Posted by Harold Hubbard on October 12, 2011 at 05:08:34 from (205.209.16.24):
In Reply to: 2 way plows posted by DeltaRed on October 11, 2011 at 20:32:42:
Around here (Vermont) they are called side hill plows. The idea being that you plow back and forth along the slope always throwing the furrow uphill. Before tractors, they were used the opposite way, because it was thought that a team didn't have the power to throw the furrow uphill. It was still better than plowing straight up and down the hill. You can still find fields that are cut right down to the ledges at the top, and filled in to the top of the stone walls at the bottom.
You don't see many rollover plows, most farmers gave up on plowing the hillsides years ago, and if they do have to they just deadhead back across with a big one way.
I still use a Farmall single bottom two way on my Super C.
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