How big of a plow can you pull?

coonhunter · Post by **coonhunter** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:29 am

Does anyone pull a breaking plow with their crawler? And how big is it?

JD430C · Post by **JD430C** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:09 am

hi, i pulled a 3bottom plow with my 1010 last year in 3rd, i believe i could have pulled a 4 bottom without too much trouble. the brochure i have on the 430 crawler says it will pull a 3 and 4 bottom, although i havent tried it yet.

andrew

FarmLife · Post by **FarmLife** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:33 am

I think it is real dependent on what kind of ground you have and the size of the plow. I think JD rated their tractors based on a 16" plow bottom. Now where I am the thick blue clay is some tough stuff to pull anything through, but there is also sandy soil that pulls like a hot knife through butter.

Post by **Lavoy** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:26 pm

It will also depend on how deep you plow. We always plowed 8" at minimum, and up to 10" depending on which plow. At that depth in good ground, a 420 will barely pull 3 bottoms in 2nd.
Lavoy

coonhunter · Post by **coonhunter** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:31 am

Thanks , Looks like 2 16s will be all I need to pull in our Tennessee clay.

digitup2 · Post by **digitup2** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:37 am

I got stuck with floating equipment on the weekend and picked up the big excavator saturday and I got a 2 furrow and a 3 furrow trail plows with steel wheels given to me .So I set them on took them to the sandblaster and set them off with the exc .They are Case old grey- green and orange I know but it adds colour when on a green crawler .I figure my 40c will pull the 2 and I am not betting on the 3 .I have two other old tractors that have plows and need these like a hole in the head .Digitup.

Tigerhaze · Post by **Tigerhaze** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:29 pm

Here is a link to JD430C's thread with pictures of his 1010 pulling a 3-bottom plow:

http://www.jdcrawlers.com/messageboard/ ... php?t=1716

Tractor 850 · Post by **Tractor 850** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:41 pm

Tractors used to be rated by 12", 14" or 16" plows in "average" soils, at the manufacturer's discretion. They never said what "average soil" was.
The original JD Model B was rated for 2-12" plows, JD-M, 2-14", 40, 2-16' I believe, 420-430, 2-3 14", etc.
Crawlers with their added traction and gearing allow us to add 1 bottom to that rating.
Here in NJ we call a breaking plow a plow used to cover trash and residue from clearing a field the first time from woods.
They are big plows in the 18" to 22' range, very heavy duty.
They, when set up right, cover the residue and plow under small to medium stumps allowing the land to be farmed.
To convert the standard plow rating to a breaking plow, take the total width of the factory rating, 42" for a 3-14 rating, and equal it to the size of the breaking plow you want to use.
A 3-14" crawler will pull a 2-20" breaking plow, in "average" conditions.
When in doubt, use 1 bottom smaller.
It is better to pull a smaller plow at normal speed than a bigger one and have to pull it slower. If pulled too slow they will not cover as well, if at all.
The old plows were designed to plow half of their width in depth.
A 14" plow bottom did it's best work covering at 7" deep.
This is one reason breaking plows were as big as they were. The extra size of the plow bottom allowed for extra plowing depth for covering.
I hope this helps.

digitup2 · Post by **digitup2** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 5:20 pm

I know where there is a breaking plow for sale with a single 22 inch molboard on it a wicked looking old beast.It would take some power to shine it up.Digitup.

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