As some of you may remember from a somewhat recent post of mine, I got screwed by this guy and was sold a plow that was sprung and it was impossible to get it set up properly. I ended up running into a steal of a deal on a 14" double bottom Leinbach plow this week and it's still pretty much in like new condition (has some original paint on the moldboards still).
I tried setting it up tonight but had less than an hour before dark so didn't have much time to mess with it. It supposed to rain around noon tomorrow, so I won't have much time to try to plow so I just wanted to try and clarify a couple things first to save as much time as possible. When trying to run it tonight, I was leaving a few inches of uncut ground between furrows.
Starting from square 1, I'm gonna drive the tractor up on blocks about 7 inches high on concrete.
Then I'm going to adjust top link and lift arms to have the plow sitting completely flat on the ground, correct? No slight angle with the points facing down is needed, right?
Now, for adjusting where the first plow cuts is what's confusing me some. If I'm leaving a few inches of uncut ground, I should need to slide the plows to the left on the cross shaft? If I'm thinking correct, that should cause the plows to move further to the left initially, but will in turn move the plows further to the right as the plow beams will want to track straight?
Last question is in regards to the functions of moving the right sides lift arm bolt. There are 3 holes in a horizontal direction from front to rear, all are located at the same height. Currently I'm in the middle hole. Is this adjustment for setting the cutting width of the plows? Front hole cuts a thinner furrow and back hole wider? Does this effect both plows cut or just the front?
I tried setting it up tonight but had less than an hour before dark so didn't have much time to mess with it. It supposed to rain around noon tomorrow, so I won't have much time to try to plow so I just wanted to try and clarify a couple things first to save as much time as possible. When trying to run it tonight, I was leaving a few inches of uncut ground between furrows.
Starting from square 1, I'm gonna drive the tractor up on blocks about 7 inches high on concrete.
Then I'm going to adjust top link and lift arms to have the plow sitting completely flat on the ground, correct? No slight angle with the points facing down is needed, right?
Now, for adjusting where the first plow cuts is what's confusing me some. If I'm leaving a few inches of uncut ground, I should need to slide the plows to the left on the cross shaft? If I'm thinking correct, that should cause the plows to move further to the left initially, but will in turn move the plows further to the right as the plow beams will want to track straight?
Last question is in regards to the functions of moving the right sides lift arm bolt. There are 3 holes in a horizontal direction from front to rear, all are located at the same height. Currently I'm in the middle hole. Is this adjustment for setting the cutting width of the plows? Front hole cuts a thinner furrow and back hole wider? Does this effect both plows cut or just the front?
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