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gwstang

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It was 78F down here in the south today. I finally got to use the 2 bottom plow that I picked up for $150. It's an IH and heavy.

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Chickens are trying to help me...They are daredevils running in front of the wheels like they do.

Roosters after each other, worried somebody is gonna get layed (pun intended) more than the other...lol


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I hit it with the plow for several times around and then put the 1 row cultivator on and went around and around...

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Here is the plow. Hard to find one in good condition around here for a decent price. Seems everyone want $300 plus for a worn out piece of junk.


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I guess it won't let me do but so much in one frame so here is some more.

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Just about time to get this ready for crusin'

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One last frame and I'll be done...

I've got one of these varmints too..the car, not swmbo...lol. This was taken a couple of years ago when we went to a show in Pensacola. We will be married 36 years in May.


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Now, I can ask a question!

How do I smooth off the plowed area after using the plow and cultivator?
Do I need to use some kind of a drag to pull behind, like a piece of chain link fence or something?

I have a middle buster to open the rows when it is smoothed off some. It's going to be about another month before actual planting begins so I need to get an idea now of how to do this.

Thanks, Gary
 
I AM envious. Nice find. What did you pull it with? I see the 8N's still got the blade on it. It's been raining here for at least 30 hours and 40 degrees, but we're so grateful for the moisture. We're even having some local flooding.
But our springs a coming..I think. Last year one of the locals planted his corn on the 15th of March (65 degrees) and was done by the 29th.
It froze off once when it was little, but still made a good crop. Everybody raised their eyebrows when he started but he had a leg up on the nasty summer heat and dry weather we had.
 
I'm an old Ford pu man but I'd trade one of my Fergies to pull that plow with for that neat old Chebby! Might even throw in a little cash!
Irv
 
I have a plow that looks just like that but it is a leinbach Line. We bought it new from a John Deere dealer about 4 years ago. We added the colters. Does a pretty good job of plowing once it is adjusted properly.
 
I've got one just like that. Think I paid about the same from TSC, new a few years back. Used it behind a Farmall 200. Without draft sensing rear hitch, it was a difficult tool to use. Finally put a guage wheel on the frame in front of and between the shares. That way, I could "float" the plow so it wasn't bobbing up and down with every uneven surface in the field. Have also had trouble with the top link frame shifting sideways. Someday, I'll figure out a reengineering for it. Think it needs to be more centered, where the top link attaches (left-right).

Turns out that the plow is not IH. Made by a small manufacturer in Ohio, Cleveland, I think. Someone on this board will probably be able to set me straight.
 
That'a a southern redneck job of plowing if I ever saw one. How much barley pop did it take to get it that way? Soooo, what are you going to do in July? Pray?
 
I think I paid $250 for my dearbourn model 10-1 two bottom
plow in great shape, looks alot heaiver than that plow.
 
Thanks for the plow info guys. I always think IH when I see the International on something (and its red)...lol. This ground had not been plowed in 30 years so it definitely needs working up. I don't who the troll is with one post on here, but if you want to come down here and prove something you are welcome to do so. I do use the old ('52) 8 N for chores. I am just learning about this plowing stuff, so bare with me, glad to hear any suggestions or help ya'll got for me. Just thought somebody might like to see some pics on a lazy Sunday afternoon. :)

Forgot to add that in July, it will be about 100F plus...sweating bad then.
 
Looks like you turned it over OK, those who can, do, those who
can't post under aliases! I plowed up our garden, and a coupla little
tater patches, today with the junk kubota, and a 1 bottom plow,
today.
Garden was too wet, by a day or 2, and the hilly ground where I
wanna plant potatoes is too much clay! Maybe some cow crap, and
compost will fix the clay, IDK, but gonna give her a whirl!
 
anyone care to explain why the moldboards arent shiney after all that plowing? Bill

looks like you need to run a disk and drag over it now.
 
Get yourself an old tiller, any old tiller, as long as the tines ain't
worn out, and the motor starts! Looks like a lot of garden, but peas
and taters can likely go in, if your south of NC, or so. Just needs 50
degree soil temp.
 
I do have a smaller garden that is fenced in, to keep the deer out, but want to plant more 'taters and corn so hence the new plowing.
 

Those pics of the plow were taken a couple of weeks before the plowing that was done today. They are very shiny now...lol
 

I am wishing for a disc harrow, but will have to save up some more "farming" funds...have to hide that from you know who. She looks stuff over and says, " is that something new'? I'm like, naw! Had that for awhile. I just don't say what 'awhile" is...lol.
 

I do have a tiller that I do the fenced in garden with. I need to pick up all the roots and stuff that were plowed up and give the grass time to die. I was hoping I wouldn't have to till all that. Maybe the chickens will till it for me. :?
 
Thanks for answering. I have a lot of friends in the South and consider myself a redneck of sorts. As a matter of fact, I am especially fond of grits and there is no way in hell you can get grits in Wisconsin. No Kidding! I have to mount up in my pick-up truck and go 1000 miles south to get grits. Now, that just plain sucks! (;>))But the grits are great!
 
Yeah, I looked...... The only thing I'll be plowing for a while is snow. The weather man started out saying up to an inch. Change # 1.. 1 to 2 ". Change #2 ..3 inches possible. Change #3 looks like 4" possible. Well they finally quit updating the snowfall, looked outside at 6:30 looks like somewhere between 7 and 9. Still snowing. I love it when it all comes together the way they say it will. LMAO
 
nice job plowing, and nice truck too,what have you got for seats in there? i just finished doing the original seat on a 1957 2 ton im refurbishing for the original owner, his oldest son wants the truck and it was last started in 1976! its running again, im in the middle of the interior then on to brakes and new wood on the flatbed,it was used to haul cattle to market, 6 at a time, now we put a dozen in the trailer and haul it behind a pickup.the old truck simply wasnt needed anymore, and parked
 

My youngest son and I restored this one from the ground up. Added disc brakes and some more modern stuff. The seats are bucket seats out of a Suburban IIRC. I still have the original seat if he ever wants to put it back in. He considers the truck "his" and probably has more money in it than I do so it's okay. We put a 350/350 combo in it and runs great with lots of power. Added the power window kit and get a lot of stuff from Brothers in California. It had a steering column from a van in it already with tilt steering/blinkers on the stalk etc. We rewired it with a new wiring harness from front to rear so it's had a lot done to it. The front end is a '74 camaro for the power steering and disc brakes, much safer and steers great. We did take it to a fellow that does that kind of welding and he set it up and did the front end in his shop. He did a great job on that! Son just transferred from mobile to Birmingham and is living in some gated apts. so he will probably take it up there this spring. And yes, my mustang can out run it...just barely ...lol
 
Well, all I can say is the snow is mostly gone here!
Looks like nice soil. Have you got the plow greased up yet? Sure helps after a year goes by.
 

Forgot to add that he decided to tack weld a piece of diamond tread plate in the bed instead of re-doing the bed, because he used it for hauling jet ski and other stuff and didn't want to mess up the bed anyway. I really love the beds with the wood stained and urethaned, they are beautiful. It gets a lot of looks and comments at shows...but so does the '66 stang.
 

I read somewhere that some people just use silicone spray on it to help it shed dirt and protect the rust from coming back (after plowing of course). I can grease it if that would work better when it's going to be sitting for a while. Plans are to wire brush the paint some and then paint it with the implement red color.
 
I sold a sweet old rebuilt 348 with a tri-power on it a few years back that would have been a nice replacement in that Chevy.
 
Above my comfort level and I bet you have mosquito's buzzing around already. Just snow fleas here.
 
Your dis-satisfaction with tilt is an example of how subjective things can be. My soil is black clay,like concrete when dry and chewing gum when wet.
Running a moldboard through it leaves football to half bushel size clumps.
It's too rough to do any thing with until the clumps break up. The black soil expands when it rains and contracts as it dries. Thankfully,it rained which will expand the clumps. As it dries,it will shink and create cracks throughout which breaks it up and leaves it suitable for disking,plowing and planting. There is an adage that says"if you stick with this soil when it's dry,it will stick with you when it's wet". Best I can see,our soil is excedingly suited to 4 things. Cotton,okra,onions and holding the rest of earth togeather.
 

Surprised that 8N will pull that...!!

I like to rub used motor oil (light coat), then spray on a good even wet coat of Cheap Enamel spray Paint...
The spray paint keeps the oil in place and sheds water..lasts all season..

Great pictures..!

A Spike-Toothed harrow will level your soil...

Ron..
 
SWMBO?

Did you learn that from Midlife? Randy Jacobson?


I used to post over on vintage-mustang a lot back in 98-02.


I met Midlife66 at a car show when he used to live in VA, before he moved to Florida. I used to talk to him daily on ICQ. That was a LONG time ago.

When I saw your handle, and saw your use of SWMBO, I just figured you would know exactly what I am talking about.


As far as your plowing... I'm up in PA and was so close to plowing today. It hit 72 degrees, ground is drying out. I spread 3 triaxle loads of horse manure. That was an all day event with a little 140 bushel manure spreader.

Did you say you plowed the ground twice? It looks awful dry. I guess you need to buy a disk or a spring tooth harrow now. Get that smoothed out, then get a cultipacker and get some seed in that ground! Glad to hear you got to play today. It's been a long winter.
 
da.bees:

Sounds just like my soil out here in southern
Nevada, except mine is 24 - 36 inches of brown
clay above thousands of feet of white caliche.
They used to grow a lot of Cotton out here & we
had the only Cotton Gin in the state.

If you want to loosen up your soil and stop the
swelling/cracking cycles, you need to add lots of
Gypsum, Blow Sand, and Compost and thoroughly mix
them into your soil. That's what we have to do out
here. Good Luck

Doc
 
Bill(Wis):

Grits are nothing more than coarsely ground Hominy, & Hominy is nothing more than hulled, bleached, Corn.

Doc
 


Say, I've known Randy for a long time. He transferred his Gov. job down to Panama City where he is very active in the mustang community. Built a garagemahal in his back yard. He is a nice fellow and will help you with anything about mustangs etc. He reworks the wiring harnesses on the side and does well with it. Many of the old crowd hangs out at

www.stangfix.com
 
It's more complicated than that. There seems to be no market for them way up north. They're not served in restaurants, not sold in grocery stores (although I did see a package of instant grits on a shelf somewhere one time). They're probably still there.
 
I know brother, I love Grits too and nobody serves them, but I can get them in the stores out here. What I miss the most is good Virginia SCRAPPLE. You ask for Scrapple in the stores out here and they've never heard of it. I prefer the fresh made over the canned stuff but I'll take it any way that I can get it.
 
Wipe down the moldboards with a heavy coat of cheap GREASE while they're still nice and shiny. They will be shiny next spring when you need to plow again.

Exact grease is not important. Just whatever you've got lying around, or the cheapest tube of grease you can find. You'll probably use 1/4 of a tube.

With the sods you'll probably be best off going over it with a rototiller to chop them up. It's the most effective way to do it in such a small area.

Normally we'd go over that with a 24' wide spring tooth harrow at 5MPH+, and the vibrating action of the teeth would shake the dirt off the roots, but in such a small space you can't get going that fast.

A disk harrow will chop it up some but not enough for a garden.
 
Grease will work fine...we'd always use roofing tar mixed with a little motor oil to thin it just a little. Kept it in the oil room and smudged it on with a big wore out paint brush and long handle glove that stayed stuck to the brush and in the bucket for years. Plows always sit outside and this seemed to stick to the shiny molboards quite well.
 
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