[AJD] How deep to plow?

[Louis R Godena]

Hi Duane;

Glad the carb got there okay.   This 41 I was using was designed for the
Fordson tractor; very light and very narrow.  Set in the middle, the plow's
furrow wheel was in line with the middle of the tractor axle, and of course
would not do.  I had to have the drawbar all the way over (practically) to
the right, so the draft was I am sure skewed.  Also, the coulter wheel was
off due to its accumulating trash (cut buckwheat), and that removed any
barrier to the plow sinking even lower.  Won't do that again, though.

Louis G
----- Original Message -----
From: Duane Larson <jdlarson at comcast.net>
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Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] How deep to plow?


> 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>
> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
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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>
> > To: 'Antique John Deere mailing list'
> > <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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