Tillage Question
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Printed Date: 27 Sep 2026 at 12:42pm
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Topic: Tillage Question
Posted By: Tbone95
Subject: Tillage Question
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2026 at 7:05am
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Not color specific. What tool have you guys had luck with for tall and or thick sod? My big moldboard plow does ok, but there are fields where it’s not too handy. And honestly…..it could be better. Glencoe soil saver is a no-go, it’s plugging. My most recent small plow is an IH 400. That plow does a wonderful job and pulls easily…right up until it doesn’t, then it’s miserable. In heavy sod, it rides up and gets caught on the shank and from there is all downhill. It seems to me the colters are too big and too close to the moldboard, and also not much clearance under the frame. You get to a point where you’re only 3 inches deep, then to a point where it still scoops up grass and it’s all plugged up. Just curious if anyone has good luck in such a case. |
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Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2026 at 7:26am
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As for the grass/sod/trash on the surface, try disking the field first. Or, mowing, baling a crop off the land first. As for coulter and plow adjustments, get an owners manual for that specific plow. Does the the plow have ‘coverboards’? Some call them ‘trash boards’. Proper ground speed can also affect the performance of a moldboard plow. ------------- I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science. |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2026 at 7:50am
| I've never done this, or for that matter even seen it done, but in the old days, they would tie a length of #9 wire on a coulter or somewhere on the frame, and that dragging wire would fold over the tall brush so it didn't plug. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2026 at 9:09am
There are two locations to mount the colters. Already in the farthest forward, won’t even fit in the rearward one. Makes me wonder if it’s the correct colters. I’m doing the mowing and baling. Would sure love to skip that and save the time and fuel. Nothing to do with coverboards, it doesn’t get that far and if it does it turns over fine. |
Lars(wi) wrote:Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2026 at 9:19am
| My friend used to have a pair of IH #720 plows; 5-16' & 6-16". They would only plug in very heavy (and/or damp) cornstalks. Sod plowing was a breeze. FWIW. |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2026 at 10:44am
| The later years AC 2000 plows had 32” of clearance. And if it was setup with high speed 392 moldboards, then even better. |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2026 at 11:49am
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Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2026 at 11:51am
I used to have one, it pulled great, and as I recall I turned over a lot of sod with it. I remember it doing very well. We had trouble sourcing wear parts for it is why we parked it. Since sold it. |
Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2026 at 12:42pm
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I've seen a properly set plow go through weeds taller than the top of a tractors muffler without plugging. Coulters + jointers and weed hooks Find a set of concave coulters for your plow, anyone can make any plow go through anything without plugging with them. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |