A Tiny Patch of Fall Plowing -- Before & After Pic

Will Herring · Mar 24, 2019

Amazed how much winter really knocked down where I had done some fall plowing for fun. Never hit it with a disc or anything, just plowed it up and let it sit for the past 5 months or so. Ran out of time and it got too wet for me to continue last winter.

Probably not a shock to most of you guys, but thought I would share. This was my first time doing any real plowing last year, and was curious how the ground would break down over winter. Once it dries, I think it should work up pretty nicely with a couple passes from a disk.

Plow is tucked away nice and greased still in the shed.

JOCCO · Mar 24, 2019

Holy crap that Allis looks right at home!! More pictures would be good!

Will Herring · Mar 24, 2019

(quoted from post at 13:26:21 03/24/19) Holy crap that Allis looks right at home!! More pictures would be good!

Thanks! I actually took some video of it in action. First time I ever really used the tractor to plow, even though I've owned it since the 90s. Just trying to get the plow scoured up good.

Video --> https://youtu.be/WmttfJdss8U

I plowed up two separate small plots. When the real farmers go to plant, they'll chisel plow right over my chicken scratches, lol. Nice to try and learn somewhere and know making mistakes or doing it wrong can easily be covered up by bigger equipment later.

Here's what I started with, you can still see the cobwebs on the plow from pulling it out of the shed!

From the rusty start, the plow that has had less than 3 hours of use in probably 20 years was starting to look pretty good!

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JOCCO · Mar 24, 2019

They did a good job with there mounted
plow. Uncle farmed big with them. With the
right equipment for her you won't need
those bigger guy.

2510Paul · Mar 24, 2019

It looks like you are doing a great job all around. I am surprised that Allis pulled those three bottoms so nicely. Paul

paul · Mar 24, 2019

Looks nice all around.

Yup, fall heavy tillage and then hit it in spring whenever winter feels like giving up. It?s tge way to do things in the north. In the south I guess there is no winter and need
to protect the ground some, plus it doesn?t stay frozen and weed free for 5 months.

Paul

jeffcat · Mar 24, 2019

So nice to see you greasing her up. All of the. Coatings and spray, etc. They
are just not anything like a good tube of cheap grease. Plunk the plow in the
ground, go 50 feet, and everything is now shinny.

jamstra · Mar 24, 2019

Nice work, but obviously you have no rocks! Catch one at that speed with a fixed beam plough and you get harpooned by the steering wheel and
'kneecapped' by the dashboard! (Voice of experience!!) Jim

jeffcat · Mar 24, 2019

By the way. there is nothing so satisfying as nice straight rows and if the plow is correctly adjusted you should see nothing to tell the number of bottoms. That takes a little time to get adjusted dead on. By the way, how are the bushings in your coulters? IF you want to get into every knook and cranny try one of these at HF for you angle grinder. Screws right onto the 5/8 thread. The cupped version is just awsum. Not that expensive. Picture shows three types. You want the heavy duty cup. Like magic!

Leroy · Mar 24, 2019

I have used a lot of wire wheels and learned the hard way to NEVER own one like the middle or bottom picture. All I would now ever own is like the top picture. Your boddy is worth too much to mess with the type of the middle or bottom one.

Leroy · Mar 24, 2019

Actually leave disk in shed and get a spring tooth harrow and with one pass it will be in better shape for planting than with the disk twice over. Next best is a field cultivator.

SVcummins · Mar 24, 2019

I always paint my plow bottoms the grease only
lasts 6 months at best the paint will still be on in 6
years

SVcummins · Mar 24, 2019

I bought 3 heavy duty cup brushes and they didn?t last an hour the 3 of them . The brush in the middle lasted for 20 hours grinding before it finally started to come apart

4wdtom · Mar 24, 2019

When you catch one of those on a rock you won't get the steering wheel in the chest. You will hear a "snap" as the shear bolt breaks and you will get off the tractor and put in a new one. It 's the bolt under the plow frame, above t he plow bottom in the triangular brace. If it is a rocky field you need to have a hand on the hand clutch ready to try and disengage it before the bolt shears. Sometimes you win, sometimes you loose. There was a devise on some of the WDs and 45, maybe only on later ones, that would do it for you if adjusted right. Excessive pull on the attachment point would compress a spring moving linkage that would throw out the hand clutch.

4wdtom · Mar 24, 2019

Probably has loaded tires, then you just open the throttle a bit.

jamstra · Mar 24, 2019

Thanks for correction. Never used a shearbolt plough myself, would never have kept one in bolts! Went from a fixed plough to a spring reset then a hydraulic reset - heaven! Jim

SVcummins · Mar 24, 2019

Leroy · Mar 24, 2019

I switched to paint as grease would not last. Also was way easier to put on each evening than grease for next days work.

ffreeb · Mar 24, 2019

I have painted my plows for a long time. It used to
be I couldn?t keep Cans of spray paint around
because my young sons would take them to paint
wherever they were working on. One day at the
dollar store I found about 6 cans of pink on close
out and bought them. I never had problems with my
paint disappearing again.

NEKS · Mar 24, 2019

Plowed many a fields with a WD and 3/14's. Sometimes brother was in the field also with a M and 3/14's pull type. I see he still has the cultivator brackets on the WD. Wonder when the last time was he had a cultivator on it.

Leroy · Mar 25, 2019

3-14" too much for a WD around here. Uncle had a WD and 3-12" got along with it but not great. burnt in barn fire. replaced with a different WD and 3-14" and could not pull it. Same ground as before the fire. This was over 40 years ago.

A Tiny Patch of Fall Plowing -- Before & After Pic

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