"Pulling" tractors

Laminarman · Jun 14, 2006

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What do they grow? Isn't it dessert (sp?)? How do you grow in sand? Bet the soil turns easier than mine!

ovrszd · Jun 14, 2006

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( What do they grow? Isn't it dessert (sp?)? How do you grow in sand? Bet the soil turns easier than mine! )

I'm getting ready to go eat before we fly but I'll try to attach a picture. I posted three tractor pictures in the Massey Ferguson section of photos. They grow a lot of small grains and have vegetable farms. I've saw a couple combines, couldn't tell what brand and as I said a lot of Massey tractors. I even have a picture of a very large circle irrigator in a wheat field. Let's see if I can make this work.

Dang it, I can't figure it out, when I click on image it asks me for an URL address??? My pictures are saved in my hard drive and don't have an URL address. it was easy to save in the photo section, but can't make this work for some reason. I'll try again in a couple days. Sorry!!!

Doc_Bob · Jun 14, 2006

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( ( Ovrszd, I assume you're serving in the forces? If so, thank you, thank you. )

Yep, been here six months, six to go. I travel a lot, have been all over Afghanistan, Djibouti Africa, Kuwait and now Iraq. The only good part is that I fly a lot. I'll have to figure out how to post pictures and show you what the poor iraqi farmer uses. I swear there are more Massey Ferguson tractors in Iraq than there are in the U.S. When I've got a little time I'll start a thread and post some country pictures of Iraqi homesteads. We fly at about 150 ft so the view is excellent.

And, you are very welcome. I'm depending on you guys at home to keep things running smoothly so I can come back and enjoy our God given land!!! God Bless America!!! )

I was in Balad, Iraq (LSA Anaconda during OIF 1). The area was very fertile. We were surrounded by fields that were lovingly cared for by the locals. Thanks for serving. Tough job. I sleep better at night knowing folks are willing to put there lives on the line to keep those SOB in SWA and not in NYC.
Bob

BillG_in_TX · Jun 14, 2006

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ovrszd,

Here's one of your pictures, plucked from the Photo gallery:

Your pictures do have a URL once you've uploaded them to the Photo gallery, but you need to right click on the image and go to Properties to find the URL and copy it.

Doc_Bob · Jun 14, 2006

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( What do they grow? Isn't it dessert (sp?)? How do you grow in sand? Bet the soil turns easier than mine! )

Iraq is about the size of California. The south is full of sand and heat and as you head north, the climate changes. I was in Baghdad (6 million people) one day (flew in on a UH-60). It was 85 degrees. Flew North to Mosul. When we got to Mosul (Northern Iraq, Kurd country) there was snow on the hills (not much) and I was freezing cold, near 35 degrees with an unknown wind chill factor.

One thing I learned, is that our press has an agenda. Most of the press lives in the green zone in Baghdad, and only reports on Baghdad. Baghdad is not representative of Iraq, just as Los Angeles is not representative of California. The press rarely leaves the Baghdad, so they give us the false impression that Baghdad represents Iraq in general. Like I said before, it would be like saying East LA is what the entire State of California is like. To say the press is misrepresenting the truth about the war in Iraq is probably redundant.

Bob

wolc123 · Jun 14, 2006

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It is not such a "bad idea" to use the stabilizers to hold the plow to one side if your tractor is to wide for your plow. This is undoubtably the case with your TD40 with industrial tires on that little two bottom. I suggest you try it and see if it works. If you are only plowing a few acres it should get the job done. Some narrower r1's would be a better solution but would obviously be a lot more difficult for you to try. By the way I have used this technique many times with excellent results. Keep us posted on how you make out.

Toolguy · Jun 14, 2006

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To get the plow to track correctly behind the tractor you need to turn the cross bar that attaches to the lower 3pth arms. The bends in the cross arm allow the plow to be level when the right wheel of the tractor is in the furrow and it also adjusts the track of the plow. I agree that it is a "bad idea" to use sway bars on a mounted plow. If it is set up properly it will pull itself straight. If it needs to be held in position then HP is being wasted because it is trying to push in the opposite direction it is being held in.

ovrszd · Jun 15, 2006

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( It is not such a "bad idea" to use the stabilizers to hold the plow to one side if your tractor is to wide for your plow. This is undoubtably the case with your TD40 with industrial tires on that little two bottom. I suggest you try it and see if it works. If you are only plowing a few acres it should get the job done. Some narrower r1's would be a better solution but would obviously be a lot more difficult for you to try. By the way I have used this technique many times with excellent results. Keep us posted on how you make out. )

Please don't take this as a personal attack, but, your suggested method of adjustment represents the tractor operator that my Dad got a lot of entertainment out of when I competed against them. They just couldn't figure out how that kid could get so much power, speed and grace out of that little Ford tractor!!!! It had nothing to do with the tractor. Those farmers could never figure that out. Dad would just smile and say "Hey, it's a Ford"!!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

If plowing on flat ground, a properly adjusted plow will allow the tractor to drive the length of the field without touching the steering wheel. It will drive right down the furrow like it's on auto pilot.

daTeacha · Jun 20, 2006

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Allow me to join the others in thanking you for what you do. For those interested, if you go to VWenthusiast.com, one of the regulars there has a sticky at the start of the main board on how to let the guys in the service know they are appreciated. He's currently in the AF in Germany.

Massey is the most popular tractor in the world. If you count up all the tractors in all the countries, Massey wins. They may spell it differently here and there, but the machines are the same.

As for plowing, in the book "Ford Farm Tractors" there is reference to a guy named Quinton Nilson who plowed with a 9N. Seems he had lot to plow, so replaced the 9N engine with a flathead Mercury V-8. In a plowing contest, he finished in 20 minutes what took the second place finisher an hour to do. He plowed with a 2 bottom plow at 13 miles an hour while running dual rear wheels on his 9N. This was his working tractor, not a contest special. Thought you'd like to know.