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My 1850 meets my Little Genius

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Farmer in the D

04-27-2003 07:33:18




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Using my IH Little Genius #8 2 bottom behind my 1850 Diesel tractor has been working well. This is its maiden voyage in the field for me and it is not quite done but you know how it is. Have to get it out there while I need to plant. I have no speedometer or tach yet so trying different gears and groundspeeds was needed. I have settled on 4 high and could not tell you how fast I am going. It is just fast enough when the plow jumps off from a rock I may not have to let go of the trip rope. Once I figured which line to take because the wheels are so much wider than the plow, my furrows looked straighter. It releases like it should when I hit a rock or root it won't cut and other than having to get off the tractor to reset it, no problem. I have three questions. The moldboards are beginning to shine up in sandy moist soil but I am a third of the way done with the field I am doing. Is there a trick to speeding up that process. Thought I read using sandstone or a soft brick will help it along. I ask because the front plow is much cleaner of course and would like to catch the back one up. Second, does anyone have have a trick to resetting the hitch if it has tripped the spring? Sometimes it jumps off the clevis (not sure if the terms are correct) and once in awhile it snaps the hitch open too. I found that backing into the hitch will not reset it because my clevis moves from side to side (btw should it be loose and free to move on the drawbar). By pulling sharply on the spring, it jumps back where it needs to be but seems a bit dangerous when the spring compresses. Is there a trick here? Last, My furrows don't always turn all the way over. They open up and fall right back where they were. There are areas of the field where it seems to work great and others where it does this. Is it ground related or am I going too slow or what? I don't have the very top pieces on the plows. Would those help? Thanks for taking the time. I appreciate the help.

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evielboweviel

04-27-2003 13:16:43




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 Re: My 1850 meets my Little Genius in reply to Farmer in the Dells (WI), 04-27-2003 07:33:18  
Your speed is around 6 mile an hour at 2000 rpm in 4 high. depending on tire size maybe 6.5. I believe the plow is designed for 2 to 3 mph. How have you got the plow to follow the tractor? I thought an 1850 would need a 4 bottom to keep wheel in furrow. Where the furrows fall open is the plow not penatrating deep enough?(as deep as in the spots where it is working good)



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Farmer in the Dells (WI)

04-27-2003 23:03:04




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 Re: Re: My 1850 meets my Little Genius in reply to evielboweviel, 04-27-2003 13:16:43  
I am pulling it directly behind and centered on the tractor which I now know is wrong. I will be moving it over to line up with the right wheel tomorrow. I am also sod busting and that seems to want to fold back over the furrow instead of staying flipped so I will try disking it first too.



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