Lack of horsepower solution

allen in texas · Mar 16, 2009

Ya do what you gotta do I guess.

YouTube - 48 Horsepower, 8 Wheel Drive Kubota Pulling A Ferguson 2 Bottom Plow!!

jinman · Mar 16, 2009

I've plowed many acres with a Ferguson TO20 and a Dearborn 2-bottom plow. Many of those were 1st time or many years since plowed. It seems the small tire size and weight of the Kubotas is the main problem here. It has to be a problem of traction instead of power.

You have to give these guys the ingenuity award though. They found a solution and the plowing looks good.

yeagisyeag · Mar 16, 2009

I'll be hitting some untouched soil, hopefully pretty soon. Hope mine goes as well!

As for the 2 tractors, I wish I'd thought of that!

Jim

allen in texas · Mar 16, 2009

The two tractor concept is not new I guess.
YouTube - Deepplowing Flevopolder

I'm kinda bored today.
No dirt to plow, sitting at work with not much to do...

Watching plowing on youtube is the best I've got.

bwmarine · Mar 16, 2009

lol cool!!! what ever works...

herringchoker · Mar 16, 2009

Would that be gang plowing?

wkpoor · Mar 16, 2009

I'll tell you the sad part of that is my Allis CA will pull just as good all by itself pulling 2 bottoms.

Hooked_on_HP · Mar 16, 2009

Was I seeing thing or were the tires on the tractor the plow was hooked to not turning??
Bill

GreenWannabe · Mar 16, 2009

Years ago, in the San Joaquin valley delta area in California, they used a five foot plow to turn over the silt in the flood plain. IIRC, they hooked together 3 or 4 Cat D8s to pull it, 130 drawbar HP each, tens of thousands punds of drawbar pull.

Altex · Mar 19, 2009

Hooked_on_HP said:
Was I seeing thing or were the tires on the tractor the plow was hooked to not turning??
Bill

Yeah, but looks like those front tires are turning the opposite direction and slower. I guess the tractor doing the towing, with the pull, lifts the front end of the back tractor and back tractor only has 2WD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnMBtLrvHdA&feature=related