Kyle241
Platinum Member
So I have finally done it. I purchased a 3 bottom plough about a week or so ago from a local guy who resells old used farm machinery and other items. I was about to give up finding a used one as they are so hard to come by up here. One New Holland dealer told me to call the local metal scrap yard as they often get single and 2 bottom ploughs and just cut them up for scrap. Well that call fell through as they didn't have any at the time and the New Holland dealer scoffed at my Kubota pulling a 3 bottom plough which he did have used. So my next step was to purchase from Everything Attachments | Skid Steer Attachments, Tractor Attachments, 3 Point Hitch Attachments, and Farm Tractor Implements. when I found a 2 bottom plough on the internet. When I got there, I noticed the two he had needed some TLC which I was not prepared for being a newbie but he did have two decent shape 3 bottom ploughs. After discussing with him that one can be removed if I wanted to and getting a decent price, $300, I had him drop it into the truck and away I went. Yesterday was the day and here are some pics of my very first ploughing session so please forgive the mistakes, e.g. I left the top bar set incorrectly when I was transporting the plough to my field back in my property and forgot to reset it until the third pass.
The plough. No idea the make/age:
Tractor and plough:
It's a tight squeeze but made it through. I need to make an alternate trail for my new tractor as it's heavy for the sod.
Heading down to the field:
Close-up of the plough when I made it to the field:
Trying to figure out everything:
Time to try a pass:
Trying my second pass:
Things I learned very quickly:
- Remember to follow a plan! I had decided how I was going to turn the field when I got too excited to just go for it that I turned the first two passes in the wrong direction!!!
- Don't forget the top link. Mine was not set correctly for the first two passes.
- Remember what depth I finally got right so that I didn't have to think every time I start a new row.
Overall I think I did well. I will have pics today of the completed field as it was DW who took the first and then left to go feed the pups. It took about 90 minutes to plough the area and the MX5100 did very well and proved the New Holland dealer wrong. As BigBull has stated, "you'll run out of traction before you run out of HP", and that is true. I had two times when my tires started to really spin and I had to stop, back up a foot and then start again. What I can't believe is the size of the boulder the plough brought up! Wow, I knew ploughs turned over stones but not one of this size. It was eventful getting it out between the tractor and plough but I finally did.
The best thing about all of this? I loved it! Ploughing is fun and can't wait until next year to disc it and make a nice huge area for potatoes, squash, carrots, parsnip, rutabaga, beets, etc. Hopefully we'll plant a few grains as well, just don't know what yet.
The plough. No idea the make/age:
Tractor and plough:
It's a tight squeeze but made it through. I need to make an alternate trail for my new tractor as it's heavy for the sod.
Heading down to the field:
Close-up of the plough when I made it to the field:
Trying to figure out everything:
Time to try a pass:
Trying my second pass:
Things I learned very quickly:
- Remember to follow a plan! I had decided how I was going to turn the field when I got too excited to just go for it that I turned the first two passes in the wrong direction!!!
- Don't forget the top link. Mine was not set correctly for the first two passes.
- Remember what depth I finally got right so that I didn't have to think every time I start a new row.
Overall I think I did well. I will have pics today of the completed field as it was DW who took the first and then left to go feed the pups. It took about 90 minutes to plough the area and the MX5100 did very well and proved the New Holland dealer wrong. As BigBull has stated, "you'll run out of traction before you run out of HP", and that is true. I had two times when my tires started to really spin and I had to stop, back up a foot and then start again. What I can't believe is the size of the boulder the plough brought up! Wow, I knew ploughs turned over stones but not one of this size. It was eventful getting it out between the tractor and plough but I finally did.
The best thing about all of this? I loved it! Ploughing is fun and can't wait until next year to disc it and make a nice huge area for potatoes, squash, carrots, parsnip, rutabaga, beets, etc. Hopefully we'll plant a few grains as well, just don't know what yet.
