Posted by Harold hubbard on May 03, 2009 at 07:17:46 from (207.235.125.47):
I have been plowing with a Farmall C with a side hill (two-way) single bottom plow for about three forevers. It has been many years since I have plowed much more than a garden or two. Now I am beginning to renovate some hay ground that has been neglected for too many years. I guess I had forgotten, or maybe when I was 19 I didn't care, how long it takes to plow one furrow at a time. How about 13 hours to do three acres? Besides that, I think there is more welding rod in the bottoms than there was steel originally.
Now I do have a Farmall 560D, which I think should easily handle three bottoms in my soils. Will I hate myself if I try to use a three point plow with an adapter on my fast hitch, or should I wait until I can find a fast hitch plow? What am I likely to find for a fast hitch, and will there be parts available? Are they solid or trip bottoms or hopefully spring resets. I have watched my neighbors dealing with trip bottoms on some of this rocky ground and it looks like a lot of fun. Plow ten feet, back up and reset. I am probably dreaming if I think I can find a rollover, but that would be ideal. Most of my ground is sloped enough that I will still have to plow most of it one way, turning the furrow uphill, and dead head back across to start over again. Two bottoms wouldn't be much faster that way than one, so I need at least three.
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