Bottom plow width vs rear tire width

[peter_vii]

Yeah Peter, pictures are tough for me also, but there are some posts that walk you through it. I need to get my 14 year old daughter to assist her aging dad. Some times in this electronic, text messaging, digital age, I feel kinda like a dinosaur. I remember when a blackberry was something I would pick for my Grandmom to make a pie!

By the way, I see some nice plows online. Did you have it shipped freight to you? If so, how did that work out. What were the details. I see things online that tempt me, but just have never been sure of how to get it here.

I found my plow on Free Kijiji Canada Classifieds | Free Ads | Petites Annonces Gratuites
Private sale. I had to drive two hours to get it.
It fit on my 8' trailer (with 2" to spare).

If you ship freight, they usually request that you have fork lift or fork tines on your loader available to get it off the truck. BTW, you should get pallet forks
for your tractor.

I got mine from these guys:
HORST WELDING | HLA >> Regular Pallet Forks

 

[peter_vii]

As I said, the torque peak is around 1500rpm. That's where work is done at it's most efficient point. I still pull the plow as fast as it's meant to operate by using the correct gear. Wind the rpms up to full song and you'll gain absolutely NOTHING. In turn, you LOOSE fuel efficiency. As an example, I plowed 25 acres of alfalfa sod ground last fall. You aren't likely to find plowing conditions much tougher than our clay soil with tough, deep alfalfa roots. The tractor just cruises @ 1500 rpm and gains NOTHING as far as power or "ease" by winding up the engine to excessive rpms.

And it isn't just that particular tractor. While farming for near 40 years, every tractor I owned had a "sweet spot" right around 1500 to 1700 rpm where they ran best. There are a few later model tractors that have smaller cubic inch engines that operate at high rpms than may need to be blasted to get decent power. Personally, I'd shy away from them. It stands to reason an engine that makes it's peak power at a lower rpm would last longer over the long haul relative to an engine that produces the same hp at a much higher rpm.

It's been my observation over the years that if/when a tractor has to be run at maximum rpms the engine has to offer to pull a plow at a reasonable speed, the plow is probably a little too much for that tractor to begin with.

Amen. That is my thinking as well and I'm a complete novice.
Plowing is not Formula 1 racing. If you can get the job done with less
fuel, why race; to save an hour?

On JD5083E, the economy setting for PTO (540E) is at around 1500-1700 rpm, so I figured that the engine must be designed to
operate most efficiently at this rpm regardless of whether it runs the PTO or pulls a plow.

I guess some people drive tractors the way they drive cars.