Posted by Gerald J. on May 08, 2008 at 07:32:25 from (4.254.70.179):
In Reply to: 18 2 way Plows posted by Mark Willis on May 08, 2008 at 05:04:01:
I hitched a 4 x 18, AC 2000 monobeam, 392 bottoms to my 4020. It pulled it in third gear though in low damp ground, the front wheels tended to lift. When the tractor fronts rose 6 feet, I quit plowing and dropped off a bottom. I added all the weights I had to the front of the tractor, and while moving the hitch over, I moved it down so it held the tractor front on the ground better. Then I pulled it at 5.5 mph in fifth gear. Plowed more ground per hour and the higher speed crumbled the dirt and most of the field leveled without disking.
The 4020 is rated at 93 hp. Maybe a bit less for an early gas.
What it takes to pull a plow depends a great deal on the dirt to say nothing about depth and speed. Even varies according to the moisture in that dirt and comparisons are only valid if the shares and moldboards are well polished.
Different plow bottoms pull differently too, some designs slip through the soil easier, some toss the dirt over quickly, almost hammering the soil. Some contact the soil for 3' some for 16", surely the contact area is going to affect how hard the plow pulls.
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