Another plow setup question

[Mearntain]

I'll give it a go on in a day or 2 if it doesn't rain again, and see how wide the front is cutting vs the rear, itso just way to wet to get out there to do it now.

When you say cutters, if you're talking about coulters, I do have a pair on my sprung plow that I have that I could more than likely throw on this plow. I thought those were mainly for cutting vines, thick sod, etc. that the plow is having trouble getting through? I could see how they could possibly give the the share points a "guide" to want to follow.

If you look a few pages back at the picture I took sitting on the tractor and looking backwards, does it look like I'm plowing too deep? That was just another idea that I had that may be making it want to pull to the left. I haven't figured out draft control yet so I've just been using position control with the lever all the way down.I figured with the plow setup properly, it should bottom out at where it was set up to, and not suck any further. I may be wrong with that though

 

[ovrszd]

Yep, you are wrong with that. Surprised your tractor will pull it with the Position Control lever all the way down??? It should bury itself until you can't pull it.

 

[Mearntain]

Yep, you are wrong with that. Surprised your tractor will pull it with the Position Control lever all the way down??? It should bury itself until you can't pull it.

It's a Ford, it doesnt even know anythings behind it :drink:

Does it look like it's too deep in that picture I posted earlier in the thread?

My position control doesn't seem to be super responsive and is slightly loose, that's why I just put it all the way down. It's loose enough to where if i don't have the lock washer stop moved to hold it in the up position or manually holding it by hand, hitting a big bump with a heavy implement is enough to make the lever/implement drop some.

 

[Ford850]

They usually say your depth should be half the moldboard width, so 7" in your case. I don't plow that deep though, unless I have to. many times I'm only turning 5" and it works great without turning under my valuable topsoil. There's no need to turn soil too deep, when all you want to do is get the top side down.
And you definitely have to keep your position control set to hold it at that desired depth.

 

[Mearntain]

With the draft control - when I set up the plow on blocks and have it in the proper spot, do I move the draft control lever down until it just begins to lift the plow? And then when I'm moving around, can it lift back up with position control or do I have to take draft control off to lift it up and then have to reset the draft control everytime I loop back around to plow another strip of ground?

I didn't measure it at the time, but this is a picture I took the other week of how deep the rear was cutting. Id guess it was around 6 inch or so range from what I recall.

 

[ovrszd]

It's a Ford, it doesnt even know anythings behind it :drink:

Does it look like it's too deep in that picture I posted earlier in the thread?

My position control doesn't seem to be super responsive and is slightly loose, that's why I just put it all the way down. It's loose enough to where if i don't have the lock washer stop moved to hold it in the up position or manually holding it by hand, hitting a big bump with a heavy implement is enough to make the lever/implement drop some.

So, besides drifting left, your plow does not want to go deeper. Properly set your plow should bury itself until your 3pt has reached it's set lowered position. Since you aren't using Draft Control and you are lowering the Position Control lever to the bottom setting your plow should bury itself until your 3pt arms have reached their lowest possible setting. And when that happens your Ford will either spin out or kill the engine.

 

[Mearntain]

I don't be seeming to have an issue with it not wanting to go deeper. If I shorten the top link, it will go down deeper. I'd say I'm perfectly satisfied with the depth I'm getting, just not with the tracking that I'm getting that's causing me to miss some ground.

 

[ovrszd]

I don't be seeming to have an issue with it not wanting to go deeper. If I shorten the top link, it will go down deeper. I'd say I'm perfectly satisfied with the depth I'm getting, just not with the tracking that I'm getting that's causing me to miss some ground.

I'm struggling to understand how the plow remains at a desirable height when you are not utilizing Draft Control and you are placing the Position Control lever in the lowest position?? The plow should bury itself immediately stalling the tractor.

 

[ovrszd]

I use a 3x14" plow on my 3910FWD. I can stall the tractor within it's length if I just drop the plow with no depth control.

 

[Mearntain]

I do have the lift links attached to the furthest out hole on the lift arms, so that is limiting how far the 3 pt will drop to some point. I also may be coming close to hitting the hard clay base below the top soil preventing it from going more. I never really payed attention to see if they were bottomed out or not. Are you suggesting that there is something wrong with my shares preventing it from sucking properly? Which may be what is making it pull to the left.