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Deamer

05-25-2004 14:53:40




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Hello, Some time ago I purchased a IH model 200 and along with it was a fast hitch two bottom plow. Haven't had time to do anything with it until yesterday. I had a patch approximately two acres we were putting in a food plot. Seemed a good time to try the plow. The plow worked good, really turned over nice. The operator (me) sat looking at that field for some time trying to decide how to get started...and what pattern should I plow. The first attempt was wrong, and the disc covered up that mistake just fine :) Could you fellas give me some good input as to the proper method(s) of plowing? The biggest problem I had was determining how/where I would start and finish. I got it done, but I figure some of you would have had a good laugh whatching the "newbie" The good side of it is, I was using a 1956 tractor and plow, and it was still capable of the task. Thanks for any/all input.
Deamer

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Richard Fazio

05-28-2004 08:18:53




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 Re: Plowing in reply to Deamer, 05-25-2004 14:53:40  
Deamer, I am a newbie too. I just went through the same thing, trying to figure out how to do it. The descriptions I read wouldn't help all that much because of the terms they use. I didn't know what they were talking about. Dead furrows, headlands meant nothing to me. The ford manual does do a pretty good job of explaining it, but also uses terms I didn't know. Maybe I can explain it, not better, but in an easy to understand way that us newbies could understand. Basically what's happening is your moving dirt to the right. Normally the first year in a rectangular field the easiest way to start is plow straight down the middle the long way. When you get to the other end turn around and go on the left side of your turned over earth. Plow back across the field, the dirt your throwing is going on top of the first rows pile. Now you can really start. Place the right front tire in the furrow up against the left side of the furrow. Plow across again turn around and again go to the left of your plowed ground and again get into the furrow. Continue to the outsides of the field. When your done your going to have a trench, or furrow on both sides of the field. What you can do is take a shallow cut across on the last two runs so the last furrow is not too deep. What you've done is moved all your dirt in. Next year start at the outside and plow out ending up in the middle. Then you'll have a gully in the middle. Again take a shallow cut on the last two runs and your disc should be able to smooth it out pretty good. Hope this helps.

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Deamer

07-14-2004 10:12:56




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 Re: Re: Plowing in reply to Richard Fazio, 05-28-2004 08:18:53  
Hello again, I've had computer problems with the Internet explorer and have been shut down for some time. I apologize for not responding sooner, but I do want to thank you and everyone else which gave me some good input about plowing. Not only am I learning , but it is fun too! My original purpose was foodplots for the whitetail deer; however, since purchasing some used equipment and working on repairs etc..other things are getting interesting too. I've planted corn, beans, sunflowers, milo, wheat, oats, grasses, clover, and a alfafa/timothy mix. Our fields are set up with a five foot wide grass strip around them to allow "Grandma" and the grandkids to ride around them in her golf cart during the early mornings and evenings to watch the wildlife and to just enjoy the ride. Sometimes before putting the tractor away I take a drive too. Works very well for the soul to have the enjoyment. Thanks again for the input...I appreciate it. Also I'll most likely have other silly questions in the future. :) :)
Deamer

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tinman

05-25-2004 19:49:08




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 Re: Plowing in reply to Deamer, 05-25-2004 14:53:40  
I can just hear the tractor running. My dad had a 200 and farmed 80 acres with it for sometime. Wished we had kept the "200" now.



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Loon Yi

05-25-2004 17:38:38




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 Re: Plowing in reply to Deamer, 05-25-2004 14:53:40  
There is a picture of how to plow in the Dearborn plow manual that usually went with 8N Fords. If you can get a hold of one of these, it shows how to plow in a couple fashions. My guess work usually leads to fixing some big dead furrows :(



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Dick2

05-25-2004 15:53:54




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 Re: Plowing in reply to Deamer, 05-25-2004 14:53:40  
On the farm in ND, we made "strike-outs" on our half mile long fields and plowed the field in reasonable width strips. The following year we would make the strike outs and throw the dirt into the dead furrows.

In the old days, people used to just plow around the outside and keep moving in - this threw the dirt to the outside and left a low spot in the center of the field.

When that happened, they would start in the center of the field and plow in for a few years to level the field. My jokester uncle watched a neighbor measure his field one Sunday afternoon so he could start plowing in the next morning. My uncle went out after dark and moved one of his stakes over 4 feet. The neighbor's measuring must have been off, because he finished up the field just right!!

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Deamer

05-25-2004 16:06:29




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 Re: Re: Plowing in reply to Dick2, 05-25-2004 15:53:54  
Dick2, Thanks for the input. My puzzlement began with how the tractor is setup. The left rear wheel is set out a little and the right wheel is set in as far as it will go. I thought The left wheel should ride in the flat bottom furrow, but soon found out the right wheel should be there. And so it went. I never did figure out a good pattern. My neighbor says that he "sets his fields out in several lands and then plows around each land going to the right". Doing it this way...how would he finish plowing the field? Would he have a double plowed area somewhere in the middle? I'm still trying to figure it out. :) Thanks for the input. It's all appreciated.
Deamer

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txblu

05-27-2004 12:03:09




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 Re: Re: Re: Plowing in reply to Deamer, 05-25-2004 16:06:29  
Well I never could afford a decent moldboard (that had all it's parts) and could never figure out how to do what you are talking about so I took a disc harrow and put 22" scalloped discs on the front. Now that's a plow.

Good luck



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bstrucker

05-25-2004 18:31:10




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 Re: Re: Re: Plowing in reply to Deamer, 05-25-2004 16:06:29  
It sounds like your tractor is set up right.Your right wheel should run in your furrow and throw the soil to make an even furrow(not throw on top of the last one or leave a gap in between)You need to throw the furrows to the right.Usually you can start the first year throwing the furrows towards the outside edge of the field.The next year throw the furrows towards the middle of the field.If it is a wide field you can strike a couple furrows and plow toward the center of each,it still leaves you with a center furrow.If it is an odd shape field,plow off short rounds first,dead head back and plow in the same direction until you get the field square,then plow the rest towards the outside edge

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