Anybody Need a $15,000.00 D15???

Goes with that $7,000 D14....

The 6080 cab tractor they say is sold was actually a nice looking tractor.  Seems like they wanted $9000 for it.  But i could be wrong on price.

Funny thing is that the d15 is almost priced higher then the d17 and the 7040 combined.   I think I might rather have the two bigger tractors for the same price.....

How much power would it take to pull that plow in good loan sand mix soil not clay? We could pull a 4 bottom allis chalmers plow with the d17 easy here. I ask because there was one of those over plows around here last year for sale I thin it was 6 bottoms and I thought it should be able to be pulled with my 100 hp case 5240 but I really don't know much about plows. I need to plow my hay fields at some point and reseed and I really want to do it without using roundup to kill everything.   The only time we reseeded any hay fields in my memory we sprayed them waited a month and once the grass was dead used the disc to break it all up roundup killed the full sod blew my mind but I am trying to go organic on my hay.

Dan73 wrote: How much power would it take to pull that plow in good loan sand mix soil not clay? We could pull a 4 bottom allis chalmers plow with the d17 easy here. I ask because there was one of those over plows around here last year for sale I thin it was 6 bottoms and I thought it should be able to be pulled with my 100 hp case 5240 but I really don't know much about plows. I need to plow my hay fields at some point and reseed and I really want to do it without using roundup to kill everything.   The only time we reseeded any hay fields in my memory we sprayed them waited a month and once the grass was dead used the disc to break it all up roundup killed the full sod blew my mind but I am trying to go organic on my hay.

I was wondering about the big 6 bottom plow that was there because there is one like it around here. I was always told there is a big difference in plows and that if you don't know how to set it up you end up with an ocean. Of cause I know nothing about them as I have never used them. I can tell you my neighbor would be the wrong person to ask his fields are wicked ruff. Think he plowed them at 30 mph by the looks of them....

I don't know much about setting up bigger plows than a 3 point hitch mount. I've never used a semi-mount. I do know, however, that a lot of people say Oliver made the best moldboard plows of anybody.

Dan73, if you pull 4 plows there with a D17, you would be able to pull a 6 bottom oliver with your CaseIH. The Oliver plows pull easier than any other plow that I have ever pulled. Everyone I know that has pulled them has said that. One big reason is all their plows are closer to the tractor than any others I have pulled. Seems like the ones with the first bottom way back 6 or 7 feet pull like a sled. A D17 here has all it wants with 3 plows, sometimes almost more than it wants. We have a LOT of clay here. There may be 15 different soil types here in a hundred acre field. Some types of clay here will set a 180 horse tractor on fire with 6 plows. And it all depends on how deep you intend to pull them too. Only time I ever hook to one anymore is for a tobacco patch, and not often then. But people say I plow too deep. I like to plow 16 to 18 inches deep for tobacco. Oliver plows are the only ones I can get to run that deep and still turn the ground over. If you want to just half turn it and leave it standing, pull a Deere plow. LOL!

DSeries4 wrote: The guy who wrote that ad is pretty good at shoveling BS.  A 45 hp D15 diesel?  Never happened!

Yes he is. I have talked to him, probably 3 months ago. He is a certified BS' er. I am pretty sure he has papers. LOL.
He thinks everything he has is a highly sought after treasure. And has priced accordingly.

Just saw this post. I wrote them when the ad first came out laughing at their prices. Told them they might want to check the D17 fenders and the paint jobs. No response.