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Illinois | How many bottom plow do you think a 4230 can handle??? |
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Barton Co. Missouri | In my area 5-16's When we use to plow we pulled 4-16's with a 180 Allis. 65 horse. 4020's pulled 5 most of the time, some pulled 6 depending on the ground. |
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nc IA | 5
4020 with a 4x18 was able to cover more ground then when it had a 5x16 on it. |
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ne MD | 5-16"s should be easily handled. 5-18"s was to much for ours. |
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Buxton ND | Gotta weigh in here,I'm an old plow at heart,heavy ground 5-14" lite ground nice pulling stuff 6-16",corn stalks 4-16" I have a quite few,any thing from 3-14" with a rope up to 10-16" many combo's 4-5-6 but its a long road trip for you. I'm in eastern ND. I like a mounted plows,2-point,right there,weight on the tractor and easy to back up in the corners
Mostly green,some from the 50's 60's 70's if any 2-bangers or new age collectors of 4010/20's are looking for old and original. |
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| 5-16's semi mount behind a non turbo 3020D for years here ,,,,, 2nd gear in alfalfa ! clay based soils ,not sand ! |
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southern MN | Depends some on your soil.
In my yellow clay, at least one less bottom that the rest are saying,for any particular tractor.
4-16 usually worked but was a bit much for 85 hp, 4-18 works well at 140hp. Dad had 3-16 on 45 hp, and 2-16 on 35hp, had to double hitch tractors on alfalfa ground and went pretty shallow some years in any ground. 'Here."
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South Western Ontario | 5 18's would be my pick but could be a tad much on stiff ground. 5 16's would be no problem. |
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NS Canada | I wish our ground pulled so easy. You'd have your hands full with 3 around here. |
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west central wisconsin | Used to pull 4x18's in heavy soils with hills. None too much tractor, but a nice match. |
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west central Iowa | I watched a 4020 powershift plowing alfalfa with a 4 bottom semi mount JD plow and you about had to set stakes to see if it was moving. |
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Penn Yan, NY | I used to pull 4-16s with a 4020, didn't have enough cast front weights so I had to be careful to keep it above 1/2 a tank of fuel. It had trouble at times on hills but mostly was ok. That was around 6 inches plowing depth on clay to clay loam.
I'd say 5-16s semi mount |
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Mid-Michigan | Id say 5. Maybe 4 if greasy and on land (not sure there is su h a thing as a 4 bottom on land). |
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West Central Wisconsin | We've pulled 5-16's with 4020, (4th & 5th gear), and 4230, (B-1 & B-2), in most types of soil other than a heavy clay. Joe |
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Western OK | 4-16s with our 4230
pull 5-16s with 4440
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NE ND | We used 5 -16s |
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Stoddard Co. SEMO | Used a my '68 4020 powershift on an oliver semi mount 4x18" plow in alfalfa. The front wheels seldom touched the ground and it had it tongue hanging out after a couple rounds. I put it on a 1066 and it was a different story. The weight of the tractor and a good set of rubber makes the biggest difference, IMO. An 830 Deere will pull a plow easier than a 4020 even though the 4020 has more horsepower.
Edited by D&M Farms 10/17/2014 21:04
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EC IL | versatile875 - 10/17/2014 20:45
4-16s with our 4230
pull 5-16s with 4440
X 2 and Im in IL like the original poster |
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Leesburg, Ohio | 4430 had all it wanted here with 5-16's. but we always plowed at least 10" deep. A 4230 would have trouble with 5-16 even at 8" deep. Around here it would have been pulling 4-16 or maybe 4-18.
Now about that 3020 pulling 5-16.....B.S.!!! That was our "big" tractor before the 4430, and it was loaded with 4-14's. |
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Fruita CO | Here? 3 16's...
Some of the ground in this valley is called Tiger Sh*t...
takes a 4320 or 4430 to pull 4 18's. |
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Moldboard plow on jd 4230
