hard pans and the soil compaction and you can visibily see it in the crops the next year.

--->Paul