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Re: Were They Serious
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Posted by Hugh MacKay on October 30, 2003 at 16:10:49 from (216.208.58.108):
In Reply to: Were They Serious posted by Wide Open Throttle on October 30, 2003 at 05:32:47:
The 4100 should pull 8 bottoms just about anywhere. I had a 5x16 seni- mount plow that I bought for use behind my 1066. It turned out to be such a light load for 1066 that I pulled it with 656. I will grant you my soil was a sandy loam, however I always plowed 7to 8 inches deep. I have seen guys pulling 7 and 8 with 1066 and 1466. I have neighbor who pulls 10x18 with a Case that is same configuration as that 4100. I think he told me it was under 200 hp. Plows really only require about 10 to 15 hp per bottom. 40 years ago I remember a guy in our neighbourhood buying a new Cochshutt 570 diesel and a 5x16 trailer plow. He plowed some quite heavy hills with that old Cockshutt. When you get a tractor loaded to point where you can't pull the plow or disk more than 4 mph your wear and breakage will be far less and fields much smoother. These new high speed bottoms just become a more expensive way to farm, and less profit for you. When you sit in that tractor seat for 15 to 18 hours per day for weeks at a time or 44 hours in two days as I have done, that high speed hurts the human flesh more than the tractor and plow. I know some of you will say," Hugh If you were going faster it wouldn't take so long." Hogwash, I say this game is about making money not high speed. When you can drive a 70s full size Ford or Chevy sedan at 50 mph on your fields, on sod of course, the fields are smooth.
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