What kind of plow is this?

StuAcres · Feb 5, 2019

Just picked up this plow looks super solid. My manual says that I can pull a 14" single bottom plow. But I put it on the back of my b7100 and it looks huge. From what I can tell this is a 12" plow but Im still not sure. Im I going to destroy my tractor if I try pulling this in the spring?

Agvg · Feb 5, 2019

Picture of it mounted on the tractor?

Should not damage anything if it fits the 3pt.

jeff9366 · Feb 5, 2019

Kindly add your LOCATION to your T-B-N PROFILE. Always valuable to your responders. Today your location would indicate to us how moist your soil is and perhaps hint at soil composition.

It would seem likely the METRIC size of the plow is part of the information on the plow plate you photographed.

A big plow may not fit your Three Point Hitch without interfering with part of the tractor, even though you have a Category I Three Point Hitch. I have had this interference experience.

The ground contact parts of the plow appear to be in lovely condition.

If the plow fits your tractor but takes too large a bite, the tractor will stall before the plow sinks to the proper depth.

In order to invert soil properly a moldboard plow must be pulled at a certain depth, relative to width of the plow, generally within 1" depth variation on each side of plow width. (12" plow = 5" to 7" deep for proper soil inversion.)

Slowpoke Slim · Feb 5, 2019

I don't see how you could destroy your tractor. You may bury the plow in the soil and stall your tractor, but as long as you don't do anything crazy while trying to get the plow blade to come free, you should be ok.

Do you have a lot of hard pan clay in your soil? Mostly sand/loam? Or?

Egon · Feb 5, 2019

Nice looking sod turning plough. The sise will be the width of the furrow it cuts.

A B -7100 may not pull it easily in all soil types. It should not hurt the tractor. Four wheel drive and a good load in the bucket will help.

StuAcres · Feb 5, 2019

Mostly sandy loamy kond of stuff with quite a few rocks. The thing that I was thinking about is just how heavy it is the plow weighs around 350# and the tractor is about 1000#. The moldboard is really long and it makes me think that I need to be going really fast for it to work. Ill get it hooked up again tonight and take some pictures.

CobyRupert · Feb 5, 2019

Would it stall if too big?
I think there's 3 possible outcomes if it fits on tractor and is "too big":
1. Tractor spins. (Tractor data says a B7100 is 1080lbs. Are tires loaded?)
2 Tractor does wheelie.
3. It stalls tractor.

#1 can be countered by adding weight, up to the point where#2 or #3 occurs; #2 can be countered by adding weight to front (Dirt in bucket is cheapest). Tractors are made to work. I would consider it a very very low possibility that you could destroy your tractor even if it was too big.

Is your tractor a hydrostatic? Perhaps if you were pushing the tranny to the max, or using hydro pedal like a gas pedal, things may get hot depending on the duration.

I don't think a long moldboard requires speed or relies on centrifugal force to flip the dirt. As you plow the "new" ground being cut will push the earth on the moldboard

shooterdon · Feb 5, 2019

Have you tried contacting Fiskars?

LouNY · Feb 5, 2019

StuAcres said:
Mostly sandy loamy kond of stuff with quite a few rocks. The thing that I was thinking about is just how heavy it is the plow weighs around 350# and the tractor is about 1000#. The moldboard is really long and it makes me think that I need to be going really fast for it to work. Ill get it hooked up again tonight and take some pictures.

Quite a bit of rocks???
And you mentioned going really fast?
What would you like to break first?
I did not see any type of trip device or shear pin on that plow.

I don't know if you are intending to work up a garden plot
or deer food plots, either way you will need a few other attachments.
Once you have plowed are you going to disk?
or harrow the ground. A set of spring tooth harrows
will bring all those rocks to the surface so you can see them.
When you finish picking them up, you will need to harrow again to reloosen the soil
and remove all your tracks, which will bring up more stones, th fun never ends.
A disk will settle the soil down and tend to push some stone back down below the surface.
Have fun