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Thanks for the advice; moved the plow today! (pic)

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Will Herring

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Tried plowing with it too, but I think she's a bit wet. Opened up good, but on the next pass my left wheel (the one on the grass) was slipping bad. I think I need to adjust the plow a bit and wait until she's a bit dryer.

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(quoted from post at 19:01:19 04/13/13) Shine up those shares & it'll pull a lot easier. Just my thoughts, Keith
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Yeah, they clogged up pretty bad. I think it's going to need some elbow grease shining up. Probably a big factor in why I started to spin even though I was in 2nd gear. I also may need to make sure I've got my hydraulics set for drawbar control and not height control. Poor plow hasn't been used in probably... 15 years?

Also, is plowing in 1st gear too slow?
 
I have heard the a soft brick will scour the bottoms or gravel. You can always use a wire brush on a grinder. As far as speed, you can go too fast but I don"t think you can go too slow. Just don"t plow too wet as you will live with all year.
 
Normal speed with a WD is wide open in 2nd, or 3rd if it can pull it. First is not only painfully slow, it"s likely to do a poor job of turning the furrow over.
 
(quoted from post at 19:28:08 04/13/13) Normal speed with a WD is wide open in 2nd, or 3rd if it can pull it. First is not only painfully slow, it"s likely to do a poor job of turning the furrow over.
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Yeah I wouldn't want to go any slower than 2nd, for sure. It was rolling over nicely, other than it was gumming up a bit...

(quoted from post at 19:20:34 04/13/13) I have heard the a soft brick will scour the bottoms or gravel. You can always use a wire brush on a grinder. As far as speed, you can go too fast but I don"t think you can go too slow. Just don"t plow too wet as you will live with all year.
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Seems like a good idea. Will have to buy a wire brush for my drill.
 
No problem plowing real slow but you will get a
smoother job if you go faster. The dirt clumps seam
to kinda flow into each other.
 
Remember horses plowed for years before the tractor ever came out and an average horse would walk about 2 mph, some less, some more but your low gear in the tractor is probably about 2 1/2 mph. Also in plowing contests they move at a slow walk to get the best job.
 
Got any ground you can plow that you don't care about the looks?
I shined mine up by plowing in a field that a BTO had worked the year
before and was going to work afterward.
He told me he didn't care ahead of time, and it didn't even slow him down.
It was easy work on the tractor and shined the plow up in a short time.
 
(quoted from post at 20:06:26 04/13/13) Got any ground you can plow that you don't care about the looks?
I shined mine up by plowing in a field that a BTO had worked the year
before and was going to work afterward.
He told me he didn't care ahead of time, and it didn't even slow him down.
It was easy work on the tractor and shined the plow up in a short time.
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Oooh, this could work great. Got a field just across the way that has already been chiseled that they're gonna have to do again that may work great for this.
 
(quoted from post at 17:55:05 04/13/13)
(quoted from post at 20:06:26 04/13/13) Got any ground you can plow that you don't care about the looks?
I shined mine up by plowing in a field that a BTO had worked the year
before and was going to work afterward.
He told me he didn't care ahead of time, and it didn't even slow him down.
It was easy work on the tractor and shined the plow up in a short time.
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Oooh, this could work great. Got a field just across the way that has already been chiseled that they're gonna have to do again that may work great for this.
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Just remember to clean off the moldboards at the end of each pass.....they can't scour if you are just rubbing dirt on dirt.....
 
The speed at which plowing should be done is based on how the bottom is crafted. High speed bottoms dont work well at all at less than 2.5 MPH and niether do they work well much above 5 MPH. If you pull a Deere general purpose bottom at 5 MPH it will make a real nice mess.
 
I have a plow just like the one you have. Never got out of second, she had all she wanted. Tried some alfalfa sod one time. was just to much plow.
 
(quoted from post at 00:35:57 04/14/13) I have a plow just like the one you have. Never got out of second, she had all she wanted. Tried some alfalfa sod one time. was just to much plow.
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I'm trying to turn some SOD that hasn't been plowed in about 15 years, there's some serious root structure here. She definitely has all she wants in 2nd.

She was too wet this morning. I managed to go about 5 feet before it all balled up on me, so I quit for the day. Gonna have to let her dry a few more days first.

(quoted from post at 23:29:30 04/13/13)
(quoted from post at 17:55:05 04/13/13)
(quoted from post at 20:06:26 04/13/13) Got any ground you can plow that you don't care about the looks?
I shined mine up by plowing in a field that a BTO had worked the year
before and was going to work afterward.
He told me he didn't care ahead of time, and it didn't even slow him down.
It was easy work on the tractor and shined the plow up in a short time.
Click to expand...

Oooh, this could work great. Got a field just across the way that has already been chiseled that they're gonna have to do again that may work great for this.
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Just remember to clean off the moldboards at the end of each pass.....they can't scour if you are just rubbing dirt on dirt.....
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Good to know, never occurred to me to do this either. Thanks!
 
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