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David in Wales - thanks for the response.

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RayP(MI)

04-27-2007 04:28:15




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In regard to your last post: What you saw on my plowshares was grey primer paint sprayed over the plow shares. Plowing done, I painted them to keep from rusting. Just a few yards plowing in my soils and they're mirror shiny. Yes, coulters would help, but had disked the sod three times before plowing. Surface of sod was pretty well cut up. Sod roots were solid clear to the bottom of plow cut, and didn't break up much during plowing process. Rolled over OK, but left very definite rolls of almost solid sod. I'm sure that this plow would do a good job in previously farmed land, like corn, or beans for previous crop!

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David in Wales

04-27-2007 10:53:41




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 Re: David in Wales - thanks for the response. in reply to RayP(MI), 04-27-2007 04:28:15  
Hey Ray;
You made a great job under the circumstances, Ive seen a lot worse done here by "expert ploughmen" working with new machinery on farms. Once the discs have been over no-one will know how straight it was. Brown side up is best.
After a couple more years ploughing & cropping that will make a nice field.
Do you guys always use disc harrows? Over here they only use heavy discs for initial cultivation to incorperate stubble into the soil to encourage weeds to grow & chop up crop residue before they plough.
Almost every farmer here uses a "power harrow" which is a pto diven vertical tined implement which will smash up the soil to make a tilth in one pass (but doesnt leave a pan like a roratary cultivator does).
Cheers David

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Mike M

04-27-2007 05:43:18




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 Re: David in Wales - thanks for the response. in reply to RayP(MI), 04-27-2007 04:28:15  
The way I see it,we should of had those guys come on over to your place and plow. Now that would of been a REALLY HARD competition !



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Mike (WA)

04-27-2007 08:28:49




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 Re: David in Wales - thanks for the response. in reply to Mike M, 04-27-2007 05:43:18  
REALITY PLOUGHING! A totally different kind of contest. Find some scruffy old place- assign everyone a small section. Doesn't matter if my section isn't exactly the same as your section, because each section would have a "degree of difficulty" multiplier. You get to make two runs, up and back, that won't be scored, so you can make adjustments to compensate for conditions. No limit on adjustments- change coulters, change shares, landslides, you name it, bring in a different plough if you want to. You got two hours to get ready- then the actual competition. That might be more of a test than ploughing a perfect soccer field.

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Mike M

04-27-2007 11:16:12




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 Re: David in Wales - thanks for the response. in reply to Mike (WA), 04-27-2007 08:28:49  
Sounds like fun,count me in.

Went to a show many years ago and had my Totally Restored JD720 there. Another guy had his restored 730Lp and 4 bottom plow. His tranny got screwed up because it wasn't totally restored he never touched his tranny. So I asked if I could hook up his plow and try it out. I think I surprised everyone that I would actually do that they just thought it was a trailer queen.

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georgeky

04-27-2007 11:33:26




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 Re: David in Wales - thanks for the response. in reply to Mike M, 04-27-2007 11:16:12  
Mike, I plowed 100 acres with a 730 diesel that belongs to a friend. I was pulling 4x16 IH plow, it done a great job. The old tractor ran and pulled better after the temp gauge was almost to the hot zone. Seemed the hotter it got the better it pulled.



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RayP(MI)

04-27-2007 04:53:24




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 Re: David in Wales - thanks for the response. in reply to RayP(MI), 04-27-2007 04:28:15  
David, just a note, my posting was intended to be tongue-on-cheek. Kind of a humerous jab! The plowing you showed was so perfect. Hardly "real world." Yeah, I know these guys work very hard at their craft, and it is incredibly smooth even and regular. My field conditions were extremely difficult, uneven, rough, sod bound, up hill both ways and side hills, and full of uneven furrows due to careless plowing practices previously. Also loaded with deep roots, even tree roots many yards from trees. Field had been in sod for many many years. Not plowing contest material! Plus my tractor doen't have draft control, - except for me constantly adjusting the hydraulics. Guide wheel was added by me, but it doesn't completely do the job.

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Allan In NE

04-27-2007 05:05:45




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 Re: David in Wales - thanks for the response. in reply to RayP(MI), 04-27-2007 04:53:24  
I'll tell ya Ray,

This is one of those jobs that ya really "Have to be there" to completely understand. Kinda like having hold of a timber wolf by the ears.

Dunno, just don't see how you could have done it any better.

Allan



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