Sorry -more questions about plows

Hi , I was on Iron search and found what looks like a 6 bottom Massey-Ferguson plow . It's only 18 miles from me and the price is right . I once again admit I'm a uninformed dummy about farm equipment even though I spent a good portion of my younger years on my grandparents farm in Georgia . But they had an egg operation , raised cattle , horses , hay and that was about it . So enough of my background . I posted earlier about some rough areas in the hay field . This plow is serious overkill for that but I'd like to learn about it as best I can and try plowing just for fun . And you all are the ones to help make that happen ! This plow has hydraulic cylinders on the back of each bottom (?) , is that the reset ? What is a coulter ? It doesn't look like it has those ( place correct name here ) things on top to turn the dirt back down to the ground . Where can I find out about the names of all the possible parts on a plow and what each parts function is ? Hopefully the links will show up so you can look at it . Would a 1755 (86 or so horsepower ) pull it ? Thanks for letting me pick your brains ! ...Randy

• Massey-Ferguson plow

Hurst

Randy has aready proven he is a lot sharper than you'll ever be, Bub.

Allan

Most of the decent semi mounts I was outbid at during auctions & found this in a local paper, works better anyway for slopes.

Most of the decent semi mounts I was outbid at during auctions & found this in a local paper, works better anyway for slopes.

Most of the decent semi mounts I was outbid at during auctions & found this in a local paper, works better anyway for slopes.

Around me (southern MN) there are JD 145 4 bottom plows for sale at any type of auction, & they bring about $100 - 150 these days. They are often 16 inch, sometimes 14 inch.

This would be great for you. Parts are around, simple plow, works fine.

If you are plowing a lot, an Oliver based plow (they built for many other companies) will pull a little easier; and if you are plowing down cornstalks or other trash a newer plow with more trash clearence would be needed. If you have a ton of rocks & plow a lot auto-reset is nice, but for your use none of this stuff is important????

I was always told to avoid those fancy cylinder/ nitrogen reset deals, they can't be repaired for what they are worth.

The cover boards are nice, but not really needed.

Coulters are good if you plow any typ of trash at all.

IHC made similar plows, everybody else probably bought bottoms from Oliver..... Look for a good old cheap plow for your needs. Keep it to 4 bottoms. Three is ok too. 14, 16, 18. You _may_ be able to pull a 5-16 in sandy soils, but that would be a real strain in sod & heavier soils, why bother wrecking the tractor?

My opinion.

--->Paul

Most plows don't come equipped with the "cover boards" and people usually 'add them on', kinda like an accessory.

The plow turns the soil well enough all on it's own, but what cover boards do is force that very top inch or so of the soil to the very bottom of the furrow first before the moldboard can do it's thing.

What this does is to insure that any trash in the field is buried and that it is buried deep.

Allan

I don't know squat about these kinds of plows, but isn't that cylinder lying horizontally up front the control for the variable width cut?

Looks like all the bottoms "swivel" to find the center line of pull?

Or, does it just control the steering of that tailwheel via the linkage going back?

Too complicated fer my ol' pee brain. :>(

Allan

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