Posted by d13series1 on September 21, 2019 at 04:32:28 from (174.230.0.201):
Wife wants a big garden patch next year. Given the clay slick here in SW Michigan, best to start with fall plowing. Had some rain earlier this week so seemed like a good time for it. Field has not been worked up for over 10 years, dug out some small brush and mowed it last year and this year. Last plowed north/south, garden to be east/ west. Case 430 diesel, Oliver 2-16 3point plow. Lessons learned: There is no way to set the 430’s tread width to fall into the furrow. The plow actually needs to be set like it is breaking the first furrow. The tractor will pull the plow decently in 2nd, better than with the pull plow. 1st was too slow to turn the so. The 16.9-24 turfs are traction limited, They did ok until hitting a tough spot, like the old dead forrows. Then there was a spin out until the draft was lightened. The high speed bottoms won’t turn the sod over at low speed (duh!). If the sod doesn’t flip the plow plugs. One thing I can fix - the coulters. Back one is OK but the front one is too small, did not cut well and led to plugging. So the garden patch is a mess, ran over it with the 3 point disc, will disc a couple more times then try plowing again with proper coulters. It’s so bad I won’t even post a picture. I’d disc it with my big heavy Oliver disc but that is just too much for the 430. Biggest lesson.. I need a bigger tractor. There’s an Oliver 770 and 880 for sale... or my sister’s 1355 Fiat-Oliver, but then I’d have to fix that PTO...
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