I really do enjoy y’all’s videos. I used to help my grandpa in our garden. He had a Farmall tractor too! I was always amazed at how that 70 year old man could remember how to set up all that equipment. He would tell me where everything went and I would put it on. I always miss him especially when Spring gets here. We made homemade cane syrup too! Great memories! Me and mama canned vegetables and made pickles every Summer until I got old enough to go to work with my daddy. He was a bricklayer. I sure do miss them days. Your videos bring back good memories for me 🙂. Thank y’all!
My granddaddy kept an adjustable wrench on the Super A to adjust plows with. He called it a knuckle buster. One time he sent my father (when he was a teenager) to the tractor dealership for something and my dad noticed a set of S-K 1/2” sockets with ratchet and pull handle in a handy box and decided to charge it to his father. He said his father was livid for him buying that set of sockets and put them up. Sometime after, he was adjusting a plow with that knuckle buster and busted his knuckles up good and bloody. He turned to my father and asked, “where did you put that set of “spinners?”” That box of tools rode on the Super A ever since. I still have them.
There’s a country store close to my house I run a tab at. When I pay my bill I look and my middle son has charged chocolate milk, drinks , when I send him to go get fertilizer or tractor parts lol
This has been very instructive, thank you! I have been conscripted to provide mechanical volunteer work to get their tractors running for the local community farm but I did not understand until your video how attachments are attached and adjusted. As I said, very instructive.
I can’t thank you enough for taking the time out of your day to put them on and do a video on them. That’s the exact problem I have is the dirt won’t cover the center of the row. I’ll see if I can track me down a set of the s tines. I was going to cultivate today but we got some rain here in Ohio, so that’s out of the question. Btw the only way I get to eat anything out of my gardens is 10 foot t post and 4 strands of electric fence around it. Thanks again.
Just found your channel ,and it amazes me how smart farmers and blacksmiths were having ideas and working together to develop these machines to make life easier for them self with less hoe work , your doing a great job showing these old skills alive regards from N Ireland .
Hey Frank thanks for watching and commenting. It is a well thought out tractor and just to think it was all done with out the use of a computer design. Your probably around a tractor that is dear to my heart because it was my Dads first tractor he bought and that’s a Fordson Major.
@@Jtwes Plenty of Fordson Majors still around Ireland & UK they were never a favourite of mine i was more a MF 100s range man , but i am very interested in the Farmall family and the attachments for them ,a brand that are not very popular in NI until Case IH got together thank you for replying regards frank .
When I try to line up a side sweep on my super A, I drive up the row a little bit and then back up about 3 feet. Now my tracks are under the side sweeps and you can clearly see where to adjust them by looking on the ground where you left the tracks. Just a little trick I use that works well for me. Hope that helps someone out!
@@Jtwes Most of the land in Stokes County is red clay. My land is sort of like grandpa's was, red, gray with most of it somewhere in between. After a hard rain or a few hard rains, it has a tendency to get a thick crust on top.
All the farmers around here refer to these plows as "half-shovels". They definitely aren't sweeps, but as long as you can see a picture , we all know what we are looking at. By the way, these come in different sizes and are great for cultivating. We use larger ones to move lots of dirt to the plants as in "laying by" corn and peas. If you don't have hillers, these are what you want. Sometimes we use a smaller version to "barr off" next to plants where we are moving dirt away from plants and mount them to throw dirt to the middles rather than to the plants and very helpful under certain conditions.
For deer, I hang some foil pie pans off of sticks or stakes with enough string to let it wave around in the breeze. Seems to help alot for deer and other skittish critters. They flash and make noise. And they are cheap!
Spent many a day on a 130 and 140 . We would ran sweeps like that but would put the flat side next to plant opposite sides of the way you are doing it. We would have those next to plant then a full sweep right next to them then a sweep behind the tire. We were cultivating cabbage and cucumbers mainly.
@@Jtwes I believe we did it to get closer to plant take more weeds out not through dirt on plant. We weren't trying to hill them like you're doing. Loved the video thanks for taking the time to make them!
Like Cory I also use mine for this purpose. Mine is a larger version though that is cut out of an old disc style turning plow instead of sweeps. Works great on cutting down on your hoeing without grabbing plants like a disc hiller would when used this way. I can adjust angle inward instead of outward and throw dirt to the plants also or make a hill for planting on a ridge. Have used these for years. Several in my area use these.
I don't know what the official name for that type of point is but grandpa and everyone else around here always used to call them wings. Daddy and I both used them in the past but later on, I started using listing disks and setting them back wide apart. They worked better for me. When laying by my tobacco, I would use 2 disks on each side wide apart.
Mark, I love full width disc harrows for breaking down ground after the plough, I guess the world can see where I'm from by my spelling. But not many farms round our way had discs for some reason.
@@MarkWYoung-ky4uc stop it, stop it, it's half past midnight here and my dad in law has my day's work lined up for me tomorrow. (I'm only 9 years younger than him, he forgets that). I'll put off tractor heaven till tomorrow pm. That's the theory anyway.
I was having problems with deer and wild hogs in my garden. Someone told me about spreading human hair on the ground and it has seemed to work. I have a friend that ask her hair stylist to save all the hair and she brings it to me. Your garden is much bigger than mine but you could concentrate on the bean and pea area only. I guess it is the human smell that they don’t like. It is really disappointing to see all your work ate up before you can harvest. Love your videos and you son does an excellent job.
Hi, sir could you give me some advice which tractor is best to fit for doing farming with 10 acres for planting corn seeds and cleaning weeds in spaces of corn rows and hot pepper? Because I have used a Walk behind tractor for 3 years but the es Walk behind tiller is very slow for the job. It could finish by it only 1 acre per day and too much work for a Walk behind tiller (craftsman rear-tine tiller 28" ). AS u r a farmer, u must have a good experience for many 🚜, so plz give me some advice what kind and size of tractor I should have it to do my work. I almost thought about BCS walk behind tractor and also Grillo but still in my mind that they are both still Walk behind tractors which I have to walk behind them all day long with 10 acres...; I must be very tired and wasting Me time,and BCS is pricy as well,so I would think about another used tractor could help me more and faster work but just question in my mind which one best fits my work
Can you help me out again please. I ended up taking the back two sweep off the front tool bar, I then adjusted the c shanks all the way to the outside. My front c shanks are mounted on the piece of square tubing just like yours. I’m still having trouble knocking sweet corn over. Most of the sweet corn was in the 6 inch range and it was the first time I tried cultivating it. My other patch that is almost knee high turned out great. Got any ideas.
What was knocking the corn over the tractor or dirt. If you want you can email me some pics at Jtwes1@ iCloud.com by the way I’m glad to help don’t worry about that.
I am getting my papas farmall 140 fixed and will be using it for gardening. How often should I cultivate and should I cultivate until I can’t drive over the crops anymore or how do I know when to stop as the plants are growing?
Good Question. When they start rubbing the bottom your about done. How often can depend on grass and how dry it is. I got some now I could cultivate but I want to keep some moisture in there because it’s dry right now and there’s no weeds in it.
In the 1960s we planted beans 32" between rows and 3" between seeds. Now we plant beans 12" between rows 2" between seeds. We still plant corn 32" between rows 5" between seeds in southern Illinois. Where are you? Your soil looks dry and rocky.
Hey Gary We’re in Caswell County NC. I had to look back at that video to see we’re I was at. That particular field is mostly sand. I think one end has a little bit of tight dirt but mostly sand. Thanks for watching.
Was that a tobacco stick that was in one of the rows early on. It got hung on both sweeps and the. Got turned by a bean plant and then just left to the side of the row.
I normally start on one side of the field and move my way across putting my front tire on the last pass tire track. I bought it from a man in blanch nc.
@@Jtweswe always swore by diesel before WD40 got around. Got to admit, couldn't believe how it would work when diesel wouldn't. In fact I still don't want to admit it.
I am going to have to stop watching you cause I will go broke getting all this for my hi clear. The rolling cultivator was pricey enough but I got them. My super A has engine issues I have found another one complete with good parts for 1500.00 . I would love to spend some time helping you I could learn a lot. But videos will have to do love watching ya play in the garden.
These are great tractors. I wished that they were still being made. Great video!
Great film onyour plowing
I really do enjoy y’all’s videos. I used to help my grandpa in our garden. He had a Farmall tractor too! I was always amazed at how that 70 year old man could remember how to set up all that equipment. He would tell me where everything went and I would put it on. I always miss him especially when Spring gets here. We made homemade cane syrup too! Great memories! Me and mama canned vegetables and made pickles every Summer until I got old enough to go to work with my daddy. He was a bricklayer. I sure do miss them days. Your videos bring back good memories for me 🙂. Thank y’all!
Hey David , Thank you for watching .I have enjoyed hearing all the stories of Dads and Grandads, hope to have you some more coming.
My dad has a 1977 IH 140 and an original 1950 Farmall Cub. We use the 140 in the garden and the Cubs stored in the back of our shop for several years.
My granddaddy kept an adjustable wrench on the Super A to adjust plows with. He called it a knuckle buster.
One time he sent my father (when he was a teenager) to the tractor dealership for something and my dad noticed a set of S-K 1/2” sockets with ratchet and pull handle in a handy box and decided to charge it to his father.
He said his father was livid for him buying that set of sockets and put them up.
Sometime after, he was adjusting a plow with that knuckle buster and busted his knuckles up good and bloody.
He turned to my father and asked, “where did you put that set of “spinners?””
That box of tools rode on the Super A ever since. I still have them.
There’s a country store close to my house I run a tab at. When I pay my bill I look and my middle son has charged chocolate milk, drinks , when I send him to go get fertilizer or tractor parts lol
Got to tell you, I hate adjustables.
This has been very instructive, thank you! I have been conscripted to provide mechanical volunteer work to get their tractors running for the local community farm but I did not understand until your video how attachments are attached and adjusted. As I said, very instructive.
Please feel free to contact me anytime you might need some help.
I can’t thank you enough for taking the time out of your day to put them on and do a video on them. That’s the exact problem I have is the dirt won’t cover the center of the row. I’ll see if I can track me down a set of the s tines. I was going to cultivate today but we got some rain here in Ohio, so that’s out of the question. Btw the only way I get to eat anything out of my gardens is 10 foot t post and 4 strands of electric fence around it. Thanks again.
I’m thinking on doing something with a alarm system and motion detector next year. Scare off deer.
Just found your channel ,and it amazes me how smart farmers and blacksmiths were having ideas and working together to develop these machines to make life easier for them self with less hoe work , your doing a great job showing these old skills alive regards from N Ireland .
Hey Frank thanks for watching and commenting. It is a well thought out tractor and just to think it was all done with out the use of a computer design. Your probably around a tractor that is dear to my heart because it was my Dads first tractor he bought and that’s a Fordson Major.
@@Jtwes Plenty of Fordson Majors still around Ireland & UK they were never a favourite of mine i was more a MF 100s range man , but i am very interested in the Farmall family and the attachments for them ,a brand that are not very popular in NI until Case IH got together thank you for replying regards frank .
You are an amazing operator
Thank You but that’s probably being to generous. Lol
We use to use them to lay by tobacco those with hilling blades. Great for puting out fertilizer
When I try to line up a side sweep on my super A, I drive up the row a little bit and then back up about 3 feet. Now my tracks are under the side sweeps and you can clearly see where to adjust them by looking on the ground where you left the tracks. Just a little trick I use that works well for me. Hope that helps someone out!
Hey Pete That’s a good ideal .
Excellent Video. I’ve always figured they would do that just to scared to try. Lol
Another good video! Enjoyed it. I always wanted to know how them half sweeps was used.
That's some fine looking soil y'all have over there in Caswell County! 😊
Trust me we have some genuine good old pipe clay to . Lol
@@Jtwes Most of the land in Stokes County is red clay. My land is sort of like grandpa's was, red, gray with most of it somewhere in between. After a hard rain or a few hard rains, it has a tendency to get a thick crust on top.
great info. I have a Farmall Super A too.
I had one a couple of years ago ended up selling it to one of my neighbors
All the farmers around here refer to these plows as "half-shovels". They definitely aren't sweeps, but as long as you can see a picture , we all know what we are looking at. By the way, these come in different sizes and are great for cultivating. We use larger ones to move lots of dirt to the plants as in "laying by" corn and peas. If you don't have hillers, these are what you want. Sometimes we use a smaller version to "barr off" next to plants where we are moving dirt away from plants and mount them to throw dirt to the middles rather than to the plants and very helpful under certain conditions.
I had a bigger set when I was a teenager. I haven’t seen any like that since.
For deer, I hang some foil pie pans off of sticks or stakes with enough string to let it wave around in the breeze. Seems to help alot for deer and other skittish critters. They flash and make noise. And they are cheap!
I’ve seen it done here for corn a lot.
Looks really good.
I'm still learning lol
😇🙏👍
Hey Benny Don’t feel bad I’m always learning too.
At 6:15 I felt that.. it was a "hey there a hammer!" Moment
I bought farmall cub 1955 bought cuilvator plow saved tractor being scraped about have up running
Spent many a day on a 130 and 140 . We would ran sweeps like that but would put the flat side next to plant opposite sides of the way you are doing it. We would have those next to plant then a full sweep right next to them then a sweep behind the tire. We were cultivating cabbage and cucumbers mainly.
Hey Cory thanks for watching. That’s interesting wonder what the thought process was on that. Did it push dirt away from the plant.
@@Jtwes I believe we did it to get closer to plant take more weeds out not through dirt on plant. We weren't trying to hill them like you're doing. Loved the video thanks for taking the time to make them!
Like Cory I also use mine for this purpose. Mine is a larger version though that is cut out of an old disc style turning plow instead of sweeps. Works great on cutting down on your hoeing without grabbing plants like a disc hiller would when used this way. I can adjust angle inward instead of outward and throw dirt to the plants also or make a hill for planting on a ridge. Have used these for years. Several in my area use these.
Normally how far apart do u keep your spaces of each row to let your tractor be able to clean the weeds?
I don't know what the official name for that type of point is but grandpa and everyone else around here always used to call them wings. Daddy and I both used them in the past but later on, I started using listing disks and setting them back wide apart. They worked better for me. When laying by my tobacco, I would use 2 disks on each side wide apart.
I’ll lay by corn with disk.
Mark, I love full width disc harrows for breaking down ground after the plough, I guess the world can see where I'm from by my spelling. But not many farms round our way had discs for some reason.
@@stewartfenton7660 Here you go...my Caswell County friend has an outstanding array of equipment.ua-cam.com/video/Svo8aReh6zo/v-deo.html
@@MarkWYoung-ky4uc stop it, stop it, it's half past midnight here and my dad in law has my day's work lined up for me tomorrow. (I'm only 9 years younger than him, he forgets that). I'll put off tractor heaven till tomorrow pm. That's the theory anyway.
@@stewartfenton7660 You better get to sleep then...goodnight! 🌛
Muy buena bursátil la maquina
Gracias por sus amables comentarios sobre el tractor. Gracias por mirar y ser parte del canal.
I was having problems with deer and wild hogs in my garden. Someone told me about spreading human hair on the ground and it has seemed to work. I have a friend that ask her hair stylist to save all the hair and she brings it to me. Your garden is much bigger than mine but you could concentrate on the bean and pea area only. I guess it is the human smell that they don’t like. It is really disappointing to see all your work ate up before you can harvest. Love your videos and you son does an excellent job.
Thanks Tommy. I’m going to get a electric fence this year strong enough to we’re I can expand it to maybe sweet potatoes next year.
That will work too.
Hi, sir could you give me some advice which tractor is best to fit for doing farming with 10 acres for planting corn seeds and cleaning weeds in spaces of corn rows and hot pepper? Because I have used a Walk behind tractor for 3 years but the es Walk behind tiller is very slow for the job. It could finish by it only 1 acre per day and too much work for a Walk behind tiller (craftsman rear-tine tiller 28" ). AS u r a farmer, u must have a good experience for many 🚜, so plz give me some advice what kind and size of tractor I should have it to do my work. I almost thought about BCS walk behind tractor and also Grillo but still in my mind that they are both still Walk behind tractors which I have to walk behind them all day long with 10 acres...; I must be very tired and wasting Me time,and BCS is pricy as well,so I would think about another used tractor could help me more and faster work but just question in my mind which one best fits my work
Can you help me out again please. I ended up taking the back two sweep off the front tool bar, I then adjusted the c shanks all the way to the outside. My front c shanks are mounted on the piece of square tubing just like yours. I’m still having trouble knocking sweet corn over. Most of the sweet corn was in the 6 inch range and it was the first time I tried cultivating it. My other patch that is almost knee high turned out great. Got any ideas.
What was knocking the corn over the tractor or dirt. If you want you can email me some pics at Jtwes1@ iCloud.com by the way I’m glad to help don’t worry about that.
I am getting my papas farmall 140 fixed and will be using it for gardening. How often should I cultivate and should I cultivate until I can’t drive over the crops anymore or how do I know when to stop as the plants are growing?
Good Question. When they start rubbing the bottom your about done. How often can depend on grass and how dry it is. I got some now I could cultivate but I want to keep some moisture in there because it’s dry right now and there’s no weeds in it.
In the 1960s we planted beans 32" between rows and 3" between seeds. Now we plant beans 12" between rows 2" between seeds. We still plant corn 32" between rows 5" between seeds in southern Illinois. Where are you? Your soil looks dry and rocky.
Hey Gary
We’re in Caswell County NC. I had to look back at that video to see we’re I was at. That particular field is mostly sand. I think one end has a little bit of tight dirt but mostly sand. Thanks for watching.
Do you remove the 1 point hitch after planting? I always worked with my GPA and he never did. Probably bc he wasnt physically able to. Just curious.
I do when the plant starts getting taller. Thanks for the question.
Was that a tobacco stick that was in one of the rows early on. It got hung on both sweeps and the. Got turned by a bean plant and then just left to the side of the row.
That was probably a sunflower stalk from the prior years sunflowers.
@@Jtwes yea that's probably what it was. Couldn't quite catch what it was as I was on my phone watching.
What gear and speed do you pull your implements in?
1st and 2nd most all the time. I would say 1st gear is probably my most used .
would a bit more throttle roll the dirt up and in a bit more?
It may have. That’s a good thought.
Couple questions: do you use a one row planter?
I do it’s a IH 184 planter with a fast hitch.
How do you draw rows to plant or after you plant one row how do you decide where the other row is going to be? Where did you get your 140?
I normally start on one side of the field and move my way across putting my front tire on the last pass tire track. I bought it from a man in blanch nc.
weeds just come up and Sandy Loam soil no hoeing
I try to stay ahead as best I can on the weeds so I don’t have to hoe. Lol
What are you cultivating?
That’s a older video but I’m pretty sure it was sunflowers.
Where are y’all North or South Carolina or Georgia
Mebane NC
Curious why you got rid of the 674
Well actually sold it and the 140 we had at that time probably early 2000s . To make a farm payment.
Hey, never see ya use any 10 WD - 40 spray. Might have to start ya a "Go Fund me 10 WD - 40 " Fund
I use it sometimes.
@@Jtweswe always swore by diesel before WD40 got around. Got to admit, couldn't believe how it would work when diesel wouldn't. In fact I still don't want to admit it.
I am going to have to stop watching you cause I will go broke getting all this for my hi clear. The rolling cultivator was pricey enough but I got them. My super A has engine issues I have found another one complete with good parts for 1500.00 . I would love to spend some time helping you I could learn a lot. But videos will have to do love watching ya play in the garden.
Nah,it's still Indian corn.
That man has no idea what he is doing. Needs to speed tractor up. Go faster
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Great film onyour plowing
Thanks Bryon