MY opinion,and my experience,tractor is going across a steep hill,since uphill wheel is light at that point ,if it spun tractor would lose traction and slide down hill naturally.when that happened plow would turn downhill also taking less of a bite,Off-hitching to the uphill side takes care of tire slippage that occures even on level ground to some extent.to have a true hillside plow setup ,you would have to have one beam or series of beams on a multi bottom plow lift straight up.they couldnt lift just front or back.if you built a PLOW like that(tractor wouldnt work unless tires were larger on one side than the other) then center of draft on plow still would not change,simply because its still cutting the same depth on each beam. if your running a trailer type plow all adjustments are made on the plow hitch to fit tractor,and for the most part this holds true for ALL plows.hitch height is most important because if its not set right on plow front beam will either try to pull up pulling plow out of ground,or down pulling back out of ground.its got to pull level while plowing to get all bottoms to work equally.next important adjustment is haveing the plow pull straight behind tractor right down the center of draft.draw a straight line down center of tractor ,ANY tractor, and this line is the center of draft( tires being the same, tread within reason, etc of course).swinging draw bar to one side or the other doesnt change this,tractor is still pulling down this exact line. to make a plow or any other implement track straight down this line youve got to make the hitch of implement straight down this line when its at work.since the center of draft on a moldboard plow is NOT in the exact center but offset some hitch ON PLOW, NOT tractor has to be offset.on a trailer plow this is normally done with that little bar angling in from the side of the hitch. that is what makes the center of pull (from tractor) and the center of draft( its resistance to this pull) line up straight.just a side note,ever wonder why a properly setup trailer plow will get to whipping on you when going down the pavement?simple, its not pulling straight,you have no pull or draft from moldboards on plow and its not tracking straight. once you have center of pull , and center of draft,in a exact line,it makes absolutly no difference where you offset plow,you could gang hitch 14 properly setup plows behind your tractor and every one will pull correctly.why? because as long as you pull off that drawbar which puts the center of pull down center of tractor.plow is still tracking straight down its center of draft. same rules apply to a mounted plow.turn or roll the drawbar to make center of draft down exact center of pull and your doing the exact same things as adjusting the hitch on that trailer plow.the only adjustment neccesary ever again once this is set.is to roll plow side ways when you drop tractor tire in furrow.but there again your adjusting plow to tractor,even if you use leveling link on tractor to adjust it.
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