Recommendations Please

[Samaritan 01]

I own a 1950 Ford 8N and I'm looking for a plow or disc. I live in northeast Colorado (Plains) and I will be dry land farming crops such as wheat and alfalfa in sections less than 20 acres.

I need some suggestions; one or two bottom plow?? Disc? Specifically what size, make, year?

Thanks for the assistance guys.

 

[old]

2-14 will probably be the best for your area. Ya you might do ok with a 2-16 but that might be pushing it a bit. A 2-12 would work very well and you would not be lacking for power and still do a good job

 

[oldtanker]

Hope you are not planning on getting a lot plowed in a day.....LOL, it took me a little over 11 hours to plow 7 acres of sandy loam with my 8N and 2-14 plow. And the hay part may not be a lot of fun. While the N can run a small square baler I wouldn't count on pulling a wagon behind the baler.

Rick

 

[Samaritan01]

Any specific recommendations (Make, Model, Year) on implements? Thanks

 

[Samaritan01]

Any recommendations on Make, Model, Year? How about a hay bailer?

 

[souNdguy]

2 bottom plow.. 12 or 14.. 14 probably more productive.

6.5 dual ganged 3pt disc.. or 8' pull type.

soundguy

 

[jackinok]

Hard to say without knowing what type of soil you have ,but if its like mine in western okla heres what i use.I use a HEAVY drag type disc,CASE no idea of what model 8 ft.and i use a dearborn two bottom disc plow,model 10-80.My land is a mix of really hard clay,shale and sandy loam.I use the disc plow because it breaks the soil up pretty fine as your plowing instead of leaving it in large clods,and i use the disc to level.My grandad who farmed the same place had one piece of equipment,a one way about ten ft,but he had a bigger tractor.But their was several built for these tractors that were as i recall 4 ft.They work very good if you have any way decent or sandy soil .And they are a real time saver ,as you can lots of times put your wheat ground in a good shape to plant with one pass.Several people made them,Taylor made a good one as did ferguson i think.Saw a really good jd a few months back and ive kicked myself a hundred times for not buying it. If you decide to go with a moldboard plow,in my experience ,on my place,i have to disc,plow and then disc again.A disc plow crumbles up the soil well enough i can get by without the first discing.

 

[old]

Make or model of plow any good brand 3 point will work just fine. As for a baler at best a N series tractor is really to small to handle one well. Ya they can and have done many a bale but it is both hard on the tractor and the person on the tractor. I don't even use my 841 Ford for baling any more due to being a small light tractor and the way a baler works makes a small tractor like a bucking horse and you feel it after an hour or 3

 

[Anonymous-0]

I have Dearborn implements. I am using a 2N. Disc is 7 ft wide, 4 gang, 6 disc's per gang. Plow is 2 bottom, 12 inch shares if I remember correctly. I disc'd 12 acres of corn stubble and it took me a full day for one pass.