1st Ever using a single Bottom Plow on a B2320 Comedy?

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Plowed more today. Did much better job. Ground was wet and clogged up the plow some but when it went down it done great. Need to get it sanded down and painted and spry it with something slick and do the adjustments on wheel and maybe disc.
Someone somewhere mentioned PTO speeds. My B2320 has 540 and 9?? at rear PTO and 2600 or 2400 at mid PTO and maybe the 9?? at mid.
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[chriscos]

Rear PTO speed 540 @ 2773 rpm, 960 @ 2722 rpm
Mid-PTO speed 2500 @ 2750 rpm

 

[Verticaltrx]

Plowed more today. Did much better job. Ground was wet and clogged up the plow some but when it went down it done great. Need to get it sanded down and painted and spry it with something slick and do the adjustments on wheel and maybe disc.
Someone somewhere mentioned PTO speeds. My B2320 has 540 and 9?? at rear PTO and 2600 or 2400 at mid PTO and maybe the 9?? at mid.
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You probably don't want to paint it. For a plow to work well it needs to 'scour' which means rub all the paint or rust off until it is very slick, shiny metal. In sandy soil this isn't a problem as the plow scours quickly, but in something like garden loam it can be tough to get it to plow clean. The best thing to do is take a wire wheel on a grinder and go over it until all the rust and paint is off the moldboard, then use it. After you are done spray it down with wd-40 or other light oil to prevent rust until next time you use it.

Your plow has a slatted moldboard which is especially designed for sticky soil so once you get it cleaned up it should work well.

I actually plowed my garden and my fathers garden today using my old 2-bottom plow(it's way too big for my Kubota). Used it on his new Deere 5045E and my old Ford NAA, interesting comparison, but that's for another thread.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

You probably don't want to paint it. For a plow to work well it needs to 'scour' which means rub all the paint or rust off until it is very slick, shiny metal. In sandy soil this isn't a problem as the plow scours quickly, but in something like garden loam it can be tough to get it to plow clean. The best thing to do is take a wire wheel on a grinder and go over it until all the rust and paint is off the moldboard, then use it. After you are done spray it down with wd-40 or other light oil to prevent rust until next time you use it.

Your plow has a slatted moldboard which is especially designed for sticky soil so once you get it cleaned up it should work well.

I actually plowed my garden and my fathers garden today using my old 2-bottom plow(it's way too big for my Kubota). Used it on his new Deere 5045E and my old Ford NAA, interesting comparison, but that's for another thread.

Thanks for the tips. I didn't have any problems with the front not being weighted while plowing but when I'd lift plow and turn around and go up to a higher speed I could/was doing wheelies. Guess I'll start shopping yard sales for exercise weights. Exercise equipment is the number one seller at yard sales, wonder why?:laughing:

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Rear PTO speed 540 @ 2773 rpm, 960 @ 2722 rpm
Mid-PTO speed 2500 @ 2750 rpm

That looks right.

 

[Verticaltrx]

Thanks for the tips. I didn't have any problems with the front not being weighted while plowing but when I'd lift plow and turn around and go up to a higher speed I could/was doing wheelies. Guess I'll start shopping yard sales for exercise weights. Exercise equipment is the number one seller at yard sales, wonder why?:laughing:

The suitcase weights from Kubota aren't that expensive, like $180 for a set of three (which is all you would need.) It would be a good investment for a tractor that is regularly using 3pt implements without a loader.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

The suitcase weights from Kubota aren't that expensive, like $180 for a set of three (which is all you would need.) It would be a good investment for a tractor that is regularly using 3pt implements without a loader.

I guess not expensive is a relative term. To you $180 (Barlows says $50 apiece) is not expensive and to me $40 exercise weights are not expensive.
My regularly using 3ph implements may be 20 hours per year, maybe less, probably a lot less..

 

[Danner]

Nice videos.

But I can't understand why in the heck there is a Dallas Public Schools campus in Kentucky :confused3:

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Nice videos.

But I can't understand why in the heck there is a Dallas Public Schools campus in Kentucky :confused3:

Don't know what this means.

 

[Danner]

Don't know what this means.

They use a lot of those temporary class rooms all lined up in a row, similar to the buildings in the video.

I guess that was a bit off the beaten path...

 

[Nature Girl]

Thanks for the real life videos of a first timer in plowing. Your ideas are helpful. I am hunting for a used one bottom plow and am so excited about jumping in to do just that once the 1,457 inches of rain subside in St. Louis! Nice Work.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Finally got almost dry enough today to till my plowed area. I said almost. Another day or two would have been better/dryer but supposed to start raining again tomorrow for ever. To be able to plant by Mothers Day I figured it's now or maybe next year. Lots of rain.
I plowed in front of one rental unit and down the side for planting grasses and flowers and then the garden for some of the renters that wanted to garden. So, here's pictures of the plowed areas now tilled.

 

[Johndeere3720]

Looks like your new B2320 handeled your tiller great. :thumbsup: Still waiting for the ground to dry out here, I dont think we will have a garden this year.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Looks like your new B2320 handeled your tiller great. :thumbsup: Still waiting for the ground to dry out here, I dont think we will have a garden this year.

Only problem was I had the wrong quick hitches on. The ones that stick straight out worked fine for plow since I didn't use the PTO with it.
Hooked the tiller up, drove over to nearest patch needing tilled, of course I had an audience watching, engaged pto and the drive shaft came loose. Got off, unhooked tiller from 3ph arms, went over to the storage building, got QH's that go down or up, removed wrong QH's, installed right QH's, hooked 3ph arms with right QH's to tiller, installed drive shaft and tilled.
Pictures included of wrong and right QH's that I use for non PTO and PTO implements with the current drive shaft that I have. I'll just keep the "right" QH's on all the time now.

 

[Haywire]

Didn't know you were a trailer park slum lord JT!

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

Didn't know you were a trailer park slum lord JT!

Nor did I. I think most slum lords make money but I don't. It's my Christian Ministry or part of it. I also do Christian Counseling, Retired Gvmnt Counselor, now do free Family and Marriage Counseling. Well ask that they donate to their Church or a Christian Ministry of their choice other than me.
This is a very informative forum. Can learn alot of things here.

 

[Haywire]

Oops! I guess I'll just shaddap... LOL

 

[beckmurph]

JOHNTHOMAS
What tiller do you have? If you used it with your BX, how does it match up with 2320? Specifically, did you have to change the PTO shaft?:confused3:

 

[TripleR]

Oops! I guess I'll just shaddap... LOL

Oh, don't worry about it, I saw on the new the other day that all government employees were rich.:laughing::laughing:

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

JOHNTHOMAS
What tiller do you have? If you used it with your BX, how does it match up with 2320? Specifically, did you have to change the PTO shaft?:confused3:

I did not have to change the shaft but it's very close to being to short. When I used the quick hitches that extend out from the 3ph arms like Pats then the drive shaft was to short. By using the quick hitches that let the implement sit on top of the QH or under the QH the shaft works.
Pictures of tiller and QH's that work. QH's were uder $100 on eBay and made in Ky or Indiana.