[AT] Plowing in Ohio/Long

[Keith Kinney]

Gene
I wish you lived close by so you could show us how to adjust our 
plows.  I'm sure they need some adjusting and I haven't a clue as 
where to start.
Keith
PS.  It was a pleasure meeting you in  the engine area at 
Portland.  Thanks for the help loading the engine.


At 08:22 PM 9/12/2007, you wrote:
>     Been working the last few days plowing my 20 acres of wheat stubble. I
>used 3 different plows on the same Case 700 diesel tractor. Ground was very
>dry and hard when I started last Friday. I started with my old Case
>mechanical trip plow. 2-16 bottom with the old style resharpenable shares.
>This plow does a great job of penetrating hard ground. Just thought I would
>plow a couple rounds to scour it up good. Took 7 rounds in the long 10 acre
>field to scour it. Did such a good job that I plowed most of the field with
>it.
>
>     Got rained out Saturday evening and got 1 3/4 inches of rain. Monday
>morning I hooked onto the Oliver 3-16 pull type plow I bought last spring. I
>was amazed at how poorly this plow was set up and probably plowed over 40
>years that way. The plow pulled sideways so hard that the rear of the
>landsides were completely worn away. I welded an old set of shares on for
>landsides. Moved the hitch to the right 5 inches, reversed the furrow wheel
>to get a full cut on the first bottom and adjusted the coulters. What a
>difference in performance. The plow does a beautiful job plowing and I have
>the straightest furrows I have ever plowed, not a weave, even in the
>toughest spots, and I plowed the entire field in 1 land about 350 feet
>across.
>
>     I plowed 1 round with my Case mounted plow, just to scour it up. Besides
>I had to hook onto it to move it out of the field. Broke a coulter stem when
>I lifted the plow. It does a decent job plowing, but doesn't have the depth
>control of the pull type plow.
>
>     The fields were getting overgrown with ragweed and foxtail, so wanted to
>get them turned under to rot before planting soybeans next spring. The
>ground here works much better if fall plowed.
>
>     I wonder how many plows are still being used without proper setup and
>how many were abandoned or cussed for doing a poor quality job of plowing.
>
>                         Gene
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Keith Kinney
Evansville, Indiana  USA
www.HerculesEngines.com