New old disc plow working

[TDC]

I finally figured out how to dial in the old International Harvester plow. I had to extend the bar that connects the tractors linking bar to the back of the disc. This put pressure on the back of the plow and straightened the tractor out. My L4400 is a little short. The back of the plow will not clear the groud at max lift but it cut beautifully. My tractor does not have automatic draft control so I had to control the lift manually to maximize depth of cut.

When plowing a field, you travel counter clock wise to allow the right tractor tire to run in the last cut. What do you do when the two rows meet in the middle leaving a large ditch. Just fill it back in with the disc?

The L4400 did pretty well. Ran it in L3 at 2,200 rpms. Lift depth 5-6 (scale 1-10) most of the time.

Thanks for your help.

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T>D>C

 

[paul Em]

Once you meet the two "ditches" together, I call it a dead furrow, you can just disc it in later.

If your discing right after plowing this might be more difficult though.

Some discs do this better by driving down the center , the middle discs help throw dirt in the furrow. Usually though you'l use the outside left or right side of the disc which throws alotta dirt and fill it that way.

 

[JMS MN]

Make another round in the dead furrow with the plow at half depth- simpler, faster, more efficient than trying to fill it in with a disk harrow.