Turned up some dirt yesterday

David from Kansas · Mar 17, 2017

Just finished fixing up an old plow and wanted to try it out so took it to a near field of my brother's and plowed up a terrace. Everything worked fine after I got it adjusted.

Todd D · Mar 17, 2017

The joy of living that far south. I'm jealous.

Texasmark1 · Mar 17, 2017

Really nice and really nice soil. I have a copy of "Mechanics in Agriculture", Lloyd J. Phillips, The Interstate Printers & Publishers, Inc., 1967. In there they explain what you did, how you do it, and what is supposed to happen when finished. Obviously you got an A+ for the course.

I bought a 4 disc One Way yesterday and started learning how to use it. It's not covered in the "Plows" Chapter. Black Clay gums up moldboards so they are useless. The oneway has the spinning discs which help to force the old "goo" to be replaced with new. I posted about it in the Implements section. Guess I am going to have to get the Hay King Pasture Renovator out first and soften up the clay so I can get the one way to work properly.

ditchwitch · Mar 17, 2017

Quick question. With a plow like that, that has wheels so it will only go down so far. In saying that could a Massey Ferguson 135 pull a 3 plow set up

James Howell · Mar 17, 2017

Looks like you've got the right tractor for the job.

Thanks for sharing your photos with us.

jm. · Mar 17, 2017

MF 135 has a good system for three point implement but in a pull type plow you would be right at the limit pulling three at least around here in our heavy soil. I hated a plow like that because when you saw water in the furrow and was about to be stuck you would jerk the lift rope and instead of the plow coming up the wheel would slip then tractor and plow was stuck. If you could get the pin out pulled the tractor out then went around and pulled the plow out backwards. Spring plowing in the wet bottoms was a chore at least.

47fivewindow · Mar 17, 2017

aaahh. I love the aroma of fresh tilled earth. Tis the time of year for plowing pictures.

ditchwitch · Mar 17, 2017

Thats what i kinda figured but wasn't really sure. I know mine pulls really well but never have put that kind of plow on it. thank you for the answer

Case Nutty 1660 · Mar 17, 2017

Looks Good! I have been working ground for two days in NE Wyoming this field I could have started on several days before

John Deere D · Mar 17, 2017

JD "R" ?

What gear are you ploughing in?

Thanks for the pictures............

Leroy · Mar 17, 2017

Depends entirely on your soil. In places they will handle 3-14" easy, in places you would only want 2 bottoms. Now if you have the remote hydrolic system on your tractor it should work fine with a pull type plow. Now a clutch lift will also work but that is where you get into the situation the other poster mentioned. Your biggest problem will be traction as that is not a heavy tractor and small tires. You need the tires filled with the heaviest fluid you can get, no washer fluid as it is light in weight and at least 1, perhaps more sets of wheel weights. I had a Ferguson TO30 that I pulled a 2-12" plow with, it was a clutch lift that we converted over to cylinder lift and it worked OK on both type of lifts. On the TO30 we had it set up for the remote cylinder. It did need an engine overhaul tho. My problem was I just had the fluid in the tires and as long as I stayed at half throtle I was OK, if I opened it up then it would start to spin that left tire. If I would have had wheel weights then no problem. Remember there was only one kind of fluid avaible back in 1969 when I had this setup.

David from Kansas · Mar 17, 2017

Yes, JD R. Pulled in 3rd gear. First time I have pulled a moldboard plow with it. Not much stress with the 3x16 plow. Would like to have a 4x14 plow which I think would be a nice match, but need one with trip lift as my R has no hydraulics or PTO. We are pretty dry here with no rain/snow for the past 60+ days. This was fallow ground that will probably be put to milo. It had been chiseled earlier. You can see the volunteer wheat.

ditchwitch · Mar 17, 2017

Well now i know where the end of the earth is. Wow thats a long ways across. Looks like day there and a day back . lol

the tractor vet · Mar 17, 2017

We are a long way away from doing that . at the moment if you ventured into the fileds you would be the next one featured in STUCK and TROUBLED .

Eldon (WA) · Mar 17, 2017

Looks like fun. I get to try it this morning....plugged the tractor in about an hour ago, so it should start pretty soon. Nice frost out there this morning, but the Hmongs want their fields plowed and it is supposed to start raining again this afternoon...

Mike M · Mar 17, 2017

Easy to add pto & hyd. on those. Just swap the rear cover out.

2underage · Mar 17, 2017

Wasn't the dust storm and the later dust bowl started on that big plateau? I would need to push the snow off my land before I could moldboard plow anything and even then, the frost might be a problem. Great looking country you have there

David from Kansas · Mar 17, 2017

I visited SE Wyoming many times in the 60's thru the 90's. Was always amazed at the strip farming of wheat. Seemed like some of those strips were miles long, but in later years it seemed most of the strips had been planted back to grass, probably a result of the CRP.

K Effective · Mar 17, 2017

Hey Casenutty, looks like you have a little too much overlap set into your GPS there... oh, forget it, it's just too much fun to worry about making an extra round or two!

WGM · Mar 17, 2017

Looks like that ground has already been chisel plowed.

Jeff M NY · Mar 17, 2017

Yep exactly. One of my favorite things to do is turn soil. Only plowing going on around here is snow after 30 plus inches fell. Next will be more mud again.

shaun wallace · Mar 17, 2017

Like the tire on lift side. Unique tread pattern.

fixerupper · Mar 17, 2017

My R struggles with 4-14's here in my part of Iowa. The front end even gets light from the torque. Usually it's low gear but sometimes 2nd works. 3-14's is second gear for sure. I would love to try out Kansas soil with 4-14's.

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