Yup. Im not doing anything to the moldboard or anything down there. Just painting the upper part.
Any recommendations on grease? Ive got a tub of 5th wheel grease I was thinking id use.
Clearing land for a garden and orchard
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Yup. Im not doing anything to the moldboard or anything down there. Just painting the upper part.
Any recommendations on grease? Ive got a tub of 5th wheel grease I was thinking id use.
The grease is just there to keep the mulboard from rusting; it doesn't matter what you use as long as it sticks. Also a good place to use any rattle can paint you have left over. (instead of grease)
I have an orchard and here is what I did.....No disking. Just bushhogged the orchard area. Laid out my fruit tree places before getting any trees. I walked off the spacing. You will need about 20 feet or more for large fruit / nut trees....probably more. I got some stakes and marked where I wanted trees. I took a shovel and started working up the ground in that spot for the tree...just a little spot to mark and later come by and do a little more.
Get some glyphosate (generic Roundup)...can get in 2 1/2 gal jug and it makes a LOT of spray. I spray a circular area at every planting site.
Over the winter you can kill time by working on your tree holes...get the soil ready for planting the trees in springtime. If you have deer around you will have to have circular fences around each tree or the deer will eat every one of them...the expensive ones go first...ha ha.
Good luck, Pete
Get some glyphosate (generic Roundup)...can get in 2 1/2 gal jug and it makes a LOT of spray. I spray a circular area at every planting site.
Over the winter you can kill time by working on your tree holes...get the soil ready for planting the trees in springtime. If you have deer around you will have to have circular fences around each tree or the deer will eat every one of them...the expensive ones go first...ha ha.
Good luck, Pete
If you take a wire brush and clean the rust off you'll have a much easier job getting the plow to roll the dirt, especially if you have any clay. Yes, it will clean itself, but the size of the tractor makes a big difference in how it pulls.
Best way I ever found to clean a dirty plow was to pull it through an abandoned RR base! Shines in a hurry.
The very reason the plow is coated when you're done is to not have that problem. If it wasn't a problem, why coat it?
Best way I ever found to clean a dirty plow was to pull it through an abandoned RR base! Shines in a hurry.
The very reason the plow is coated when you're done is to not have that problem. If it wasn't a problem, why coat it?
I primed and painted the plow. Had to paint it Ford blue.
I also got some plowing done today.
I thought i had'er set in low gear. I was plowing away. Started bogging down a bit. Ok, i thought, more throttle (was running at PTO rpm). Got about 4 rows plowed and about stalled it on the last one. Somethings gotta be up. Doh. Not in L.
After I found low, again, it plowed much more steady.
I found some grounded nested wasps too.
The plow was all shined from the claysand PA soil.
I left the coulter on. The most trouble it gave me was from getting rocks wedged between it and the plow.
I also got some plowing done today.
I thought i had'er set in low gear. I was plowing away. Started bogging down a bit. Ok, i thought, more throttle (was running at PTO rpm). Got about 4 rows plowed and about stalled it on the last one. Somethings gotta be up. Doh. Not in L.
After I found low, again, it plowed much more steady.
I found some grounded nested wasps too.
The plow was all shined from the claysand PA soil.
I left the coulter on. The most trouble it gave me was from getting rocks wedged between it and the plow.
I'd guess that one wheel rode in the furrow. From what I see, I think you may have not set the plow sufficiently to the right. Perhaps thee will be a comment from a farmer who knows what to expect.
Those ridges seem too far apart.
Those ridges seem too far apart.
Possible. Cant really adjust the plow left or right on this one. I know some of the newer bottom plows you can loosen some U bolts and slide it one way or the other. Not on this old Ford plow.
My single bottom plow runs the centerline, looking at the plowed dirt I would guess that the plow share was not level once the tires got into the furrow. When mine is set correctly the right lift arm is almost as high as it will go so the plow is really canted when sitting level.
One way to get close is to block up the left tire to match the depth you are turning and then level the plow share in that position. This will get you close once the right tire is in the furrow, you can then fine tune until you are rolling level passes. New dirt is probably a bit less clean but when I get mine dialed in you can not really see much difference in soil level from one pass to the other. I thnk its figure 13 in link below will give you an idea how level it should look.
A good resource for setting up and plowing with bottom plows:
http://open-furrow.soil.ncsu.edu/Documents/DHC/The%20Moldboard%20Plow.pdf
One way to get close is to block up the left tire to match the depth you are turning and then level the plow share in that position. This will get you close once the right tire is in the furrow, you can then fine tune until you are rolling level passes. New dirt is probably a bit less clean but when I get mine dialed in you can not really see much difference in soil level from one pass to the other. I thnk its figure 13 in link below will give you an idea how level it should look.
A good resource for setting up and plowing with bottom plows:
http://open-furrow.soil.ncsu.edu/Documents/DHC/The%20Moldboard%20Plow.pdf
melvinhatcher
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L3301HST, LA525FEL, 66" QA BUCKET, L8455CRUISE CONTROL KIT, WR LONG 3RD FUNCITIO
Boy....I sure like that plow that Everything Attachments makes. Great video and it's all made in the USA !!!! All I have now is a middle buster and plowing a field with it is an adventure ...ha ha ha.. Thanks for the great video, Melvin.
melvinhatcher
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Blondie70, I do not think that Everything Attachments plow is any better, or that much different from BCrouse's plow. However, I think BCrouse needs to adjust his plow according to Ted's suggestions in the Everything Attachment's video. I like to watch Ted's Everything Attachment's videos, he provide a lot of good equipment and attachment information.
Thanks, I am acutely aware of what the issue was. =]
To keep this thread moving forward away from my mistakes, which I have a few, i have purchased a piece of secondary tillage equipment. A 62" rotary tiller. I had been scouring CL for a few weeks, nothing was coming up, or if it did it wasn't much cheaper than new. So I ended up buying new. Its one of the EA gear driven tillers. Its really an Ansung TerraForce. Based on my soil type and tractor, the suggested model from EA was the ER062.
http://www.everythingattachments.com/product-p/eta-ero62.htm
Its currently en route to my closest freight terminal.
To keep this thread moving forward away from my mistakes, which I have a few, i have purchased a piece of secondary tillage equipment. A 62" rotary tiller. I had been scouring CL for a few weeks, nothing was coming up, or if it did it wasn't much cheaper than new. So I ended up buying new. Its one of the EA gear driven tillers. Its really an Ansung TerraForce. Based on my soil type and tractor, the suggested model from EA was the ER062.
http://www.everythingattachments.com/product-p/eta-ero62.htm
Its currently en route to my closest freight terminal.
Congrats on the new tiller....I bet it's gonna do a fine job for you. You will be ready to plant in no time. It's time to plant a fall garden here in South MS. I need to disk again then plant...collard greens and some carrots.
Congrats on the new tiller. It will end up saving you a whole lot of time in the long run. ***128077;
Thanks. That was one of the main reasons for buying one.
I priced out renting similar tillers. They were going for roughly $150/day. Factor in my time/fuel to pick it up and drop it off, if not included. Plus having it multiple days at least twice a year. It just made sense to buy one.
I told the wife she was welcome to till the garden and any other areas by hand.....she was not keen on that idea and also opted for the big pro driven tiller.
I got some rotary tiller time today.
It was hot out. Real hot. I was wishing for a cab with A/C.
After one run with the tiller
Kicked up some sizable rocks.
Two passes with the tiller.
Did I mention rocks? I only picked the ones that were softball or larger out. Theres still a lot of smaller rocks in there. Maybe some larger ones lurking still
After the second pass I put some lime down
Heres after the third pass
Panorama
Theres still a lot of roots sticking out. Debating if I should take the landscaper rake to it still.
It was hot out. Real hot. I was wishing for a cab with A/C.
After one run with the tiller
Kicked up some sizable rocks.
Two passes with the tiller.
Did I mention rocks? I only picked the ones that were softball or larger out. Theres still a lot of smaller rocks in there. Maybe some larger ones lurking still
After the second pass I put some lime down
Heres after the third pass
Panorama
Theres still a lot of roots sticking out. Debating if I should take the landscaper rake to it still.
BC where are you located in Pa? When I was a kid we would walk the plowed fields, and anybody garden that would let us and look for arrow heads ,spear heads and hammers ,ax's, hammer stones and stuff from the Indians