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Shattercane if they have a manual trip plow, throw a chain on and trip the plow to get him out of the way. Hydraulics, wellllll that's kinda another problem. Your club or group should have a tractor with loader to unload and reload plows, cause many will come in loaded in front or in such a way that they will not slide down the ramps. Maybe some extra cans of gas just in case, and there will already be enough chains to pull stuff with. I think you said this was a virgin run, but you guys will definitely be planning for next year before the sun goes down. We had about 28 tractors and plows this year and were limited to 4 bottoms. Last year we had a couple of horses with 6's and 4-5 5 bottoms. 40 acres lasted ONE and a HALF hours. We started an hour before dinner and finished up after dinner. I got to make 1 round with my 45 and one half round with my WD and No. 2 2 btm.  Sure hope this helps, and get ready for some "real" fun! After all is done the farm operator will likely have to chisel two times crossways to level the field. Lots of guys dont know how to set the plows, but it will be fun anyway! I think my e-mail is listed un the pull down at left and I'll help anyway I can. Joe

That is some good info Dipstick, I think we are cutting our teeth on a 30 acre patch, but I told the land owner (also a antique enthusiast) that he would have to open it up as there are some terraces and a waterway that could get tore up if he didn't lead the way. That being said, the loader is also a must I would assume. Hopefull in the next few years we'll get up to a 40 or maybe an 80; however, I don't think I want to bounce around more than an hour or two on the ol' girls. I don't know that I have it in me as I am from the air conditioned farming generation. Thanks !!!

Shattercane I'll be glad to help, 'specially since you'll probably be using some of that "other" good orange equipment. LOL I cut my teeth on a 37 WC, but spent a lot of seat time on a 53 DC with a believe it or not 3-14 David Bradley plow trip plow. Where's Aurora? Im familiar with US 36 over to Washington and then I would go north to Fairburry, Ne. hauling seed corn. We had a customer at Holton, Ks also.

AC WD45, couldn't stand the suspense anymore so I called Tom Zickmund owner, operator, rebuilder of the Turbo H-D. He told me that was a Mitsubishi Diesel out of a Dodge pickup. I've talked to him about it before and there was quite a bit of mods to make it work. If anything its even prettier in person than in a picture. He does excellent work and has done a few other tractors, all of them just as nice. 

Shattercane I see Dipstick has given some advice for your plow day yeah the old fart has some good info, one of the other things to keep in mind take you time help guy's get plows set to the best of a 50 year old plow ability. don't want to make more work for a land owner. some of these guys know how to set plows kind of a lost art. but most of all have FUN!