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Anyone set out headlands?

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Bkpigs

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Just got to thinking. Does any one set out headlands when they plow, or is this just a thing done at plow days for the other operators to end in a straight line?
 
You always need to LOOK at the field and determine if you need to put your new Head-Land in an old Dead-Furrow location or start by rolling the soil Out, toward the fence..
If it is a very large field, you will want to strike a Head-Land or maybe more..
Draw the field out on paper and see how it will finish..
In a 50 Ac field, 1/2mi long, we would have One Head-Land and ONE Dead-Furrow.
Start with one Head-Land 1/4 field-width in from one side, plow that, then plow the rest and end up with the dead-Furrow where you finish..
Next rear, reverse that..

You bet, and you get good at Pacing off each end.!
Use an SMV at the far end, to plow toward..

Ron.
 
I never have set out headlands, just try to Keep the end on the furrows in a line so I can plow them consistently.
 

When Striking a land, always LOOK for an object in line with your distant marker (at the far fence), but much further away.
KEEP those two distant objects lined up and DO NOT look back while making that 1st pass..

Ron.
 

No straight fields here - all contour strips. My solution? Buy a rollover plow and always plow the strip uphill...
 
Simple.

Buy a farm around here. You don't have to worry. You just try to keep the nose up and it will pull you down. in the end, the line will go where-ever the level lies.

Have you ever rolled a sidehill combine? Come to my farm, I'll show you how!
 
Has been a long time, but when I was helping Dad, everyone in the neighborhood laid out a headland with a shallow furrow. When the front wheels bumped it was time to reach for the trip rope, & pull when the rear wheels bumped. Made it a lot easier driving when cleaning up the headland.
About the last furrow along the fence- Dad insisted that the last 3 or 4 furrows be plowed AWAY from the fence, & that we were carefull when disking that part. Right or wrong, he didn't want us throwing dirt against & burying the fence. He was the boss & we did what we were told.
Willie
 
That is the way that we did strikeouts when we plowed - just sighted in on an object far away and drive straight to it.

Unfortunately, a girl kept me out late one night. Got home at 4:00 a.m.; Dad hollered for me to get up at 4:30 to get ready to go to the a field 3 miles away and start plowing. When I went to make the strikeout, I couldn't even see the other end of the half mile long field, let alone an object in the distance. I tried to hold the steering wheel steady, but it was the worst strikeout that I ever made. Dang girls!
 
I think 2 different things are being discussed here. The headlands are at the end of the field, not the strikeouts in the field. I know in a couple old plow manuals it talks about running one furrow perpendicular to how you're gonna plow to guide you at the ends to keep a straight line to finish the headlands.

Personally, I've never bothered with that because at the higher speeds with bigger tractors that furrow would be more of a hazard than a help. I don't have too much trouble keeping the headlands straight any way.

To strike it out, I find what's left of the last plowing's dead furrow and plow it the opposite way.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
Yes they are, A head land or finishing off the ends are the same thing.

I never started plowing a field on a far side every time. Some times I would pick up a dead furrow in the center of the field. If the drive was in the center of the field I never though it was necessary to drive any farther than I needed to get started. If dead furrows were not evident I would go to one side or the other and pace off both ends and mark the spot. I always used 45 pace lands which was 15 paces from the outside. The larger tractors would of course plow larger lands.
 
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