Left hand mold board plows

[bulldogs28]

why is all the plows right hand turn?

 

[KennyG]

Because there is no need to have left hand plows. See this reference for why the right hand became standard.

The Great Plow Debate

 

[oldnslo]

There are left hand plow but they are only made with roll over style or some times called turn over plows. These have a row of bottoms for plowing back & forth through the field and not leaving a dead furrow. Were used out west for flood irrigation land to prevent dead furrows and you could roll the land east one then west the next year to keep field flat.

 

[LouNY]

There are left hand plow but they are only made with roll over style or some times called turn over plows. These have a row of bottoms for plowing back & forth through the field and not leaving a dead furrow. Were used out west for flood irrigation land to prevent dead furrows and you could roll the land east one then west the next year to keep field flat.

A very handy plow to use kept the dead furrows and back furrows to a minimum, and points and shins lasted twice as long, the only trouble was it took twice as long and cost twice as much to replace them when it was time.

 

[LouNY]

Because there is no need to have left hand plows. See this reference for why the right hand became standard.

The Great Plow Debate

Interesting article, almost all tractor pull type implements that are not centered are right hand offset, combines, mowers choppers, balers.
It has created an interesting body condition in many people in that when running equipment we twisted in our seats and looked over our
right shoulders so much that even today many of us can turn our heads much further to the right then the left.
Personally I have twice the rotation to the right that I do to the left.

 

[ptsg]

There are indeed left hand plow, just don't seem to be very common in the US.

Here is what we call automatic reversing plow, it's a pretty neat system though. And then there are the hydraulic ones.



And a quick video of the reversing action:

 

[LouNY]

The turnover plows are quite common in the Western states with ditch and flood irrigation.
They are available in some pretty good sized units.
Multi-Leader Plows - Optimized Plowing for Maximum Productivity | Kuhn

 

[pmsmechanic]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe most of the first binders were left hand. There were even some left hand combines in the early years.

 

[pmsmechanic]

1954 Farmall Super C Complete and Rare Plow Collection for Sale - YouTube

Start watching around 2:35 for a plow similar to post #6

 

[LouNY]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe most of the first binders were left hand. There were even some left hand combines in the early years.

Could have been the only ones that I recall seeing were mostly IH and they were right handed as I recall.