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Coldwater, Michigan | Slats were for heavy clay soils. Worked well. Next to impossible to hold a good furrow in a sandy soil type. When we bought the first farm in Cass County, Indiana we were used to Sandy soils. We could pull 3-16" in those sandy soils in 3rd gear with the M's. Went to Cass County and we needed 1st gear and after 7-8 rounds we needed to let the tractors cool down. Rounds were a half mile of heavy pulling in one direction. 3 M's with 3-16" and 1 H with 2-16" dropped in one after another. When you looked back you thought you accomplished something. Any one of those by itself and you knew you weren't getting much done!!!!
Used to have the #8's with rubber and hydraulics. They originally had rooster combs and trip ropes, and the hitch with spring loaded trip. My dad got real tired of the trip ropes after we started getting a few more acres.
By the way I think the tractor and plow look real sweet together. Your son and partners in crime did good work!
Edited by Bill Moyer 4/7/2013 20:16
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We're getting back into moldboard plowing....pics
