I love to plow.

[Farmerford]

AMEN!

 

[bullbreaker]

It can be very aggervating when you are off the tractor pulling stocks out of a plow all day that plug it up.

Just asking for myself because I have very little experience plowing,but would'nt a coulter wheel in front of each share eliminate a lot of that.Or would that depend on condition of soil(to wet,hard,etc) ?
Boone

 

[TripleR]

It can be very aggervating when you are off the tractor pulling stocks out of a plow all day that plug it up.

Just asking for myself because I have very little experience plowing,but wouldn't a coulter wheel in front of each share eliminate a lot of that.Or would that depend on condition of soil(to wet,hard,etc) ?
Boone

It should, all of our plows had them and they never clogged up. We still have a couple, but don't use them much anymore.

When I farmed, plowing was one of my favorite things.

No one plows anymore around here unless it is for a garden.

 

[Egon]

the smell of freshly mowed grass/QUOTE]

The aroma of a fresh mowed hay field on a warm calm summer evening is one of life's ambrosias.:thumbsup:

 

[TripleR]

the smell of freshly mowed grass/QUOTE]

The aroma of a fresh mowed hay field on a warm calm summer evening is one of life's ambrosias.:thumbsup:

As long as I don't have to buck the bales, I agree.

 

[PHPaul]

I was raised on a small (120 acres) farm in central Michigan. Dad's tractors were a '49 John Deere B and a '54 McCormick Super W6. I always rode with Dad when he was plowing (3-16 John Deere plow). Loved all the same things you guys mentioned. The smell of fresh dirt, the hot tractor, the sound of that ol' W6 leaning into a load.

The first time he turned me loose to plow on my own, I thought I was on top of the world.

At the other end of the spectrum, I learned to hate cultivating corn with that B, especially the first time over right after the corn emerged. Running half throttle in 1st gear with the shields on so as not to bury the corn. Took FOREVER to cultivate 20 acres.

 

[jake98]

I spent my whole life doing carpentry/renovation, itchy saw-dust, insulation, grit, ear-wrecking noise.. There's a big difference with 'good clean dirt'. Some day I'll have some good ground to till. Lately I try to talk everyone else into letting me till their ground.

 

[Egon]

As long as I don't have to buck the bales, I agree.
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That's a given. :thumbsup:

 

[Piston]

Could a 45hp tractor pull a 2 bottom plow? I've never used a plow, but after reading your post I want to :laughing:

 

[FredH]

I don't plow , I disk , But I get the same feeling Disking . Reason for me is simple , NO BRAINER work . In other words , Unlike Field mowing with Brush Hog and constant monitoring , thinking , etc.... While Disking , I simply drop and go , get to other end and see if disk is still with me . If So , turn around and go again .:thumbsup:


Fred H.