Chiseled some ground today

Dave from MN · Apr 1, 2012

Just wanted to see if the Ol Oli would still pull the Chisel with the 38's as last time she had 34's. Definatly increased the traction, with little slippage tractor really had to work. I must say that ground is like concrete. Having a real hard time with my usual plan of just disking and planting, cant see them roots getting very far down. Guess frost didnt do a darned bit of good for fracturing the soil this winter. Chisel is too much for the Oli now, guess the 1206 will get the job.

hoosierhog · Apr 1, 2012

How bog is your chisel?

IaGary · Apr 1, 2012

Dave with the 38's your gonna move a little faster in the same gear than what you did with the 34's.

If you shift down a gear you will probably move the same speed as when you had the 34's. Thus part of the reason for pulling hard, your moving faster.

Gary

Bob Bancroft · Apr 1, 2012

Hate to hear that about concrete. I have drilled some of my oats, first time EVER in March. Seedbed was as perfect as I've ever seen. Kept thinking I was planting wheat(Sep)! except that I about froze Fri. night!

jddriver · Apr 1, 2012

disc is best tool for packing ground ever invented.I hate discs.If you dont think a disc packs the ground look at every construction company going they all use a disc to pack the roadbed

IAJosh84 · Apr 1, 2012

Disks CAN pack the ground if you try to work it when it's too wet. Construction companies use big offset disks to loosen the ground so the scrapers and dozers can move it. They then use sheeps foot rollers or pull type packers to repack the ground.

What oliver do you have? How many shank chisel?

paul · Apr 1, 2012

Chiseled 15 acres over the past 2 weeks, wife field cultivated 15-20 acres to smooth it a bit for fert applicators, I field cultivated 10 acres or so and planted oats. All worked real well.

Picked up 4 large rocks today, clay was so hard last fall had to set the plow real deep to get it to stay in (and it didn't!) but where it did bite in it went an inch or 3 deeper, so turned up some new ground - and big big rocks.

The oats was planted on my wettest ground, often can't work some of that until June. Ditch is stagnant, barely running - 10,000 acres of field drainage runs through my portion it's typically plumb full this time of year, tile all backed up running full. Only 2 of my tile are running a bit. Topsoil moisture is good for now, but..... What's the future gonna be?

Southern MN here. This is the 3rd time in my life I've been in the fields in March.

--->Paul

paul · Apr 1, 2012

Just to add, for my clay soil in a typical wet spring here, neither chisel plowing nor disking is a real good idea. The chisel will smear up the wet clay, makes more of a smeared baked mess than anything, and a disk will turn this yellow clay hard & packed. Disks are typically used for special needs, a field cultivator would be the main tool in spring 'here'.

This spring is different tho.

--->Paul

Dave from MN · Apr 2, 2012

The Oli is a '69 1750. It had tossed the rod out the block prior to my geting it and the used a engine from a 1900?? and did a complete rebuild on it. Chisel is a Kewanee, 12 shank. About 12' worked width. I was surprised it would pull it with out the duals, but with the stepup rims, there is an awful lot of fluid in them tires. Ran in 3rd under(a bit slow I know), last time I used the combo I would pull in 4th under or direct, but that was with 18.4'x34's and duals. I gotta get some thing else on that plow in these conditions or I am sure I will break something on the tractor.

Dave from MN · Apr 2, 2012

She's an ugly one, gotta keep a hoodie and dark sunglasses in this one for when I have to go down the road. About the ugliest one in the area. Think I am gonna pull the cab, get her painted, and sell it, just like the '06's. Only about 400 hours on the engine, 9000 on the tractor.

olliekid · Apr 2, 2012

thats a lot of chisel for that tractor especially if you dug deep. I am kind of surprised it would pull it.

Chiseled some ground today

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