Farmwithjunk
Super Member
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I use that 3 bottom with my 40 HP Massey. I don't think that you would have a problem. I have even used it to turn over 10 year old sod in ground that hadn't really been worked for 20 years. )</font>
Drop on down to Kentucky sometime. That 40 HP tractor would be lucky to get a 3-bottom plow all the way in the ground. You're talking 60 (+) HP to pull 3X14"s here. My 44HP Massey pulls 2X14"s with relative ease, but wouldn't even be able to move 3X12"s in the ground. And that's in my better "bottom ground". (And we won't even discuss plowing on some of the hills Kentucky is famous for)
Also to be considered, some BRANDS of plows pull much harder than others. Ford 101's pull easy. John Deere or IH plows pull harder. (moldboard contour?????)
A plow with new shares and shins will pull easier. "Set-up" of a plow has a great deal to do with how they pull also. I've even experienced a plow pulling far easier on one tractor than it did on another. Never did figure that one out, but it sure did. (Same HP SAme weight, Same operator, Totally different results)
Drop on down to Kentucky sometime. That 40 HP tractor would be lucky to get a 3-bottom plow all the way in the ground. You're talking 60 (+) HP to pull 3X14"s here. My 44HP Massey pulls 2X14"s with relative ease, but wouldn't even be able to move 3X12"s in the ground. And that's in my better "bottom ground". (And we won't even discuss plowing on some of the hills Kentucky is famous for)
Also to be considered, some BRANDS of plows pull much harder than others. Ford 101's pull easy. John Deere or IH plows pull harder. (moldboard contour?????)
A plow with new shares and shins will pull easier. "Set-up" of a plow has a great deal to do with how they pull also. I've even experienced a plow pulling far easier on one tractor than it did on another. Never did figure that one out, but it sure did. (Same HP SAme weight, Same operator, Totally different results)