Plowing new ground.

[N80]

Great post. A couple of questions: 1) Are the lower arm pins at different heights or is that an illusion...or does that just make it so the plow is held at an angle? In one picture it looks like one bends up and the other down. 2) What is the crank for?

Now that you have it all together you know what would be great for us folks who don't know a plow from Shinola? Labels. How good are you with Photoshop? It would be som nice to have several of your great pictures with labels and arrows with all the proper names for all the parts and a description of what each one does.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Great post. A couple of questions: 1) Are the lower arm pins at different heights or is that an illusion...or does that just make it so the plow is held at an angle? In one picture it looks like one bends up and the other down. 2) What is the crank for?

Now that you have it all together you know what would be great for us folks who don't know a plow from Shinola? Labels. How good are you with Photoshop? It would be som nice to have several of your great pictures with labels and arrows with all the proper names for all the parts and a description of what each one does.

The offset drawbar is to keep the plow level with the right side wheels down in the plowed furrow.

The crank is to "land" the plow. That translates as making it trail the tractor correctly, moving it right or left as needed. I'll go into that soon in a later post. I've been down with the flu for a few days and haven't been anywhere near my shop. As soon as I'm back up to speed, I'll finish up what I've started. Sorry for the delay.

 

[3RRL]

Hey Farm,
What a great job you did in documenting and narrating this whole project. I am totally impressed! That plow is a thing of beauty. You've got to think about getting it dirty though. I can't wait to get the plowing instructions from you. Does it look like you'll be able to start pretty soon?
Thanks so much for sharing.

 

[firemanpat2910]

Hope you get to feeling better soon, thanks for educating us. I wish I would have asked more questions of the old timers around here before they passed.

 

[schmism]

Hope you get to feeling better soon, thanks for educating us. I wish I would have asked more questions of the old timers around here before they passed.

h3ll ya I second that

the more i learn about this kind of stuff the more i relize i dont know chit about it..... so ya bring on the edumiacation...

 

[GreenMtns]

Great thread Farm
I hope you feel better soon. Winter has settled in up here so we can only live this one though your posts for a while. Can't do much in an unheated barn when it's -5 outside and in.
The crossbar on my Ferguson 14A looks a lot like yours but without the convenience of the landing lever. It looks like I will have to loosen the U bolts on each side and rotate the bar to move it left or right. But once it's done it's done.
I am looking forward to the setup posts and photo's when you are feeling better.

Al

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Great thread Farm
I hope you feel better soon. Winter has settled in up here so we can only live this one though your posts for a while. Can't do much in an unheated barn when it's -5 outside and in.
The crossbar on my Ferguson 14A looks a lot like yours but without the convenience of the landing lever. It looks like I will have to loosen the U bolts on each side and rotate the bar to move it left or right. But once it's done it's done.
I am looking forward to the setup posts and photo's when you are feeling better.

Al

Thanks to all. I'm feeling better, just not bouncing back like a teenager
anymore. By the time I get home from work the last few days, all I do is build a fire in the fireplace and go to sleep.


About those landing levers and cranks..... They come in handy on hilly ground. If you're plowing across the face of a hillside, the plow will want to follow the tractor a little differently as you go east-west then switch to west-east. That may make it throw the dirt a little different, or it may just make the lead bottom plow a wider (or narrower) slice than the rear bottom. A quick adjustment of the landing lever will keep things consistant.

While out of the game the past week, I've been doing some reading. I picked up a book on British and world Match plowing. Some of the plows they use employ hydraulics or hand cranks to adjust every concievable adjustment on a plow. The tractors also use what we call "Top and Tilt". They've been using it for years. They even hang suitcase weights all over the plow to balance it and make it dig in through tough soil. The part I found most interesting is, they suggest stopping before looking back or while making changes. The reason was, anything but looking straight ahead while moving will result in a less than perfect furrow. (They judge on, among other things, everything has to be perfectly straight) Plowing and planting both need the same technique to do nice looking work. You pick out a "target" at the far end of the field and go straight to that. Look back, or down at the front wheels and you start making curves in the road.

 

[firemanpat2910]

Boy am I glad the deer at the hunting camp dont judge us on straightness of rows every time I open a fresh can of beer the rows get a little more wobbly. I have never used a true plow, just disc it then use the 2 row planter.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Back again! I'm still battling the flu and its effects, but bordem has set in. I've got a few pictures that'll cover some new ground or clear up a few things on old news. Here we go.

pic #1 is a SHIN
pic #2 is the location of the shin

It's the leading vertical cutting edge.

pic #3 is the share
pic#4 is location of share.

I've heard it called point, shear, share, ect. Parts manual and Bible say share. I'm going with that. It cuts the smooth flat bottom of the furrow.

pic #5 is the moldboard.

Most noticable part of the plow, hence the name. It flips dirt.

pic #6 is a coverboard

also called trash board. It sends surface crop residue towards the bottom of the plow furrow before the moldboard covers it with dirt. Not on all plows.

More to follow in a bit.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

More,

pic #7 coulter

They come in plain, notched, and fluted. They cut surface trash to allow a clean path for the shin to cut the furrow wall. If soil conditions allow, the coulter can be set deep enough to pre-cut the entire depth of the furrow wall. That can make a plow ride up out of the ground in hard soil though.

pic#8 (rear) landslide
The landslide absorbs and redirects the thrust of the moldboard pushing against the turning soil. It serves as a rudder of sorts to keep the plow in a straight line.

pic #9 offset drawbar
In order for the plow to be level when the right side wheels of the tractor are in an 8" deep plow furrow, the hitch needs some offset. By rotating this offset on its axis, you also move the tail end of the plow left or right, know as LANDING the plow.

pic # 10 tailwheel
It goes right where the name indicates. It is a rolling assist to the rear landslide. ("proper name" is ROLLING LANDSLIDE) Adds a roller bearing to the load carried by the landslides.