Re: Chisel Plows Again

Posted by Hugh MacKay on August 16, 2005 at 00:53:05 from (216.208.58.188):

In Reply to: Chisel Plows Again posted by Allan in NE on August 15, 2005 at 04:34:42:

Allan: I've never had much experience with chisel plow, however I did hear the following discussion, involving two guys that have been using them in clay ground. The first guy thought the chisel plow was making his ground surface rough. He was talking the settled soil some months after chiseling. He thought it was awfully rough on his combine. The second guy quite agreed. He had mold board plowed several fields, and did all the headlands with a chisel plow. He said it was good he had power shift when planting. Had he not down shifted about 4 gears when turning, he figured he would wreck the planter.

I like to compare this to grading a gravel road. In that case unless you cut it all loose to depth of deepest pothole, the potholes will be back in two days. Same can be said for the mold board plow versus chisel plow. Mold board is going to keep that sub soil surface smooth.

When I look at some these modern day fields and the practices being used, kind of wonder how the cutter bar copes with all this. Hay guys have gone discbine so they just cut the tops off the hummocs. Expensive way to land level, I would think. I somehow don't think combine headers will fare as well.

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