A Terminology Question

[JohnRowehl]

Is this my “plow” or my “plows”?

 

[Scott 730]

That would be a 4 bottom spring reset plow. Singular. There is 1 plow in your picture. Just like there is 1 plow in my avatar picture.

 

[m16ty]

4 bottom plow, singular.

I have heard people call it 4 plows though. Also back when they rated tractors by how much plow they could pull, they would say "4 plow tractor" not "4 bottom plow tractor".

 

[JohnRowehl]

4 bottom plow, singular.

Also back when they rated tractors by how much plow they could pull, they would say "4 plow tractor" not "4 bottom plow tractor".

Good point

 

[Bob Bancroft]

Is this my “plow” or my “plows”?
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Nice set up. I had a 4x16 hyd. reset Oliver behind an AC 6060 which was the best plowing outfit I ever had. It was our first tractor with a cab. With full HVAC and "stadium" lights, it was a pleasure to run. And I had the wheels and plow set so the draft was nice and straight. Drop the tractor in the furrow and let it go.

 

[rrlund]

My plow plows the ground.

 

[560Dennis]

Does a nice job up and over .

 

[Ray,IN]

Is this my “plow” or my “plows”?
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Coulters appear set too high. I was taught to set them 2" above plow points. Great picture anyway!

 

[flying belgian]

Coulters appear set too high. I was taught to set them 2" above plow points. Great picture anyway!

He's striking out the land in that picture. Once he makes the next round with wheel in furrow the plow will be running deeper as will the coulters.

 

[JohnRowehl]

Coulters appear set too high. I was taught to set them 2" above plow points. Great picture anyway!

My intent was to set the coulters deep enough to cut through the surface reside. What I didn’t realize was how much wear there was in the casting that the shank goes through. So when it contacted the ground it was pushed upward. I have to compensate for that.

 

[flying belgian]

My intent was to set the coulters deep enough to cut through the surface reside. What I didn’t realize was how much wear there was in the casting that the shank goes through. So when it contacted the ground it was pushed upward. I have to compensate for that.

Some coulter's have grease zerks there but the grease is gone after one round.
You can weld up the wallowed out area or you can set it deeper like your going to do.

As long as the coulter's are doing what you want them to do, that's all that matters. You can ask 100 people how to set coulter's and you will get 100 different answers.

 

[paul]

Is this my “plow” or my “plows”?
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That looks like a nice plow. Here it is a plow.

If you live near Duffy ag that region might call it ‘plows’ and I’m totally fine with that. Doesn’t ruffle my feathers if we each have our local custom.

Paul

 

[E.B. Haymakin']

Is this my “plow” or my “plows”?
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I've always heard plow-singular referring to the entirety of the implement-with the number of moldboards/bottoms usually preceding "plow". I think across the pond in the UK they are "ploughs". Huh did I get that right. We have several forum members maybe they can tell us. Over in Europe they have front and rear plows when turning the ground. Have any members from the US ever tried that?

 

[caterpillar guy]

take those trash plugger and put them in the iron pile then go plow. Never liked coulters. all they ever did for me was cause plugging as the tash would hang in the space between the coulter and the bottom so it would just keep building till it finally was building dirt then had to pull out raise it up and strew it out over the top of the ground. That did work well plowing with the Cat always fooling around with that.

 

[flying belgian]

take those trash plugger and put them in the iron pile then go plow. Never liked coulters. all they ever did for me was cause plugging as the tash would hang in the space between the coulter and the bottom so it would just keep building till it finally was building dirt then had to pull out raise it up and strew it out over the top of the ground. That did work well plowing with the Cat always fooling around with that.

The thing is the only time coulters are necessary is in unchopped corn stalks. And corn stalks are rarely dry enough for the coulters to cut them.

 

[Ray,IN]

My H. Ferguson slatted-moldboard 2-bottom plow picture has a missing/broken coulter assemblyr. I loaned it to my BIL, he hit a large rock which broke the 1.25D mounting/adjustment bar and broke the plow point below that share. He threw the parts away.
Coulter's are adjustable for a reason, which is to cut above ground trash and underground small roots directly above the plow-point. This leaves a clean landslide the furrow wheel re-enforces..
It they were not necessary why would the mfgr. spend money to make them?

 

[flying belgian]

My H. Ferguson slatted-moldboard 2-bottom plow picture has a missing/broken coulter assemblyr. I loaned it to my BIL, he hit a large rock which broke the 1.25D mounting/adjustment bar and broke the plow point below that share. He threw the parts away.
Coulter's are adjustable for a reason, which is to cut above ground trash and underground small roots directly above the plow-point. This leaves a clean landslide the furrow wheel re-enforces..
It they were not necessary why would the mfgr. spend money to make them?
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I think they were necessary in the days before stalk choppers. Back then many farmers ran the cows in the cornfields over winter and plowed the stalks in the spring. The stalks were dried out in the spring and I suppose the coulters could cut them more easily.

 

[paul]

I think they were necessary in the days before stalk choppers. Back then many farmers ran the cows in the cornfields over winter and plowed the stalks in the spring. The stalks were dried out in the spring and I suppose the coulters could cut them more easily.

As well back then they planted 19k seeds per acre on 38-40 inch rows, now 30k or more on 30 inch or less row spacing. Then the tougher stalks today that don’t decompose as easily with insect tolerance and a fair amount of fungus ideas being used.

Pretty hard to get rid of a corn stalk in less than 12 months any more. If you do plow, they often come back up the following year when you plow.

Paul

 

[will-max dairy]

Wait... don't you mean... "plough" or "ploughs"???

 

[paul]

Wait... don't you mean... "plough" or "ploughs"???

Fungus ideas? Oh my. The robots are indeed taking over….

I did type fungicides I know I did….

With my German heritage I’m pretty sure it has always been a plow here locally, but I find plough or even ploughs a cool old world expression I accept easily.