west central Iowa | paul the original - 3/25/2018 02:23
I plowed with a 2-16 Oliver trip rope, while dad had the big 3 bottom.
Moved up to a JD 145 4-16 and a tractor with a cab.
Then the ihc 720 4-18.
All in furrow of course.
Unfortunately always plugging, as I kept increasing corn populations and yield as I moved up.
One neighbor years ago tied the trip rope to his wrist, it was kind of hard on him when the plow tripped and came unhooked. He could still drive the tractor afterwards, but he couldn't pull the trip rope so he hired a friend of mine to ride on the fender and pull the rope. Another neighbor not to long ago wanted to do some plowing to seat the rings on his M after an overhaul. I showed him a little field of bean stubble he could plow. He said about the time it got working good the plow tripped and came unhooked and he had it tied to the seat spring, so he about went off the tractor when it pulled the spring out. |
Moldboards- on land or furrow
