plough for 35 hp 4 wheel drive?

[Renze]

In Europe, every self respecting farmer and contractor uses a two way, or reversible plough. I know America is swithching to no-till or min-till practice, but for potatos, onions and fine seeds you just need a better seedbed. You do see some min-till wheat being grown on light soils but the majority ploughs with 3 or 4 furrow reversibles.

Few months ago we bought a 3 furrow 16" reversible, which is pulled at 25-30 cm depth in medium sand soil, with a 50 hp Zetor 5245 4wd.
With this reversible plough, the weight is the biggest problem: to lift it out of the ground on the end of the furrow, i have to back up a foot because breaking up the soil on top of the furrow slows down the lifting quite a lot..

About how big of plough your tractor can pull, hp isnt the main point of cosideration, it is the weight that helps generate traction. my 5245 weighs about 3200 kg and pulls 16" at 12" depth.
What's the weight of your 35 hp 4wd ???

 

[bjr]

It's a Chinese Jinma JM354. It's weighs about 4000 lbs I guess. Theres specs on one of the China Best boards. bjr

 

[bjr]

It's a Chinese Jinma JM354. It's weighs about 4000 lbs I guess. Theres specs on one of the China Best boards. bjr

 

[Renze]

In North america, it seems that the general ploughing depth is about 8 inches. let's say you would plough at 10 inches to put all the trash down.

In that case, ploughing with 3200 kg, 16 inch wide, and in medium sand soil max. 14 inch deep turns over 4200 cm2 of soil. (i prefer to calculate in metric if you dont mind.)
That's the max depth for my tractor with 16" plough.

On the same scale, the 4000 lbs or 1800 kg Jinma would be able to turn over 2360 cm2 of soil. That means pulling a 16" 2 furrow plough at 10" deep.

I wouldnt go wider than 16" two furrow. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Renze]

In North america, it seems that the general ploughing depth is about 8 inches. let's say you would plough at 10 inches to put all the trash down.

In that case, ploughing with 3200 kg, 16 inch wide, and in medium sand soil max. 14 inch deep turns over 4200 cm2 of soil. (i prefer to calculate in metric if you dont mind.)
That's the max depth for my tractor with 16" plough.

On the same scale, the 4000 lbs or 1800 kg Jinma would be able to turn over 2360 cm2 of soil. That means pulling a 16" 2 furrow plough at 10" deep.

I wouldnt go wider than 16" two furrow. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif