Yesterdays Plowin Technology..... Today

[scott_vt]

Good Afternoon Guys,
I thought some of you guys might enjoy some pics I snapped today of my neighbor using his old Farmall H disc plow preparing his sweet corn patch along with other vegetables he plants !

Its one of the last remaining farms near my Ct home, and the fella on the tractor is Gene Bomba, about 80 I believe and still plowin the old way ! They are great people, and often give me any wood from downed trees on their property !

All they own are Farmalls, mostly a combination of H's and M's along with a Cub they use for cultivating.

OK Bob G and Farmwithjunk, lets hear about this plow guys !

 

[Duffster]

Nice pics

That is an odd looking plow

 

[Egon]

Nice pictures.

I've spent many a day sitting on an H back when they were new! We had a revised platform on ours so there was actually flat areas to stand on beside the seat.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Looks like SOMEONE was having fun....! Disc plows seem to have had a regional popularity. Some farmers embraced them, some didn't give 'em time of day. They were relatively unheard of in this general area. It was moldboard plows for ages, then the switch to chisel plows of one description or another, and now ALMOST everything is no-till here.

 

[kthompson]

The ole disk plow would handle tree roots and could do some really pretty work if set correctly. I think this model (which I have never seen in person) has a rod connected to the front of the tractor that runs under it (?) to steer the wheel on the plow. We used a 2 blade one a lot like this one to cut down and up small trees. Well up to about 4 inches in diameter. Would slice them right off, cut up their roots and stumps and roll the dirt. Problem was you had spears left in the ground.

 

[BobG_in_VA]

I've only seen a very few of those disc plows (that have more than 2 discs). That's some great pics. I'm guessing that he uses that plow a lot on corn stubble. Seems to do yeoman's work on it too!. We had a two bottom disc plow for the 8N that Dad used for "new ground". Ie. after cutting the timber, digging the stumps, it was good for cutting roots, etc. and giving the ground a good once over. By the way, nice rubber on that H. Does he have a belly pump for hyds on it? BobG in VA

 

[scott_vt]

By the way, nice rubber on that H. Does he have a belly pump for hyds on it? BobG in VA

Good Evenin Guys,
Thanks for all the responses !

Yes Bob he has the belly pump on this H, Thank gosh for hydraulics when it comes to that kind of weight !

 

[Botabill]

Great pictures. Thanks! I learned plenty also from the comments. Thanks for those as well.

 

[klrobert]

My dad still has a three point hithc disc plow he uses with his Kubota. It is the same one I pulled with the old Farmall when I was a teenager. Those disc plows are really hard to pull. My dad would get mad at me for running the tractor too hard with the plow. I guess it is a sickness, but I love to hear an engine running WOT and pulling as hard as it can.

 

[suncoast]

Those pictures answered some of the questions that I had yesterday. On Alibaba.com they sell all kinds of those disc plows from China.