Brinly Moldboard plow question

[bjorn773]

I found an old Brinly Hardy moldboard plow in my pole building today. Initially, my thought was to sell it on CL. I don't really know what they are even used for, but if I did maybe I might use it. We live on 20 acres mostly wooded and are clearing a lot of invasive buckthorn and honeysuckle. Would this be of any use to prep the land afterward for replanting native plants? The model is a B-75 I think, single blade.

 

[bjorn773]

Not trying to sound like an idiot here. I understand what a plow does, just wondering if this is considered a useful attachment or if I should look for a tiller for the same purpose.

 

[Citydude]

I would think it would rip roots out of the ground? Dont know for sure but I would try it

 

[jeff9366]

Brinly plows use a sleeve hitch to connect behind lawn/garden tractors.

To use a Brinly sleeve hitch plow on your Three Point Hitch you will have to buy an adaptor for the Brinly, which will slide into a 2" female receiver hitch on your tractor.

As a single bottom, light duty plow, a Brinly is fine. A Brinly will plow 5" deep.


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No plow in good condition will rip out roots. A plow slices through the earth, slices through roots and inverts the mass so lowest soil and roots are up in the air for sun to dry.

 

[Steave]

Northern Tools I think still sells these. They're usually hooked behind a 4 wheeler or small tractor for doing small food plots or gardens. They make a hitch that slides into a 2" receiver then bolt the sleeve hitch to it. They are tough plows and might be worth it to drag it around and tear up small roots. If you're going to use a tiller it won't hurt to drag this through the area first. On hard ground with large roots or stumps this isn't going to help much though.

 

[jeff9366]

clearing a lot of invasive buckthorn and honeysuckle.

Do not have Buckthorn in Northern Florida.

I have eliminated Honeysuckle with 2-4D herbicide, marketed as BRUSH KILLER, from Tractor Supply Company.

 

[Steave]

Quote Originally Posted by bjorn773 View Post

clearing a lot of invasive buckthorn and honeysuckle.

Honey suckles only grow on good ground. If you ever need a little potting soil find the honeysuckle and get it there. :thumbsup:

 

[Xfaxman]

I found an old Brinly Hardy moldboard plow in my pole building today. Initially, my thought was to sell it on CL. ------------------------------
The model is a B-75 I think, single blade.

If you sell it, don't price it too low. There are a lot of Brinly Hardy collectors out there.

Not to long after I posted pictures of my Brinly Hardy forks in my TORO + Loader thread, I received a PM from a guy that joined just to send me a request to buy them. We communicated by phone and he drove over from the east side of Oklahoma and bought them.

 

[bjorn773]

Thanks guys. I've used a couple techniques on the honeysuckle. Some successful, some not so much. I have just cut some of them off at the base comma then of course they just grow back. If I cut them off at the base and spray a concentrated herbicide on the stump that seems to stop them for good. Lately I have been knocking them over with the bucket of my tractor then getting under the ball and popping the whole thing out of the ground. This seems to work about the best of all techniques because they have such shallow roots. Plus this way I don't have a bunch of stumps left in the ground. I agree on the soil it is excellent soil low-lying area near a creek. Very rich soil.

 

[bjorn773]

The buckthorn we bend over at the base and let our goats eat all the leaves. Then I cut them off with a brush blade on my trimmer. if they grow back the goats should take care of them again.