[AT] just a novice plowing story

[Larry Goss]

That technique is the secret of almost all plow combinations, Bruce.  The tweaking that you did to the top link on occasion is actually a specific adjustment on the draught of the plow to make it work right in various soil and moisture conditions.  Some of us still go by those setup rules.

I get a kick out of going to tractor shows where an owner has very proudly hitched up a mounted plow with the shares absolutely flat while both rear wheels are on flat ground.  It says a lot about whether or not any plowing gets done.

Larry


----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Moden <brucemoden at yahoo.com>
Date: Friday, November 28, 2008 15:19
Subject: [AT] just a novice plowing story
To: AT Tractor Antique Tractor <AT at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> Since we have about exhausted the plow information e-mails, and 
> many of you are purchasing & restoring tractors such as Ford 
> 8N's & Ferg TO-20's, maybe my story can save some time & 
> embarrassment for other novices.
>  
> When I bought my farm 1976, I bought 2 tractors, a JD LA 
> (cultivating- no hydraulics) and a Ferg TO-20.  For the 1st 2 
> years I hired another local farmer to plow for me with his big 
> Massey.  Because, when I worked on the farms in my youth, I 
> picked, hoed, tossed hay, & laid irrigation pipe, cultivated, 
> but never plowed!  After the 2ND year he asked me why I wasn't 
> plowing myself & I told him my Ferg wasn't powerful enough.  He 
> told me it would do just fine, & he would show me how to set it 
> up.  He hooked up my old Ford 2 bottom 16" plow, he then drove 
> the rear left wheel up onto a concrete block & adjusted the plow 
> so the bottom edges were level with the ground.  The 1st furrow 
> was a little shallow but after that the old Ferg plowed real 
> nice.  Had to tweak the upper control arm link to adjust the 
> depth occasionally but I have plowed my own fields ever since.
>  
> Bruce
> 
> 
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