Good advice. I learned that the hard way trying to install a blade under the deck of our riding lawn mower. I was tightening it and the socket slipped off and I got almost bone deep into 3 knuckles. Still a hard habit to break. Thanks for watching, commenting, and giving me some good advice.
Me too. Never had one before this one. It's so much nicer than my IH 710 where you had to stop, leave the plow down, and back up to "click" the bottom back into place again.
It'll be a couple of weeks before I can get in a field, way too wet. I usually weld the plow bolts in on the plow shears, seems like there is always a rock to mess things up. How many acres do you have left to plow?
Charlie my friend great video, I like how you explain those plow bolts. This brought back the memories of rebuilding the plow I bought from cousin Scott and what a struggle I had because I didn't understand anything about it I just jumped into it. 🤔
Yeah, too bad you couldn't have seen my video first. Unfortunately, after my Dad died 32 years ago, I had to jump in and learn to repair the plow on my own, too. Steep learning curve. Thanks for supporting me here on RU-vid, my friend.
Is your soil sandy? It seems like those points wore fast if they were new this spring? I know it’s hard to believe how much they wear. You can look at them and think they’re fine but when you hold a new one up next to it you can really see the difference!
For the price of plow parts I wonder if some hard rod, welding rod and lay down some beads of hard rod might be a good investment. It looks bad but that hard rod cuts down on the wear of your plow parts. The hard rod we used made our plow parts last through a couple of years with close to 200 acers plowed each year with 4 14's and 3 14's on a D17 and D14 in corn and bean ground. Of course your results may vary. lol
LOL. Yeah, i remember my dad doing that when I was a kid. That would be a lot of welding to do it to the plow shares, shins, and landsides. And I don't have a stick welder any more. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Now the real tight wads in PA would have took the old shin and share, flipped the share over on the new one and took some 7018 rod they got at a farm sale 20 years ago and welded it on top, same for the shin. Ah the good old days..............We had sandy ground here that would grind shins and shares off in 50 acres, the fix would triple that, mostly because the doubled thickness at the wear edges. We have a Smith torch with a 120 degree head that was slick blowing off the nuts, after a few sliced up fingers trying to take them out the SOP was to just start cutting them. Atleast you don't have a buster bar on there to work around. Nice to see this............tis the season.
I was quite surprised to see you take that bolt off with a wrench. Here especially after the plow sits for a year my dad just pulls out the torch. We have an IH 700 5x16 plow that we converted to a 4x16 after one of the bottoms was giving us issues. Sure is nice to pick up a gear with the 4020 too with one less bottom. My dad says that they’d only get about 25 acres out of a set of wear parts at the home farm on the eastern part of the state but could get 40 across the valley. I’m sure the countless fields of rocks don’t help with our situation compared to yours either. Interesting to hear that you’re getting around 50 out where you’re at on the western side of the state. Good luck with the rest of your plowing.
I don't have a lot of rocks here, but I do have some places where there's topsoil and then solid rock underneath. If you're in the eastern part of the state, I think it's a lot rockier out there. I think because I change the wear parts every year, the bolts don't rust too badly. When I changed the plow shares the day before, every bolt spun off nicely. When I did the other 3 shins I had to cut off just one more bolt. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Today plowing has become a lost art form for sure and I agree there are a lot more benefits to plowing most guys have forgotten about over the years. I really get tickled when I see guys plowing and trying to throw dirt into the next county ! LOL But as you and I both know plowing fast doesnt do anything but ware the plow out faster witch just cost you more money to fix it , And its the same with a disk or field cultivator. There is nothing I like more than seeing a field plowed that looks perfect, Nice strait furrows and nice uniform humps acrossed the field, Its a thing of beauty to behold . Oh those bolts that hold the plow share on are called clip head bolts. Bandit
Yeah, I too, love the way the fields look after plowing. I spread some fertilizer today (another video coming out) and then did some more plowing. I now have 68 acres plowed and only 9 more to finish up. I love doing it, but can't wait to get done so I can get oats planted when the weather permits. Hasn't been the best of springs, but not the worst either. We do get some nice days and warm weather, then it will get cold. We've only had light rain the last couple of weeks, so that's what's helped dry out my fields. I have my fields that are typically the muddiest already plowed, which is good. Just 9 acres of fairly dry fields left.
@@pagrainfarmer Things were about to get moving around here but of course it had to rain ! LOL A few guys were spraying and spreading lime and some fertilizer and there has been some ground work about 20 miles east of me but right now the ground is still pretty cold so it will be awhile before anything is planted. I acquired something a few days ago that when you see it I know you will agree it was worth buying ! I cant let the cat out of the beg yet ! LOL Bandit
I gotta say that was interesting I never knew there was that many parts that wore out that fast on those but of course I’m not a farmer At least they look fairly simple to change that’s a good thing and they don’t see the cost in arm and a leg
Man yeah!! Thank you Mr Charlie for the detailed overview of the wear parts!! Awesome job!! Sounds like the weather has held out pretty good for you to get some plowing done!! I love the old school ways, and look fwd to getting to do the the same one day!! I am really looking fwd to seeing how my disk tiller plow does!! Thank you again for another great video my friend!! Look fwd to seeing it all this year as the season starts 😁👍
Thanks for the kind words, Nelson. The weather has been somewhat on the cool side, with rain often, but not a lot of rain, so it dries out quickly. The last couple days (including today) I was able to plow some fields that are typically really wet. Really surprised me, but I'll take it. Thanks for supporting the channel, as always, my friend!
Thanks Charlie for another interesting video. I remember when I was a kid we was on the farm and I always thought it was pretty neat plowing watching the dirt roll over. I have a question what type of work did you do off the farm? I was just kind of curious thanks Michael
Hi Michael. I was a chemistry teacher and then a school district central office administrator for the last few 6 years of my career. Thanks for watching and commenting (and asking a question).
@@pagrainfarmer I find that interesting I've been a custodian and a head custodian and a local school district for over 22 years. Thanks and have a great day Michael
