Question regarding plows middlebusters and subsoilers
Brian
Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 49 Norwood, NY |
1999-07-16 6027
Ok, this is probably a stupid question, but I'm new to tractors and there's something I need to know before I spend some cash.Plows, middle-busters, and subsoilers all have to go into the ground to do there job. With the hydrolics on the 3pt. only lifting and not putting downward pressure on the implements, how do they get into the ground? Do you have to weight them to make the effective, or are they heavy enough? Does the design of the implement cause it to go into the ground?I have some really hard compacted clay soil that I need to break up. Will a plow do the trick on a JD 850 4wd? How deep can I expect to plow?Thanks for induring this newbie question, and taking the time to respond.
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Question regarding plows middlebusters and subsoilers
Greg
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1999-07-16 6039
Where do you live? I am in central Georgia and the clay doesn't get any harder without a doubt than right here. I have a subsoiler and 1 blade (V notch) plow and I can dig with them to their design depth, about 6 - 10 inches deep with a JD 4100. It will usually take more than one pass but they will eventually dig down to as far as the 3 pt allows them to go. So to answer your question, yes the weight of the implement will help push it into the soil. Also, their design along with the weight makes them want to go down. A boxblade can be another story, there I add a heavy block to the top of it so I can scrap and level more efficiently otherwise boxblade won't scrap off much hard clay.Hope that helps. ....
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Question regarding plows middlebusters and subsoilers
Junior Frazier
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1999-07-16 6043
BrainThe red clay don`t get no harder than here in
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Question regarding plows middlebusters and subsoilers
Junior Frazier
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1999-07-16 6044
BrainThe red clay don`t get no harder than here in
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Question regarding plows middlebusters and subsoilers
Junior Frazier
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1999-07-16 6045
BrainThe red clay don`t get no harder than here in
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