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Plow and Disc options?

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Sunspot

09-21-2007 08:38:58




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I’m looking to buy some equipment to work my land into better shape and I would like some clarifications on some terms I’ve read here on this site.

2 bottom plows. What are Colters and Gauge wheels. I see them available as options and what are they for?

Tandem Lift Harrow. Options are Front / Rear Scrapers and Furrow Fillers. What are they for?

My property has many sharp dips and mounds. I want to level the land so I can plant a garden, also when I brush hog, I get bumped around a lot and either scrap the land or it cuts to high. I have a 6’ box blade but that’s not the best tool for 12 acres.

I’m using a 47 HP tractor.

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Sunspot

09-21-2007 11:51:42




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 Re: Plow and Disc options? in reply to JT, 09-21-2007 08:38:58  
Thanks for the answer, I'll research more based on your information.

What is a Trip bottom on a plow? I was looking at a Ford 101 model on the web.



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Gerald J.

09-21-2007 14:14:33




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 Re: Plow and Disc options? in reply to Sunspot, 09-21-2007 11:51:42  
A trip plow has a mechanism in the shank that lets the plow tilt back and up out of the ground when it hits something really solid like a boulder or a big tree root. Often on a vintage plow its rusted so it doesn't trip. I have two such plows and in 20 years haven't tripped either one. I did hit a bushel sized boulder with my small plow and chipped the share but didn't trip it. With the bigger plow I don't plow as deep and so don't hit any boulders anymore. The two that I found early on, I dug out with my back hoe.

If you have neighbor with farm sized equipment, he could level your garden patch in a few minutes leaving with a better seed bed than you can make with small equipment.

Gerald J.

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evilboweviel

09-21-2007 14:10:45




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 Re: Plow and Disc options? in reply to Sunspot, 09-21-2007 11:51:42  
trip bottom trips back when the point contacts a big rock. thus saving the plow and tractor. with 47hp would be a good idea
Ron



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Gerald J.

09-21-2007 09:32:24




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 Re: Plow and Disc options? in reply to Sunspot, 09-21-2007 08:38:58  
Coulters slice the sod in front of the plow shin so the cut is smoother and takes less pull. Gauge wheels control the depth of the back end of the plow so the depth plowed is more uniform.

I suppose the furrow fill scrapers pull dirt from high spots and drop it in low spots. Depending on the dirt and the plow and how its set and used a plowed field can have a distinctive rolled over surfface (especially if the dirt was too wet when plowed) or can be smooth if plowed fast with a good plow, but there will be wetter spots that didn't crumble when plowed but stayed in a ribbon (too wet for good results).

The plow alone won't level the ground, it can make it rougher. It will take disk or spring tooth harrow (or a combination of the two) and then a field cultivator to level it out though leveling out the dead furrow in the middle when you plowed in two directions can take years if you didn't plow it very skillfully the first time.

Gerald J.

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