Plowed up some sod with the old WD yesterday
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Topic: Plowed up some sod with the old WD yesterday
Posted By: garden_guy
Subject: Plowed up some sod with the old WD yesterday
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2023 at 7:06pm
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Plow was greased up from last year, but I haven't tried to roll any sod in a long time... Had to go in 1st gear wide open as I was losing traction in 2nd even with ballast, but pretty happy with the result. Will disc it down in the spring.     Never tried to upload a youtube short before, but here's about 30 seconds of video of plowing (looks okay on mobile, kind of like trash on Desktop I think): https://youtube.com/shorts/_4_K8_rB9Fc?si=CZCrv5uFb6Sf1cFL" rel="nofollow - https://youtube.com/shorts/_4_K8_rB9Fc?si=CZCrv5uFb6Sf1cFL
Anyway, hope you all enjoy. Haven't been able to post in awhile, so good to be back. |
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Posted By: SLee(IA)
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2023 at 7:12pm
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Good job plowing and that engine sounds great. Steve
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Posted By: jvin248
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2023 at 8:32pm
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. Looks good! I'd disk it now and broadcast 2-3bu/acre Winter Rye grain. That's where my field is now. Next spring I'll plant corn/beans direct into the standing rye and when it pops up I'll knock the rye flat as weed barrier mulch. That works pretty well. Then in the fall I just disk and broadcast rye again. You must have a WD45 to pull those three bottoms? I think my WD is only a two bottom puller. . .
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Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 20 Nov 2023 at 11:21pm
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You've got a good healthy WD there! ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2023 at 5:42am
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Allis advertised their Tractors as: CA - 2 bottom Plow WD - as 3 bottom Plow WD-45 - as 4 bottom Plow G WD-45 Brochure: https://www.ebay.com/itm/275559723928" rel="nofollow - https://www.ebay.com/itm/275559723928 |
Posted By: DrAllis
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2023 at 6:27am
| That is the sound of a Power Crater W-226 with a Nelson muffler....!!!! |
Posted By: Macon Rounds
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2023 at 7:10am
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Nice job. Love seeing myself in a dirt polished moldboard. ------------- The Allis "D" Series Tractors, Gravely Walk behind Tractors, Cowboy Action Shooting !!!!!!! And Checkmate |
Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2023 at 10:09am
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Man she is polished ain’t nuthin like a clay polish! ------------- Blue Skies and Tail Winds Dana |
Posted By: Michael V (NM)
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2023 at 10:30am
 looks good,,appears to be some difficult conditions,, but ya made it look great
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Posted By: dfwallis
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2023 at 11:35am
Grandpa used to clean up the plow by driving down to the creek and plowing through a sandstone gravel bar a few times. Now that's shiny...
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captaindana wrote:Posted By: garden_guy
Date Posted: 22 Nov 2023 at 5:55pm
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SLee(IA) & wjohn -- Thanks! Pretty happy how the old girl still sounds. Use it to mow with a couple times a year and then usually plow a garden every other year, and try to give her a workout. jvin248 -- I think my uncle is making this into a pumpkin patch so I'll probably let it sit all winter then disk it for him in the spring. I've got a '53 WD with a curved shifter. It can pull the three bottoms but it usually takes some work with the traction booster and/or gearing down depending on the soil (we have thick clay here). DrAllis -- Man those old Nelsons have a sound unto themselves don't they? I have a new one sitting on my shelf to install eventually, this one has a side seam blow out (hence the black pipe I've sleeved over the top), but it has run almost 10 years in this configuration now! Purrs like a kitten! Can definitely tell this engine vs. my restored WD that has M&W pistons in it, she sounds different even with a Nelson. Macon Rounds & captaindana -- Yeah this sod really shined it up more than ever before, I was impressed and I didn't even do that big of an area. Just keep it greased real good otherwise. Michael V (NM) -- She was pulling pretty hard and that clay was really stiff and chunky but I was happy it was able to roll it right over like that. |
Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 23 Nov 2023 at 9:08am
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Great pictures video! I really love moldboard plowing! Maybe if I live another 15-20 years I'll figure out how to do it?
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Posted By: garden_guy
Date Posted: 24 Nov 2023 at 8:42pm
Thanks! Yeah, I wish grandpa was still around (he's been gone over 10 years now). Back up into the mid-80s he was plowing a couple hundred acres a year with the old open station setup. He told me all about making headlands and setting depths, and I know a lot of great information is in the plow manuals, but it takes a lot of feel and practice to get right as well. I've plowed maybe 10 acres total in the past decade, so I'm definitely no expert at any of this.
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Posted By: AC WD45
Date Posted: 26 Nov 2023 at 6:58am
Nobody ever believed us that our wd45 handled a 4-14" semi mounted plow back in the day. "Not in my soil" you just don't want me to lap that 4010 🤣 ------------- German Shepherd dad 1957 Allis Chalmers WD45 #WD234847 1951 Allis Chalmers WD #WD88193 |