[AT] Super Ms, Ralph Video. disc brakes etc.)

[charlie hill]

Cecil,  I have known of some guys here back in the days of 1 bottom plows on 
Farmall Super A's
and similar tractors who would get the land laid out so they were plowing in 
a circle.  Then they
would get off the tractor and leave it to go do something else and come back 
to check on it now and
then.  I don't think I would have had the nerve to do that.  Of course if it 
was a big field and they were
in the center of it, with the tractor only going about 2 mph, they had 
plenty of time to get back to it
if they were paying attention.

Charlie



-----Original Message----- 
From: Cecil R Bearden
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 8:59 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Super Ms, Ralph Video. disc brakes etc.)

Several years ago when we plowed every year, we ran duals on the left
side.  However it was because we were too lazy to take off the other
wheel.  We were using a MF 85 diesel at the time with a 4-16 plow.  I
remember getting so bored because you didn't have to steer the tractor.
Once it was in the furrow it steered itself.  Also when coming to the
end of a furrow in terrace ground, you were coming to a point of land.
If you plowed until you hit plowed ground, you hit the left brake hard
and spun the tractor around to get back into the furrow.  If you lifted
the plow short of the end then it took a hard left brake to turn the
wheel out of the furrow and turn back into the furrow on the other
side.  The left brake was always either worn out or the best one because
the linings were burned in..
We have highly erodible land around here, However, if you no-till and
also pasture the land, you have to plow it up ever 5 years or so..  I
tried Daikon radishes this year to break up the soil, but it has been so
dry that i cannot tell if they even sprouted.  I would fertilize but I
am afraid it is so dry it would burn up what has sprouted.
  I bought a 5-16 semi mount Case Plow to go behind my 2470 Case I
bought  last year.   In this clay soil here, it will load the tractor
some.   I plan on plowing only one or 2 terraces every year to rotate
the tillage and not lose the moisture out of the entire field if this
drought continues. We have had only 0.05 in of rain since august.  Never
seen it so dry..

Cecil in OKla


On 12/30/2012 7:28 PM, jtchall at nc.rr.com wrote:
> Highly erodible in your neck of the woods? Please, they cut drainage 
> ditches
> down your way!  :)
>
> I can't figure out what is going on around here. We are getting farmers
> moving into the area grabbing up all the CRP acreage that was pulled out
> this fall after 20+ years of being in grass. One farm is leased to a guy
> running a new no-till drill on about half of it. The rest of it he is
> plowing. I haven't heard of anyone other than tobacco farmers plowing 
> around
> here for almost 20 years. Makes me wonder if the USDA has an incentive
> program to no-till like they did about 10 years ago. The only catch was 
> you
> had to be tilling the land before you got paid to no-till it.
>
> John Hall
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: charlie hill
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2012 7:56 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Super Ms, Ralph Video. disc brakes etc.)
>
> It's rare to see a moldboard plow anywhere around here now days.
> Everyone is using big tractors with heavy discs, rippers and no til or
> conservation til rigs.
> I did see a fine looking 4 bottom Allis Chalmers plow sitting beside the
> road for sale
> on Wed.  I sure wish I had a D-19 or a 185 or 190 to pull it.  I'd love to
> have it.
> Problem is I can't remember exactly where I saw it now.  I'd have to
> backtrack 100 miles to find it.
>
> Around here the government kind of rides herd on how you till what they
> classify as "highly erodible lands" and
> it turns out that what little bit of hilly land we have around here 
> usually
> turns out to be highly erodible so you
> have to deal with it no-til or put it on terraces or in pasture.
>
> Charlie
>
>
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