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martinlasecki 10-15-2012 18:44:22 74.112.57.173 Report to Moderator	hey wondering how good a 145h john deere plow is and if they are worth buying one im looking at is 3 16s thanks.. [Reply]   [No Email]
PDaniels 10-16-2012 09:39:19 198.24.95.110 Report to Moderator	Re: john deere plow in reply to martinlasecki, 10-15-2012 18:44:22   I have one i pull with a jd 2510 works very good in corn land. It is a 3/16. I am in North Carolina (caswell county)   [Reply]  [No Email]
Bobl1958 10-16-2012 08:01:17 68.98.205.31 Report to Moderator	Re: john deere plow in reply to martinlasecki, 10-15-2012 18:44:22   The little 3 bottom 145's are definately collectable. 16" will plug less than 12" or 14" for obvious reasons. I think you should get a along just fine. You need a gauge wheel. Might be able to find on from something else and rig it to fit. It would be a great help for sure.   [Reply]  [No Email]
martin lasecki 10-16-2012 09:02:09 74.112.57.173 Report to Moderator	Re: john deere plow in reply to Bobl1958, 10-16-2012 08:01:17   ok well idk should buy and trade for a oliver 588 or white same thing or a 5 14s trailer plow for are 830 jd the 3 16s just dont work well plays with them   [Reply]  [No Email]
dboll 10-16-2012 05:17:27 209.23.168.189 Report to Moderator	Re: john deere plow in reply to martinlasecki, 10-15-2012 18:44:22   they pull harder than an Oliver, have less trash clearance and the frogs bend when plowing heavy ground, If I were to get one for free I would haul it in for scrap and buy a real plow   [Reply]  [No Email]
Leroy 10-16-2012 05:02:57 69.88.205.38 Report to Moderator	Re: john deere plow in reply to martinlasecki, 10-15-2012 18:44:22   Actually a 3 bottom is worth more than a 4 or 5 bottom and ALL semi mounted plows no mater what make should have a depth wheel. If none would not be too hard to make. My plow was a MF 4-14 and I threatened to before getting out of farming to make a second depth wheel and put it on the front with the orignal on the back. Depends on how good your tractor is at controling 3-point height. My Ford 5000 I had trouble with on that. And remember whem people say not good on corn stalks they had way more clearance than the 3-12" 555 JD that used to be the standard and many many a scre of stalks were plowed with them.   [Reply]  [No Email]
FC Andy 10-15-2012 18:56:29 74.126.84.52 Report to Moderator	Re: john deere plow in reply to martinlasecki, 10-15-2012 18:44:22   I've got one- 4-16's and I pull it with my 806. I have coverboards on mine, and It really does a nice job, at least in wheat stubble. My plow does one of the nicest jobs of any of the ones that show up at the local plow day. I've never plowed corn stubble with it, I've been told they don't have the clearance for that job unless you first chop or disk the stubble. It does just fine in fairly tall wheat stubble, though. Wear parts seem to be readily available. I like mine, but I would say this- If you had to pay more than a few hundred bucks for it you'll probably be able to find a newer, higher clearance plow for similiar money. -Andy This post was edited by FC Andy at 19:01:49 10/15/12.   [Reply]  [No Email]
martinlasecki 10-15-2012 19:19:10 74.112.57.173 Report to Moderator	Re: john deere plow in reply to FC Andy, 10-15-2012 18:56:29   ok hmm thx i used it behind my 706 to plow up a hay field worked alright then and used it at a plow days in black dirt bean stuble but the back mmulboard would randomly dig really deap or make a very shallow furow... grandfather passed eight years ago n grandmother is selling equipment now to cuzins and uncles and stuff so i would snatch up the plow if i could use it in all stuble with a adjustment cause it has no gauge wheel... only dislike i have about it   [Reply]  [No Email]
BushogPapa 10-17-2012 16:06:50 173.88.51.117 Report to Moderator	Re: john deere plow in reply to martinlasecki, 10-15-2012 19:19:10   It is no big project to make an adjustable Gauge Wheel for a mounted plow.. A wheel spindle and any 3/4"x 3" bar with holes (off an old JD Pull-Type plow Hitch??), with the mount made with 3 holes that are all in varying "out-or register" with the vertical bar holes will allow many depth setting adjustments... Ron..   [Reply]  [No Email]
Longmeadow farm 10-16-2012 04:11:52 67.248.204.57 Report to Moderator	Re: john deere plow in reply to martinlasecki, 10-15-2012 19:19:10   There is a depth adjustment on the rear of the plow..on the tail wheel assembly. Check the manual for proper adjustment. In my experience these plows seem to want to run somewhat deep to work well. I had the same problem with the rear furrow ...but that was years ago. Not sure, but I believe it was a matter of getting the rear of the plow deep enough. I tend to run my plows a fraction deeper on the rear..they seem to work better this way. I made heavy duty moldboard extensions for the plow many years ago as I found the 145 is not the best in turning heavy sod. I have a side hill hitch on mine for hills and contour plowing. All-in-all it's a decent plow, but I wouldn't want to try and plow down corn stalks.   [Reply]  [No Email]
paul 10-15-2012 20:22:16 66.44.133.112 Report to Moderator	Re: john deere plow in reply to martinlasecki, 10-15-2012 19:19:10   Didn't have that problem with the 145's I used to use. They were a good plow in their day, was awful getting cornstalks through them compared to one with more clearance now, but other than the trash clearance, was a good plow. I actually bought a 3-16 to use for odds and ends, don't have to take the dual off and put the big plow on the big tractor for little stuff. --->Paul   [Reply]  [No Email]
martin lasecki 10-16-2012 06:21:25 74.112.57.173 Report to Moderator	Re: john deere plow in reply to paul, 10-15-2012 20:22:16   ok hmmm so a good plow would b a oliver/white plow? or a later ih i have a little ih #312 thats 314sit so that did pretty good in corn stalks till it hit that long grass n plugged up in a sec so if that jd does that then ill look for a different one   [Reply]  [No Email]