One More Plow Question

WI Dave · Apr 9, 2009

Will a Farmall M w/o Wheel weights be able to handle a 3-16 plow?

f826 · Apr 9, 2009

my farmall m pulled a 3-16 trip plow in light soil with 13.6 tires. no weights and no fluid in the tires.

IHCPloughman · Apr 10, 2009

Depends on your soil. I've got a 44 M and I pulled a 3-14 behind it. I'm in SE SD where soil can vary from sandy loam to clay loam, nothing too "heavy". Cruised along in second gear fine plowing in August. I went to another field later that fall after all the usual September rain, and 1st gear sounded nice, and there were places where the tractor would lug down in some wet heavy soil.

I think I have one pair of weights on it...power is going to be the issue before traction with your M.

So the answer is...maybe.

I am sure there will be guys that say otherwise, but that is my experience.

If it was 50 years ago and you needed the biggest plow for your tractor to get your 320 acres plowed in time. Yes maybe. If you want to have at a plow day, a 3-14 would comfortable, a 2 bottom would be very comfortable.

If its a #8 with the add-on third bottom, buy the plow, try it, and turn it into a 2-bottom if its too much.

Anonymous-0 · Apr 10, 2009

LA in WI · Apr 10, 2009

Dave,
Even if you do buy that 3-16 you say needs lots of parts and you put a lot of dollars into it, I think you are always going to wish you had a 3-14 or 2-16 for your M. You can easily put $300 into parts into that plow. Think about waiting until you find what you really would like to have; there are some nice plows "out there" if you keep looking. At plow days you aren't there to impress anyubody by how big a plow you can pull....you can have a nice day by having that M purr along easily no matter what soil types. And your M will like that, too.
LA in WI

mkirsch · Apr 10, 2009

In our ground, an M wouldn't pull 3 16's even with loaded tires and two sets of weights... The plowing would have to be VERY easy.

Janicholson · Apr 10, 2009

Not successfully. Though going slow is OK, the plow is one bottom too many. (like triplets on a two child income) JimN

dhermesc · Apr 10, 2009

I would agree. If all you're going to do is scratch the top - don't bother hooking up to a plow.

Tom52 · Apr 10, 2009

We pulled 3-14's with a M in central Illinois in ground ranging from heavy black ground to timber ground with some heavy clay, mostly in third gear.
I think 3-16's is a little to much.

Nebraska Cowman · Apr 10, 2009

It takes a darn good M to pull 3 here in black ground.

Rootsy · Apr 10, 2009

My M needs 3 wheel weights per side in riddle / loamy soil in order to power out instead of spinning out with 15.5 - 38's and my #70 3 - 16"...

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