Author	[Modern View]
MoMike 10-08-2012 04:51:18 65.202.124.4 Report to Moderator	I have a question for those that still plow. When you have a narrow strip left in the center of your land, say 1 or 2 bottoms wide do you drop the front down and raise the rear or lower the rear and plow with the back bottome? I haven't been around plowing for over 25 years and we used a 3pt plow at that time. I plowed a patch for wheat the other day and I don't like the way the center dead furrow came out, seems awfully wide to me. Advice welcomed and thanks. [Reply]   [No Email]
MoMike 10-10-2012 04:52:11 65.202.124.4 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to MoMike, 10-08-2012 04:51:18   Thanks for the help. I disced it down last night, worked out fairly well, still have a small dip in spots but better than in the past. Plan on drilling tonight. [Reply]  [No Email]
Bobl1958 10-09-2012 14:06:19 68.98.205.31 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to MoMike, 10-08-2012 04:51:18   May not be something that will work for you, but I always leave a couple of rounds, and then hit it with the offset disc, or chisel it. Saves having a dead furrow. I also do the corners that way as well. ( we plow round and round in this country, when we plow) With a good semi mount, like the other say, just raise up the rear and you can almost eliminate the dead furrow that way as well. Just takes a little practice. However, with a small 2 or 3 bottom 3 point, it will be hard to do. Bob [Reply]  [No Email]
David Snipes 10-08-2012 14:20:11 198.239.210.178 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to MoMike, 10-08-2012 04:51:18   Hey MoMike, are you connected with MoMike Demolition in Spokane, Wa? [Reply]  [No Email]
MoMike 10-08-2012 17:16:12 72.161.6.110 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to David Snipes, 10-08-2012 14:20:11   Afraid not, the closest I came to that part of the country is delivering freight and marrying a girl from the northwest. [Reply]  [No Email]
JMS/.MN 10-08-2012 09:02:33 66.180.105.64 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to MoMike, 10-08-2012 04:51:18   What the others say, and especially paul"s advice about making another round. Dead furrows are a PITA- get rid of them. [Reply]  [No Email]
paul 10-08-2012 08:20:44 76.77.196.231 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to MoMike, 10-08-2012 04:51:18   Lower the front all the way, rear tends to be about 3/4 up. If the soil allows (not too wet or too much trash in it) I plow the resulting furrow closed by making an extra round with the front bottom throwing plowed dirt back into the furrow. --->Paul [Reply]  [No Email]
Sid 10-08-2012 13:37:57 67.210.55.133 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to paul, 10-08-2012 08:20:44   Paul, I have tried that plowing sod and keep making a mess. What do I need to then? I grew up with a disc plow and thought I knew how to plow. Boy do I make a mess with a "bottom plow, when I try to plow in dead furrow. [Reply]  [No Email]
paul 10-08-2012 18:31:59 66.44.133.112 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to Sid, 10-08-2012 13:37:57   Yup, you are right, in chunky sod, or heavy cornstalk trash, or in wet conditions, plowing that deadfurrow back in can be next to impossible. --->Paul [Reply]  [No Email]
Mike Aylward 10-08-2012 07:32:14 216.145.134.145 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to MoMike, 10-08-2012 04:51:18   When plowing the next to the last round I like to shallow the plow some so the trench isn't as deep. Then take the front of the plow and just knock off the last bit of unplowed ground. Leaves a clean, neat dead furrow that isn't tremendously deep. I've seen many that just left their plows set the same and ended up with a 15 inch or deeper dead furrow. Absolutely no need for that. Mike [Reply]  [No Email]
Richard Hare 10-08-2012 07:15:26 199.243.31.124 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to MoMike, 10-08-2012 04:51:18   Lower the front,... but if you cut your last furrow 'up' shallower, when you plough back 'down' a bit deeper, you won't leave much sod showing if parts get ploughed back. hope this makes sense! [Reply]  [No Email]
RGMartin 10-08-2012 06:13:53 98.21.111.48 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to rustyplow, 10-08-2012 04:51:18   Quoting Removed, click Modern View to see +1, or leave the double dead furrow, and plow into it next year. [Reply]  [No Email]
Dave Sherburne NY 10-08-2012 05:59:19 74.32.164.236 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to MoMike, 10-08-2012 04:51:18   When I was doing a lot of plowing with a variable width plow that wasn't much of a problem . But without the variable width I would lower the front but just enough to knock the top of the strip. The secondary tillage, a disc or drag will take care of that strip and you won't wind up with the big ditch. [Reply]  [No Email]
johnpop1 10-08-2012 07:08:22 96.249.5.193 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to Dave Sherburne NY, 10-08-2012 05:59:19   Grew up in Smyrna and going there today to bury my cousin [Reply]  [No Email]
Dave Sherburne NY 10-08-2012 10:19:24 74.32.164.236 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to johnpop1, 10-08-2012 07:08:22   Maybe I'll see you there. [Reply]  [No Email]
rrlund 10-08-2012 05:13:34 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: plowing with a semi-mtd plow in reply to MoMike, 10-08-2012 04:51:18   I lower the front and raise the back. Can't raise it all the way up,but I try to get it a few inches higher than the other furrow. [Reply]  [No Email]