Is your single bottow plow big enough?

[Carykong]

I thought the forum would like this picture of my 5'7" wife in front of this single bottom plow.

This plow was and is used to prepare new vineyard ground in the foothills of Virginia. Enjoy

 

[groundcover]

Man, you are going to need a bigger wife to pull that thing !

Cool pic !

 

[Pooh_Bear]

That's a tow behind. Does it come in a TPH model?
Forget cat-1 and cat-2, that would be a cat-5000.

Pooh Bear

 

[sweettractors]

I don't like it. It does not have a coulter LOL. Ken Sweet

 

[EDDIE BUCK]

Now thats a plow.Can you imagine the size of the mule thats gotta pull it??:confused2: lol

 

[Barry Bowen]

It takes a Cat not a mule to pull that, D-6 or bigger, usually more like a D-8, You should see the disc that goes with it.

 

[Carykong]

Indeed the vineyard does rent a dozer to pull this single bottom plow. The soil in central Virginia,"the piedmont", is composed of deep red clay that will not wash out of your clothes. Most of this old farmland is,also, deeply compacted from cattle and sheep farming over the last two hundred and fifty years. It is a three year process from deep plowing to actually planting the grapevines.

 

[ShenandoahJoe]

Groundcover, you are my new hero.

 

[Mace Canute]

I saw a big breaking plow once that would dwarf a regular plow but that thing is a right monster! I had to find a video of one in use and here it is!

YouTube - Mengali Plowing 4-foot Plow

 

[oliver28472]

Seems like there was a short clip of one of those on "The Grapes of Wrath".