[AT] Non-member needs help in PA

[Alan Nadeau]

The fellow is going to get pics of the way the plow/3 pt. is set up.  I'm 
not familiar enough with the N-series hydraulics but I think there are two 
holes for the top link to go in on the tractor end.  One makes it run in 
draft control, the other in depth control.  The top link also looks like it 
is waaaay extended which could be causing it to not have suck enough to dig.

The closest thing I have ever seen to that mess he is creating was when an 
Uncle tried to plow with a new tractor.  That one was a Deere and had a 
control for Load or Depth with several positions in between the two 
extremes.  Uncle was one of those guys who never had time to read the manual 
and was blaming everything but the idiot on the seat for his problems.  I 
moved the selector from full Load control to the halfway L/D position on the 
quadrant and suggested he try it again.  Plow needed a little tweaking still 
but it went in the ground nice and turned a good furrow.  I, of course, was 
a know it all a-hole when I suggested he should have read the book instead 
of blaming the equipment.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gunnells, Bradley R" <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Non-member needs help in PA


> Actually if the coulters do their job shouldn't they cut the sod and 
> thereby make it hold together and roll? I'm not an expert but it seems 
> when I've run into things like this it was either a plow that wasn't 
> adjusted quite right or trying to plow too deep (not enough room for the 
> furrow to turn over).
>
> In any case, he seems to have a mess on his hands.  :-(
>
> Brad
>
> On Nov 19, 2013, at 4:23 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> I agree Cecil.  It also might help if he could pull the plow a bit 
>> faster.
>> A couple of other things, that looks like heavy soil.
>> If it's clay you need to know exactly when to plow it.
>> Too dry and you can't get the plow in the ground.
>> Too wet and you are stuck.  In between there is a sweet spot where the
>> clay will crumble but it has to be just right.
>> Also, it would have helped a lot if he had disked the field up good 
>> before
>> he tried to plow it.  That would cut the grass and roots up a bit and 
>> allow
>> it
>> to roll over more freely.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message----- 
>> From: Cecil R Bearden
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 4:36 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Non-member needs help in PA
>>
>> Al:
>> When one of the members of that group said the sod is falling back in
>> the furrow, I could understand what I was seeing in the picture.  He
>> needs a moldboard extension.  There is usually 2 holes in the top of the
>> moldboard wing that you bolt these extensions on.   I found some on line
>> so you can get an idea of what they look like.
>> http://www.cfcdist.com/shopping/tillage-parts-moldboard-plow-parts-c-9_302.html
>>
>> Cecil in OKla
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/19/2013 11:56 AM, Alan Nadeau wrote:
>>> I wonder of we have anyone here who is close to Collegeville, PA?
>>>
>>> I am a member of a forum, not even closely related to tractors, in which
>>> the
>>> following thread has been posted.
>>> http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?220263-Getting-the-fields-ready-for-planting&p=2483843#post2483843
>>>
>>> That thread is viewable by guests and once you see the picture you will
>>> understand.  The poster has allowed that he needs any help he can get.
>>>
>>> I am attempting to help him via the forum but am sorely lacking in any
>>> hard
>>> knowledge about how the N series 3 pt. hitch is rigged and how it
>>> functions.
>>>
>>> In a perfect world someone here would live just down the street from 
>>> him.
>>> That's probably not going to happen but hope springs eternal.
>>>
>>> I will get any information from him about what he has done and will post
>>> it
>>> here and if anyone might be able to help him directly I will get his 
>>> email
>>> address so you can initiate contact.
>>>
>>> Al Nadeau
>>>
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