what kind of plow is this?

[mopardude318]

Can someone tell me what kind of plow this is specifically, and maybe provide a link to get something similar? I'd like something just like this for my little oliver as well. I am a newbie to plowing/discing. Thank you!

Oliver 55 plowing - YouTube

 

[jeff9366]

Since it is an Oliver tractor, it is probably an Oliver brand, two bottom, 'trip' featured Moldboard Plow.

Oliver produced some plows for Harry Ferguson and some for Ford under contract, sold under Ferguson and Ford Series 101 brands.

 

[LD1]

Its just a two bottom plow.

IMO, good used older ones are better than newer ones. As long as they arent wore out.

Hundreds of them for sale every year in my area....$200-$300 range for a 2-14 or 2-12.

But if you are looking for a plow for your M7060,,,,I think two bottom is just too small.

 

[LouNY]

Its just a two bottom plow.

IMO, good used older ones are better than newer ones. As long as they arent wore out.

Hundreds of them for sale every year in my area....$200-$300 range for a 2-14 or 2-12.

But if you are looking for a plow for your M7060,,,,I think two bottom is just too small.

If you get a moldboard plow to use depending on your ground a couple of things to be aware of is the type of trip, is it a resettable or a shear bolt. If you are in stoney ground shear pin plows will drive you crazy. Resettable depending on the style may just require backing up or if newer may be auto resetting, spring reset. The one in the video is a shear pin type.

 

[countrybumpkin]

That one does indeed look to be a Oliver brand, however as others have said many different brands and styles out there. Also agree with LouNY about the trip type, resettable is the only way to go.

 

[mopardude318]

Thank you. I was looking for one to go with the Oliver tractor. Here is an Oliver plow on tractorhouse, what do you think? How does it look from the pictures?

TractorHouse.com | OLIVER 246 For Sale

The field I want to plow, I don't think has lots of rocks. It is overgrown with sage brush that I am pulling out with my grapple. The ground has never been worked, so I would like to work the soil. I will not be planting anything, I would just like a clean, plowed, and disced field. I hope I don't sound out of my mind... lol

 

[jeff9366]

I am not a general plow expert. I have owned/operated only two plows, my Ford Series 101 plow and a 12" ETA single bottom plow. I paid $1,200 for my Ford trip plow, in excellent condition, several years ago.

The Oliver plow looks good to me. It is identified as a trip plow which is good. When my plow arrived I had to open the trip mechanism and clean all the congealed grease, rust and dust out to make it trip properly. I was coached by the Kubota mechanic. It may have had 50 years of debris accumulation. That was several years ago. It has tripped fine since.

Good to see it has two coulters. Coulters are mostly necessary for breaking sod.

With plows the question is are the moldboards aligned with the frame precisely? If not, the plow will turn dirt but not necessarily yield those SO SATISFYING perfect furrows.

It is a 14" plow, so it will potentially turn dirt perfectly from 6" to 8" deep. A plow takes longer to learn to adjust for good results than any other 3-Pt. implement.

I have shipped through uShip, a competitor of FR8 in the web freight brokerage space, and been fully satisfied.

 

[ovrszd]

As Jeff mentioned, the learning curve on adjusting a 3pt plow is very steep.

Even in the video you can see that he doesn't quite have his plowed centered behind the tractor. He had to consistently turn his front tires a bit to the left to stay where he wanted he in the furrow.

There are lengthy threads here on TBN concerning this topic. If you get a plow purchased and have troubles getting it to work properly either search those threads or start a new one. Lots of opinions concerning proper plowing techniques!!!!

In regards to your field, is it flat and level?? If not you are going to create a disaster by simply plowing and discing it. You'll only grow two things, weeds and ditches.

 

[LouNY]

As Jeff mentioned, the learning curve on adjusting a 3pt plow is very steep.

Even in the video you can see that he doesn't quite have his plowed centered behind the tractor. He had to consistently turn his front tires a bit to the left to stay where he wanted he in the furrow.

There are lengthy threads here on TBN concerning this topic. If you get a plow purchased and have troubles getting it to work properly either search those threads or start a new one. Lots of opinions concerning proper plowing techniques!!!!

In regards to your field, is it flat and level?? If not you are going to create a disaster by simply plowing and discing it. You'll only grow two things, weeds and ditches.

I'll agree with that sediment, if you are just trying to clean the ground up a tandem disk with break up the ground, allow you to level it if needed, and you will have a seed bed to
plant grass seed it. If you plow it you will have dead furrow (ditches) and back furrows (ridges) and lots of work to break up clods and get it leveled.
But it could be quite the learning experience.
Have fun

 

[mopardude318]

Well this is what I'm working with. I still have way more of that sage brush to rip out. Once that's out I'd like to clean that area up somehow.