Well, I could just copy your post and cover most of today.
I picked up an old Landoll three-point chisel plow to try behind my 4430. It is eleven shanks, seven in the main frame with a wing on each side carrying two shanks each. Without installing the duals, I had less-than-sufficient traction pulling it in one of my flatter fields and bean stubble. My rear tires are about 20% tread, which is just fine for the main tractor use of pulling the discbine, and I don't have any burning desire to install/remove the duals for a few acres of tillage every couple of years.
I originally bought it with the idea to remove three of the shanks and use them in the vineyard after spreading manure- I have a single-bottom subsoiler that has the same sized main beam- I plan to remove the subsoiler shank and install three of the chisel shanks and see if I can pull it with one of the narrow tractors.
With the wings removed, the donor plow is just as wide as the 4430, and I suspect it will do just fine with only seven shanks behind it. Now we've had more rain, and I probably will have to wait to test it out.
This plow was a real Frankenstein creature- I think I have identified four different types of shanks amongst the eleven. Three similar ones with spring setups will be used on the vineyard model. The others are spaced evenly across the donor frame, with one oddball extra left off. Must have had a rough life early on.
I wish I had the time and shop space for a restoration- sandblast and paint, all new hardware, etc. At this point, I'm just doing my best to get it all back together as is. The side sections have a hinge pin to allow the wings to fold back and get through a gate, those are rusted solid, so I'm in the process of cutting them off to remove the wings. If ever needed, I'll clear them out of the hinge and replace them.
After that project is done, back to cleaning equipment and prepping it for storage and packing the barns full.
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