What Size Plow?

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Ok, I've been wanting me some corn and potatoes to grow on my own for a while now. I've decided to make a garden and need to know what size plow I need for my tractor? It's a Massey Ferguson 231. It weighs 4,065 lbs. and it DOES NOT HAVE water in the tires. It does pull a heavy 6.5' disk harrow with ease...

Do I get a 1 bottom or 2 bottom plow? 12 inch, 14 inch, or 16 inch moldboards?? Coulters or not??

The garden will be about 50 ft. wide and 100 ft. long (or maybe just a few feet smaller).

I'm 26 and have never even touched a plow before. Wanting to learn!

Thanks!
Travis R

Hmmm potatoes. Maybe you need a potato plow (aka middle buster, ~$150 from Tractor Supply). Easy to use and your garden is pretty small.

I used one of these behind a little 2005 Kubota B7510HST (21 hp engine, 17 hp pto, probably 15 hp on the drawbar, 4WD, hydrostatic tranny, power steering) to plow the ground when I landscaped my new house a few years ago.

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Regardless if you use a moldboard plow or a middle buster, you need some way to bust up the clods (tandem disc, rototiller). I used a 4-ft Yanmar RS1200 rototiller on my lawn area and smoothed it out with a simple tire drag behind my riding mower.
 
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Model 10-216. We have all the repair parts in stock for future repair needs. Ken Sweet

Thanks, Ken. Yeah I was concerned about parts for it also. You answered that question before I had a chance to ask.
 
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Hmmm potatoes. Maybe you need a potato plow (aka middle buster, ~$150 from Tractor Supply). Easy to use and your garden is pretty small.

I used one of these behind a little 2005 Kubota B7510HST (21 hp engine, 17 hp pto, probably 15 hp on the drawbar, 4WD, hydrostatic tranny, power steering) to plow the ground when I landscaped my new house a few years ago.

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Regardless if you use a moldboard plow or a middle buster, you need some way to bust up the clods (tandem disc, rototiller). I used a 4-ft Yanmar RS1200 rototiller on my lawn area and smoothed it out with a simple tire drag behind my riding mower.

GREAT JOB Flusher! Yes, I do have a middle buster and a 6.5' heavy gang disc. I have thought about doing exactly as you did. But, I've been 'wanting' another implement so.........(lol)..... Besides, the "classic" 2-bottom plow would look a WHOLE LOT BETTER behind my tractor in the parade than a middlebuster would.... See where I'm getting at?? (hehe)
 

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