New Amish Farm Equip. Pics.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 30, 2013

The large moldboard and this plow is suppose to really turn the sod over nice and not break it up. I am not selling this Equip, Nor do I care how it works, Just thought I would share the pics with you guys.

Bill(Wis) · Nov 30, 2013

I saw a four horse hitch on a two bottom wheeled moldboard plow that had a platform on the back and the farmer was standing on the platform. No seat. They were travelling at about the same speed we would have with a two bottom plow pulled by an old tractor. It was raining pretty heavy and it was heavy, level ground. I couldn't help but think that if I had gotten caught out in the rain, even in those days, I could have washed and dried my clothes in a little over an hour.

Adirondack case guy · Nov 30, 2013

Our local Amish have 2B MF auto reset plows, and the forecart with a modified 3pt hitch has a steel furrow wheel driving a hyd pump to charge the acumilator and raise and lower the plow.
The hitches vary from 4 wide to 2-3's to double 3's.
Loren, the Acg.

Gene Dotson · Nov 30, 2013

Amish neighbors here in western, Ohio have been buying a lot of new Pioneer equipment. Those long moldboards really do a good job of covering the cornstalks. Lots of new Pioneer cultimulchers and new wagons in use too.

Gene

samn40 · Nov 30, 2013

looks awffy like a Kverneland body on that plough?
Sam

AG in IN · Nov 30, 2013

(quoted from post at 01:01:57 12/01/13) looks awffy like a Kverneland body on that plough?
Sam

Not "awffy like", it is.

Pioneer builds horse-drawn walking and sulky plows with a choice of John Deere, Oliver, or KV tractor plow bottoms.

AG

flying belgian · Nov 30, 2013

That moldboard had better cover stalks really good or you are never going to get them through that cultipacker. I sold a combine to an Amish some years back and when I delivered it he was out in the cornfield in Nov. So I walked out to get him. Man he had a mighty nice corn crop there but along with big corn yields comes many stalks.

JMS/.MN · Nov 30, 2013

I sold a Moline grain drill to an Amish farmer....his forecart had a platform, no seat. So he had to stand all day while doing field work. I"ll bet he felt guilty for riding. Frankly, I thought it was just plain stupid! Too much of what they do makes absolutely no sense.

Geo-TH,In · Nov 30, 2013

I saw an amish farmer with an new case/new holland bailer, diesel powered, pulled by a team of horses, bailer and hay wagon with steel wheels.

"Frankly, I thought it was just plain stupid! Too much of what they do makes absolutely no sense."

This got me to thinking, from an amish point of view, how many post on YT would the amish think is just plain stupid?

Gee, what size wire do I use to wire my barn?

So tell me again, what's the difference between ground and neutral?

Do I need a grounding rod at the barn too?

How many recepticals do I install in my house?

What's the best battery for my buggy?

How do I wire turn signals on my buggy?

How many horses do I need to pull a 4 bottom plow?

What is horse do-do worth?

When is the best time to spread manure?

Frankly, many post on YT seems to boarder on just plain stupid. But that's what's why I read them.

My reply is just for laughs and not intended to offend. Please forgive if it does.

George

redtom · Nov 30, 2013

I recently sold 3 sickle mowers to the Amish. I tried to get him to buy a little wonder? IH plow I have for parts to save it from the scrap. He said no, we buy new plows now. very expensive but new!

Bret4207 · Dec 1, 2013

(quoted from post at 19:48:16 11/30/13) I sold a Moline grain drill to an Amish farmer....his forecart had a platform, no seat. So he had to stand all day while doing field work. I"ll bet he felt guilty for riding. Frankly, I thought it was just plain stupid! Too much of what they do makes absolutely no sense.

No, they don't feel "guilty" for riding, That's just plain stupid. Each church (community) decides what the limits are. Maybe in that particular one they decided forecarts with seats were too much, I don't know. Maybe he just liked standing so he could see better.

What one person or sub-section of people does that makes "no sense" to you may make perfect sense to them. With the Amish, it's about keeping the family together on the land. I'm pretty sure tattoos, ridiculous debt, buying a new car every year, living way beyond your means, sending your kids to public schools that teach disrespect, Marxism, that God is dead and religion is for imbeciles, that status symbols really do matter, or spending hours in front of a computer screen reading posts like these would appear just plain stupid to them. I know that a lot of stuff people do, like spending $40K on a status symbol tractor with heat and air and GPS for instance, appears just plain stupid to me when I know the same guy has bills overdue at the feed mill and his land and school taxes haven't been paid for 3 years!

Traditional Farmer · Dec 1, 2013

At least the Amish aren't stupid enough to buy high priced equipment they can't pay for like the
'real' farmers do.

Bill(Wis) · Dec 1, 2013

This post reminds me of something. When they're on the road at night with their buggies, they have at least one powerful bright white light in front and a very bright red light on the rear. What powers those lights? Batteries perhaps, but the lights are very bright. The tail lights are about as bright as brake lights on a car. If they're batteries, like Hot Shot, how long do they last?

Bill(Wis) · Dec 1, 2013

I'll take a stab at answering my own question. I see buggy lighting kits are available on the internet. Including directional lights, amber flashers, license plate lights for the orange triangle, headlights, controller boxes with switches, etc. 12vdc. Batteries are probably golf cart batteries as they sell that type of battery on the same website. They probably have them charged at the hardware store.

Leroy · Dec 1, 2013

Was his forecart factory or home built? Is a lot easier to build without tools simpler as the seat takes extra work to make.

greygoat · Dec 1, 2013

Amish in some communities in Wisconsin have
Hydraulic brakes on their buggys..fitted with a
junkyard master cylinder, and pedal, and brake
drums on the rear axle.
Electric tail lights, or tractor headlights are
battery powered by a car battery. They have a
battery charger at a local sawmill, or, some have
a solar charger on the Chicken coop roof, where
it can"t be seen from the road or by the neighbors

Dachshund · Dec 1, 2013

Our local Amish jave a "box" they hang on the side of their buggy at night. The box has one white lens (front), and one red lens (rear). The box it just big enough to hold a kerosene lantern....

No electicity needed.

Dachshund · Dec 1, 2013

You'd be surprised at how many Amish know more about wiring a barn than "English" do.....

buickanddeere · Dec 1, 2013

God will be very pleased with the Amish who purchase the equipment and give them a choice spot in heaven.

Bret4207 · Dec 2, 2013

(quoted from post at 12:12:51 12/01/13) God will be very pleased with the Amish who purchase the equipment and give them a choice spot in heaven.

I'd say they stand a better chance than some other people.

hwstem · Dec 3, 2013

I looked at a corn picker for sale, the guy selling it told me an Amish guy looked at it and wanted to convert it to ground drive, but he had to ask the church.

mkirsch · Dec 3, 2013

(quoted from post at 06:03:16 12/01/13) At least the Amish aren't stupid enough to buy high priced equipment they can't pay for like the
'real' farmers do.

These days, what else you gonna buy? All the new equipment is high priced, and the used equipment is all used up.

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