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JackT

10-09-2006 09:21:03




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What is the best way to work small plots? I have several very irregular shaped areas 2 to 5 acres in size. I have a WD45 (no power steering) with a mounted 2 bottom plow and a 3 point disc. When I reach the end of a row usually only a couple of hundred feet, I have to lift the implement to turn the corner, go another hundred feet, lift, turn, etc. Is there some systematic way of dividing up a field to minimize turning or backing? I"m spending more time and fuel turning, backing, and doing loops than I am with the plow in the ground! Would I be better off with tow-behind instead of mounted implements?

I"m new to farming and don"t have any farming neighbors to ask.

Thanks

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Ultradog MN

10-09-2006 19:41:32




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 Re: Working small plots in reply to JackT, 10-09-2006 09:21:03  
3 to 5 acres?? Why that's huge!
I plowed my old cousin's garden last weekend.
40'X about 75'
No room to turn. Apple trees on one end. Strawberry patch on the other.
I hooked the Ferguson 1x16" behind the Ford 3000.
Pull it forward to the end then back up to do the next furrow. Forward and back, forward and back.
I did a few rows to get it adjusted then handed the tractor over to him. Had the plow set to dig for all it was worth. Tractor pulled it easy.

I don't know when I've seen an old man with a bigger grin .

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Errin OH

10-09-2006 11:49:06




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 Re: Working small plots in reply to JackT, 10-09-2006 09:21:03  
I use the "divide and conqure" methed.

On wide areas that would have me dead heading from side to side I start in the middle and work out. Once I get to the point where I am not basicly making a U turn, I do it again. Plowing can be tough this way but do-able, just plan head and don't start with a dead furrow in the middle.

If the field isn't square I work the bigest square I can make and go back for the odd piece(s).

If dealing with an angled piece, I either seperate it out or run the longest part (angle)and deal with a smaler corner.

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BillyinStoughton

10-09-2006 11:44:28




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 Re: Working small plots in reply to JackT, 10-09-2006 09:21:03  
Like the Cowman says, there is no "good" way to work some of those odd shaped fields. What I try to do when I get going on an odd shaped parcel is to "square" the field off to where I can easily work back and forth across a more rectangular section. At that point I'll go back and focus on some of the points or other hard to till areas. It's not science, but it does take patience and time.

Good luck!

Billy

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RN

10-09-2006 11:00:03




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 Re: Working small plots in reply to JackT, 10-09-2006 09:21:03  
Odd shapes? Why? diagonal roads or wandering creeks, steep hills? Have had to work with those problems. Lay out sort of square field to work and plant, leave the tightest corners alone for annually work and plant fruit trees/bushes, have tight fence and let the cows/pigs (sister-horses) and sheep pasture the rest. RN



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dboll

10-09-2006 10:56:57




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 Re: Working small plots in reply to JackT, 10-09-2006 09:21:03  
when we plowed more we did our small odd shaped fields round and round starting on the outside working towards the middle with 4 and 5 bottom semi-mounted plows. Dad said they promoted this during the 70's to save fuel not running on the ends.



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Mike M

10-09-2006 10:22:29




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 Re: Working small plots in reply to JackT, 10-09-2006 09:21:03  
I think you are better off with your mounted implements then you would be with drag behind ones.



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Nebraska Cowman

10-09-2006 09:36:19




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 Re: Working small plots in reply to JackT, 10-09-2006 09:21:03  
As you go along you will learn to work with the longest part of the field and go back and forth, not around. But no, there is no "good" way to work small odd-shaped pieces.



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KRUSS

10-09-2006 10:46:49




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 Re: Working small plots in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 10-09-2006 09:36:19  
Some impliments "come about* on the corners better than others. Plows and discs turn poorly. A WD45 with mounted imp. sounds good to me. Often a person spends a lot of time, fuel and energy to get into a tight little Y shaped corner which may be just as well put to other uses. It usually only takes about 2 or 3 generations to learn these things, though.



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