[AJD] How deep to plow?

[Duane Larson]

Louis,
Well, I for one am surprised you can get a properly hooked plow to go 18"
deep.
Your package arrived.
Regards,
Duane Larson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis R Godena" <louisgodena at ids.net>
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Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] How deep to plow?


> Hi Dean, and all those who responded;
>
> You're right.  My dearest friends have convinced me that only an abject
and
> complete jackass would drive around with a plow stuck 18" in the ground.
In
> my own defense though; it really set those .45 cast pistons pretty well in
> the '48 B (this was the first real pulling job since the overhaul).  Also,
> the soil that was coming up was pretty black (save for that around the
> woodchuck's nest), so it wasn't a total loss.   Much of the winter rye I
> planted was consumed by crows, I think,  but I had fun trying.
>
> Thanks for all the helpful comments,
>
> Louis G
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dean VP <deanvp at att.net>
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> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 6:26 PM
> Subject: RE: [AJD] How deep to plow?
>
>
> > Lois:
> >
> > That is a little deeper than farmers plow. But in the garden if you were
> > still bringing up black dirt you are probably ok. Typically one only
plows
> > 8" to 10" deep but not deeper than the good top soil. Don't want to
bring
> > the bad soil to the top.
> >
> > In my wife's garden the first time I plowed I probably got 18" deep too.
> But
> > there wasn't any good soil. Now after a few turns at plowing,
rototilling
> > and much horse manure it is probably good top soil 18" deep.
> >
> > Dean A. Van Peursem
> > Snohomish, WA 98290
> >
> > I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> > storeroom door
> >
> >
> > www.deerelegacy.com
> >
> > http://members.cox.net/classicweb/email.htm
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf
Of
> > Louis R Godena
> > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 3:28 PM
> > To: Antique John Deere mailing list
> > Subject: [AJD] How deep to plow?
> >
> > 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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