4 abreast or 2+2 on plow

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  • February 11, 2012 at 5:15 pm #43499
    rodw
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    We have been plowing 3 abreast and recently acquired our 4th Belgian . He is a rescue so he isn’t ready yet but is doing great. My question is I now have a JD gang plow and not sure which hitch is better 2+2 or 4 abreast?

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    February 11, 2012 at 5:22 pm #72058
    dominiquer60
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    I don’t know much about this subject but my first thought is if you plow with 4 abreast you will have one horse struggling in the plowed ground, one in the furrow and 2 on the land. If you do 2 teams in tandem you will have 2 in the furrow and 2 on land. My gut feeling would be to do 2 teams in tandem, but I admit to knowing nothing about the details.

    February 11, 2012 at 7:29 pm #72063
    rodw
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    That was what I thought but there is a company that makes a 4 abreast equalizer and they claim no horses on plowed ground maybe someone will have some input on it

    February 11, 2012 at 8:52 pm #72059
    Simple Living
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    I am looking for some pictures to post of a friend that used the four abreast evener to plow with. I have the evener now and could post pics of that as well if I dig it out. He used it with a 1 bottom 12″ plow. Pioneer builds and sells the one that I have and I believe it is listed in their catalog.

    Gordon

    February 13, 2012 at 2:20 am #72064
    rodw
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    Wow either would be great

    February 13, 2012 at 5:45 am #72062
    Mac
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    Depends on how much room you have at the end of the field to turn in. Less room to turn the 4-wide than 2/2 I’d think. If that isn’t an issue, which one are you more comfortable driving? I drove a 4 up and hated trying to turn’em around. I like no more than 3 on the plow, but for a gang you’re gonna need 2 more than you’ve got, at least. Man might consider just using 4 on a 16″ sulky rather than a gang. In the long run you can get more ground turned out. Also, what size plow are you using?

    Mac

    February 13, 2012 at 12:10 pm #72057
    Plowboy
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    We tried the 4abreast Pioneer on our converted little genius 2 bottom. It still has a little side draft so we went with 4 up and rope and pulley hitch. Now we use 3+3 and really turn some ground!

    February 16, 2012 at 12:37 am #72061
    Rod44
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    I can pull 3 – 16’s with my team of Haflingers. Just can’t put them in the ground!:)

    February 22, 2012 at 9:01 pm #72060
    Simple Living
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    Rodw,

    It took me a while but I found some pics of the 4 abreast evener that I have. It is made by Pioneer. The pictures are of a friend of mine and his 4 abreast team of Haflingers on a 12″ plow. I am not sure they ever broke a sweat and they plowed ALL day.

    Gordon

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    Untitled by eyesofhumor, on Flickr

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    My bud’s Daugher driving his team. by eyesofhumor, on Flickr

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    In wait… by eyesofhumor, on Flickr

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