Re: How big a plow?

Posted by Don-Wi on July 11, 2006 at 09:47:59 from (198.150.183.44):

In Reply to: How big a plow? posted by Luke S on July 11, 2006 at 07:01:07:

In our area it"s 25 HP per bottom, so you"d be able to pull atleast 5-16"s. In other areas, you could probably pull 6 bottoms no problem, unless weight is a factor which it really is. Our 1855 weighs in at 13300, and still spins the tires some pulling 4-16"s in our soil.

I"ll admit it needs new rears and that"s a major factor. On the front I"ve got the starter and 1 stack plus 4 slabs hanging on the front, On the rear the tires are loaded and I"ve got a Rops with canopy from a 2-85 White on it.

If you use a chisel plow, hit it once and then again at an angle to the original chisel plowing. We"ve chiseled sod before and the strips that didn"t actually get engaged with the spiral shovels came right back and choked out the corn. Working it twice at an angle was much better but still no comparison for moldboard plows in my opinion.

Donovan from Wisconsin

One side note: Before we got the 4 bottom I pulled our 3-16 with the 18. I pulled it in 4th gear over, and while it worked fine, when I pulled the plow out of the ground the bottoms were HOT!!! Sometimes a slow, slightly harder pull is better than going too fast... I"d go with atleast a 5 bottom and weight it down.

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