Any suggestions on a reasonably priced spring loaded chisel plow for a 40 horse NH. Doing food plots for deer. I'm only planning to cut about 4-6 inches deep to avoid bringing excessive rocks. When I try that shallow depth with my spring tine harrow, it constantly kicks up rocks and dirt, hitting me and my partners in the head.(kinda funny to see a buddy get pelted sometimes). It's just not good for that shallow a cut. A trip shank chisel would not kick up debris like that. I'm looking to break up the ground a bit before discing. Too rocky for mouldboard plow or tiller unfortunately. At that shallow a cut I imagine I could pull a 7 shank maybe. Any thoughts??
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jenkinsph
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I don't think I would consider over a 5 point since you may have other uses where you would wan't to go deeper. Don't think your 40 hp tractor could pull a 7 point very well and would then be a limited use implement to you until you doubled the tractor size. I used to pull a 7 shank with my 4020 (95 pto hp) and the tractor knew it was back there, I have never used a 40 ph tractor to pull a chisel plow so maybe others have more experience and insight.
plowindeeper
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I bought a 13 tine old Jd one and chopped 2 off each side and pull 7 in mostly gumbo ground.My tractor is a 48hp
jenkinsph
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If you wound up with seven points and started with 13 points I would think you removed three per side.
Scott Furr Implement Co. in Magnolia or Brookhaven MS? used to make all kinds of claims for his DO IT ALL which was for the most part an S tine field cultivator similar to the 72" one that Deere offers currently. We had one back in the 1970's and it worked pretty well I have to say and it seems like it would work well for the OP's uses.
plowindeeper
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Chopped 2 foot off each side. Removed 3 shanks from each side for a total of 6 shanks removed. It would not pull it (nearly to the bar) if ground the ground had not been worked before.
When I first bought it I moved all tines to the rear to rake brush with after dozer work and piles burnt. Scatter piles with loader to shake them out. Rake out with chisel rake. Id rake the open areas at about 2 1/2 inches.
When I first bought it I moved all tines to the rear to rake brush with after dozer work and piles burnt. Scatter piles with loader to shake them out. Rake out with chisel rake. Id rake the open areas at about 2 1/2 inches.
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flINTLOCK, I think you are going to have a tough time pulling that 7 shank with your tractor. I pull a 7 shank with my 75hp and I wouldn't want any less tractor. I am plowing a little deeper than you though. Good thing is that you can do simular to plowindeeper an drop some shanks until it works for you.
plowindeeper, that is a good idea on the "chisel rake". It has never occurred to me to do that. But thanks to you, it has now.
plowindeeper, that is a good idea on the "chisel rake". It has never occurred to me to do that. But thanks to you, it has now.
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Above is a link to some 5-7 shank chisels with Business shipping or terminal pickup included in the pricing for PA. Ken Sweet
Above is a link to some 5-7 shank chisels with Business shipping or terminal pickup included in the pricing for PA. Ken Sweet
plowindeeper
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My Chisel is a JD small bar 2"x 2" Solid bar very light and low mounted hitch that will I-Match. I couldn't pick up my cousin's Ford 7 tine or F-I-L Graham 7 time so it also would depend on the plow..
Fossil Farm
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If you have access to a disk or disk harrow with notched disks, you may want to give that a try before buying something, or purchased a used one at auction. Since you are using it for food plots rather than production and have a lot of rocks, you may want to get a decent used one first instead of spending premium on a new one that will just get beat up on all the rocks. Set on an aggressive angle, it may get you a decent seedbed for food plots. A 3 point hitch one would allow you to adjust depth a bit easier too if the ground is uneven on your 40 HP. A 5 foot to 6 1/2 foot should work with a 40 HP and be able to be road worthy if that is needed. Good luck.
Fossil Farm
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Forgot to mention - depending on the type of vegetation you have, you will have to go over the same area a few times with the disk harrow to get the seedbed you want. Bush Hog has some small chisel plows (all purpose plows they call them) and they are rather light (under 400 pounds) and even the 5 shank suggests a 35 HP minimum tractor. The 7 shank suggests a 49 HP minimum. Both are under 5 feet wide. As others stated, any chisel plow requires a lot of horsepower to do a proper job. True ag. chisel plows are much heavier too.
