Plow Advice

[Carl Russell]

We are working out some details with a neighboring (next to the fairgrounds) farmer to use his corn field for a series of tillage workshops and demonstrations. It is our intention to have opportunities for attendees to be addressed by regional experts about all these details of different equipment, animals, technique, application, and size of hitch etc..

Plow boy, and Rob, I don’t want to make any assumptions because of how far away you are, but you both would add considerable substance to this aspect of the coming field days.

Rather than getting diverted on this thread, anyone with insight, or feedback about this concept, can send e-mail, or Private Message, or throw into one of the other threads that we have been discussing NEAPFD on. I would love for many eyes, and brains, to flesh it out, and possibly make commitments!!!

Thanks Carl

[Plowboy]

Rob I had the same thought about the walking plow behind a forecart. Also there is much difference in forecarts so making them track right would be difficult. The same is true for the cart mounted one bottom plows manufactured for forecart use. They are far too ridgid to float with the lay of the land to do a good job. I guess they will loosen the soil for a seed bed but those that I have seen would win no contests. I guess it all depends on your intentions and the amount of area someone wants to plow. The new one way sulkies are getting pricey with steel always on the rise but will last. As Donn said trailer plows designed for old tractors can be pulled behind a cart but may require more horsepower as pulling behind a cart is a harder pull than hitching directly to an implement. Walking plows are all over but many are sprung or worn out or need hard to find parts. I guess there is no definate answer but whatever works for someones individual operation.

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[TBigLug]

George,

I don’t know if you’ve found an answer yet but, I’d like to throw in my experience.

This spring (as we do every year) we picked one field to have all of our plow buddies come over and make a day of turning dirt. It so happend over the course of the day I had the opportunity to use four plows of differant manufacture and design.

The first was our old John Deere 16″ Sulky. This plow was bought by my great grandfather brand new and has been in our family ever since. This is also my grandfather’s favorite plow. It works great and would be typical of your old plows now bought for cheap. Problem is the beam got bent 10 years ago or so by grandpa’s brother so it ran into the furrow some. Unfortunately, since the day of the plow meet, we sent it to a friend to have him try and restraighten the beam, but to no avail. Now we can’t use it at all. They are very hard to get straight after they’ve been tweaked.

The second was a John Deere 14″ Foot Lift. This plow is my favorite. Has a tongue, foot lift and comfy seat. Grandpa can’t use it since his legs don’t bend very well (he’s 78 y/o former dairy farmer). Does a great job plowing and i can’t complain a bit about it. We borrowed it from the friend who tried to straighten our other plow but, I don’t think he’ll get it back anytime soon. (Luckily he said I could use it as long as I wanted. He hadn’t sat on it for 10 years.) The one draweback, it is a little tipsy if you get it in a deep furrow left by “Johnny I Can Plow Deeper Than Anyone Else”.

The third was my uncle’s (my grandfather’s brother who hit the stone with his plow) Pioneer 14″ sulky. Nice plow, works good but the seat is too weak for me. When I sat on it I felt as though I was about to flip over backward from the seat bending back like a slinky. Now, I’m 6’5″ 350 lbs. so I don’t think it would be a problem for an average sized individual. All in all, nice plow.

The fourth was a 14″ White Horse sulky. If I were to ever buy a new plow this one would be it. Essentially the same plow as the Pioneer but the seat, instead of being on a wobbly spring, is mounted on a hinge so it only flexes straight up and down and not siode to side. If I had to buy a new one, I’d definitely go with the White Horse.

Don’t know if any of my ramblings help, but they’re there anyway. My favorite overall, the John Deere Foot Lift.

John

[near horse]

@Jean 1234 wrote:

Hi, I have an idea I would like to put out there for your reactions.

I have been talking to some members of a very active draft horse club in CT and one of the fun things they do as a club is to plow a community garden with horses. The town that they work with turns this into a fun all day event. The garden is large enough for 100 families to have a plot in it. Last year they sold all the plots in that one day.

The club only uses experienced teamsters to do the plowing, because there are lots of eyes watching and they want the work to look pleasing not only once it is done, but while the ground is being worked.

I would like to find a town in Vermont that would welcome a group of teamsters to come and plow their garden space, make a day of it and open the eyes to a few more people about how great life can be with draft horses.

Anybody here have any thoughts on this idea?

Jean

Hi Jean,

I just noticed this and wanted to comment. The fellow that I bought my horses from is/was pres of a daft club in Michigan and they mostly work their horses plowing each others garden plots and other miscellaneous ground. They seem to really have a good time with it so the idea of doing a community plow day would be great – and Vermont is only a hop, skip and a jump from ID (big jump).

I wish I would have been more on top of things because my daughter just graduated last spring after 4 yrs in Hanover, NH. And I had no idea about all of the good draft folks right nearby. Dang.

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