[AT] Landini 3 point hitch

[deanvp at att.net]

The issues related to plowing and especially deep plowing is the result of Chemical fertilizers. In  the 40's and 50's when I was on the farm cow, steer, hog and chicken manure was spread on the top of the soil and then plowed to turn it under for maximum benefit. Added nutrients for the crops and increased the amount of top soil. We were organic farmers and didn't even know it.  Now the farmers have to deal with soil compaction caused by the lack of plowing and the use of heavy, heavy equipment. Now subsoilers need to be used.


Dean VP
Snohomish, WA 98290

-----Original Message-----
From: AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> On Behalf Of James Peck
Sent: Monday, December 2, 2019 5:49 AM
To: Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [AT] Landini 3 point hitch

James AT List Member (jamesgpeck at hotmail.com):  Deep plowing is listed as a cause of the Dust Bowl. The 17 year old has roots in the migration to California.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl

Apparently deep plowing is defined as being deeper than 50CM.  One photo on the wiki site is of a tracked plow. It is done to restore soil fertility but I know of a case of a thin topsoil field that was degraded by lowing u clay.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_plowing

Steve Offiler AT List member Mechanical Engineer (soffiler at gmail.com); Minding your significant digits, that's actually 61cm  ;-)

Phil Kelley AT List Member (philkelley at windstream.net); 24" = 60.96 cm. 😀

James AT List Member (jamesgpeck at hotmail.com):  Some of those Italian plows seem to be 24 inch depth. I wonder what the metric depth is.

The Mussolini administration put money into developing fuel injection to get away from those hot bulb tractors. S.P.I.C.A. also made mechanical fuel injection for sports cars. We know that Massey Ferguson bought Perkins and Landini in the late fifties and started using Perkins in them. Was Landini still making hot bulb engines up to that point?  But, the you tube shows 3 point hitches and hydraulic pumps driven from the front of hot bulb engines. Did Landini copy the Ferguson System with approval?  Some of the tractors are rearing back like there is no automatic draft control. 

https://www.landini.it/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Flipbook-Serie-2_ING_2017.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4asNIt3diyc
_______________________________________________
AT mailing list
AT at lists.antique-tractor.com
http://lists.antique-tractor.com/listinfo.cgi/at-antique-tractor.com