Spring tooth chisel plow
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FarmerD
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Don't worry about buying a 9 or a 7, get whatever you can that looks in good shape ...... you can always make it a 5, if you need to, with a wrench (and or a torch). Have you used search tempest to look around? Not sure what your price range is.
https://altoona.craigslist.org/sear...06&query=chisel plow&searchNearby=2&sort=date
https://syracuse.craigslist.org/sea...04&query=chisel plow&searchNearby=2&sort=date
https://altoona.craigslist.org/sear...06&query=chisel plow&searchNearby=2&sort=date
https://syracuse.craigslist.org/sea...04&query=chisel plow&searchNearby=2&sort=date
FarmerD
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Or new? http://www.everythingattachments.com/Tractor-Cultivators-and-Rippers-s/71.htm free shipping
CTM1
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I check CL daily and that is where I found the large one I went to PA to look at. Everything you have shown is to large for my tractor.
making some calls today and may head back down to a farm equipment dealer in Myerstown PA to buy a new one.
bigbluetruck
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You could try Tractorhouse, everything might be bigger than what you need but you never know. What you looked at was a big boy chisel, the more I look at the picture, I think its an IH, it probably had shanks that were about 1.5" wide and about 1" thick? Also a 3pt one will make the tractor "feel" bigger than it is because it is providing some downforce to the rear wheels. Your number of shanks will be dependent on how deep youre pulling it too, real deep and 7 might be a heap plenty, but a bit shallower and you could pull 9. Just some things to think about, you could always buy a 9 and take 7 off
When checking craigslist search "cultivator"...
I may have another one bought that a friend of mines father in law had...
I may have another one bought that a friend of mines father in law had...
CTM1
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The internet is your friend.
Well after searching chisel plow, spring tooth chisel plow, plow, and a few others as well as making some calls to the local tractor dealers and equipment dealers I came up empty. So I decided to try a new search term "tillage for sale in NYS" and low and behold I come up with a Case dealer only two towns over that I never new about. The reason I never knew this dealer existed was they burnt down and when they reopened it was under another name. That leads me to a picture of a "Bush Hog" brand spring tooth chisel plow they have listed for $1,200. So I call over and they have it in the yard and it is a 6' 7T angle iron plow. Now the one at Wengers in Myersrtown PA was a Baltic brand which I never heard of @$875.
So I tell the man I will be over in half hour. Well it is exactly what I need and I tried to haggle a bit. I figured the one at Wengers @$875 plus tax plus gas puts me at about $1,000 and of course another eight hour round trip.The man was firm at $1,100 if I did cash which is how I like to do things and we had it loaded in two minutes and I was off. Yeah it was $400 more than I wanted to part with but my window is rapidly closing on this years plotting. After picking it up I ran over the the farm and hogged until dark.
In any event guys I appreciate the information and guidance and we will see how it works tomorrow. Thanks to OkieKubota for putting this one on my list last year. Now a 3point spreader is next.
Well after searching chisel plow, spring tooth chisel plow, plow, and a few others as well as making some calls to the local tractor dealers and equipment dealers I came up empty. So I decided to try a new search term "tillage for sale in NYS" and low and behold I come up with a Case dealer only two towns over that I never new about. The reason I never knew this dealer existed was they burnt down and when they reopened it was under another name. That leads me to a picture of a "Bush Hog" brand spring tooth chisel plow they have listed for $1,200. So I call over and they have it in the yard and it is a 6' 7T angle iron plow. Now the one at Wengers in Myersrtown PA was a Baltic brand which I never heard of @$875.
So I tell the man I will be over in half hour. Well it is exactly what I need and I tried to haggle a bit. I figured the one at Wengers @$875 plus tax plus gas puts me at about $1,000 and of course another eight hour round trip.The man was firm at $1,100 if I did cash which is how I like to do things and we had it loaded in two minutes and I was off. Yeah it was $400 more than I wanted to part with but my window is rapidly closing on this years plotting. After picking it up I ran over the the farm and hogged until dark.
In any event guys I appreciate the information and guidance and we will see how it works tomorrow. Thanks to OkieKubota for putting this one on my list last year. Now a 3point spreader is next.
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CTM1
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I give up trying load pictures on this site. Sometimes it allows one pic to be uploaded and then when you try another it tries to upload all from one folder. I just tried to load one pic several times and nothing but error messages.
I have had zero luck loading from Tinypic as of late as well..
I have had zero luck loading from Tinypic as of late as well..
bigbluetruck
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I've been using tapatalk, it's real easy to load pics through
Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Tapatalk is the bomb...
CTM1
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You read my mind
Well???
CTM1
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My butt hurts,my legs hurt, heck even my teeth hurt from spending hours bouncing around on the tractor pulling that thing. Chisel plowing is slow going. As the hours ticked by I found myself day dreaming of being in a new 100 hp tractor with an air conditioned cab and a comfortable seat that was tearing ground up in minutes. I have to confess that at least twice yesterday I was going to quit this food plotting thing and just book another hunt, but I dug deep and envisioned the end product.
One of the problems right from the start was all of the cut rye piling up in the plow. In so many of the areas the plow was jammed up within yards of starting a run. I literally have piles of dead vegetation not only at the ends of the fields but in them when I had to lift to free up the plow.
One pile became so large I almost rolled the tractor going over it in an attempt to strip some of it to make it smaller.
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I burn the dead rye grain before I plow...puts good ash into the soil, leaves field clean for the plow. My place is all flint rock so I don't have the choice of disking or tilling. I plow, pick up he biggest rocks and throw them in my loader and then drag my poor old disk out to break it up and then plant and drag...
Elkaddict
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Johnny, living in an un-free state, burning is not an option. After all, it might cause smoke
CTM, I'm playing around with my disc angle (backing off till nearly straight) trying to cut the rye stalks into smaller pieces before dishing. Otherwise, the discs simply bind up and eventually drag dirt. If this doesn't work, I won't let my rye mature again..., I have the same struggle with corn stalks....I've got to figure out a better way. York rake helps but ultimately drags too much precious topsoil with it.
