Finished Plowing

I finished plowing last Friday and pressure washed everything last Sunday. I just have to cover the Moldboards and then put in neighbors shed.

For those of you who recall I bought a Case-IH 145 Roll-Over plow this spring. I got to try it on some sod but it did not stay in the full right or left position. It's a long story but I have not got the roll-over portion working yet. Once the JD 4200 is off the 4250 I will put the Case-IH 145 plow on and continue working with the roll-over function.

I plowed a lot of organic ground. Top was dry but down a couple inches it was really wet and in some places it was brick making clay. But, being June if I could get through it had to go. One neighbor's Deutz-Allis quit at the clutch so I had to finish his plowing. We give each other a lot of crap about JD and Deutz-Allis, which I also have some experience with, but it is all in good humor.

I remembered I was going to post this picture when I saw SV was plowing.

Paul

Looks like a nice outfit. With already owning the Deere plow what made you buy the red one? Some feature or does it lay the ground different? I have considered buying one but do not use the f145 Deere I have now. I was thinking maybe a three bottom for the 4020. Tom

I would like a John Deere rollover plow . I?m just able to get back in the field last night ran from 600 am to 12 am I think two more days will finish what I?ve got this spring . It is wet way wet but we can work done the clods one way or another if we have to lelly it .

This is the worst they had a road packed down from putting in an irrigation system

Good looking pair.

Man that looks like hard hard soil. That has to be tough going. I hope it breaks up for you. I hope your back holds up when you have to disk that. Paul

Hi Tom.

I was going to buy a second 4200 but the Case-IH 145 caught my eye with auto-resets and more clearance. Some say they pull easier and cover better. I don't have enough experience with it yet to speak to that. The 4200 has 60" from right bottom share to left bottom share, the 145 has 72". The 145 bottom is also not under the main beam as is the 4200. So it ought to do better in stalks and tall grass.

The JD 4200 does a complete roll-over with just moving the SCV lever once. The one disappointment so far is after I purchased the 145 I found out you had to operate the SCV twice to get it to roll-over completely and then you run the risk of it locking (wrong word but best I can think of right now) in the "half rolled over position". Anyway the 145 would not maintain its full rolled-over position. I rebuilt the tractor SCV's, re-built the Dual pilot operated Check Valve, and went to rebuild the cylinder when I seriously broke the cylinder just due to ignorance on my part.

SV suggests throw away the Dual pilot operated Check Valve. Other sources suggests he is right. Well, I plan to try that as soon as I have the 145 back on the 4250. It turns out the cylinder, except for one connection, is a standard 8" stroke, 20.25" retracted length, with 3" bore, and 1.5" rod diameter. I have cylinders that meet that but with smaller rods and pipe thread connections on both ends. I will try one of them.

I also plan to try it again with the Dual pilot operated Check Valve but I have to decide if I want to fix the original cylinder. While standard in everyway it has an O-ring connection on one end and pipe thread on the other to accommodate their incorporation of the Dual pilot operated Check Valve.

Well, a lot of people use a 4020 on these plows, including SV. It looks like he is operating on level ground. These plows are heavy with six bottoms hanging back there. I have 10 weights on the front of my 4250 and need it all. I tried eight last year. When I used my 4320 I had a dual starter weight bracket with eight slab weights. The 4250 handles these plows better but I often operate on some pretty good hills. Both my plows are 3x18".

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Paul

Thanks NY. I put new bigger mirrors on the outside of the tractor this year.

You cannot see it but inside the cab I have another mirror, same size, just to the right of my head aimed down at the plow. I am 66 and cannot twist like I used to. That mirror and a couple of RAM mounts really does a great job helping me see the plow without twisting.

Paul

That?s one nice thing about having a 3x16 plow ya you might ketch h*!! about your pos tractor but even when the ground is like cement you can drag the plow 5 mph and 10 inches deep big plows are great when you?re doing stubble ground that gets farmed ever year I was plowing double with a guy pulling 3x18 with a 2 135 white and had his hands full in our soil by the time you screw around finishing up and laying off lands and doing the headlands especially on small odd shaped fields a smaller two way gets more done than a bigger one way anyway my equipment has to be able go on a trailer and go up to 60 miles away it?s pretty hard to load a 5 or 6 bottom semi mount plow and a tractor on a 24 foot gooseneck

Paul, I just turned 70. My arthritis is really getting bad, but I am fighting it. A few years ago I found that I was losing the ability to turn my head as far as i used to. I do a bunch of different exercises every morning for joints and balance and strength. Six months ago I added one for my neck. While I am doing shoulder exercises I turn my head sideways as far as I can to each side and hold it for ten seconds and do three repetitions. I have noticed that I am getting range back.

Just grease those boards up real nice when you are done. When a plow gets rusty....what a mess !