4x4forks 258 #1 Posted October 8, 2017 Well I finally got the chance for a small go with the new plough I picked up earlier this year. Need to have more room to set it up with the rear linkage . I think the furrow width is a bit too wide, video-1507319648.mp4 1 Triumph66 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Triumph66 1,256 #2 Posted October 8, 2017 1 hour ago, 4x4forks said: Well I finally got the chance for a small go with the new plough I picked up earlier this year. Need to have more room to set it up with the rear linkage . I think the furrow width is a bit too wide, video-1507319648.mp4 The fifeplooman should be able to give you some advice with the setting up of your plough. 1 4x4forks reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harryt 281 #3 Posted October 8, 2017 Are those front weights from a husqvarna? 1 4x4forks reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 642 #4 Posted October 8, 2017 Is that a honda with a sports exhaust fitted?? 1 4x4forks reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4x4forks 258 #5 Posted October 8, 2017 Yes they are Husk front wheel weights and yes it is a Honda copy engine16hp with chrome Bike exhaust. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4x4forks 258 #6 Posted October 8, 2017 Oh yes and Bomford Atom rear wheel weights and ballasted rear wheels Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeadExam 1,783 #7 Posted October 9, 2017 You need to be able to move the plow off center to the right to lessen the furrow width. The position a plough needs to be will be different on tractors with different wheel base widths 1 4x4forks reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 4,458 #8 Posted October 9, 2017 Have a look in Ride On's, page 21, My topic titled Plough. July 21 2015. Some very useful info in there from the George, The Fife Plooman, on setting up your plough. 1 1 Triumph66 and 4x4forks reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4x4forks 258 #9 Posted October 9, 2017 Plough is a 8" and I was about 8 1/2" furrow width . I have remade the tow point so I can now also have 7 1/2" and 6 1/2".Will give it a try soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeadExam 1,783 #10 Posted October 9, 2017 3 hours ago, 4x4forks said: Plough is a 8" and I was about 8 1/2" furrow width . I have remade the tow point so I can now also have 7 1/2" and 6 1/2".Will give it a try soon. I hope that is enough, you might need less than 6" and don't forget to set the suck (tilt or toe in) and list, on flat ground the plough should lean slightly, you can recreate the lean by make the plough level when the left two tires on are 4" blocks. This simulates two right wheels in a furrow and correct the lean of the tractor to the plough. Brinly has a manual detailing this, but path Norman gave will probably be the easiest to understand. 1 4x4forks reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4x4forks 258 #11 Posted October 10, 2017 What do you think about the disc culture. It has had a second position drilled further forward as pictured. I think original is the rear mounting position? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
C-101plowerpower 548 #12 Posted October 10, 2017 1 hour ago, 4x4forks said: What do you think about the disc culture. It has had a second position drilled further forward as pictured. I think original is the rear mounting position? should be as close to the plow as possible, to far forward as it sits now 1 4x4forks reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 4,458 #13 Posted October 10, 2017 I agree with Koen. Move it back. 2 4x4forks and HeadExam reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4x4forks 258 #14 Posted October 10, 2017 Cheers Both Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeadExam 1,783 #15 Posted October 10, 2017 Yep move it back. I may be wrong, but this appears to be a stock Wheel Horse plough from the early to mid 1960s that someone "stretched". If the plow isn't set right grass will clog the disk and moldboard gumming up the process, it might have been lengthened to solve that problem but creating another. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stormin 4,458 #16 Posted October 10, 2017 I thought it was a bit long, but didn't know if they made one like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4x4forks 258 #17 Posted October 11, 2017 Found this one on the net, I believe it was marketed by Wheelhorse but not sure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the showman 4,074 #18 Posted October 11, 2017 This is the Brinly I've got, but its megger heavy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4x4forks 258 #19 Posted October 11, 2017 Lable looks like new ..lol I was looking for one of these for ages. I think mine is a very early plough Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeadExam 1,783 #20 Posted October 11, 2017 52 minutes ago, 4x4forks said: Lable looks like new ..lol I was looking for one of these for ages. I think mine is a very early plough Yours is a Wheel Horse original for the slotted Wheel Horse hitch, hard o say whether it was made by Brinly, Ohio Steel, or Wheel Hose themselves. The other plow is a sleeve hitch plow and most other garden tractors used this type of implement, because like a 3 point lift patented by ford, the attachments would fit all tractors. The other excepts are Gravely and Sears/David Bradley. Gravely implements were most often brand specific and would not fit other machines. Most of the Sears/DB stuff was a modified narrower Cat 0 three point lift, but instead of being 19-20 inches between lift bars the Sears/DB hitches were 12". They also featured a different style top or center link. Often people will attempt to use Sears/DB stuff on Cat 0 lifts and it doesn't work unless you modify it with proper re fabrication. 1 4x4forks reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4x4forks 258 #21 Posted October 12, 2017 Great information! Its really good to establish what I have got and some history. Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Fife Plooman 632 #22 Posted October 13, 2017 Hi 4x4 here is my Gutbrod plough modified to meet the conditions we plough in. do not have room for skimmer and disc but the skimmer is better for the stubble as you have hydraulics you could add a weight to the frame new_setting.mp4 Hi Close up of skimmer 1 HeadExam reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4x4forks 258 #23 Posted October 13, 2017 That looks like a standard Gutbrod rear linkage. As mine is home made do you think it would benefit from me shortening the plough beam as it is very long? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Fife Plooman 632 #24 Posted October 14, 2017 Hi Can you post a close up of where the plough meets the tractor do not be too keen to cut beam [ lets have a look first please] 1 HeadExam reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
4x4forks 258 #25 Posted October 15, 2017 Just a few pickys of the new hitch point with the three different widths and the tow point on the lower arms 2 nigel and HeadExam reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
