roll over plows

[sdc eastern ia]

I see a lot of posts about roll over plows. I've never seen one work or know of anyone having one in my neighborhood. I have to ask why they are so popular and who uses them? Is this a foreign thing?
 

[DeltaRed]

Rollovers are necessary because on flood/furrow irrigated ground you cant have the 'crown and dead furrows of the common oneway plow.Go to the irrigated fregions of the western US,you will not see a oneway plow.Oliver made the first "twoway" ,it was a walking plow.They called it a hillside plow.It was so you could plow across a hill and throw the dirt up,eliminateing a highly erodeable furrow.The europeans now use them almost exclusively.Some of the midwest farmers are useing them to avoid so much traveling on the headlands-just lift,turn and flip in one fluid motion,drop and go.Some guys use em for rebuilding terraces.Please excuse the 'ridges'.This particular plow is 'sprung',courtesy of some big rocks.It was replaced at a later date.






 

[Ellis Kinney]

It makes the plow shares last twice as long. Ellis
 

[DeltaRed]

A few more pics.The 'action' shots were from a plow day couple years ago.Those guys are not farmers,so wheels,plows....were not set right(or even at all).They were there for the 'experience'.Thats me on the 8N.










 

[BushogPapa]

I always take a full set of tools to our Plow Day and spend most of the time adjusting plows and hitches and still many are beyond adjusting because of wrong wheel settings or just plain TOO Rusty in the 1st place..
Then, the "Pulling tractors" that show up to plow and are too light to pull a plow and make a mess...
I guess it is to be expected anymore...
Always a Great time..!
12" plows in Corn fodder are always slow...
 

[Mike (WA)]

In addition to no dead furrows, you don't have to lay out "lands"- just start at one side of the field, and go straight across.
 

[flying belgian]

The plow pulled by the F-20 is a snow plow right??
 

[Cliff Nelson]

We use one in hills so we can turn everything up hill. Also makes a smoother field without the dead furrows. The shares do last twice as long but then cost twice to replace so cost per acre is the same in the end.