Re: All done ploughing for 2014

Posted by Bruce from Can. on December 31, 2014 at 11:59:22 from (74.12.72.222):

In Reply to: Re: All done ploughing for 2014 posted by Trevor4440 on December 31, 2014 at 07:06:57:

Hi Trevor, I don't know what CRP ground is , but
guessing it is some kind of "land set a side"
deal the tree huggers promoted. Ploughing in the
winter depends on many variables. Like was there
snow before cold temps came? Snow will keep the
ground under the snow from freezing down very
far. Was the field driven on when wet/and before
frost. Compacted wet ground seems to freeze hard
like cement.
When I plough out a old hay stand ,I like to rip
the field ,first one way, and then back the other
with my old Graham chisel plough. It is really
not much more than a heavy cultivator. This cuts
the old sod, and when you pull the plough through
,you don't have any trouble with big sod chunks
flipping back over, and the field will take very
little work to get a nice top for planting.
So you could try to chisel a little to get an
idea of the depth of the frost. The corn ground I
worked over in the pictures yesterday had 1"-2"
of frozen dirt. Last Sunday, no frost, and just a
greasy, muddy mess. I had to wait for some cold
to freeze dry the mud so I could travel on top,
and not just slip and spin mud all over. Corn
stalks run through the plough better when dry or
frozen too. But the head lands had much more
frozen dirt, and the plough wanted to ride up out
of the ground where the wagons had packed the
ends of the rows.
You shouldn't have these kind of problems with a
hay field, if you can get the plough to go in the
ground, you should be good to go. All you can do
is try. Bruce

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