Old plow behind Kubota

[kthompson]

Sounds like you have the front end too high for if set right the plow will pull itself into the ground. Just wondering here, it would require cutting off the tongue but how about cutting the tongue and slipping it into a 3 pth receiver hitch?

 

[Ken Mac]

Some advice about pulling a plow with your tractor. My Dad and I were doing the same thing with his MF 35 and the plow hung on an unknown stump and the tractor flipped backwards before I knew what was happening! The hood landed on my head and would have killed me if the ground had not been plowed do deeply. BE SURE YOU HOOK BELOW AXLE HEIGHT, NOT ABOVE AXLE HEIGHT!!

 

[mopower01]

If I have to cut it to make it work then it's going to be a lawn decoration. I tried hooking it to the drawbar with a clevis. It's flopping sideways on me, and if I steady it by hand and push down it will dig in a little. When i let go it falls over again.

 

[Egon]

Sounds like you just found out what the handles are for!

 

[kthompson]

Sounds like you just found out what the handles are for!

This deserves a second!


I grew up in the time when a lot of mules were used still for certain work. Pulling drags and cultivation of crops especially when too high for the then typical tractor. Very very seldom did I ever see any one use a horse plowed used the second time by anyone behind a tractor. For one thing the horse plow was made as Ken Mac pointed with no safety factor in the plow the animal was the safety factor. A good mule pulling a plow was a work partner, if trained properly you did not have much of pulling the reigns as many would think, they knew where to walk in relationship to the crop.

For the safety reason, for the reason you must have a helper to drive the tractor or manage the plow if not willing to change from current design would suggest use it for decoration. Look around for used small tractor equipment, most likely there is an old guy out there who is selling it. kt

 

[mopower01]

I have to admit this was an impulse buy. It was the end of the day and my cash was easier to put in his truck then the plow was. It still looked in decent shape so I thought I would give it a go. It's not quite working out, so maybe I will just paint it up and resell it.

 

[mopower01]

Ok, when I got off work today I tried something different. A while back I had bought a piece for my trailer hitch that has 2 tabs welded to it attach a clevis. I put this in my 3pt hitch and hooked the plow to it with a bolt. I took another bolt and put it thru a hole i found in the arch above the blade. On both sides of this bolt I ran a chain down to the ends of the 3pt pins and tensioned it with a load binder. I used the slack in he chain to connect to the top link on my hitch. I can pick the whole thing up and the plow does not fall over when I sit it down. I have to adjust it a little, but I think this could work.

 

[Egon]

It would not be hard to make a proper frame to fit the three point.

 

[Ken Mac]

It would not be hard to make a proper frame to fit the three point.

I have also done this. Some angle iron and a few welding rods and a couple pins and you're there.

 

[N80]

Even a purpose made 3 pt plow can be hard to set up. I have an off-brand fairly modern one I found in my B-I-L's field. I plow maybe once every two years or so and still don't have a 'feel' for setting it up. It takes me 3 or 4 passes, fiddling with it after each pass to get it right, sometimes considerably longer. It would take a lot of fiddling with your rig to get it to bite and plow properly.

 

[kthompson]

mopower1, in my suggestions had for some reason thought it was a bottom plow or turn plow or moldboard plow depending on who you are talking to and where. If it a middle buster or cultivator some of my thoughts may not apply. If you ever stated what kind of plow it was other than horse plow I do not find it rereading this thread. Regardless the type of plow it is, still think the best is to either use the plow for decoration or sell it and find used implement. They are still out there but are getting to be less and less every year. If you do go that way take time to learn what that implement should look like with all parts, some with sell them with parts missing. If cultivator (what we called shank cultivator) you can find a few brands and the parts are not always interchangeable and there is a certain number of shanks or legs you need per row.

 

[countrybumpkin]

I have a old john deere horse drawn middle buster, its been converted to 3pt, i use it for potatoes mostly but works good for many things.

 

[bigtiller]

mopower1, in my suggestions had for some reason thought it was a bottom plow or turn plow or moldboard plow depending on who you are talking to and where. If it a middle buster or cultivator some of my thoughts may not apply. If you ever stated what kind of plow it was other than horse plow I do not find it rereading this thread. Regardless the type of plow it is, still think the best is to either use the plow for decoration or sell it and find used implement. They are still out there but are getting to be less and less every year. If you do go that way take time to learn what that implement should look like with all parts, some with sell them with parts missing. If cultivator (what we called shank cultivator) you can find a few brands and the parts are not always interchangeable and there is a certain number of shanks or legs you need per row.

I think posts 18 & 19 should answer the question.

 

[mopower01]

It's not a middle buster, it is a turn plow just not a very big one. I think I am going to decorate with it for now. Might restore and sell it later. Its not worth the frustration right now getting it to work.