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Topic: Fundamental Plow Question

Posted By: Osage_Orange
Subject: Fundamental Plow Question
Date Posted: 11 May 2011 at 11:41pm

I've seen 3_14's, 3_16's, 2_12's, 2_14's, and 2_16's mounted on tractors and can usually distinguish between each. BUT................how are the different sizes defined? (moldboard size, distance between bottom of moldboards, etc). By the size plows I'm talking about, you can pretty well guess my age (heh heh), but I've never heard or seen how the sizes are actually determined.

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Posted By: 427435
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 12:11am

The first number is the number of plow bottoms and the second is the width of cut of the bottom (when the plow is properly set). In order words, a 3-16 will plow a swath 48" wide.

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Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 8:07am

Measure plow width between the plow beams perpendicular to the beams or the direction of travel, usually 12, 14, 16, or 18 inches.

Gerald J.

Posted By: ky wonder
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 4:21pm

you measure the width between the beams as in this photo, you will see it is 14 inches between the beams

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Posted By: Rfdeere
Date Posted: 12 May 2011 at 5:08pm

Measuring beam to beam is not always correct. I have had plows that had a offset to the standard going down to the frog, thus the beam to beam was not the bottom size.

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