Video #1 Gravely Tractor Demonstration Series 1962 Gravely Rotary Plow Gravely Plowing
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- Опубліковано 13 тра 2012
- This is a short how-to video demonstrating the Gravely Tractor and rotary plow. There are 5 adjustments you can make when plowing to make it easier on you.
1. Depth Setting of your plow.
2. Leveling adjustment.
3. Axle left to right adjustment.
4. Plow angle adjustment.
5. Dirt shield angle.
This is a 1962 Gravely Tractor Model LI with geared wheels. The LI is a slower tractor than a model L and when you place geared wheels on it, it makes it even slower. This produces the perfect speed for plowing. As long as you have everything adjusted properly, you can almost turn it loose and let it plow by itself.
After watching countless videos of people plowing, I decided to upload this video to show how easy it can be if you have your plow adjusted properly. Hopefully this will spur some people to read up on the gravely rotary plow and how easy it can be to use. - Навчання та стиль
For those wondering, no, you don't have to walk the tractor back down to the end of the furrow and only plow throwing soil in one direction as was done here. Looks like this fellow had something planted to the right. The Gravely rotary plow is used just like a right hand turning plow. You start in the center of your plot, make your opening furrow and then plow clockwise around the plot until you reach the reasonable limit of that "land" and move over, open another "land" and continue on. It's a great tool and a great tractor.
My dad still has one of these that is is great shape, this was the first tractor I learned how to operate as a Kid
I have owned about every type of gravely that was made except for an LS. This rotary plow was one of the best implements. I didn’t care for the roto-tiller. The cultivator was a pretty good attachment as was the dozer blade. I owned two sets of the geared steel wheels and they were awesome. The best gravely was the 816 with hydraulic. I put chains on it and it pushed the snow like nothing else. I tried the snow blower but it would pick up rocks and turned them into projectiles. The goal was to obtain all the implements but I never got there. I wanted to take a 412 and turn it into a tracked dozer, but never got around to that one.
Wow !! They really knew how to build things back then!
We had one of these back in there early 70s and sold it in 84. It was an awesome machine built like a tank with a lot of cast-iron
Nice Gravely. When I was a kid I used to watch a guy up the road plow with a Gravely. I didn't realize how good they were then. I just figured he couldn't afford a real tractor.Now I know they were for a purpose.
If a Gravely was as large as a John Deere the Gravely would out pull it pound for pound.;Gravely would have put JD out long ago. No one has come close to replacing Gravely as a small garden tractor.
Once the settings are correct this machine does a very efficient job from what i can see here.
Great video, probably the best demonstration of the rotary plow I've seen here on youtube. I love these old Gravelys, I have 3 of them.
I want to take a minute to say thank you for your valuable video series !
I have been raised around Gravely equipment since I was two years old,
I am now sixty, and paralyzed from my shoulders down.
It is extremely difficult to explain what, and how to correctly set up especially the rotary plow verbally !
Your videos have made this much easier !
After years of bragging about the ability of the Gravely, and it's attachments, finally, I have a way to be able to show my assistant more than just me verbally explaining.
Thanks again !
My Dad grew up with a lot of Gravely in his blood, it was his suggestion to go deeper on the first pass. By the way, great video, looking forward to more from you.
i bought two at an estate sale and a rotary plow. that plow will really tear up the ground
Looks like it not only plows a good depth, but also leaves the soil fine enough without pulverizing it. No need to disk or harrow!
Depends upon the soil. We have a real rich land in the backyard garden area. Had been a chicken housing area in the 50's and 60's. The Gravely would make such a light and fluffy texture it was like clouds to walk in. Hardly a clod of any size...
What a great job that old girl does!
Sure makes salad out of the greens growing there. Nice work
I've been operating Gravely model l tractors for 40 years. Note to new operators, if your plowing virgin ground and that plow hit's a big rock or some clay it will kick the tractor back towards you. Stay away from those handle bars.
My wife'e wanted to operate my tractor: I told her one day soon. She went out on her on one day and did operate the tractor -- she learned (big bruise) not to walk between the handle bars on rough turf. Another point that I told her was >>never
Yeah they are hard on the eye teeth so to speak...
@@bobgriffin3928 The reverse lever on mine is set up as a dead man's switch. If you let go it stops
Great Video
Never seen this setup rototill and she dose a great job are bcs till other way like trobuilt
I think these are great I have a mang jr tiller and its the best I have seen or used.
we had 12hp when I was a kid 30 40 50 reel mowers, steer sulky, snow blower, cultivator, brush, and all worked well. The 50 mower will cut well but its mass is difficult to handle on turns, so I don't recommend that large. Wish I still had it.
I went to the Gravely dealer in Gary-Indiana back in the 60's for some part's--it so happened he had a set of geared wheel's someone had traded in--I took them home for $25--
Those gear reduction wheels are just the trick for plowing. I have a '57 "LI" model and I can only take about half the cut you're taking in this video. I do my plowing in high gear range though because screw it. I'm in a hurry here.
Great vid!
Gotta slow down and enjoy your time with your tractor, and the earth. Problem with everyone these days; to big of a hurry!
As noted by other people, the first pass tends to be shallower as the RH wheels are not down in the furrow. I find this also contributes to the angle of the plow, so I don't adjust the angle till after the second (or possibly third cut if they are really deep). If you have marked the settings from the last plowing session and put it back to those, then it will be close anyway, (conditions do change occasionally, requiring a little tweaking). If you have the model that also has the two speed axle, (they call them 8 speed, but really it is 4 forward and 4 reverse!), theoretically you cannot fit geared wheels, as the gear reduction hub fouls the gear shifting rod. (I have been tempted to modify the hub to make room for the rod, as this would allow really low speeds. However I haven't found the round toit, . . yet!)
Much lower speeds would sometimes be handy in heavy ground, or when using the plow for landscaping without the soil defector. As, by running the plow on the high speed clutch you can get it to throw the soil 1 to 2 meters (3 to 6 feet) sideways. Quite handy to change the shape of the surface. Or to "carve" sidling tracks (like foot tracks), or shallow trenches or surface drains, etc
nice thank you. i just built a 5665 in VA Hard rocks here see how it goes i wear a helmut.
Pleasure to use as well as watch a machine properly set-up for the job.
If you ever use one and smell the fresh plowed earth, plow a perfectly streight row: you are hooked.
On the plowing one direction or both ways, as with conventional moldboard plowing, you need to consider the fact that the soil gets shifted sideways each time. If you plow both up and down and for example always throw the soil towards the centre, eventually the you end up with a hump, conversely throwing it outwards you get a hollow, (that can hold water). Obviously the trick is to alternate which way you throw it and/or move the "centre" around. This effect was particularly noticeable (and important), on the "reclaimed" swamp land where I grew up.
I throw outward from the outside edges on the first plowing, then I start back at the center trench I just made and throw all the soil back in.
It was plowing in low speed because the ground was hard due to the abundance of clay. If we plowed in high then the ground speed of the tractor would have been too fast.
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Thank you. Hope you're able to find a good set of geared wheels, they make all the difference in the world.
I didn't set it any deeper, but you're right it won't plow as deep during the first pass.
I only plow 4 to 5" deep. To me that is plenty of depth because you can make your rows as high as your plow depth.
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Good video. Thank you. What about comparison of rotary plow vs pull behind plow? And can it plow a ground with a lot of rocks and tree roots? (I assume it could damage the machine, so the pickax and a showel are the only choice?). Thank you.
Great machine and turned alot of ground, but you have to respect the machine
Nice Gravely, great restoration too. I have a '64 that I plow with. Thanks for the tips. After watching your video, I am going to look around northeast PA for a set of gear reduction wheels.
Do you set your plow deeper on the first path to compensate for the furrow in the second path?
Why were you only plowing in one direction? Good video, but some people may not understand the normal method is to plow back and forth just like a moldboard plow.
Do you know the maintenance needed for the plow? Also where are the lubricating points
is the plow reversible?
Of course, remember NEVER to place your body between the handles/handlebars while running the rotary plow. Guaranteed, if you do, when that whirling death blade grabs a rock, root or hard earth, it will throw the rear of the tractor (bars) to your left like a big-league ball player trying to stroke one out of the park! It will either knock the wind out of you or break a rib or two. ;-D
That''s a fact Jack! .... I plow with one and learned the hard way ....but I still generally get a shot or two in the side/ribs everytime ... lol
My 105 pound wife'e found that out mowing uneven terrain. BIG bruise!
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What does it mean L tractor speed Low Medium High gearing ??? Thanks
Can it carry aload
Very nice vid and tractor. informational too! One quick question. Were you plowing in high range? It was plowing nicely regardless.
Si buono io ne ho uno con doppia rotazione che lavora sia in avanti che indietro sicuramente fuori norma di sicurezza.Senza protezione delle parti rotante
Where at in wv
your demonstrating how to adjust it, why not plow the correct way too ?? your wasting so much time back traveling insted of running a pass down the center then keep turning the plow right making passes down and back ..... thats how the old gravely fliers described it that I have from the 60s
we've tried several ways, including starting in the center like the literature says and gradually working our way out, but this is the way that works the best for us. The gravely way as they described sounds great in theory but with the size/shape of our garden it just works better for us this way.
I start in the center throwing out on both up and down passes. I then reverse my direction and throw the dirt back in the first two vacant furrows. At the end I have my last to passes throwing the dirt towards the inside. It leaves my garden level all the way across.
When you said it was top speed it was in low gear so it really wasn't top speed.
Looks like a lot of wasted motion having to dead head back after every pass.