Breaking the lone prairie

SVcummins · Oct 29, 2018

40 acres of rocks and sage brush to break out before winter and hopefully disc . Broke the gauge wheel trying to straighten it but got it welded back together how do I finish the weld so it doesn’t look like this all the time ? Bent the trip beam on the front bottom so I swapped it with the 3rd bottom and dropped the 3rd bottom off until I can find a used trip beam which a friend of mine has one . No pictures again

Traditional Farmer · Oct 29, 2018

You need a disc plow.

SVcummins · Oct 29, 2018

I had an old international but it was a disk tiller not a plow but I wish I would have kept it

Eldon (WA) · Oct 29, 2018

(quoted from post at 18:20:56 10/29/18) 40 acres of rocks and sage brush to break out before winter and hopefully disc . Broke the gauge wheel trying to straighten it but got it welded back together how do I finish the weld so it doesn’t look like this all the time ? Bent the trip beam on the front bottom so I swapped it with the 3rd bottom and dropped the 3rd bottom off until I can find a used trip beam which a friend of mine has one . No pictures again

Some jobs just aren't worth it. I bought 6 new hard faced shares for my Oliver roll-over plow a couple of years ago. I broke off 2 left hand points in the first 3 acres....the ones the guy had welded up himself. He told me when I bought them that he would guarantee them...I sent them back and he changed his mind...said they were no longer available. I finally talked him into 3 regular shares for replacements. Now I pick and choose my plowing jobs....

SVcummins · Oct 29, 2018

I charge for what ever parts break my last job was a
1200.00$ bill and another 1000$ for parts . And got
a 500$ bonus on top of it . The gauge wheel was
already bent tried straightening it while it was on
the plow wasn?t a good idea

SVcummins · Oct 29, 2018

Trying again

SVcummins · Oct 29, 2018

SVcummins · Oct 29, 2018

again

SVcummins · Oct 29, 2018

Eldon (WA) · Oct 29, 2018

(quoted from post at 19:04:45 10/29/18)

I always throw the first round away from the fence, by the time you disc and drag it down the dead furrow is filled....

SVcummins · Oct 29, 2018

One will be to the fence the other one on the other
side of the field the furrow will be against the fence

flying belgian · Oct 29, 2018

You should not have thrown that dirt up against the fence. You can never get it back.

Dr. Walt · Oct 29, 2018

Eldon -- I know it would mean more work , but if the ground is that tough , would it have made much of a difference if you had chisel-
plowed it first , or possibly ran a sub-soiler , before hitting it with the moldboard plows .

Doc

LA in WI · Oct 29, 2018

(quoted from post at 06:19:19 10/30/18) You should not have thrown that dirt up against the fence. You can never get it back.

=======================

I agree. Throwing dirt too close....nothing to be gained with that. But I do not know about hitting rocks, we had none on our Iowa farm.
LA in WI

SVcummins · Oct 29, 2018

What do you do when the fence tips over what does
that gain you ?

SVcummins · Oct 29, 2018

It?s not going anywhere and the fence won?t tip over either . Plowing 10 inches deep and the posts are buried 2 feet deep you do the math and a plow moves a lot more dirt than any other piece of equipment does i Hebrew completely buried a five gallon bucket standing up running only 10 inches deep I?ve dug up things with a plow that no other implement would like a chisel plow even if the chisel was working deeper depth

SVcummins · Oct 29, 2018

If it?s that rocky and your plow isn?t trip protected then it?s cheaper to and better to just chisel it 2 passes with a chisel costs the same as one with a mold board . If we start having to much trouble this will be chiseled. I?ve made grass seedbed with the John Deere chisel 4 passes the last two passes with a double spike tooth harrow behind .

Geo-TH,In · Oct 30, 2018

How long will it take you to do 40 acres?

Keith Molden · Oct 30, 2018

Looking at your weld picture, you would be better to reverse your travel just a bit when you get to the end of the weld. You might want to slow your travel speed down just a bit, you're close but the finished bead should look like a stack of dimes laying down. Darned good looking weld there. Since you have finished, just start at the edge and fill the crater, won't hurt anything, then you can grind it off or leave it if it doesn't create a problem. Just my thoughts, Keith

SVcummins · Oct 30, 2018

It?s going to be a long long process . It?s rocky so have to go pretty slow .

SVcummins · Oct 31, 2018

(quoted from post at 18:20:56 10/29/18) 40 acres of rocks and sage brush to break out before winter and hopefully disc . Broke the gauge wheel trying to straighten it but got it welded back together how do I finish the weld so it doesn’t look like this all the time ? Bent the trip beam on the front bottom so I swapped it with the 3rd bottom and dropped the 3rd bottom off until I can find a used trip beam which a friend of mine has one . No pictures again

finally got a pretty good half day of plowing in

Breaking the lone prairie

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Well-known Member

Similar threads