Spinning Plow

Here's a sequence of the plow spinning over. With the outfit in the field working and up to speed, the whole process takes about 2 or 3 seconds to come around if a guy has the hydraulic restrictors in the lines.

Without the restrictors, it takes just about a half a second, but boy! Is it ever rough on the machinery, 'cause that thing just BANGS when it hits the stops and the whole outfit shakes.

Allan

They look heiver than they really are.

The plows are not nearly as heavy as the cultivators. This little 6 row out weighs the plow and the the 8 row units that the big boys use now are heiver yet.

Allan

Do like the pics however. Getting to see what rural NB looks like without having to go the expense of the drive.

Mark

You've got about the largest possible. Might have been a five bottom but don't know. Have to have room to turn over. Deere made a similar concept plow, but the bottoms were bi-directional and the frame skewed or pivoted. Strange looking bottoms. Built within the last 15 to 20 years or so. Did not roll over.

Roger in Iowa

Aw hem! This IS the "normal" type plow. :>)

Naw, all manufacturers' made 'em and the 6 and 7 20" bottoms are rampant out here. Only differece is that most of 'em are now on land plows instead of walking in the furrow. This puts the pull-point over further between different bottoms, thereby giving the clearance for them to spin.

There is a difference between the "rollovers" and spinners too. Rollovers do just that. They physically 'rollover' from the forward movement of the plow and don't use any hydraulics.

Don't see that type much anymore.

Allan

Aw hem! This IS the "normal" type plow. :>)

Naw, all manufacturers' made 'em and the 6 and 7 20" bottoms are rampant out here. Only differece is that most of 'em are now on land plows instead of walking in the furrow. This puts the pull-point over further between different bottoms, thereby giving the clearance for them to spin.

There is a difference between the "rollovers" and spinners too. Rollovers do just that. They physically 'rollover' from the forward movement of the plow and don't use any hydraulics.

Don't see that type much anymore.

Allan

Largest possible? the one above is semi mount admitted but I have actually seen a 7 bottom fully mounted. Case have just beaten their own 24 hour plowing record with a Quadtrac pulling a 20 bottom reversible plow (trailed of course!)

Sorry for the dumb questions, just curious :)

I thought we agreed that I had the market covered on the dumb questions so yer out! :>)

It is actually two plows in one and operates just like any other plow. Only difference being that one set is "reversed" so that you always can throw the soil the same direction regardless of the direction of travel. This eliminates the multiple dead furrows and that "X" pattern you're talking about.

Works just like a hydro-swing swather; you start on one side of the field and just work across the field towards the other side.

You guys still puttin' up hay up there?

Allan

You lift the three-point and then immediately throw the auxiliary lever.

Since the three point has priority over the remotes, it will start the spin just as soon as the lift is complete.

The trick is to give it just a second to clear the ground before you tromp on that brake to make the on land turn.

Allan

I think I'm just so used to thinking of our drawbar pulled plows up here that I plead stupidity due to ignorance.

And what the heck is a hydro-swing swather? LOL

You don't even look back when it's spinning because you are so darned busy whippin' that tractor around and droppin' it back in the furrow for the return run.

I do a figure 8, stompin' on the brake comin' out to the land side, start the plow spin and then crank the tractor hard the other way while braking to get 'er back around and in the hole. Just do not have time enough to look back and watch the plow come around.

No use to watch it anyway, because it's gonna do it and you can hear the gauge wheel drop and you can feel the plow hit the stops when the spin is done. The tractor kinda does a little "sideways shake" while all this is going on too, because of the weight of the derned thing. :>)

Allan

It is the least I can do. You guys gave me back my life!! I'm a happy man again. :>)

Allan

It is the least I can do. You guys gave me back my life!! I'm a happy man again. :>)

Allan

I like to watch those big dualed-up, on-land outfits work. It'll just rip your heart out of your chest to see the quality and the lay of the finished soil.

Flat and even as a cardtable.

Allan

• Case Quadtrac pulling 20f. reversible

No, same procedure with the packer too.

The packer is drawn from the plow hitch by a long chain. When the plow comes around, it is just pulled up closer to the plow is all.

Since I use a 14' tandem culti-packer behind another tractor, I'm gonna yank that hitch off the plow. Just wasted weight as far as I'm concerned.

Allan