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Re: HP, plowing depth, and soil
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Posted by RodInNS on April 11, 2007 at 15:05:32 from (142.177.79.205):
In Reply to: HP, plowing depth, and soil posted by PhilcaseinWPa on April 11, 2007 at 13:24:54:
I'm pulling a mounted 4 variable 12-20 Kverneland. I mostly run between 16 and 18 inches wide.... sometimes 20 and plow about 8" deep. The tractors are in the 70-100 PTO HP range, an with the 70, it'll do between 4 and 5.5 mph in sandy loam, depending on terrain and moisture conditions. If I'm on some of our heavier soils which develop a miserable heavy sod, then the depth needs to go down to near a foot to get under the root system, and I'm probably working at about 3 mph. Generally go to the bigger tractor and bigger rubber, and keep on truckin'. 8" depth is my preference mostly. It draws a compromise between width and work rate on my plow. Any wider, and it needs more depth for it's boards.... and that costs too much in time and fuel for any gains that could be made. Our soils are shallow anyway. We've only got the 8 inches that we've taken the boulders out of anyhow. Deeper serves no purpose other than dragging up rock..... Rod
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