I see so many videos of guys plowing fields that have been obviously tilled or worked before, good job on really tilling fresh land, that's what I call IMPRESSIVE, good going guys.
I love that old MF12! I have a dilapidated one on my farm and seeing yours running, makes me want to put some work into mine! You've even got the original engine in it! What a brute and a beaut too!
I just stumbled upon this video. All I can say is awesome. I love those older tractors. One time I gave a guy 130 dollars for a 1976 Allis Chalmers 808 GT. It needed some work and I didn't end up keeping it. It didn't have its original engine in it.
Virginia soil is as tough as it gets. Well done. Then comes the bouncy part. Running the brinly harrow to flatten the soil and blend it. And I usually have to harrow in a checkerboard pattern.
Agreed. Get a big, heavy rock and chain it securely on the plow. Make plowing the gardon much easier, especially when your plowing the ground for the first time. When the first row is completed, pick the plow up with your hydraulics if you have them, or if you don't, pick the plow up manually and your ready to go for your next row to plow.
You said roots suck and that's the truth.... did your plow cut through the tree roots? It looks like you would have run into some fairly large ones close to those trees. I'm in central Texas and have lost our two OLD big trees to the drought. The trees were cut down almost two years ago, but when I was going to dig holes last month for some new trees, we ran into old roots that I THOUGHT would have been disintegrated by now. I have a tiller, but no plow. Yes, I'm an older woman trying to dig through roots with a shovel. I told my son to just use the tiller (it IS one of the mid to large size Troybilts), but he said the dead roots would tear up the tiller.... Just wondering if that blade you used had any trouble with getting through roots. Thanks for your thoughts on this!
i receltly plowed to losen up some rerally hard ground and mabey to plant with my sears craftsman 2 with 18hp under the hood. i had to get a couple weights from my john deere 5310 tokeep the front end down! if you have it in 2/3 throttle or more them hydros will take off and work all day any day of the week!
Good stuff dude. Next time spray the grass dead first though. That way it wont come back, keeps weeds down and your small plow will slice through the sod easier.
This popped up in my topic list, and I thought why not? looks like a weight was needed on the plow, and rear wheels, although traction was OK for the driving speed.
How do you attach something like that to your tractor? i have a husqvarna gth2254xpa and I dont know how i would attach something like that to it. Id like to plow a garden but im not sure how to do it yet.
you need a sleve hitch for the rear end of your lawn tractor or riding lawn mower and a single bottom moldboard plow sears ebay and sportsman guide all have them new sleeve hitch bout 150 from sears 400 for the plow then dont forget about the disk harrow for when your finished plowing 200 maybe all this is way way cheaper used on ebay though
Id really want to own one for a day again never thought i d miss it so much b4 i started watching this :)). I never tried to plow with it tho didnt even cross my mind thinking abt the size and power. Can anyone tell me the what brand these are and the HP?
If I did that now would it just have alot of weeds in sweet corn garden should I round up the grass first? Or pough it over and till will work same without round up?
+eric mcclelland think I would rather lay out some tarps/cardboard/newspaper, anything to kill any vegetation below it before spraying roundup, cause putting that stuff in an area I am planing to try an grow a garden in is not my idea of smart.
jase davids yes round up the hell out of it wait for about three weeks then round up it again !!!! the cardboard or tarp trick works nice but then all the seeds will sprout as soon as you uncover it !! after the first couple years the weeds gradually be come less of a problem !!!
no his pass wasnt wrong if you want to go down and back thats the way to do it if you want to go down and drive all the way back not plowing you do one pass up and do again he should have been over more on his second pass i learned for well seasoned plowers who did it with horses then tractors
True that. I don't think they knew you start one furrow one way, then move over a few feet and then start a furrow going the opposite way. I believe they should have done more research before plowing.
They have found that round up is causing cancer and is extremrly dangerous to use. This information was brough up on Coast to Coast with George Norrie last night.
