nice story. that's what make life great i mean a memory for you and a memory for your nephews, and of coarse your own kids will pass things down after were gone. Kip, Big Daddy we remember!
Good story from yesteryear! I was probably a little older, 14 years old in 1962, plowing with a 1939 Farmall H with a little gypsy two bottom 14" plow turning over oats stubble which was the easiest to learn on. Dad always wanted to run the plow as deep as possible, no hydraulics so you had to keep an eye on the depth and adjust manually and then constantly moving the hillside hitch to keep the farrow turning over evenly, he didn't want to see any gaps there either. Good memories plus I got out of the evening milking!
I remember the first time dad let me drive, was to a NH square baler while he stacked on the wagon. I was only 5-6 and so small I couldn't push the big clutch pedal down on our 2-135 White. Dad would start it and jump off and to stop I just killed the engine by the key. Up until then, I was pretty much inside that tractor riding along anytime it was doing field work. I remember riding from dawn til dark, days plowing with dad every spring. Plowing has always been one of my top favs.
Grandpa H always said the only way to break in a new tractor is to plow with it. Guess thats why we always got the new ones in late winter. Nice story Andy - thanks.
Your right moldboard plowing is an art. That’s really cool that you guys still do it. Growing up we had I believe an eight bottom that we pulled with the Minneapolis Moline plainsman articulator I can still remember that like it was yesterday
When I was 10 years old, I moldboard plowed with a Farmall "M" gas tractor and a John Deere 3-14" bottom plow. When I was 11 years old the following year, we graduated up to an Oliver 1850 gas tractor with an Oliver 5-14" bottom plow. Sometimes I would get to run my Uncle's John Deere 4020 diesel tractor with a John Deere 5-16" bottom plow. Moldboard plowing was one of my favorite things to do. Just put the pedal to the metal, and let 'em roar.
As head mechanic of a large ranch/farm I really liked this. Our Oliver ( perkins diesel) and our Case 2670 and the Ford 9030 BD did all the hard work. Lots of ground to cover. I was the driver of the big JD airseeder ( wheat). Those JDs never miss a beat. Excellent!
Great story Andy. I plowed 19 years with a 4450. Dad bought it new in 1983. Also traded in a 4440. I started plowing with a 4000 Deere in the 70’s. Dad always said a good plowing job makes it much easier to work down for planting. I am all No-till now, got tired of picking rocks.
I loved plowing. The sounds the smells. Everything was drowned out by the tractor noise. I wrote a lot of stories in my head while plowing. I learn to plow with a 350 International gas with a 4 bottom plow. Also use an old Farmall M using a three bottom plow. This brings back a lot of memories. 💜
1987, I was eleven. 1977 JD 4430 and a melroe 911 5/16 plow. Many days after school. Started plowin that year close to the end of March. I remember dad dualed up the 44 after I was done that spring to put on the press drill outfit. May 10th, he unhooked from the drill to get out of the gate at one field, by the time he got to the road the front wheels were standing still, pushing snow. Just thought I would share! That green paint looked awesome Andy!!!
Started riding with my grandpa when I was 5 years old on a JD A with 3-14 mounted plow. First gear, maybe 2 mph. He would keep adjusting until it plowed perfect furrows. A bad job of plowing meant you were a bad farmer. Those were good times.
Cheers Andy, That takes me back to 1978! A while ago!! I was 19 years old driving a 4020 with a 5 furrow knvernland semi mounted plough with hydraulic crossshaft, which I liked a lot. We did a lot of ploughing with this combination and with a lot of practice I became quite proficient. A most satisfying job to take pride in with experience. Thanks for this one 👍 Done, catch the next.
Great videos I enjoy watching. I grow up around farms my father was Agriculture teacher and a feed and seed salesman I would go with him on the farms when I got older I would help out haying and other things . Your videos being back memories . Thank’ s for sharing. Tim from Wisconsin Dairyland 🧀🧀
Nice story Andy about some times past. Good to see the "old" way of tilling the soil and maybe bring some stories for the new generation. Family makes the farm work whether in the tractor or milking cows. Keep up the good work!
I used to plow with a John Deere 5020 that had an "M & W" turbo with a straight pipe. Neighbors could hear it a mile away. Love the smell of freshly turned ground!
Cool to see you doing that Andy! I just plowed a field that hadn't been used in a few years a couple days ago. I used my 5055 and an old JD 3 bottom to do it. I was really surprised how well it worked. I even went through an old fence row I had just pulled some pretty big trees out of, and I went real slow, and it cut and pulled all the little roots right out! I disced it up and then went over it with a chain harrow to gather the chopped up roots. Going to plant some hay in it just to have it green and maybe bale next year.
My first was on a B popping John with a pull type plow with the old tripping rope. I had a good time even it was sort of hard to pull. Thanks for the video, enjoyed it.
Great story, thanks for sharing. I was 14 the first time I got turned loose with the plow. 3010 diesel wide front with a fully mounted 3 bottom kvernland. I was in heaven.
Seeing someone plowing in Eastern Iowa would be a rare sighting. I remember as a kid my dad with a 5 bottom plow pulled by a 7020 Allis Chalmers? Thanks for sharing 👍
Moldboard plowing was my favorite thing to do next to chopping corn when I worked on my uncles dairy farm. We plowed with 2 tractors our biggest tractor was a MF 285 that pulled 4 16’s and our next biggest tractor was a MF 175 it pulled 4 14’s both plows were masseys also. No cabs. We milked about 90 Holsteins in a 30 staunchin barn. Thanks Andy
It is nice to see a Kevernland plow. My Dad owned one for quite a few years. We also called it a Dakon plow. It was nice when we plowed alfalfa because we could easily lift up 1 or 2 bottoms.
Nice video, when I was a kid, plowed a lot of clay ground with JD G and a MM four bottom (14”). That G had power. In the hills we threw chains on. Still have the tractor and plow.
one of the things i miss most about growing up on the farm is plowing , it was always satisfying getting the field done and dead furrows all fluffed in smooth
I spent many an hour in the furrow as my Dad would say. When the ground started to freeze we’d hitch a second tractor up to the plow tractor to help. Truly simetry in motion.
Love this, I come here when I'm having a bad day, always makes me feel better. '69 or '70 for me, grandpa's JD60 and 3 14s. Riding high I was at 11 or 12. Still have the tractor, don't know what happened to the plow. Thanks Andy, I mean it. Best regards from Indiana.
Having the great drone shots really adds to the pleasure of watching the ground turned over with the moldboards.. only better if driving the tractor doing the plowing.
Great story Andy on the first chance that you had plowing under Grandpa's assurance that you could do it. I was 13 my first chance on a friends Dad's farm.. he had a Ford 8N with mounted two-bottom plow, while I was on a Farmall McCormick F-12 pulling 2 12" bottoms.. prolly 1/2 mile an hour if that fast. But fun!
The smell of fresh earth and diesel fuel! We pulled 12 and 16 bottom plows with late 70's Whites and Steigers. I love seeing a row of tractors belching exhaust and rolling furrows over. Takes me back to my youth.
Hah, my dad got our 4620 and 5-bottom plow out in the field today. First time that plow's been used in years, since we chisel plow most everything now. It was neat to see it done the old-fashioned way, though. At 1:31, it looks like the guy in the 4450 was having 'fun' trying to keep that tractor going forward and straight in the furrow. I'm glad that wasn't me.
Andy- you need helper springs on your Kverneland-the bottoms are in a partially tripped position all the time which makes it a lot tougher pulling than it should. Kverneland makes a great plow!
Awesome video. We haven't used our 6 bottom keverland plows in about 4-5 years. Beats the crap out of the tractor and parts are expensive. Faster to use the chisils but mowbourds do nice jobs on hay fields.
Pulling plows are where those Diesel engines sound best, those Green tractors sound good! My first plowing was with a 641 Ford with a two bottom ford plow. I was about 16 and made movie money plowing gardens and disc for people. That was 40 years ago! Still have the 641 ford tractor. Runs like a sewing machine.
Last time I ploughed was with a three furrow reversible on a mf 590. I was in and out of that cab like a fiddlers elbow to make sure those furrows were perfect. Papa bear insisted on it. Defo an art to ploughing. I was 17 then and 47 now. Would love to do it again but its contracted out nowadays. Pipes sound great by the way. 🚜👍
The 4620 looked a little small in front of that big ol plow! Great video, Andy. Those tractors bellow plenty loud with those straight pipes on. Sounded awesome!
Back in the day when I was a farmhand we did all the cotton ground (5,000 + acres ) that way but we double disked the soybean ground . But that was then and this now a entirely different story .Awe yea we would 2 shifts doing this ! Just keep on hammering on it !
I was sitting on my cousin porch when our new JD 530 drove by with a new 3 disc plow. I was 5 years old. That’s the outfit l learned to plow with later on. Big tractor won sound contest.
late 90's i first turned dirt with a MF 165 and 3-14 in hard clay. We finished that year with the JD 1120 pulling the MF165 as it had rained and greased up. Last time i plowed was in a JD 7700 with MF 880 5-18, following a JD 7810 with 6 bottom kverneland. Sadly no straight pipes though.
We hooked on to our moldboards for the first time in 2 years. Personally i could live without needing to use them again lol. A little slow for my liking. Was watching the neighbor while i was mowing yesterday
Great video Andy I'm having trouble keeping up now that we are in hay season we have 12 days so we will be hammering away at the first cutting got 100acres in today hopefully we can get a couple of hundred acres in this week
The first time I plowed was with a JD 4230 pulling 4-16 , but I had a lot of fender time on a 460 Farmall. . Yup still miss moldboard plowing but only a little.
Bruce still works for cazenovia eqpt. He's at the chittenango store. He's old, just like us. I have a 67 c10 with cherry bombs and I may be cruising around your area. If you notice it get my attention and I can supply liquid refreshments. Thanks for your videos
I started on a Oliver 70, narrow front and a 2bottom 14 inch pull type plow. I could barely reach the clutch peddle and had to stop at each end and every water way to trip the plow. No hydraulics back then. I am now 69 years young and still miss it.
Love that 4620 heck of powerhouse when it was new and still is.
The 4620 is a beast, love those tractors, tough, agile and reliable.
nice story. that's what make life great i mean a memory for you and a memory for your nephews, and of coarse your own kids will pass things down after were gone. Kip, Big Daddy we remember!
Yes indeed
Good story from yesteryear! I was probably a little older, 14 years old in 1962, plowing with a 1939 Farmall H with a little gypsy two bottom 14" plow turning over oats stubble which was the easiest to learn on. Dad always wanted to run the plow as deep as possible, no hydraulics so you had to keep an eye on the depth and adjust manually and then constantly moving the hillside hitch to keep the farrow turning over evenly, he didn't want to see any gaps there either. Good memories plus I got out of the evening milking!
I remember the first time dad let me drive, was to a NH square baler while he stacked on the wagon. I was only 5-6 and so small I couldn't push the big clutch pedal down on our 2-135 White. Dad would start it and jump off and to stop I just killed the engine by the key.
Up until then, I was pretty much inside that tractor riding along anytime it was doing field work. I remember riding from dawn til dark, days plowing with dad every spring. Plowing has always been one of my top favs.
Yep ! The smell the power and the change of the land ! Glory days man ! Lol
Grandpa H always said the only way to break in a new tractor is to plow with it. Guess thats why we always got the new ones in late winter. Nice story Andy - thanks.
I can remember him saying that
Your right moldboard plowing is an art. That’s really cool that you guys still do it. Growing up we had I believe an eight bottom that we pulled with the Minneapolis Moline plainsman articulator I can still remember that like it was yesterday
Always loved moldboard plowing. Great feed. Thanks for bringing back memories
When I was 10 years old, I moldboard plowed with a Farmall "M" gas tractor and a John Deere 3-14" bottom plow. When I was 11 years old the following year, we graduated up to an Oliver 1850 gas tractor with an Oliver 5-14" bottom plow. Sometimes I would get to run my Uncle's John Deere 4020 diesel tractor with a John Deere 5-16" bottom plow. Moldboard plowing was one of my favorite things to do. Just put the pedal to the metal, and let 'em roar.
As head mechanic of a large ranch/farm I really liked this.
Our Oliver ( perkins diesel) and our Case 2670 and the Ford 9030 BD did all the hard work.
Lots of ground to cover.
I was the driver of the big JD airseeder ( wheat).
Those JDs never miss a beat.
Excellent!
I can smell that fresh turned soil from West TN ... thanx 4 da memories
Great story Andy. I plowed 19 years with a 4450. Dad bought it new in 1983. Also traded in a 4440. I started plowing with a 4000 Deere in the 70’s. Dad always said a good plowing job makes it much easier to work down for planting. I am all No-till now, got tired of picking rocks.
I loved plowing. The sounds the smells. Everything was drowned out by the tractor noise. I wrote a lot of stories in my head while plowing. I learn to plow with a 350 International gas with a 4 bottom plow. Also use an old Farmall M using a three bottom plow. This brings back a lot of memories. 💜
1987, I was eleven. 1977 JD 4430 and a melroe 911 5/16 plow. Many days after school. Started plowin that year close to the end of March. I remember dad dualed up the 44 after I was done that spring to put on the press drill outfit. May 10th, he unhooked from the drill to get out of the gate at one field, by the time he got to the road the front wheels were standing still, pushing snow. Just thought I would share! That green paint looked awesome Andy!!!
Thanks D Ness
Started riding with my grandpa when I was 5 years old on a JD A with 3-14 mounted plow. First gear, maybe 2 mph. He would keep adjusting until it plowed perfect furrows. A bad job of plowing meant you were a bad farmer. Those were good times.
Thanks for sharing your memories Andy. Enjoyed it, brought back memories of my granddad and father. Thank you. Great video as always
Cheers Andy, That takes me back to 1978! A while ago!! I was 19 years old driving a 4020 with a 5 furrow knvernland semi mounted plough with hydraulic crossshaft, which I liked a lot. We did a lot of ploughing with this combination and with a lot of practice I became quite proficient. A most satisfying job to take pride in with experience. Thanks for this one 👍 Done, catch the next.
Great videos I enjoy watching. I grow up around farms my father was Agriculture teacher and a feed and seed salesman I would go with him on the farms when I got older I would help out haying and other things . Your videos being back memories . Thank’ s for sharing. Tim from Wisconsin Dairyland 🧀🧀
Nice story Andy about some times past. Good to see the "old" way of tilling the soil and maybe bring some stories for the new generation. Family makes the farm work whether in the tractor or milking cows. Keep up the good work!
I used to plow with a John Deere 5020 that had an "M & W" turbo with a straight pipe. Neighbors could hear it a mile away. Love the smell of freshly turned ground!
Quite a show, enjoyed seeing the plows together. Thanks for the drone views.
Cool to see you doing that Andy! I just plowed a field that hadn't been used in a few years a couple days ago. I used my 5055 and an old JD 3 bottom to do it. I was really surprised how well it worked. I even went through an old fence row I had just pulled some pretty big trees out of, and I went real slow, and it cut and pulled all the little roots right out! I disced it up and then went over it with a chain harrow to gather the chopped up roots. Going to plant some hay in it just to have it green and maybe bale next year.
My first was on a B popping John with a pull type plow with the old tripping rope. I had a good time even it was sort of hard to pull. Thanks for the video, enjoyed it.
Sure enjoyed this video. Thank you so much for taking the time to put it together for us.
This should also be called, JD old school tractor power. Wow 4450 brand new and still in the family. 84 I was young. Nice story.
Thank you for sharing that story with us Andy! A very nice video, well done as always keep up the great work.
Man do they sound good!!! I could set and listen to them run alll day
Andy you're at it again I'll just sit back and enjoy this video thanks buddy 👍🇺🇸
Great story, thanks for sharing. I was 14 the first time I got turned loose with the plow. 3010 diesel wide front with a fully mounted 3 bottom kvernland. I was in heaven.
Seeing someone plowing in Eastern Iowa would be a rare sighting. I remember as a kid my dad with a 5 bottom plow pulled by a 7020 Allis Chalmers? Thanks for sharing 👍
Ya 5-16 is a good match up to the 7020. That's what we use to this day
Thanks for the memories, Andy.
Moldboard plowing was my favorite thing to do next to chopping corn when I worked on my uncles dairy farm. We plowed with 2 tractors our biggest tractor was a MF 285 that pulled 4 16’s and our next biggest tractor was a MF 175 it pulled 4 14’s both plows were masseys also. No cabs. We milked about 90 Holsteins in a 30 staunchin barn. Thanks Andy
It is nice to see a Kevernland plow. My Dad owned one for quite a few years. We also called it a Dakon plow. It was nice when we plowed alfalfa because we could easily lift up 1 or 2 bottoms.
Great story! I love seeing multiple tractors in the same field moldboard plowing. I don't see much moldboard plowing anymore other than the Amish.
Love the story, love the history.
Don't see too much plowing anymore. Going through some old ones.
Nice video, when I was a kid, plowed a lot of clay ground with JD G and a MM four bottom (14”). That G had power. In the hills we threw chains on. Still have the tractor and plow.
Brings back memories of when I used to plow Thanks for video and story keep up the good work
Thanks Andy, your videos are always awesome and great to watch especially with all the craziness going on in the world these days. Cheers
Thanks
"just gonna be a plowing video" … lol. This is on of the best videos out there. The diesel growl is awesome.
Awesome, going old school !! Something very satisfying watching moldboard plowing ? Thumbs up.
Thanks
one of the things i miss most about growing up on the farm is plowing , it was always satisfying getting the field done and dead furrows all fluffed in smooth
Gresat video - nice to see the older tractors out with the young guys
I spent many an hour in the furrow as my Dad would say. When the ground started to freeze we’d hitch a second tractor up to the plow tractor to help. Truly simetry in motion.
Love this, I come here when I'm having a bad day, always makes me feel better. '69 or '70 for me, grandpa's JD60 and 3 14s. Riding high I was at 11 or 12. Still have the tractor, don't know what happened to the plow. Thanks Andy, I mean it.
Best regards from Indiana.
Having the great drone shots really adds to the pleasure of watching the ground turned over with the moldboards.. only better if driving the tractor doing the plowing.
Great story Andy on the first chance that you had plowing under Grandpa's assurance that you could do it.
I was 13 my first chance on a friends Dad's farm.. he had a Ford 8N with mounted two-bottom plow, while I was on a Farmall McCormick F-12 pulling 2 12" bottoms.. prolly 1/2 mile an hour if that fast. But fun!
Gotta love old fashioned plowing and straight pipes
The smell of fresh earth and diesel fuel! We pulled 12 and 16 bottom plows with late 70's Whites and Steigers. I love seeing a row of tractors belching exhaust and rolling furrows over. Takes me back to my youth.
Nice to see your nephew's in the field, a lot of good help on the horizon...👍👍
So satisfying watching the plowing I had to watch it twice, excellent video mate 🚜🚜👍👍
Hah, my dad got our 4620 and 5-bottom plow out in the field today. First time that plow's been used in years, since we chisel plow most everything now. It was neat to see it done the old-fashioned way, though.
At 1:31, it looks like the guy in the 4450 was having 'fun' trying to keep that tractor going forward and straight in the furrow. I'm glad that wasn't me.
Andy- you need helper springs on your Kverneland-the bottoms are in a partially tripped position all the time which makes it a lot tougher pulling than it should. Kverneland makes a great plow!
Some of the Best Memories we can have, are the Times we spent with our Grandparents doing all kinds of things.
For sure
Great growling tractors, greta video and a great story too!
Awesome video. We haven't used our 6 bottom keverland plows in about 4-5 years. Beats the crap out of the tractor and parts are expensive. Faster to use the chisils but mowbourds do nice jobs on hay fields.
That 8320 sounds amazing!!
Pulling plows are where those Diesel engines sound best, those Green tractors sound good! My first plowing was with a 641 Ford with a two bottom ford plow. I was about 16 and made movie money plowing gardens and disc for people. That was 40 years ago! Still have the 641 ford tractor. Runs like a sewing machine.
Last time I ploughed was with a three furrow reversible on a mf 590. I was in and out of that cab like a fiddlers elbow to make sure those furrows were perfect. Papa bear insisted on it. Defo an art to ploughing. I was 17 then and 47 now. Would love to do it again but its contracted out nowadays. Pipes sound great by the way. 🚜👍
Plowing is my favourite work at farm, I use réversible plow, 5 or 8 bottom. Thanks for the video
Very cool video Andy!
Love listening to old farm memories and stories. Maybe you should buy a phone charger for every tractor as Andrew is always needing one lol.
love those straight pipes.
I loved the story about your Dad! Keep plowing
Perfect story and plowing video with awesome deeres
Out there getting it done without a cab ! Proving once again your a bad ass!! Rock on Andy
That was jered
Great video Andy. Looks great seeing those 3 tractors working together. Great sound coming out if that chrome pipe
There ears were ringing when they got done
The 4620 looked a little small in front of that big ol plow! Great video, Andy. Those tractors bellow plenty loud with those straight pipes on. Sounded awesome!
Back in the day when I was a farmhand we did all the cotton ground (5,000 + acres ) that way but we double disked the soybean ground . But that was then and this now a entirely different story .Awe yea we would 2 shifts doing this ! Just keep on hammering on it !
It is a art.plow the opposite way next year. Usually you have to adjust a 3pt arm to get a nice throw on the furrow.
Nice memories Andy!
Nothing like the smell of freshly turned dirt. Love it
4620 had the hardest job in the beginning . Plowing the roadway !
Joseph Lewandowski she got her done through
It is nice those young boys had a chance to run a moldboard plow since they never had a chance to do that before.
Nice. Chrome, straight, loud..nice.
I bet everyone 10 miles away could hear them 3 running with them pipes ringing
I was sitting on my cousin porch when our new JD 530 drove by with a new 3 disc plow. I was 5 years old. That’s the outfit l learned to plow with later on. Big tractor won sound contest.
Love the story Andy
Nothing like good ole American Iron doing what it does best; working hard. Nice vid.
late 90's i first turned dirt with a MF 165 and 3-14 in hard clay. We finished that year with the JD 1120 pulling the MF165 as it had rained and greased up.
Last time i plowed was in a JD 7700 with MF 880 5-18, following a JD 7810 with 6 bottom kverneland. Sadly no straight pipes though.
Great vid. Thanks.
I like the 4450 I want 1 sounds great
Things on Rouse Road looks good. Looks like the 4620 was a little stuck... moldboard plowing is a true art... great video
She needs tires
Sounds like a fleet of helicopters. Love it
Great story! Reminded me of the first time I plowed.....Great times.
They sound pretty healthy, all three!!
the 8320 sounded frickin cool
Has always I enjoyed,liked,shared. All my best to you and yours.
We hooked on to our moldboards for the first time in 2 years. Personally i could live without needing to use them again lol. A little slow for my liking. Was watching the neighbor while i was mowing yesterday
I hear ya
Great story at the end!
Great video Andy I'm having trouble keeping up now that we are in hay season we have 12 days so we will be hammering away at the first cutting got 100acres in today hopefully we can get a couple of hundred acres in this week
The first time I plowed was with a JD 4230 pulling 4-16 , but I had a lot of fender time on a 460 Farmall. . Yup still miss moldboard plowing but only a little.
Best video this month 👍👍
Bruce still works for cazenovia eqpt. He's at the chittenango store. He's old, just like us. I have a 67 c10 with cherry bombs and I may be cruising around your area. If you notice it get my attention and I can supply liquid refreshments.
Thanks for your videos
I thought maybe he was still with Caz
Great video, as usual
Love the plowing video . . . . spent some time on a 4020 with 5/ 16s
Great video!!
I’ve been looking for a video like this ,I finally found it good content and I’m now subscribing 🌱Happy Farming🌾
Thanks
4620 acts like it could use some front weights. Tis a lot ground turning right there. Great video, cheers :)
Weights and tires..... The more the front losses the more the rear gains
I started on a Oliver 70, narrow front and a 2bottom 14 inch pull type plow. I could barely reach the clutch peddle and had to stop at each end and every water way to trip the plow. No hydraulics back then. I am now 69 years young and still miss it.
I love to see that dirt turning over
Those tractors are earning their keep today!