[AJD] Plow for '35 D

[Dean VP]

Gary:

I would recommend a 2 x 16" tag along with a good trip hitch or a plow with
trip bottoms.  The D will have no trouble handling a 2 bottom plow in any
kind of soil and 2 bottom plows are fairly easy to find. A 3 x 14" plow
would also work but I think you would be safer with a 2 x 16". 

Depending on how rocky the soil really is, it may dictate throw away shares
with three piece bottoms as opposed to the two piece bottoms with forged
shares. Forged shares are harder to repair (replace) and it's next to
impossible to find good used ones. 

Make sure you have a working trip hitch or working trip bottoms if there are
any rocks of substance in what you are plowing. And also make sure you have
a working release on the trip rope when the plow disconnects. 

On a positive note, if the soil is really sandy, pebbly, and rocky you
probably won't have any trouble getting rusty bottoms to scour quickly. 

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
Gary Epps
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 8:20 PM
To: antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: [AJD] Plow for '35 D

I have no experience plowing.  So I am at a loss as to what size plow I 
should be looking for.  I want to plow under a aged fescue hay field so 
I can replant with something more conducive to a quail population. 
There is some top soil, but the soil? here is mostly rock with enough 
clay to hold it all together.  I am located on the top of an Ozark 
mountain (big hill).

What should I be looking for a two bottom or a three bottom, 14" or 16"? 
I know plows have been discussed in the not too distant past on the 
list, but not with respect to what a D should handle in rough soil.  It 
has been stated that when you buy land in the Ozarks, you don't 
necessarily get dirt with it.  Any advice as to what I should focus on?

Gary
-- 
In the Ozark Mountains of South Central USA where both life and I move 
at a leisurely pace.

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