[AJD] How deep to plow?

Bruce Mahr martian at winco.net
Sun Oct 24 07:10:36 PDT 2004


Dave: There is no serial number on older implements.

I would also like the phone number for the salvage yard you mention in your 
other post. I am about an hour an a half south of Moline.

Bruce Mahr

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Mayfield" <johndeere at gwltd.com>
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Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2004 7:47 AM
Subject: Re: [AJD] How deep to plow?


> Speaking of a JD 44 Plow. I just bought one yesterday, it's in really
> perfect shape not a thong wrong with it. Steel wheels. I paid $150.00 I
> thought I got a heck of a deal. Now that the sun is up, I am going to have
> close for a serial number, anyone know where it would be. Or any other 
> info
> on this plow, year???
>
> Dave Mayfield
> Moline , Il  Home of John Deere Plow Works.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Terry L. Hrdlicka" <th01209 at alltel.net>
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> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 10:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [AJD] How deep to plow?
>
>
>> Louis,
>>
>> 18"!  Holy smoke!  That's some plow!  Like Dean said, about 8" is
>> normally the max, but as long as you aren't bringing up clay or other
>> bad soil, I guess you can go as deep as you want.  I've been working on
>> about an acre of really cruddy clay that has been chemicaled and
>> fertilized to death for over 60 years, trying to get some organic matter
>> into it, and have used a 730 lister to dig down close to 2' to bust it
>> up.  Makes some hellish trenches and clods, and has raised a few
>> eyebrows from the folks that drive by.  Makes for an exciting ride on
>> the 'ol A when I try to disc it smooth. Been planting popcorn in it for
>> 2 years, most of which grows up in weeds, but after only 2 years of
>> plowing it back under, it's starting to turn black, and wasn't like
>> plowing concrete when I hit it with the #44 last week.
>>
>> Terry
>>
>>
>>
>> Louis R Godena wrote:
>> > Hi folks;
>> >
>> > It's been awhile since I last wrote, so sort of touching base.  Anyway,
> last
>> > weekend was doing some fall plowing of my garden and an adjacent
> buckwheat
>> > field (about 2 acres) with a 1926 JD model 41 14" plow and my 
>> > overhauled
> 48
>> > B.  I seemed to be listing precariously toward the furrow and, when I
>> > measured how deep that furrow wall was, I discovered it was 18+ inches.
>> > That's sort of deep isn't it, or is it just my imagination?  Anyone
>> > routinely plow deeper than that?
>> >
>> > Louis G
>> >
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