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moldboards and plow points

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jackal5

06-26-2005 09:45:55




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What are the moldboard and points called or used for, specifically, on the plow shown in the photo?




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Alan in uk

06-26-2005 11:33:44




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 Re: moldboards and plow points in reply to jackal5, 06-26-2005 09:45:55  
Its quite funny you find this unusual, the moulboard plough is one of the most common implements on uk farms!

most land in the uk is ploughed at a depth of 8-10 inches, is is only the moulboard plough that is capable of turning such a depth of soil over, mouldboards range in shape and size. the plough in the picture is a two furrow plough and would probably turn a furrow 10 inches wide, 6 inches deep! some ploughs have more moulboards on them and are reversisble so as to increase working speeds. typical uk plough of today 5 furrow reversible.

Ploughing at depth helps drainage, restores soil structure, buries all previous crop residues and allows us to prepare ideal seedbeds for crops!

Downsides: ploughing is a slow, hp hungry job , alot of farms here have turned to minimal tillage, where only the top few inches are worked! i would guess this is the sort of machinery you would use???

Anyway, i still enjoy ploughing a furrow or two!!

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Alan in uk

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Tim(nj)

06-26-2005 12:45:47




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 The experts here tell us in reply to Alan in uk, 06-26-2005 11:33:44  

that plowing at depth makes drainage slower by creating an impermeable layer, that it destroys the soil structure by messing up the earthworms (among other, more techinical things), and that burying all previous crop residue increases carbon-dioxide release from the soil, contributing to greenhouse gasses. No-till, no-till, no-till is all the Natural Resource Conservation Service wants us to do.

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Roy in UK

06-26-2005 11:26:42




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 Re: moldboards and plow points in reply to jackal5, 06-26-2005 09:45:55  
'Ley bodies' and 'Wrap round (or grass) skimmers' Ideally suited to plow up 'Englands Green and Pleasant land' i.e. its designed for plowing up grassland.



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Tim(nj)

06-26-2005 10:08:37




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 Re: moldboards and plow points in reply to jackal5, 06-26-2005 09:45:55  
In England, the soil must be worked wetter than it would be in North America. The shape of the moldboard helps roll the wet English soil over better. Ferguson had them as an option on plows sold in NA for a while, I think catalog called them Scotch Bottoms.



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jackal5

06-26-2005 10:39:21




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 Re: moldboards and plow points in reply to Tim(nj), 06-26-2005 10:08:37  
Thanks Tim. I bought a JD plow with similar bottoms and no one I have shown it to ever saw those before. I think the plow came from canada and is close to a model 416. (I think!)



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Indydirtfarmer

06-26-2005 11:43:42




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 Re: moldboards and plow points in reply to jackal5, 06-26-2005 10:39:21  
Deere model 416A had scotch bottoms listed as optional.



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