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Originally Posted by Wild Bill
You've got the base set up of the plow 'right on'.
As has been mentioned many times already, sod is tough to plow.....BUT-
On your first pass, loosen the coulter (cutter wheel) and slide it all the way up and retighten the nuts, and crank the adjuster to put a little more point into the plow...this will help it 'dig in'. On your second pass, take a little point out....you should now be cutting a decent furrow (the place your right side tires will be riding in on your 3rd pass) On the 3rd pass, loosen the nuts and slide the coulter almost all the way down and retighten (the coulter cuts a nice edge ahead of the plow shin, to keep from wearing the lead edge of the plow) then you should be able to adjust the plow so that the 'tail end' of the plow is darn near flat in the furrow. Since you have a 10" plow, you should be plowing at 5" deep.
Some wheel weights will help with traction.
Also, once you get the first 2 furrows cut, the speed at which you plow will help keep the furrow bottoms clean. Too fast and the dirt is shoved too far over, too slow and the dirt doesn't roll over/falls back into the furrow.
Turn your disk gangs around, and make them go almost straight (for now) Putting angle in them makes them 'dig', keeping them straight makes them cut 'down'...which is what you want to cut the sod in slices, so it will break down/apart faster.
In your picture, the plow on the Left is an 8", and the one on the Right is a 10" ('old' style' plow frame) I've plowed with a 12" Brinly for over 10 years, hooked to a 122 (12hp gear drive) a 1450 (14hp hydro) and a 1712 (17hp hydro) Your tractor should have no problem pulling a 10".
With my plow properly adjusted, I can walk the dog on guys with 10" plows. I've been at a plow day, and -had to wait- on a guy with a 22hp hydro-12" plow set up (he kept getting stuck/hung up), while I had the 1450 with 12" plow.
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Thanks for the information. One problem may be that I was cutting much deeper than 5", I wasn't able to control the depth very well. Maybe it will come with experience and learning to do it right as this thread is teaching me.
I don't have wheel weights, but found a set of 55 pound weights locally for $100, seems high to me but I have no idea what they're worth. I did add 58 pounds of washer fluid to each rear tire today.
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