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Stu

10-27-2003 09:24:19

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HEre is a picture of rookie me plowing with a 70 gas and a IHC #8 Little Genius.

Loads of fun!

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Farm w/Junk

10-29-2003 12:02:40

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Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Stu, 10-27-2003 09:24:19

Hey I bet that 70 pulled it no problem huh? I have a 720 diesel I pulled a little genius 2 bottom like that in 4th gear, needless to say it didnt take very long. What year is your tractor? Mines a '58 and my first 2 cylinder diesel. Im 15 and cant get enough plowing its great!!
Matt

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ron in MN

10-29-2003 08:12:46

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Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Stu, 10-27-2003 09:24:19

Stu, Your photo post and the responses triggered a series of thoughts for me. Seems that there is a resurgence of young folks quite interested in "getting back to the land" where most people lived in past generations. During the period (1950s) when I was growing up in the small grain country of North Dakota, many young folks wanted nothing to do with farming or anything connected to it and went off to college to learn how to get those big city, high paying jobs. I sense that it may be different now. Any opinions fellas and gals?

Your land looks really black and fertile. Hope it grows things really well for you.

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Badger

10-29-2003 04:17:43

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Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Stu, 10-27-2003 09:24:19

Great job !
I love the photo as now I know whwere to place my wheels. I just picked up a 3 bottom plow for my MF65, I can't wait to give it a shot. I only hope my first attempt works as well as yours.

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Stan TN

10-28-2003 00:08:03

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Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Stu, 10-27-2003 09:24:19

Looks like you are doing a good job, as well as having a good time. ;-)

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Jeff

10-27-2003 17:03:46

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Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Stu, 10-27-2003 09:24:19

I did the same thing last week wih my Oliver 77 and plow. I haven't broke ground in about 20 years and I had a BLAST!!! It's alot more fun when you don't have to do it! I had forgotten just how it felt to get out and work the ground like that. Now I am looking for any and all plow days that I can go to !!!

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Don-WI

10-27-2003 19:46:03

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Re: Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Jeff, 10-27-2003 17:03:46

Me too, except with my Massey 165. I also have an ollie 1755 and 565 3-16 plow, but my little one is just for the fun of it, or for just a really small feild that I don't feel like setting up the big tractor(I gotta move drawbar in, some other small adjustments, with little genious, I just hook & go)
Donovan from Wisconsin

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treeboy

10-27-2003 16:36:09

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Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Stu, 10-27-2003 09:24:19

nice picture, and maybe this shot will help some of the mewbees understand where the rear tire belongs, looks like a good job to me, grease the disk, be ready

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ron in MN

10-27-2003 16:30:48

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Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Stu, 10-27-2003 09:24:19

Nice picture. What part of the country?

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Stu

10-28-2003 08:05:26

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Re: Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to ron in MN, 10-27-2003 16:30:48

I live in the central interior of British Columbia, Canada.

Good point on showing how things work for newbies like me, here is another of closer detail. That 1953 JD 70 gas (someone painted yellow on it by mistake) really seemed to like that work. I saved a little bit of the edge cleanup to do yet so I get the oils hot and loose before I drain and replace. What an absolute blast. My friends and family think I am nuts , my wife tho is a big JD fan (this is actually her 70G - she claimed it when we bought it). Not many people around here in their late 20's get a kick out of this but I sure do.

Yee haw!

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George

10-28-2003 10:33:16

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Re: Re: Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Stu, 10-28-2003 08:05:26

Thanks for the close-up. I've recently got access to a JD 4600? and have been trying to find out how a plow works behind it, as I've only plowed with horses (walk-behind one-bottom plow).

A JD dealer was suggesting to me that a tractor adjustment had to be made to have the wheels ride down in the furrow? It looks to me from this picture, though, that you simply ride one wheel down in the furrow and the tractor leans to one side. Am I right about this?

Any help appreciated. I want to farm some 20 acres and only have this tractor (perhaps not really designed for farm work-but I'm thinking adequate for 20 acres) and a 6' wide disk.

-George
Shelby Co, TN

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Stu

10-29-2003 08:06:05

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Re: Re: Re: Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to George, 10-28-2003 10:33:16

Here is my thots, take it for what it is, I have 6 acres under my belt. The key in my set up is to have the front wheel and rear wheel in line, and get teh furrow wheel on the plow (RHS wheel) in line with the rear wheel too. To do that, its likely important to be able to narrow (or widen) your rear tread. Mine were stuck so I spent a lot of time freeing them up. Once free, I sucked them all the way in on the 70 and it didnt seem like enough. So you may notice a bit of a offset on my drawbar, but I think thats not the best.

You want to do everything you can to keep your drawbar straight back and not offset. Its easier on power transfer and draft pressures. The plows can sometimes be offset, but I didnt do that.

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kjm

10-29-2003 22:07:48

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Stu, 10-29-2003 08:06:05

Stu, I always wanted to paint our 70 with a yellow insert but Dad said no.I plowed a lot of ground with that 70 and a 4x14 JD plow,we farmed 300ac in NE MO Dad sold out in 1974.

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ron in MN

10-29-2003 08:23:25

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Stu, 10-29-2003 08:06:05

Stu, You're somewhat correct in what you are describing. Most plow operator's manuals have a description of how to adjust the tractor and plow for good results. Do you have a manual for your plow? My plow manual has about 6 pages of instruction with several photos on how to properly adjust for the best plowing.

Also it looks like your rear tractor tires are oversize for that 70. What size are those tires?

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Stu

10-30-2003 08:38:20

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to ron in MN, 10-29-2003 08:23:25

That makes some senses that my tires are oversize. I hadnt thought about that. I have the operators manual for the plow and the tractor. The tractor manual has tread width info for a 2 bottom, which was 23" from middle to inside of tire. I put it to 23" but it would not line the furrows up right, so I drew it out a bit with the bar.

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treeboy

10-29-2003 04:03:07

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Re: Re: Re: Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to George, 10-28-2003 10:33:16

the trick is to get the right plow for the tractor & the the terrain that is to be plowed
i think tricycle type tractors plow best with a pull type plow, three point plows are nice on wide front ends ,make sure the front of the plow does not interfer with the pto area or try to get into the tires.. on some tractors the furrow tire may need to be moved in towards the tractor, horsepower dickates plow size ie 30hp 2-16 less hp poss 2-14 or 2-12,,, hope this helps but what works best is to go watch someone plow that knows how to

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Stu

10-27-2003 11:22:36

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Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Stu, 10-27-2003 09:24:19

... and the adjustments, plow identification and ambition came from this Discussion Group. Many thanks to the guys that helped get this done. To think that I almost quit trying and hired a neighbor with 'newer' equipment.

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rustyfarmall

10-27-2003 14:41:24

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Re: Re: ME PLOWING! in reply to Stu, 10-27-2003 11:22:36

Darn, you are actually getting to use your little genius, I have 2 of them, and I still haven't decided if I am going to restore both of them, or just make one good plow from the pair.
Maybe next year I'll bring the M and a plow and give that green thing a little competition.LOL

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