[AT] Disk Plow or One-Way Plow

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Mon Sep 8 07:16:08 PDT 2014


Yeah I know it's harsh out there.  I've spent way too much time in the sun 
and
wind myself so I can appreciate your want/need of a cab.  I just hear so 
many
folks who can't keep their AC running and the cabs are so hot without that 
they
can't stay in them.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Cecil R Bearden
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 7:28 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Disk Plow or One-Way Plow

Charlie:
Here the sun feels like a blowtorch on your skin in 2 minutes. Try
baling, raking, or cutting hay with a 15 to 25 mph wind gusting to 40.
Our climate is so extreme that a cab is not a luxury, but a necessity.
I see so many old timers that are missing parts from their face due to
sun damage, that I decided a few years ago that I would have cabs on my
equip.  Plowing or disking is like sitting in a sandblasting  machine
with the amount of wind we have here....

Oklahoma is a good place to be from.   as far from it as you can get!!!!

Cecil in oKla



On 9/7/2014 10:07 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> I wondered because you didn't mention them.
> As many problems as folks have with all brands of
> tractors A/C systems I'm starting to think open station
> tractors aren't so bad after all.
>
> Of course it doesn't get very cold here.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cecil R Bearden
> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 12:01 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Disk Plow or One-Way Plow
>
> I still have the 822 Belarus and an 8345 Belarus.  My Best tractors if I
> could just get the air conditioners to work.   They sure use less fuel
> than the others...
>
>
>
> On 9/6/2014 12:54 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Cecil that Big OX should do the job just fine!
>> Did you ever talk to the guys at AllisChalmers.com
>> about that oil problem on the 7030?  That tractor
>> should pull the V plow with no problems.
>>
>> Have you still got the Belarus?
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Cecil R Bearden
>> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2014 1:04 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] Disk Plow or One-Way Plow
>>
>> I have a 7 shank big Ox V-plow.  It was last used about 15 years ago
>> with a MF1155.  I no longer have that tractor.  I have a 2-105 White,
>> but the lift arms were removed when the lift cylinders kept leaking 5
>> gallons a day of hyd oil. The control valves seem to let pressure by and
>> it just keeps pressuring up.  It was bought from a guy who bought it new
>> and only used it for sowing wheat.  Dad bought it at an auction.  When I
>> went to pick it up, I noticed that the left side rear tires were worn
>> twice as much as the left.  They were a matching set of 4 tires.   From
>> turning left most of its life in flat ground, the right side tires
>> traveled that much more.  Thats a lot of wheat sowing!!!!
>>
>> The P-8 One-way plow I bought 2 days ago, worked fairly good after I
>> finally got it set, but the 60 yr old bolts broke in the draw hitch and
>> caused it to break out the front disk.  I replaced 3 of the 4ea  1/2 in
>> bolts that held the hitch only to find that the 3/4 inch ones that held
>> the top link hitch were about to break. I cannot imagine setting on an
>> 8N ford pulling that thing!!!!!!
>>
>> I have a 7030 Allis Chalmers that needs some make ready work to run, but
>> it should pull OK if the oil does not boil out of the filler plug under
>> the seat.   I think that is from the power divider maybe.  Last time it
>> was used was to pull a swather 2 years ago.  It has 3 point hitch.  I
>> also have a 2470 Case 4wd that needs tires and have the duals and
>> adapters to change it over from 24.5 x 32 singles.    I have bewen
>> trying to get my hay stores built back up and got tied up with a
>> neighbor with a rough patch of ground that took 3 times longer to cut
>> and bale than it should.  This will not happen next year.  Only saving
>> grace is that the hay off that patch is sold already to pay for fuel and
>> net wrap.
>>
>> I tried those tillage radishes last year.  Those radishes originated in
>> Vietnam ( read Wet Wet country) Oklahoma was in a drought last year.  I
>> planted $300 worth of them and the only place a few came up was in a
>> damp spot in what was usually a mudhole in my terrace end.    I do
>> things different here.  I have large 2 ft deep pits at the end of my
>> terraces before it dumps into the waterway.  This allows me to catch
>> some of the soil that is in suspension.  My waterway also has several
>> large "stilling basins" in it due to me taking soil from here to fill in
>> holes in the pasture.  Those tillage radishes might work when you have
>> rainfall.
>>
>> I have a friend who has a 1650 Case Dozer with a 5 shank ripper. He
>> suggested using it a while ago.   He has been wanting to deal me out of
>> my little pancake cab 63 GMC truck tractor with the 6v71 Detroit.   It
>> has not been run in 15 years, but it was the first Diesel truck Dad & I
>> bought.  The old Detroit fired off with a new battery and some fresh
>> fuel in the tanks!!!!
>>
>> If I had some time and the back I had 10 years ago, I would not be in
>> this predicament.    Of course then I still had my Dad  to help and
>> figure out what to do next.......
>>
>> Cecil in oKla
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9/5/2014 8:31 PM, Henry Miller wrote:
>>> The cover crop dealers keep advertising how great some crops are at
>>> breaking up soil compaction. Might be worth a shot this winter. If it
>>> doesn't work you don't lose much, if it helps at all you save fuel.
>>> Probably you can get subsidies from someone to try it as well.
>>>
>>> On September 5, 2014 1:53:09 PM CDT, Greg Hass <ghass at m3isp.com> wrote:
>>>> I think a subsoiler is the way to go. Last year we had a power line go
>>>> through (we were given no choice) ; they promised to restore the land
>>>> as
>>>> close as possible to original conditions (surprise, all lies). Some of
>>>> their equipment was upwards of 80 tons. Although they promised to try
>>>> and avoid damage as much as possible, every time it rained they came
>>>> in.
>>>> When they pulled the cement trucks in they left ruts over a foot deep.
>>>> I
>>>> thought they would come in with a bulldozer with ripper teeth to break
>>>> up the hardpan but when I asked they said they had no intention of
>>>> doing
>>>> that. Several years ago I bought a one tooth subsoiler from a company
>>>> called Monroe-Tufline. At the time I only had a 50 hp tractor. I can go
>>>>
>>>> 16 inches deep so last fall I tried breaking up under the power line. I
>>>>
>>>> could only pull it 8 inches deep and then would have to turn around and
>>>>
>>>> re-rip the same pass. It was slow going but I got the one half done.
>>>> With the one prong my passes are about 28 inches apart. The second half
>>>>
>>>> was wet so I put it on my 140 hp tractor. I know that was overkill but
>>>> I
>>>> thought going slow would be ok; well it wasn't as I broke the subsoiler
>>>>
>>>> in half.  I thought I had hit a large rock so I had a backhoe come in
>>>> to
>>>> dig it out. Well, there was no rock, the heavy equipment had packed the
>>>>
>>>> ground that hard. I haven't fixed the subsoiler yet but I do have the
>>>> things I need to do it. My point is, big equipment can really pack the
>>>> soil, and as has been pointed out, I don't think disk type equipment
>>>> will break up the soil.
>>>>
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