Posted by paul on April 10, 2012 at 21:51:53 from (66.44.132.109):
In Reply to: plowing posted by olivr 88 on April 10, 2012 at 19:44:47:
Hardest soil to plow is some of the versions of clay I have, that get too wet from our high water table, and so you pack them in spring planting. Then dry out over summer, and try to plow it in fall to loosen it up again. Sorta plowing a several acre brick.....
I'm in Niccolet county MN, not too far from what JMS is talking about. :)
As the other person says, 150 hp on a 4-20 IHC 720 plow is a good match. There are years it plows so easy don't know the plow is on. But then their are others, when you run out of traction, or can get the tractor to rear up on it's hind wheels. I used to pull a 4-16 with 85 hp, but it got old shifting down to 'crawl' speed in the tough years.
I went past Smith's Mill today, and saw 2 new plows stting on the lot, plow sales have really picked up around here, we do a lot of corn on corn, and with resistant weeds, resistant insects, new bacteria and rust issues hitting corn, we are realizing the plow was a pretty good option again.
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