Posted by jwal10 on September 27, 2008 at 15:38:05 from (71.222.24.251):
In Reply to: Pulling a subsoiler posted by mark on September 27, 2008 at 11:54:56:
I rarely went over 16" deep. I liked to subsoil twice at 45 degree angles across a field, 6" below the plow hardpan. Or run the passes to a waterway. I also ran an oliver plow in off years that had small teeth attached to the frogs and ran them 4" below the plow shares. I would take a soil probe in the spring while it was wet to check for hard pan, the other way was if you know the land well enough you could tell if the water wasn't getiing to the field drains. Odd number of shanks in a V shape pull easier than shanks in a straight row. It is suprising how much a subsoiler moves the dirt sideways below ground..James
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