Plowed the weedpatch this weekend

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My dad and I plowed up a bit under an acre of former pasture on my property yesterday. He's a Cub Cadet guy, I've got a couple Wheel Horses. This time I was plowing with my C-105. Amazingly 10HP was never an issue. A few times I plowed in 3rd/hi, too! It was scary but it worked! We're going down to the plowday on Nov 1st at Roanoke, IL so we needed to shine up the plows.

I need a disk badly! It would take forever to get this plot done with a little 32" disk but how much could I pull? My other WH is a 520H but it's a hydro and it's not as much fun in the dirt.

Andy

[wh500special 2,267]

Roanoke, huh? My wife's 1st college roommate was from right next door in Bentson. Her dad was a farmer, but used green tractors.

Welcome to RS.

Steve

[CasualObserver 3,411]

I used to live about 10 miles south of where you'll be plowing. I think we need to start getting more WH folks involved in plowdays. It seems to be pretty much a JD/IHCC thing, but they always say everyone is welcome. If I still lived back in IL, I'd be there! Have fun! :banghead:

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I used to live about 10 miles south of where you'll be plowing. I think we need to start getting more WH folks involved in plowdays. It seems to be pretty much a JD/IHCC thing, but they always say everyone is welcome. If I still lived back in IL, I'd be there! Have fun!

I agree! I did see one WH at a largely CC plow day in Rochelle, IL a couple years ago but that was it.

Andy

[Duff 206]

Hey, Andy,

Just wanted to say, !

Glad to have you among us!

Duff :banghead:

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Hey, Andy,

Just wanted to say, !

Glad to have you among us!

Duff

Thanks! I've been a member of the Wheel Horse yahoo group for a while but I think this format works better. I've been lurking here for a while

Andy

[KyBlue 655]

It looks like it did a great job!!

glad you decided to start posting and stop lurking

[BPjunk 184]

I need a disk badly! It would take forever to get this plot done with a little 32" disk but how much could I pull?

Andy,

Unfortunatly Wheel Horse did not make a disc wider then 32 inches BUT they did make a double disc set up, these were one set of disc behind the other. The TDH-163 tamdem disc is quite rare today and in the early 60's could only be pulled by the big model 953/1054.

Wild Bill in Richmond, Va.

[MaineDad 87]

Andy,

Welcome. You could always find a larger disc harrow and just pull it around instead of having to lift it after each pass like the picture below;

These garden tractors can pull really well. I would try to find an old Farmall Cub disc harrow or something similiar.

[big mike 13]

Come on Red guys let's plow! There aren't a lot of Cub guys around my neck of the woods and a fall plow day would be fun.I cannot make Bluniers(Roanoke) this year but want to badly sometime.There has to be someone with a good sized garden or a small farm field we could plow.Don't think that you need monster HP either, I can plow all day long with a 7hp,8" plow and 6-12 ags without batting an eye.

[jerrell 1]

:USA: Micah i had a disk like that i pulled behind the yanmar and every year my garden got longer and longer..

ps

what size are those tires/ and what size rims do you have on your tractor///

[pond195520032003 27]

Hi Andy and nice tractors you and your dad has :banghead:

[Nick 13]

That disc and tractor looks like Farmerik in CT. Use to see him on the Yahoo group but dont think he has been around for a long time. He wrote some information on garden tractor gardening and sells seeds also.

This is page 3 look in the others for more pictures.

http://www.endtimesreport.com/Tractor-III.html

Equipment pictures on his seed site.

http://www.seedforsecurity.com/photos20.php?type=equipment

[sorekiwi 761]

That disc and tractor looks like Farmerik in CT. Use to see him on the Yahoo group but dont think he has been around for a long time. He wrote some information on garden tractor gardening and sells seeds also.

This is page 3 look in the others for more pictures.

http://www.endtimesreport.com/Tractor-III.html

Equipment pictures on his seed site.

http://www.seedforsecurity.com/photos20.php?type=equipment

Well, thanks a lot Nick, I've got a ton of stuff to do, and I've just spent 2 hours at Farmerriks website, and now I'm going back there for more!

Despite this its an excellent site, thanks for the link!

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I've been looking for a decent old disk to modify but I just can't find one in decent shape. I would like to build one from scratch but even just the new discs are expensive at a place like TSC.

Andy

[CasualObserver 3,411]

PD is getting closer... don't forget your camera! :banghead:

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I'm bringing the still camera and the new video camera so it should be a fun time! Weather looks great, 60s.

Andy

[MaineDad 87]

That disc and tractor looks like Farmerik in CT. Use to see him on the Yahoo group but dont think he has been around for a long time. He wrote some information on garden tractor gardening and sells seeds also.

This is page 3 look in the others for more pictures.

http://www.endtimesreport.com/Tractor-III.html

Equipment pictures on his seed site.

http://www.seedforsecurity.com/photos20.php?type=equipment

Nick,

Yes that is a picture from endoftimesreport. I'm guessing 6x12 tires...

[MaineDad 87]

Micah i had a disk like that i pulled behind the yanmar and every year my garden got longer and longer..

ps

what size are those tires/ and what size rims do you have on your tractor///

I use 23x8.5x12 Ag tires...

[Nick 13]

The tractor in the picture does look to have an old set of Wards 6-12 tires.

[CasualObserver 3,411]

I spy a Wheel Horse and RS guy. Looks like you got caught on film Andy!

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You bet, that's me! The tractor did awesome and I was able to plow all day. They said that field we plowed was 37 acres! I was able to plow 1/2 - 3/4 throttle in 2nd/hi all day long. I did a stretch in 3rd/hi just for kicks and it worked but ran out of power in the packed part of the field.

I was having trouble with it popping out of 2nd gear a couple times so I'll have to look into that. It was doing it before I went down there so it didn't cause any damage.

There was another WH there, a C160 I believe. It was owned/restored by a local guy who doesn't "do" the internet, Dave Dirkson.

After all of this plowing I have to say, I think running 23x8.50-12 on the right side and a 23x10.50-12 on the left would be perfect for plowing. The 10.50s are too wide to really fit into the furrow well.

Andy

[KyBlue 655]

After all of this plowing I have to say, I think running 23x8.50-12 on the right side and a 23x10.50-12 on the left would be perfect for plowing. The 10.50s are too wide to really fit into the furrow well.

Well then thats something to keep in mind for next year!