[AT] Disk Plow or One-Way Plow

[Dan Glass]

Herb, I run a subsoiler every few years.  If you have never ran one it 
will look like you are pulling up a sidewalk about a foot down. I find 
that is saves some of the spring rains  for the summer.  Also the tilth 
of the soil improves greatly.  I am guessing your soil is similar to 
mine since I am just south of Atlanta.
On 9/5/2014 12:59 PM, Herb Metz wrote:
> Cecil,
> We never had need for a sub-soiler, so I have no knowledge from experience.
> Would running a sub-soiler every few feet be a feasible method?  May take
> considerable time, but If memory serves, this field was only thirty acres?
> OR, if you have a solution that is feasible only if ground is wet you may
> not have any choice but to hope for rain?
> If going too fast may have been a factor in the breaking of three discs,
> could they come back and go a bit slower this next time?  One or two tries
> does not satisfy their moral commitment.
> You have many construction acquaintances, what is possibility of
> borrowing/leasing a heavy duty disc from one of them?
> Herb
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecil R Bearden
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 10:58 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Disk Plow or One-Way Plow
> They came out and ran a crust buster/harrow over it to no good, so they
> hooked onto my 16 ft offset disk.  Three disks broke on the disk and a
> bearing failed within 2 hours.
> Cecil in OKla
>
>
>
> On 9/5/2014 8:47 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Maybe you need to put some pressure on the drilling company that put
>> the fluid out there to help you.  They obviously knew something they
>> didn't tell you.>
>> It sounds like what you need is a LOT of rain but I know you don't get
>> much.
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cecil R Bearden
>> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 7:42 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Disk Plow or One-Way Plow
>> Weight box is only 54 inches long!!!!!!!
>> I have a contractor friend who has a big Rome plow that would do what I
>> need.   However he usually gets about $100/acre to run it. The real
>> problem is the lack of moisture.  This land was chiseled and immediately
>> after (30minutes) pulling out of the field, it started raining.  We got
>> 4 inches of rain on it.  There was no run off.  We have had nearly
>> another 12 inches of rain this summer. Some did run off.  When  you dig
>> or try to plow this ground there is nothing but dry dirt.  I dug a ditch
>> with the trackhoe 3 days ago, and it was dry as a bone 3 ft down.
>> I remember when we used to harvest wheat, we wou8ld disk or plow
>> immediately behind the combine or the ground would be dry as a bone and
>> we would have to wait until a rain to work the ground. This drilling
>> fluid and the packing by their trucks is something that I will never
>> allow again.  I would think the fluids would prevent the moisture from
>> evaporating.
>> I am at a loss as to what to do that I can afford...
>> Cecil in OKla
>>
>>
>> On 9/5/2014 4:38 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>>> You could try parking the front end of one of
>>> your other tractors in the weight box.  That might do the trick.
>>> Just messing with you.  Good luck.  Do you happen to know
>>> anyone with a dozer and a root rake?  Probably something you
>>> don't often see in OK.
>>> Charlie
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Cecil R Bearden
>>> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 11:54 PM
>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Disk Plow or One-Way Plow
>>> I put an elevator counterweight on it and It still needs more.  It cuts
>>> about 3 inches.  I broke the original bolts on the left hitch draw pin
>>> bracket.   I quit it was dark anyhow.  I spent about an hour trying to
>>> get it adjusted. Spent the entire day getting it ready to run.  Tail
>>> wheel was rusted in bearings.   Bearings in main shaft seem to be ok.
>>> Had to move draw pin on right side up to accommodate the bigger lift
>>> arms of the NH..  I figured I can adjust the lift arms to make the
>>> difference.  Makes a lot of difference on the length of the top link..
>>>       It is certainly a great way to turn fuel into dust!!!!
>>> Cecil in OKla
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/4/2014 7:30 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>>>> Cecil, how much weight do you think you'll have to
>>>> put on it to get it in the ground?
>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Cecil R Bearden
>>>> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2014 8:03 AM
>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Disk Plow or One-Way Plow
>>>> I found a mounted One-way plow yesterday.  I also found the original
>>>> brochures, I think!!  It is a P8 or F8 plow.
>>>> A couple of links to the brochures are below.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Brochure-P-8-INDEPENDENT-Mounted-ONE-WAY-DISC-PLOW-/141390973797?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20eb8f0b65
>>>> http://www.ntractorclub.com/forums/manuals/messages/5264.html
>>>>
>>>> I just hope the bearings hold together for 30 acres.   With my 100 hp NH
>>>> tractor, I would bet that I can plow more than 2 1/2 acres per hour.  It
>>>> will be slow, but if it does the job, that is all that matters...
>>>>
>>>> Cecil in OKla
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