Re: What is Swinging Drawbar used for?

Posted by okla/kans Bill on December 28, 2003 at 11:35:34 from (209.240.205.63):

In Reply to: What is Swinging Drawbar used for? posted by Jason - Senoia, GA on December 27, 2003 at 18:29:34:

i, at 56, decided I was going to plow in a spiral ending up near the center of the field. To do this, I swung the drawbar to the right a hole which made the plow onkly cut around 20 to 22in thereabouts, give or take, on the straightaway, but would allow me to plow around the corner curves without dropping the front wheels in the furrow. Did it take more time, maybe, was it easier than comeing out at the end of the furrow, turning around and going back in, tripping out and tripping in, with rope trip? U BET. Did I use more gas , questionable, as I wasnt making the loop in and out at the ends of each furrow. I also let the drawbar swing free, but put a pin in the last holes on each end, when im discing. This makes it so much easiert to turn around using a 16ft single disc in Okla sand and an F-30. Aftr I have planted corn and it is up around 2ft high, I set the drawbar to one side enough to have the planter set in the middle of the rows it origionally planted, and put in booster fertilizer. When picking corn, I offset the drawbar to the extream right so that I dont run over the snout on the left hand side of the picker. I also do that with the bailer, as it is an engine bailer and I can be a slight distance away from the windrow and not run over it, but, oh how it shakes the 30 when I have to stop for any reason. I think I also offset it when I rake with the 30 and a steel wheeled JD rake, but im not sure.

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