[AT] Moldboard plow w/ a PTO?????

[Larry D. Goss]

Sounds similar to the old Gravely Roto-Plow, Danny.  If it operates on a
similar principle, then it probably doesn't take much power to make it
work.  And those Roto-Plows did an excellent job of breaking the soil.

Larry

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Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 8:19 PM
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Subject: [AT] Moldboard plow w/ a PTO?????

      Every year I leave Beilers auction wishing I had
brought a camera. This year was no exception!
       Okay here it is....has anybody ever seen a 1
bottom moldboard plow with a PTO?? I did at Beilers.
It was a single bottom plow with the moldboard built
to allow an auger (9in. or so) to be behind it. This
was NOT Amish engineering! A company called The
Service Company out of Texas made it. 
     The PTO shaft went to a 3 spd transmission which
sat between the depth handles for the plow. From there
a shaft went back to a gear box like a post hole
digger. The frame of the plow was built to allow this.
It wasn't a bolt on aftermarket deal. The auger was
vertical.
      The concept I believe was the moldboard would
throw the soil into the auger which would break it up.
Maybe with the intention that you wouldn't have to
disk after plowing??? I don't know how well it would
work but I'd think with our soil it would definitely
take some horsepower to pull it and keep the auger
turning.
      I bid high on it because it was such an oddity.
Somebody else bid higher because it was such an
oddity. Hence, it was an oddity I couldn't afford! 
     Danny Tabor

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