Posted by 2510Paul on May 06, 2015 at 18:30:20 from (173.202.142.245):
I posted pictures of my JD 4200 rollover (3x18" NU bottoms) and 4320 tractor several days ago. One challenge I faced here in western Wisconsin's hills and clay soil is getting the furrow to turn over and not plop down when plowing up hill. The issue is worse in the clay and worse in sod. Grades of about 7-8% start to cause issues and it gets worse from there. And, the plow drifts more down hill so the front bottom overcuts, this seems to make it all worse.
It sounds like some of you have 4200 plows and might give me some advice. I have the R/L stops set at 2.5" as the manual recommends. I played with this setting a thread or two but did not get improvement. I put brand new landsides on the rear bottom, helped a little. The other landsides are good-fair. I played with the third link adjustment a little but I don't recall much difference regarding this issue. In hindsight I might of adjusted this more to see if it helped the tracking. I was running in 3rd gear, tried 4th and that helped. (these hills have some rocks, even bedrock outcroppings, so I was not eager to go real fast as I may damage something before the bottom trips.)
I have cover boards on all bottoms and a coulter on the 3rd bottom only. I do not have those extensions off the end of the moldboard.
I have been told the 18" bottoms have a little more issue turning the furrow. That makes sense because it is so large.
Anyway, I was hoping someone out there might have plowed with the 4200 in these conditions and might have some suggestions. Or, is this just the way it is with the 18" NU bottom.
I have several F145 16" semi-mount plows with the HS bottom, they plow so much more smoothly. They can have the same problem but at steeper slopes and I have the advantage of adjusting the lift links independently.
I said a lot here, in summery:
1. How can I improve tracking on side hills? 2. How can I improve soil rollover on side hills?
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