It's obvious what happened to the old disc. Bigfoot stumped his toe on it and knocked the disc wheel off. Then he got mad and hit it the link bar with that rock lol. Good job plowing for first time!
Daryl. The rona virus has revealed his actual identity. Must be true I saw it on the television. The pentigon has released confirmation about a UFO sighting along with video documentation. Nobody noticed.
From what I could tell it looks like your front molbord is deeper than the rear which means you would need to extend your top link Never mind I see you caught that
Hello Dennis. Oh boy, plowing time. Watch how much dirt each board is turning over. If the front one is turning more than the following two, you can raise the front board with the adjustment screw on the right hitch arm on the tractor. You can also adjust the plow to tilt back so the rear two boards go deeper with the top hitch arm adjustment screw. As for headlands, just plow the ends of the field inward keeping the dead furrow to the outside edge of the field (two to three rows at each end). As for no till, the problem is soil compaction. Fields need plowed to help break up the hard pan, which also helps water drainage. We use to have a three bottom plow on our old Ford 4000, which was always a blast to use. Also, the rear wheel helps stabilize the plow and helps keep the furrow from collapsing in as the plow moves forward. Plow depth should be around 6-8 inches.
You done well, I can remember my first time plowing at 6 years old. On a ford 5000. I was raised on a dairy farm myself and pulled a lot of 16 inch back then. Be very proud of what you done, looks good. Them ford plows kicked out easy especially the back one.
I still pull one of those every 4 years. Speed is the key, to fast and you trash your equipment. To slow and it don't roll it enough. You did great for the first time. Love your vids
In sod you need coulters to get the sod to turn over clean. You are doing good enough for a food plot. Rust is not letting you reset the bottom. Oil and more oil will help that.The rock make the plow not run straight. Raising the furrow wheel link will help the first bottom not go so deep.If you raise the front bottom it will not trip as much. You done good for the first time running a plow. I ran a plow almost like this one for over 50 years. That’s moving a lot of dirt!! Really miss it. Thanks for taking me back to the farm!!
My granddaddy used to say to me when I was a kid, "You know why more things grow in crooked rows than in straight?" "No, Granddad, why?" "Cause you can't plow em straight..." Those were the days...
i am from the Uk where mole board plowing is still widely used on most arable farms. that is a very billy basic plow that wont do the best of jobs but iy helps not having draft control on to keep the plow the same depth. your top link is too short as your front furrow is digging deeper, another reason why your front furrow is turning more soil is because it is set to far to the left away from the wheel, your middle mole board must be bent as it isn't turning the ground over as good as the others. a better plow would be reversible you don't have to go back to the other end of the field or leave furrow holes in the middle, with better points, mole board extensions to help turn ground over, skimmers to scrape the trash on the surface and put it in the bottom of the furrow, a depth wheel on the back to do a more level job. good plowing is an art form and not easy, in the uk we have plowing matches to compete to see who is a better plow man
plowing and leaving the land level was a difficult thing for me to learn. several adjustments and they all make a huge difference so I decided plowing is an art requiring significant knowledge. good to see you getting some fun in your tractor.
It's surprising what a few small adjustments to the plough makes Dennis, good soil always helps to make a good job. i always enjoyed ploughing.Think the plough working as it should to save damaging the plough.Nice little job for the massey.
You definitely have the perfect tractor. I farmed and had 6 Massey's and never had a problem with any of them. Plowing is gaining the result you want by looking at the tool and saying what happens if I try this or that. Keep up the good work.
Level plow with top link so rear land side leaves a shallow mark in furrow bottom then use the leveling box on tractor right hand link to match furrows even 👍
Thanks for your reply Dennis, have ploughed hundreds of acers,it does need practice! Lol and the wheel on the back of yours is a rolling land side. Stay safe.
Yes it looked like you needed to lengthen the top link so plow is trying to go deeper all the time want it to run level about 8" down. Hydraulic top link would be Nice!
We had a 1967 international 706 diesel (no cab) pulling 5-14’s . We farmed 700 acres back then, I spent a lot of 20 hr days plowing. Thx for the video....
I enjoy your vids. Very friendly small town kind of good ole boy personality. I learn by watching you. Wondering why you haven't ever needed to plow before. I take it you have years of experience on all sorts of equipment.
They quit plowing on my grandfathers dairy farm before I was born, everyone has went to no-till everything, even no-till corn. That means there was no need to plow which is much better for out area because every time you plowed you had to get rocks up for weeks on end. As for gardens I've always used tillers for ours so I've never had the need to plow until I was hired for this job
Too funny, I'll be doing the exact same thing for the next day or two after work. I have a John Deere 3 bottom plow and almost the same set of discs. Cleared an old fence row and a couple fallow fields. Cool vid!
Hey Dennis great job on pan plowing we call it in the south. Did lots of this with only 3 pan plows like u have now. In 1965. Did it one time to entire field of 80 acres. It’s good to turn dirt over like this. Lots of problems with rocks, i c a pain , thanks 🙏 enjoyed watching as always. On the farm for the summer, growing corn 🌽. 👍👍👍
I like it. I used a 16inch single bottom plow to create my 6,000 sq. ft. garden last fall, and I fully agree there's just something enjoyable about watching/smelling a plow turn soil. ...also a lower potential for overworking the soil with a plow compared to a tiller from what I've seen.
@@DLHFarms Yeah, and with it being on my own property it was very tempting to go plow up more area just because I had the plow on the tractor ...dangerously addicting stuff that plowing.
Enjoyed watching you experience the joy of plowing. The wheel on the back of the plow is designed to put counter pressure as the moldboard turns the land. With these narrow plots your backing up to start a new pull made me chuckle. In a field with adequate turning room you would start in the middle, turn and travel back throwing the middles towards each other. Once you had created several passes you can then start plowing headlands throwing furrowed land towards middle. You create a square with a open furrow always on the outside. That’s the way my grandpa taught me. God bless!
Fine job u done good. I noticed u have a satellite radio I remember when I worked on hillsville bypass only had 1 radio station 98.1 I believe so I bought xm radio. Anyways good job keep up the good work enjoy your videos. Thanks for taking your time to make them.
I have never plowed watched my Daddy plow our garden with his brother's little tractor. Daddy grow up plowing with horses didn't get to see that, but have heard he could plow as straight as a arrow. I know he could lay out a row in the garden that was straight. Someone one ask him one time if he used a string to lay out his rows he say no I pick out a spot on the other in an go for it. I watched he do it and I still couldn't do it. Looked like you was doing a good job off us first time. Hang in there and you will get better. Stay safe and God bless
We used to use them to turn the soil over enough you don’t see the grass. We ran them pretty deep and instead of backing up, you plow in a circle, up on one side down on the other that way you don’t have to back up. Now in a big field you do it in small sections.
Great video Dennis. You did a good job plowing.I think the wheel on back of the plow is to pack the dirt in the furrow to keep the dirt from falling back in .
A plow is a rough tillage tool. Great job for the first time and frankly not too bad for the ground you're working had it been your 100th time.How deep to plow is subjective as plowing does several things. It turns the green matter under to allow it to decompose and release the nutrients it has. Same process helps control undesired plant growth.Plowing loosens the soil to allow air and water into it.It also allows for easier root establishment in the new loosened soil."Normal" plow depth is 6":which works well with most crops. Some plow to 10" to allow for more water to soak into the field. Then there is the deep plowing operations that go down 2' to 4'. That is a specific operation to break up hard pan down deep. Normal equivalent that doesn't go so deep is chisel plowing at 18" to 24".
Back when we did tobacco and corn, we would plow every bit and we did it till 2000s and I am just 31. We have a 2 bottom plow that I use on a Ford 4600 and a 3 bottom that dad would use on a Ford 6610 4wd in southwest corner of VA. Still use the plows some with gardens. Just used the 2 bottom and the 4600 other day to plow and disc couple gardens.
Moldboards rolled sod well once shined up, grease them up when done. Trips can rust “closed” and not work - like a slip clutch or get loose and trip easily. I’ve had to take them apart, clean and tighten up some. Used one plow with shims and another with bolt to tighten up. By no means a plow expert, just one of first jobs I was turned loose on tractor by myself at about 8. 👍
Looks good. The only plowing I ever did was with a 2 bottom on a 1948 JD Model M (?) 2 wheel drive. It was a pain in the arse, but still fun at the same time, lol.
Ok, headlands....if can sink and raise your plow as consistently as possible to a straight line this is helpful. Plowing with that type of plow is more efficient on a small plot if you go down the center than make a quik turn and come back and turn your furrow against the initial furrow, then your set to plow in both directions, this will speed up plowing and help to keep your headland straighter. Leave enough at each side to equal your head land space, then plow across a headland then 90 degree turn plow down the side, then 90 degree turn repeat until your area is done. There you have nice tidy plowing job.
My personal rule with tools has always been if I need to borrow it more than twice I might ought buy it. I don't know much other than what I've seen here on UA-cam about running that sorta plow so I won't comment more on that to say other than it looked good to me for whatever that's worth.
Growing up we plowed about up about 600 acres for corn and soybeans and 14 acres for tobacco. I like plowing , it will make a tractor use it's horsepower. The largest plow we had was a MF 4.16's pulled behind a 285 Massey Ferguson
Looks like you did a good job. Then again your using a ford product so of course it's gonna look good haha Something satisfying watching that sod turn over. Always liked plowing
What we do is after your first pass put your tractor tires in the furrow and make sure the plow is level at that point, that is why the arm hookups on the plow are at different heights. Nice video again Dennis
Good job great video If you get any more of those jobs with dirt that good you should be able to just disc it up Most food plot seed doesn’t need ground tilled very deep In fact a lot could be done with drill
I used too pull a 3 bottom plow for 50 acres. It was slow and by the time you were done you were done with plowing for another year. Anyways you did great and it's always good too try something new. Live the vids I'll be watching for the discing video .......
Looks pretty good for a first time maybe a tad wet, i used to plow my corn ground when i raised it thinking you had to plow nee deep . That plow that keeps tripping needs adjusting i have plowed up roots rocks and never had a plow trip.
That was a good job well done. Not the easiest to plough a field with so many rocks in it. After a couple more acres you will have it set-up good, then a couple of more acres before the mouldboards are shining like a mirror... Then brush them with hydraulic oil so they stay shiney for next year.... Cheers from N Wales.
It’s ok but you need to level the plow fore and aft and side to side. You need to bury the sod or it will be a mess to get in order. The last ( 3rd ) plow is no where near deep enough, and front plow is way too deep. That rear “ wheel “ is a rolling landslide to help keep the plow running straight. Yes it takes a lot of experience plowing to learn how to get the plow set “ right “. You are doing good for your first time. Too bad you had to learn in a quarry! I do have a little experience - over 60 years. I enjoy your videos especially the good explanation of what and why you have to do what you do in your diverse operation. Good luck !
At 33.50 ,it’s looking better since you lengthened the top link, but first plow is still too deep by comparison of amount of yellow clay it’s pulling up. Also usually every time you change top link length, you will also have to re-adjust crank on right side lift arm, and vice versa.
We all got to start somewhere sometime. I started about 1960 with a 38 hp Oliver 88 and 3/14's. Last time I plowed was 1967 with an Oliver 1850 and 6/14's at 6 mph. Two of us in a 20 acre field, done in less than 4 hours.
Happy 4th of July. I just took a break from bush hogging. When letting the top link out make sure you dont get the bottom of the plow out of level, you can use the leveling arm to adjust the depth so that all plows are cutting and leaving the plowed ground level so that discing is much easier and smoother. You done a great job for the 1st time 👍. Here on our farm we never cut head lands but that's optional that's up to the person plowing. Well time to go do some more hogging happy farming.
Should get you a 6ft wide chisel, that would work awesome for what you do. I have an old Krause with Depth gauge wheels, 7 shank. Works the ground beautifully.
The middle furrow is leaving a lot of green showing, not sure if your tractor track is wrong or the front furrow needs adjusting on the cross shaft? Also the plough wasn’t moving that much, did you have the lower link stabilisers tight (should be loose when ploughing)?
I think the trip springs are adjustable but not 100% sure. Im sure somebody will tell us or search youtube. I have an old ford two bottom but ive never used it so hopefully somebody will tell us how to work em the right way. It looked to me like you were doing it right or at least i would be satisfird with how it turned out. Stay safe👍👍👍👍👍👍
That particular Ford bottom plow is not a spring trip. It has shear pins that prevents damage when you hit an obstruction in the soil column. Usually you find the center of the field or tract you'll be turning and begin there and work towards the outsides. This way you don't end up with a high crown in the middle of your field. I grew up on a tobacco farm in Eastern NC and we broke our land every winter or early spring for weed and pest control.
Not bad at all for your first time, we always called that a bottom plow or a turning plow. Different names for the same thing in different areas. Either way thanks for the video!
Making the top link longer was the right thing to do you can also shorten the arm on the right side you plowed your head land backwards you will know why when you disc good job for first time. Great video
On our farm we didn't plow head lands. In a tobacco farm you had to have a pretty good turning area at the end of the fields so we didn't see any need. In the 50 and early 60's they did plow head lands in the corn and soybean fields but that was before I was operating a tractor.
MIchael Olenick why is that. I have been in the same field for over 30 years never once plowed. The construction companies use Safire. Even get them on dozers as well.
Well using the blade isn’t the same lol. Last time I ran a dozer D6 was pulling out dirt around wind turbines to replace it. They just back filled them to stop the rain from filling them. A ton of dozer ploughing. Turning dirt over all day trying to get it in the wind and sun.
I'm waiting to see the discing video and see how that goes. Wife and I watched this one and told her stories about watching my grandpa and dad plow with 4-bottom plows at the farm.
You are doing a good job, however your missing the culters disc on the plow they cut the soil before the plow. also you only need to go in the soil about 8". Ron
i dont know anything about plowing(dirt :P) but many many farmers still plow up here for taters and they have huge plows that fold out on both sides im guessing 20+ feet wide with wheel and track based tractors
as long as the sod gets turned over you did it right. the plowing police are involved with social distancing compliance right now. you can do essentially the same thing with a construction disc. A custom stick works as a makeshift prybar, Use it until it breaks than go find a different one
At the start there wasn't sure if you were trying to subsoil with a plough 🤣🤣🤣 and you will find the furrows will roll over as the plough shines up would of taken a while backing up every time 🤣🤣
Your a little deep, top link a little short, maybe drive left back wheel onto a 6x6 check your side to side level, measure from inside of right back wheel to a line straight thru front plow, check to see if that is close to distance between front and second plow, adjust lower stabilizer link to make it so. As you bring these true your problems will disappear.
This video reminded me of a story an ol' timer told me years ago. He said as he got older he could still plow just as deep, but couldn't make as many rounds. I'll let you read between the lines. Think about that a lot, and still makes me giggle like a lil kid.
Thanks for the video. I am clearing an old overgrown field. And I plan to turn it with a three bottom. I’m not sure my tractor is big enough after watching you r video. I’ve got a 45 HP Mahendra. We’ll see?
Hey Dennis hope you’re doing good. Great job for a beginner plower!! Ive got kinda a personal question which you don’t have to answer you you don’t want too, but you say you are from the meadows or dan area. Did you go to PC when you were younger? Im near that area and have a farm near there too just wondering haha.
As an old timer that has done mulboard plowing for 60 years, extend the top link some so your plows are plowing even depth. That way you can get an evenly plowed field.
Hi watching first part of video need to adjust right had lower link ,get in ploughing ,stop ,get out of tractor ,and look at plough and adjust plough ,do that 10 times then be right! Front furrow to deep , back furrow to shallow so next run throwing a lot of soil into a small space. Even pressure on each mouldboard will make draught work properly. All the best from UK
Looks like an old Ford 101 plow. I bet I walked a hundred miles behind one following my dad pulling it with a Ford 2000 50 years ago. You need to go faster to help the turf roll over better. That Massey don't even know its hooked to anything lol.
Try to plough only the fertile soil on top and leave the different colour sub soil I noticed the front furrow was too deep as it brought up subsoil when the other 2 had nice brown soil raising the right leveling screw or lengthening the top link can help. The front sod was too wide it can be narrowed by moving the cross shaft a good first attempt
Check out Kverneland ploughs, there you have how a plough should look!🤠 You should have disc’s in front of the moldboards, that would give a better result in the end and much less weed in crop.🤠
I don't know how you all do it but when I was plowing dirt I would always make it at least four in deeper than however thick The Sod was as you want some of that dirt under their to come back up and rotate it and turn it over and use it because it's very nutrient
I know this is a little late but you shouldn't plow up and down a hill, you should plow side to side so it retains the water in the soil profile, even if you disc it because of the hard lines the plow bottoms cause. Also it helps keep the plow even because when you start going up the hill the first bottom digs really deep and the last one wont really be in the ground. Hope this helps a little!
I have a Massey Ferguson plow 3:16's that has the ability to add the 4th plow. I pull behind a 5320 John Deere cab tractor, 64hp. My older brother has the same MF plow with the 4:16's he took the 4th plow off so it would pull easier he pulls it behind a 471 Massey Ferguson 71hp my brother bought the plow from our dad that used to pull the all the Massey Ferguson 4:16's plow behind a 285 Massey Ferguson with no problem being a heavier tractor. Growing up we never did no-till . We would plow 300 acres of corn ground and about 200 acres of soybean ground with 2 sometime 3 tractors a Massey Ferguson 285 pulling 4:16's ; a MF 275 pulling 3:16's ; and a MF 255 pulling 3:16's. We spent a lot of time plowing. I liked plowing. Now all I plow is the garden . I did plow 7 acres up for a younger brother a few years ago that he wanted to redo and resow. You tractor pull that 3:16's plow easy . You ever thought about get a bigger plow?
Top link adjusted out n get that whole plow level setting in your furrow. Your plow should actually be putting weight on your rear end wuth draft control. Also do you have your lift arms set on a dog leg offset ?
DLH Farms lol yea , I jumped the gun I reckon. You asked n I started to answer. Figured it’d give ya a lil assurance if not redundant. I can’t say I’d fool with a hydraulic link tho. As slick as they are , just may not be the best. I’ve pulled a 3 bottom with a ‘41 h that has like 17 hp n she rolled the dirt. So something out of whack if that ol Massey feeling those moldboards. Just bout that same model plow too. 3 16”
There's gotta be a better way to do the food plots. Maybe contact your guy at Masts, I bet if nobody else that the Amish build a drill or planter that will plant anything by changing seed plates or similar and have some sort of tillage on front and roller/packer on rear. Make it a one pass deal to save yourself time and all that tillage is gonna do is cause erosion. Still a good and interesting video, thanks
Good job.. that disk isn't a heavy duty plow. If you had rocks there it wouldn't have been to fun. I love the fresh dirt smell when done. I couldn't imagine plowing 100 acres with a tractor much less with a single bottom plow and a horse or mule
@@DLHFarms I'm sure it was it's nice seeing what the plows bring up from below. I live in Virginia where there was many civil war battles fought and after plowing I use to metal detect and found hundreds of civil war bullets
You did great for your first time plowing. From what I seen the top link needs to be lengthened so the front bottom isn’t digging deeper than the back. Plowing is an art form but the key is to level the plow side to side and fore & aft. The depth is key as well and that depends on what plow you have. Some plows are made to cut deep and others only around 7-8 inches. Also you may want to add colters in front of each bottom. They will make a vertical cut in front of the bottoms reducing wear on moldboards leading edge and give you a nice furrow that makes trouble shooting easier. I have a few plowing videos on my channel, but I don’t explain a whole lot. Really don’t like being front of the camera much.
It's obvious what happened to the old disc. Bigfoot stumped his toe on it and knocked the disc wheel off. Then he got mad and hit it the link bar with that rock lol. Good job plowing for first time!
Bahaha!
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Daryl. The rona virus has revealed his actual identity. Must be true I saw it on the television. The pentigon has released confirmation about a UFO sighting along with video documentation. Nobody noticed.
Don’t plow disc or plant ..Turing around...now your a crop farmer
Start in the middle of the field an go clockwise round. No need to backup every time.
From what I could tell it looks like your front molbord is deeper than the rear which means you would need to extend your top link Never mind I see you caught that
Hello Dennis. Oh boy, plowing time. Watch how much dirt each board is turning over. If the front one is turning more than the following two, you can raise the front board with the adjustment screw on the right hitch arm on the tractor. You can also adjust the plow to tilt back so the rear two boards go deeper with the top hitch arm adjustment screw. As for headlands, just plow the ends of the field inward keeping the dead furrow to the outside edge of the field (two to three rows at each end). As for no till, the problem is soil compaction. Fields need plowed to help break up the hard pan, which also helps water drainage. We use to have a three bottom plow on our old Ford 4000, which was always a blast to use. Also, the rear wheel helps stabilize the plow and helps keep the furrow from collapsing in as the plow moves forward. Plow depth should be around 6-8 inches.
Thanks for all the tips sounds like you have put some hours on a plow!
You done well, I can remember my first time plowing at 6 years old. On a ford 5000. I was raised on a dairy farm myself and pulled a lot of 16 inch back then. Be very proud of what you done, looks good. Them ford plows kicked out easy especially the back one.
Thanks William!
I still pull one of those every 4 years. Speed is the key, to fast and you trash your equipment. To slow and it don't roll it enough. You did great for the first time. Love your vids
Thanks Matt!
In sod you need coulters to get the sod to turn over clean. You are doing good enough for a food plot. Rust is not letting you reset the bottom. Oil and more oil will help that.The rock make the plow not run straight. Raising the furrow wheel link will help the first bottom not go so deep.If you raise the front bottom it will not trip as much. You done good for the first time running a plow. I ran a plow almost like this one for over 50 years. That’s moving a lot of dirt!! Really miss it. Thanks for taking me back to the farm!!
My granddaddy used to say to me when I was a kid,
"You know why more things grow in crooked rows than in straight?"
"No, Granddad, why?"
"Cause you can't plow em straight..."
Those were the days...
I love it!
Always enjoy your videos. What lil plowing I’ve done you did great in my book. Look forward to future videos
Thanks Kevin!
i am from the Uk where mole board plowing is still widely used on most arable farms. that is a very billy basic plow that wont do the best of jobs but iy helps not having draft control on to keep the plow the same depth. your top link is too short as your front furrow is digging deeper, another reason why your front furrow is turning more soil is because it is set to far to the left away from the wheel, your middle mole board must be bent as it isn't turning the ground over as good as the others. a better plow would be reversible you don't have to go back to the other end of the field or leave furrow holes in the middle, with better points, mole board extensions to help turn ground over, skimmers to scrape the trash on the surface and put it in the bottom of the furrow, a depth wheel on the back to do a more level job. good plowing is an art form and not easy, in the uk we have plowing matches to compete to see who is a better plow man
All that sounds great but all I needed to do was break up the hard ground so I could plant.
You did a good job for your first time!
plowing and leaving the land level was a difficult thing for me to learn. several adjustments and they all make a huge difference so I decided plowing is an art requiring significant knowledge. good to see you getting some fun in your tractor.
Interesting I didn't even know that was possible
Step field off. Figure center.start at center and plow to the outside.when your done,plow off your ends.
It's surprising what a few small adjustments to the plough makes Dennis, good soil always helps to make a good job. i always enjoyed ploughing.Think the plough working as it should to save damaging the plough.Nice little job for the massey.
You definitely have the perfect tractor. I farmed and had 6 Massey's and never had a problem with any of them. Plowing is gaining the result you want by looking at the tool and saying what happens if I try this or that. Keep up the good work.
Thanks!!
Level plow with top link so rear land side leaves a shallow mark in furrow bottom then use the leveling box on tractor right hand link to match furrows even 👍
Thanks Amanda
Thanks for your reply Dennis, have ploughed hundreds of acers,it does need practice! Lol and the wheel on the back of yours is a rolling land side. Stay safe.
Yes it looked like you needed to lengthen the top link so plow is trying to go deeper all the time want it to run level about 8" down. Hydraulic top link would be Nice!
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We had a 1967 international 706 diesel (no cab) pulling 5-14’s . We farmed 700 acres back then, I spent a lot of 20 hr days plowing. Thx for the video....
👍👌🇨🇦❤, my dad had the same IH 706 with a cab, I guess he liked it, kept it around for a long time
I enjoy your vids. Very friendly small town kind of good ole boy personality.
I learn by watching you. Wondering why you haven't ever needed to plow before.
I take it you have years of experience on all sorts of equipment.
They quit plowing on my grandfathers dairy farm before I was born, everyone has went to no-till everything, even no-till corn. That means there was no need to plow which is much better for out area because every time you plowed you had to get rocks up for weeks on end. As for gardens I've always used tillers for ours so I've never had the need to plow until I was hired for this job
Nice job Dennis, like anything the more you do it the better you get at it👍
Thanks! Who knows if I'll ever do it again.
Too funny, I'll be doing the exact same thing for the next day or two after work. I have a John Deere 3 bottom plow and almost the same set of discs. Cleared an old fence row and a couple fallow fields. Cool vid!
You did a great job Dennis, Keep the videos coming.
Thanks!
up here in northern illinois a lot of farmers deep plow every few years,, they “deep plow” to loosen compacting soil”
Hey Dennis great job on pan plowing we call it in the south. Did lots of this with only 3 pan plows like u have now. In 1965. Did it one time to entire field of 80 acres. It’s good to turn dirt over like this. Lots of problems with rocks, i c a pain , thanks 🙏 enjoyed watching as always. On the farm for the summer, growing corn 🌽. 👍👍👍
Thanks Ronald! I bet it took a while to turn that 80 acres over.
DLH Farms: yes it took 3 days.
Thanks Dennis! That made our day go by a little easier. ;)
I like it. I used a 16inch single bottom plow to create my 6,000 sq. ft. garden last fall, and I fully agree there's just something enjoyable about watching/smelling a plow turn soil. ...also a lower potential for overworking the soil with a plow compared to a tiller from what I've seen.
It is very enjoyable, not sure why. My wife was watching this while I was editing and she said "Wow that's very relaxing!"
@@DLHFarms Yeah, and with it being on my own property it was very tempting to go plow up more area just because I had the plow on the tractor ...dangerously addicting stuff that plowing.
Spent a lot of time with those style trip bottoms and hated them with a passion and loved the automatic resets
The one that my grandfather had on his farm was a 4 bottom auto reset I never got to use it.
Enjoyed watching you experience the joy of plowing. The wheel on the back of the plow is designed to put counter pressure as the moldboard turns the land. With these narrow plots your backing up to start a new pull made me chuckle. In a field with adequate turning room you would start in the middle, turn and travel back throwing the middles towards each other. Once you had created several passes you can then start plowing headlands throwing furrowed land towards middle. You create a square with a open furrow always on the outside. That’s the way my grandpa taught me. God bless!
Thanks for the tips!
Fine job u done good. I noticed u have a satellite radio I remember when I worked on hillsville bypass only had 1 radio station 98.1 I believe so I bought xm radio. Anyways good job keep up the good work enjoy your videos. Thanks for taking your time to make them.
Geez I can't stand that radio station haha!
I have never plowed watched my Daddy plow our garden with his brother's little tractor. Daddy grow up plowing with horses didn't get to see that, but have heard he could plow as straight as a arrow. I know he could lay out a row in the garden that was straight. Someone one ask him one time if he used a string to lay out his rows he say no I pick out a spot on the other in an go for it. I watched he do it and I still couldn't do it. Looked like you was doing a good job off us first time. Hang in there and you will get better. Stay safe and God bless
Thanks Dan for sharing about your dad.
We used to use them to turn the soil over enough you don’t see the grass. We ran them pretty deep and instead of backing up, you plow in a circle, up on one side down on the other that way you don’t have to back up. Now in a big field you do it in small sections.
These plots are so small it's not practical to turn around.
Great video Dennis. You did a good job plowing.I think the wheel on back of the plow is to pack the dirt in the furrow to keep the dirt from falling back in .
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A plow is a rough tillage tool. Great job for the first time and frankly not too bad for the ground you're working had it been your 100th time.How deep to plow is subjective as plowing does several things. It turns the green matter under to allow it to decompose and release the nutrients it has. Same process helps control undesired plant growth.Plowing loosens the soil to allow air and water into it.It also allows for easier root establishment in the new loosened soil."Normal" plow depth is 6":which works well with most crops. Some plow to 10" to allow for more water to soak into the field. Then there is the deep plowing operations that go down 2' to 4'. That is a specific operation to break up hard pan down deep. Normal equivalent that doesn't go so deep is chisel plowing at 18" to 24".
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Great awesome video, good job plowing , I’ve done lots of plowing over the years
Thanks Jeff!
Back when we did tobacco and corn, we would plow every bit and we did it till 2000s and I am just 31. We have a 2 bottom plow that I use on a Ford 4600 and a 3 bottom that dad would use on a Ford 6610 4wd in southwest corner of VA. Still use the plows some with gardens. Just used the 2 bottom and the 4600 other day to plow and disc couple gardens.
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Moldboards rolled sod well once shined up, grease them up when done. Trips can rust “closed” and not work - like a slip clutch or get loose and trip easily. I’ve had to take them apart, clean and tighten up some. Used one plow with shims and another with bolt to tighten up. By no means a plow expert, just one of first jobs I was turned loose on tractor by myself at about 8. 👍
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Used to spend days and days pulling 3-16's on an old MTA
Looks good. The only plowing I ever did was with a 2 bottom on a 1948 JD Model M (?) 2 wheel drive. It was a pain in the arse, but still fun at the same time, lol.
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Ok, headlands....if can sink and raise your plow as consistently as possible to a straight line this is helpful. Plowing with that type of plow is more efficient on a small plot if you go down the center than make a quik turn and come back and turn your furrow against the initial furrow, then your set to plow in both directions, this will speed up plowing and help to keep your headland straighter. Leave enough at each side to equal your head land space, then plow across a headland then 90 degree turn plow down the side, then 90 degree turn repeat until your area is done. There you have nice tidy plowing job.
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My personal rule with tools has always been if I need to borrow it more than twice I might ought buy it. I don't know much other than what I've seen here on UA-cam about running that sorta plow so I won't comment more on that to say other than it looked good to me for whatever that's worth.
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Growing up we plowed about up about 600 acres for corn and soybeans and 14 acres for tobacco. I like plowing , it will make a tractor use it's horsepower. The largest plow we had was a MF 4.16's pulled behind a 285 Massey Ferguson
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I spent alot of time years ago in a john deere pulling a moldboard plow.
Once you get the moldboards all polished up it will do better. As far as depth, I always said anywhere from 8 to 10 inches is optimum
Looks like you did a good job. Then again your using a ford product so of course it's gonna look good haha Something satisfying watching that sod turn over. Always liked plowing
Haha thanks! Yeah it was all the Ford plow. My wife said it was very relaxing to watch the plow she loved it.
Dennis you should try to plow your garden every three years with a field plow like you're doing right now
I actually plowed them fall before last.
What we do is after your first pass put your tractor tires in the furrow and make sure the plow is level at that point, that is why the arm hookups on the plow are at different heights. Nice video again Dennis
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Good job great video
If you get any more of those jobs with dirt that good you should be able to just disc it up
Most food plot seed doesn’t need ground tilled very deep
In fact a lot could be done with drill
I used too pull a 3 bottom plow for 50 acres. It was slow and by the time you were done you were done with plowing for another year. Anyways you did great and it's always good too try something new. Live the vids I'll be watching for the discing video .......
Thanks Tom!
Looks pretty good for a first time maybe a tad wet, i used to plow my corn ground when i raised it thinking you had to plow nee deep . That plow that keeps tripping needs adjusting i have plowed up roots rocks and never had a plow trip.
Thanks Joe! Sounds like I need to adjust it.
That was a good job well done. Not the easiest to plough a field with so many rocks in it. After a couple more acres you will have it set-up good, then a couple of more acres before the mouldboards are shining like a mirror... Then brush them with hydraulic oil so they stay shiney for next year.... Cheers from N Wales.
Thanks! I only had about 2 acres to do so about the time I was starting to figure it out I was done haha
Setting a plow requires quite a bit of experience. Looks like you did a good job plowing
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It’s ok but you need to level the plow fore and aft and side to side. You need to bury the sod or it will be a mess to get in order. The last ( 3rd ) plow is no where near deep enough, and front plow is way too deep. That rear “ wheel “ is a rolling landslide to help keep the plow running straight. Yes it takes a lot of experience plowing to learn how to get the plow set “ right “. You are doing good for your first time. Too bad you had to learn in a quarry! I do have a little experience - over 60 years. I enjoy your videos especially the good explanation of what and why you have to do what you do in your diverse operation. Good luck !
At 33.50 ,it’s looking better since you lengthened the top link, but first plow is still too deep by comparison of amount of yellow clay it’s pulling up. Also usually every time you change top link length, you will also have to re-adjust crank on right side lift arm, and vice versa.
We all got to start somewhere sometime. I started about 1960 with a 38 hp Oliver 88 and 3/14's. Last time I plowed was 1967 with an Oliver 1850 and 6/14's at 6 mph. Two of us in a 20 acre field, done in less than 4 hours.
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Happy 4th of July. I just took a break from bush hogging. When letting the top link out make sure you dont get the bottom of the plow out of level, you can use the leveling arm to adjust the depth so that all plows are cutting and leaving the plowed ground level so that discing is much easier and smoother. You done a great job for the 1st time 👍. Here on our farm we never cut head lands but that's optional that's up to the person plowing. Well time to go do some more hogging happy farming.
Thanks good luck Bushoging that’s what I did today too
Should get you a 6ft wide chisel, that would work awesome for what you do. I have an old Krause with Depth gauge wheels, 7 shank. Works the ground beautifully.
We actually have a big chisel plow I should try it.
The middle furrow is leaving a lot of green showing, not sure if your tractor track is wrong or the front furrow needs adjusting on the cross shaft?
Also the plough wasn’t moving that much, did you have the lower link stabilisers tight (should be loose when ploughing)?
I think the trip springs are adjustable but not 100% sure. Im sure somebody will tell us or search youtube. I have an old ford two bottom but ive never used it so hopefully somebody will tell us how to work em the right way. It looked to me like you were doing it right or at least i would be satisfird with how it turned out. Stay safe👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks they are adjustable
That particular Ford bottom plow is not a spring trip. It has shear pins that prevents damage when you hit an obstruction in the soil column. Usually you find the center of the field or tract you'll be turning and begin there and work towards the outsides. This way you don't end up with a high crown in the middle of your field. I grew up on a tobacco farm in Eastern NC and we broke our land every winter or early spring for weed and pest control.
Not bad at all for your first time, we always called that a bottom plow or a turning plow. Different names for the same thing in different areas. Either way thanks for the video!
Thanks!
Making the top link longer was the right thing to do you can also shorten the arm on the right side you plowed your head land backwards you will know why when you disc good job for first time. Great video
Yeah I should have turned the dirt in but it worked out ok.
On our farm we didn't plow head lands. In a tobacco farm you had to have a pretty good turning area at the end of the fields so we didn't see any need. In the 50 and early 60's they did plow head lands in the corn and soybean fields but that was before I was operating a tractor.
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With your construction experience, hard to believe that you have never plowed before. But you did a very good job of doing that for the first time.
MIchael Olenick why is that. I have been in the same field for over 30 years never once plowed. The construction companies use Safire. Even get them on dozers as well.
I actually have plowed with a dozer quite a bit trying to dry dirt but it's a little different using a blade to plow vs using a plow
Well using the blade isn’t the same lol. Last time I ran a dozer D6 was pulling out dirt around wind turbines to replace it. They just back filled them to stop the rain from filling them. A ton of dozer ploughing. Turning dirt over all day trying to get it in the wind and sun.
I'm waiting to see the discing video and see how that goes. Wife and I watched this one and told her stories about watching my grandpa and dad plow with 4-bottom plows at the farm.
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Isn't the gauge wheel used to set the depth only when you don't have or use draft control? Sort of an either or but not both?
There is no have wheel on this plow. The wheel on the back is not a gage wheel
That tractor can handle bigger and actually you’re doing great I’m also commenting early in the video
Thanks good ole Dave!
Dennis have your cut any 1st cuttings hay yet ? Or weather has not been warm enough at your elevation to get tall enough yet ?
can you share a little bit of how you mounted your 2 way radio > ? I see a bracket from the back pillar but going forward ?
I made that bracket here is a video about it kinda. ua-cam.com/video/DQYxdejtzbQ/v-deo.html
You are doing a good job, however your missing the culters disc on the plow they cut the soil before the plow. also you only need to go in the soil about 8". Ron
Thanks I think it done ok I was happy with the outcome
i dont know anything about plowing(dirt :P) but many many farmers still plow up here for taters and they have huge plows that fold out on both sides im guessing 20+ feet wide with wheel and track based tractors
as long as the sod gets turned over you did it right. the plowing police are involved with social distancing compliance right now. you can do essentially the same thing with a construction disc. A custom stick works as a makeshift prybar, Use it until it breaks than go find a different one
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I like this guy driving a Massey Ferguson tractor wearing a John Deere cap
Well I have both JD and MF
Great job with the older plow I got to have my grampa teach me how to use his 3 bottom plow behind his 60 ac d12 it is a lot of load on any tractor
Glad you grandpa got to teach you how to plow that's great!
@@DLHFarms yes he showed me one year before he passed from cancer I still have his tractor and all attachment that went to it he bought it new in 1960
Way better than I did the first time!
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At the start there wasn't sure if you were trying to subsoil with a plough 🤣🤣🤣 and you will find the furrows will roll over as the plough shines up would of taken a while backing up every time 🤣🤣
Your a little deep, top link a little short, maybe drive left back wheel onto a 6x6 check your side to side level, measure from inside of right back wheel to a line straight thru front plow, check to see if that is close to distance between front and second plow, adjust lower stabilizer link to make it so. As you bring these true your problems will disappear.
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This video reminded me of a story an ol' timer told me years ago. He said as he got older he could still plow just as deep, but couldn't make as many rounds. I'll let you read between the lines. Think about that a lot, and still makes me giggle like a lil kid.
Haha that’s a good one
Thanks for the video. I am clearing an old overgrown field. And I plan to turn it with a three bottom. I’m not sure my tractor is big enough after watching you r video. I’ve got a 45 HP Mahendra. We’ll see?
I guess it depends on how deep you plow and how hard the ground is.
Be giving the Millennial Farmer a run for his money next year!!!!
Bahaha yeah right
Hey Dennis hope you’re doing good. Great job for a beginner plower!! Ive got kinda a personal question which you don’t have to answer you you don’t want too, but you say you are from the meadows or dan area. Did you go to PC when you were younger? Im near that area and have a farm near there too just wondering haha.
Yes I went to PCHS
As an old timer that has done mulboard plowing for 60 years, extend the top link some so your plows are plowing even depth. That way you can get an evenly plowed field.
I did just that later in the video.
Hi watching first part of video need to adjust right had lower link ,get in ploughing ,stop ,get out of tractor ,and look at plough and adjust plough ,do that 10 times then be right!
Front furrow to deep , back furrow to shallow so next run throwing a lot of soil into a small space.
Even pressure on each mouldboard will make draught work properly.
All the best from UK
Yeah Im learning
Looks like an old Ford 101 plow. I bet I walked a hundred miles behind one following my dad pulling it with a Ford 2000 50 years ago. You need to go faster to help the turf roll over better. That Massey don't even know its hooked to anything lol.
I'm sure your right about the speed but I don't know if the plow could stand any more speed with all the rocks.
Try to plough only the fertile soil on top and leave the different colour sub soil I noticed the front furrow was too deep as it brought up subsoil when the other 2 had nice brown soil raising the right leveling screw or lengthening the top link can help. The front sod was too wide it can be narrowed by moving the cross shaft a good first attempt
Lengthen the top link will lower the back plow depth, raise the right rear arm to level the top finish
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I love that grapple bucket on that Massey Ferguson wish I could put one on my Massey Ferguson
It's really nice for lots of chores
@@DLHFarms I could use it to get Bush's up
Check out Kverneland ploughs, there you have how a plough should look!🤠
You should have disc’s in front of the moldboards, that would give a better result in the end and much less weed in crop.🤠
Try to use the discharrow before you plough a field, and that will also improve the ploughing result
I don't know how you all do it but when I was plowing dirt I would always make it at least four in deeper than however thick The Sod was as you want some of that dirt under their to come back up and rotate it and turn it over and use it because it's very nutrient
Can you do a walk around and review on your Ford Flatbed?
Yeah I need to do that
I know this is a little late but you shouldn't plow up and down a hill, you should plow side to side so it retains the water in the soil profile, even if you disc it because of the hard lines the plow bottoms cause. Also it helps keep the plow even because when you start going up the hill the first bottom digs really deep and the last one wont really be in the ground. Hope this helps a little!
I can't do that when the fenced area isnt as wide at the bottom as my tractor and plow is long.
I have a Massey Ferguson plow 3:16's that has the ability to add the 4th plow. I pull behind a 5320 John Deere cab tractor, 64hp. My older brother has the same MF plow with the 4:16's he took the 4th plow off so it would pull easier he pulls it behind a 471 Massey Ferguson 71hp my brother bought the plow from our dad that used to pull the all the Massey Ferguson 4:16's plow behind a 285 Massey Ferguson with no problem being a heavier tractor. Growing up we never did no-till . We would plow 300 acres of corn ground and about 200 acres of soybean ground with 2 sometime 3 tractors a Massey Ferguson 285 pulling 4:16's ; a MF 275 pulling 3:16's ; and a MF 255 pulling 3:16's. We spent a lot of time plowing. I liked plowing. Now all I plow is the garden . I did plow 7 acres up for a younger brother a few years ago that he wanted to redo and resow. You tractor pull that 3:16's plow easy . You ever thought about get a bigger plow?
Haven’t thought about a bigger plow because I just don’t plow much.
The faster you drive the better job it does
Until you hit a big rock
Top link adjusted out n get that whole plow level setting in your furrow. Your plow should actually be putting weight on your rear end wuth draft control. Also do you have your lift arms set on a dog leg offset ?
Did you watch the video?
DLH Farms lol yea , I jumped the gun I reckon. You asked n I started to answer. Figured it’d give ya a lil assurance if not redundant. I can’t say I’d fool with a hydraulic link tho. As slick as they are , just may not be the best. I’ve pulled a 3 bottom with a ‘41 h that has like 17 hp n she rolled the dirt. So something out of whack if that ol Massey feeling those moldboards. Just bout that same model plow too. 3 16”
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I stand corrected on the shear pin. Ours looked just like that but had shear pins. We had a three, four and a five bottom ford turning plow.
Yes they made them both ways
I know some people that get old and can't plow straight,huh!
Nice for a starter!
Are you saying I'm old haha
No, not you.I mean some people old enough for pension, but not enough to understand how to adjust the plow !
There's gotta be a better way to do the food plots. Maybe contact your guy at Masts, I bet if nobody else that the Amish build a drill or planter that will plant anything by changing seed plates or similar and have some sort of tillage on front and roller/packer on rear. Make it a one pass deal to save yourself time and all that tillage is gonna do is cause erosion. Still a good and interesting video, thanks
I have a no-till but they planned to see it and I wasn't going to take it to where I was working to rough getting there.
In my Teens spent weeks Plowing in the Fall. I miss the Farm. Know Cut Gras in Summer. Work in Kitchen in Winter.
What is the horsepower on the Massey Ferguson? We farm witt 11 Massey tractors here in central Wisconsin.
100hp on the 3cyl engine it’s a nice tractor
Adjusting the center link made a tremendous difference on leveling.
Yes it lowered the back plow then I raised the whole plow up just a little.
Just curious why you are ploughing?
Because the guy that hired me wanted a seed bed and all he had was hard pan. So I plowed and disked and made him a seed bed.
team of horses would have been interesting lol
Good job.. that disk isn't a heavy duty plow. If you had rocks there it wouldn't have been to fun. I love the fresh dirt smell when done. I couldn't imagine plowing 100 acres with a tractor much less with a single bottom plow and a horse or mule
Thanks it was a fun experience
@@DLHFarms I'm sure it was it's nice seeing what the plows bring up from below. I live in Virginia where there was many civil war battles fought and after plowing I use to metal detect and found hundreds of civil war bullets
I'm in Va too
@@DLHFarms I'm in Dinwiddie.. How about you?
@@farmall1farmall132 Patrick county
What do you charge for that type of work?
I charged $75 an hour took about 6.5 hours to plow and disc all the plots.
You did great for your first time plowing. From what I seen the top link needs to be lengthened so the front bottom isn’t digging deeper than the back. Plowing is an art form but the key is to level the plow side to side and fore & aft. The depth is key as well and that depends on what plow you have. Some plows are made to cut deep and others only around 7-8 inches. Also you may want to add colters in front of each bottom. They will make a vertical cut in front of the bottoms reducing wear on moldboards leading edge and give you a nice furrow that makes trouble shooting easier. I have a few plowing videos on my channel, but I don’t explain a whole lot. Really don’t like being front of the camera much.
Thanks, if you watch the whole video I do make some adjustments.
I did watch the whole video. You did a great job!