[AT] Roll over plow

[Landen Schooler]

Ah,  make that "6810".

Landen Schooler
Palmyra, Iowa

Landen Schooler wrote:
> 
> How about a White 6910 PFA (130hp Cummins, 110hp PTO)?
> 
> Here's a pic...
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=46569&item=3862318290
> 
> I'd be happy with a real one of these. I want to use it for terrace line
> maintenance.
> 
> Landen Schooler
> 
> Dean VP wrote:
> >
> > Landen:
> >
> > I hope you have a good sized tractor to handle a 3 or 4 bottom roll-over
> > integral plow.  They are really heavy and will require really good three
> > point hydraulics and a lot of weight on the front end. 6 or 8 plow bottoms
> > hanging off the back is a lot of weight.  A tag-along or semi integral
> > version is a different story.
> >
> > The nice thing about a switch plow is they don't require both right and left
> > bottoms so you don't have double plow bottom weight. But they were not
> > around during the 40's, 50's and 60's that I am aware of.
> >
> > I have a couple 2 bottom JD roll over three point plows here and they make
> > my 6000lb JD 620 a bit light in the front end. I think I could weight up the
> > front end enough for a 3 bottom rollover but never a 4 bottom. But JD's have
> > only about 30% of their weight on the front end. That is much different than
> > Oliver/White.
> >
> > I don't know how Oliver/White handled the problem with the three point
> > weight issues but JD went to a semi-integral plow so that the plow tail
> > wheel handled a good portion of the plow weight.
> >
> > You probably know all this but I was surprised a bit by how heavy these
> > roll-over plows really are. I'm probably preaching to the choir.  :-)
> >
> > Dean A. Van Peursem
> > Snohomish, WA 98290
> 
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