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What you have is a semi-mounted steerable plow. I strongly suggest you get a manual. That plow will have adjustments quite complicated to describe without. The manual will contain information on wheel tread settings for tractor, and yes that does matter. There will also be settings on lower link cross pull bar as well as the ty-rod to rear wheel. I will warn you this could be time consuming. In 1975 I bought a new 5 bottom plow of this type. New plows are usually never set right. At the time I was busy building a barn, Down the road at one of my fields a retired farmer who did a fair amount of tractor work for me, lived adjacent to fields and tractor was at his place. I knew he was an excellent plow man, but also knew he had never used a semi-mount plow. When the dealer delivered plow I ask him to take it to the tractor and hitch it up, of course he had to do this part to get plow off trailer. I also asked him to leave manual on seat of tractor. I never went near, 3 days later I get a call from George, (retired farmer) asking me to come by with pickup to fuel tractor. He advised that in first two days he only plowed 2 acres, during setting of plow which by the way included changing tractor wheel tread. That 2 days was time well spent, the plow worked super and did a beautiful job of plowing. George said that without manual it would have been an impossible task. George had always done championship quality plowing. He probably plowed 200 acres per year during last 10 of his career. If you are new to plowing, I suggest you search out a George in your area. In 1975 I had 20 years of plowing 50 acres per year under my belt, I could have done it but I had a construction crew that were costing me big bucks by the hour. By the way George's son later did some plowing for me and messed it up a bit, same plow. I've always joked with him that his plowing was a disgrace to the family name. In fact I told him that the day he did it. I noticed next morning, dad was on sceen giving advice. My advise, get a manual, and a George wont hurt. You did say you wanted a good job of plowing. In some areas they have plow days where guys wanting to do better plowing gather with their tractors and plows at a common field. They will also have a brgade of old guys making the rounds helping people with their settings, giving tips on lay out, etc. Search out a plow day, they are a lot of fun.
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