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Re: Western NY fall plow day - Sunday Sep 25
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Posted by Hugh Mackay on September 18, 2005 at 08:49:46 from (209.226.106.78):
In Reply to: Western NY fall plow day - Sunday Sep 25 posted by Bob M on September 18, 2005 at 05:32:45:
Bob: Your father in law seems to be enjoying himself, as are a lot of other folks. Super M seems to be doing okay with 4 bottoms behind it as well. I find it amusing how so many folks require so much horsepower today to pull a plow. They may find if they had less horsepower there would be less breakage and substancially less wear on points, shins and moldboards per acre. I pull 2x12 with my little Farmalls 130 and 140 plowing 6 to 7 inches deep, even in heavy clay. Back on the farm in Nova Scotia my soil was a sandy loam, thus I really never had difficult plowing. I pulled 3x16 trailer 8" deep with Farmall 300. Then went to 4x16 behind 560D. Then even later to a 5x16 semi mount to use behind 1066. Never used it a whole lot behind 1066 as we dualed the tractor and had some real work for it. Pulled that 5x16 semi mount for years behind 656D and at a much lower cost per acre plowing. My neighbor pulled a 5x16 Oliver trailer plow behind his Cockshutt 570D. Somewhere in the order of 52 drawbar horsepower. Plowing at 5 to 8 mph will only increase the costs per acre, may as well add bottoms and drop to 3-4 mph. Most combinations I've seen the slower speed and more bottoms plow the same acerage per hour.
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