By: NoSmoke On: Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:07 am
That is some crazy plowing right there.
Myself, I like to plow and use a similar set up; a 7 bottom plow attached to an Ford FWD 8830. In the video, they are a little out of control, but it is true the faster you can go, the better the plowed ground. The sod just rolls off the moldboard much better. We had one field that is all sand and we can plow it fast enough so that the sod completely flips over when it comes off the moldboard...now that is smoking it out across a field!
I do disagree with the USDA which says deep tillage is no longer needed; I recognize with the new GMO and hybrid seed used today minimum till and no-till are possibilities even in our high manganese and compaction-prone soil, but when you loosen up the hard pan, and set that plow to the deepest level; you get some really high corn yields in the ensuing years.
A few years ago I plowed a field that we used to hay. Back in those days we had a 140 hp 2WD tractor and were scared going up this 15% grade that we would spin out on a cow turd and end up going backwards down over the hill with the tractor, baler and hay wagon going in opposite directions. My Uncle came along as I was plowing it and just shook his head. Because of the slope of the land, I was plowing that same field, going up hill using a 7 bottom plow. He was like, "It is amazing how far we have come with tractors."
Of all the things I do with a tractor, and being a farmer, I do about everything, I love to plow the best!
