If you got that plow for $300 you got a heck of a deal. I enjoyed the video.

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Nice I Love the Smell of Frish plowed Ground

Really enjoyed that. Takes me back to when my Pops and I plowed but with 3 horses😊😊

@masseyranch

6 ай бұрын

That is awesome! Thanks for watching!

Its wonderful beeing a farmer we are the most lucky guys

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

I think so too!

You guys had the big toys. We farmed with an 8n Ford and a 2 bottom 16” plow. Plowing took forever in ten acre field but was still so enjoyable. We later updated to a 135 Massey Ferguson diesel and thought we were big time. Farming with my dad leaves me so many good memories. Farming is the best life.

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

That is awesome!

@cdjhyoung

6 ай бұрын

One of my dad's farm stories is that they were working with horse teams and a single tractor when his dad saw a farm demonstration of the 1939 Ford 9N. Grandad bought six of them to use on the farm. They were working 900 acres and had three sons and two hired hands (that became son-in-laws). My brother still has one of those tractors.

I have spent my entire life on an almost complete no till farm. But I do remember in the fall if 1988 riding with my father in his 4440 plowing with an IH 720 5 bottom. He custom farmed a neighbors place for one year while the neighbor was selling out and retiring. I’ll never forget that, just like your boy will never forget this his entire life.

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

I’m the lucky one he just doesn’t know it

I used to work for a farmer and we owed around 700 acres with a 4-16 semi mounted ih plow. I was taught to never raise the tail wheel when turning. Just raise the 3-point. It goes in the ground more even when you enter your furrow.

I use to plow at home a tobacco fields for my neighbor, can't forget that spell of fresh turned sod ,ooh boy you never forget

@masseyranch

6 ай бұрын

Great memories I’m sure!

I watched for hours ,our neighbor plowed the 1/2 mile field in front of our house with a nearly new 620 tractor and a plow like that. He was a great guy with great equipment. Thanks for the memories!

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Brings back memories

I’ve never seen that particular model of JD plow, but I can tell you 4430 is one of the best tractors JD ever built. I have one with umbrella top and clamp on duals that I use from time to time on my channel

@whjerts

Жыл бұрын

My dad had one just like it. F1350/F1450. F1350 was shear bolt and F1450 was trip bottom.

@ramshackleshack751

7 ай бұрын

​@@whjertsI have a 4 bottom like it. But mine is a slat bottom plow. Works nice on the 4020

Great looking land, good luck on the reclaiming

IFor 4 yrs in a row I helped my uncle farm 550 acres .We powed 350 acres with 2 4020 s with mounted 5 - 16 jd plows. Many days operating those tractors from 4 pm till 11 pm ,no cabs ,out in the open. 3 n 4 gear on those 4020 s. Life-long great memories.

That plow was really doing a nice job of turning that sod over. Couldn't even see any peeks of sod through the plowed ground. Nicely done. 6 Years ago I plowed up 15 acres of old pasture here on our farm. My mother has been here on the farm since 1952 and told me that those fields had never been plowed as long as she's been here, so at the time, that was at least 65 years. I thought it would be tough plowing, but it all plowed up pretty nice and produced some really nice corn.

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Well I’m definitely an amateur at it, so I’m happy it’s a good as it is! Honestly I wasn’t sure if my old tractor would pull it deep enough.

A quick tip is when you’re first plowing along and you’re getting your hitch set up, about the 2nd round and you’re plowing as good as you can, with the ow in the ground just stop. Get out and measure from your furrow wall to your shin in your first plowshare. We always set ours up about a half inch shorter than your bottom’s width. 16” wound equal about 15 to 15.5”. You can, if not careful have your #1 share plowing 17, 18 or even 19”!

Hello! Plowing fun! Greetings from Portugal.

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@luisnunes7933

Жыл бұрын

@@masseyranch 👌

1000 Bucks well spent by the time you get her all fixed up!

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

That’s right on the money on what I’ve got in it!

Dad had a new IH 1256 and a new IH 560 six bottom, 16” plow in 1969z. Never will forget plowing with that rig. That 1256 had a lot of snort and handled that plow really well, even in the toughest ground.

The last furrow could have been n 2 inches deeper. All n all,you were doing good job.

Nice tractor and plow always like the 30 and 40 series deer tough tractor’s

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

You got that right!

Doing a good job turning sod over, looks like good deep topsoil. You're son may remember this this the rest of his life??😉😃

Great job on everything. I have the exact same set up. Really enjoyed the video. I’m for sure a subscriber

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

nice plow, thank you for the video

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

I'm not a farmer, but I do a lot of gardening, years ago, I friend whose not a farmer either, but has a couple of dual wheel, mabe 85 horsepower tractors,was working in a little field about half a mile from me, he drove over when he was finished, and did my garden. He was using something he called a field cultivator, behind the plows was something I think is called a pulverizer, bar, or roller. It broke up the soil and leveled it way better than a tractor mounted tiller. When you're done plowing, one of those would have you a beautiful seed bed.

You doing a very good job I got a JD 1350 love it

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

As dirt farmer, nice looking soil.

That looks like some really good soil. Around here its more like plowing rocks and clay

It looks like your having great fun there and think you would love the reversible swing over ploughing we have in the UK

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Maybe one day!

Your doing a really good job with that plow ! I've only had 1 bottom trip on me in the last 40 years, But my shear bolt didnt brake it broke the bolts that hold the bottom to the frame ! It broke 3 out of 4 3/4" bolts and turned into a heck of a job getting it back in place. To be 30+ year old sod that sure broke up really good, It sure wouldnt brake up like that hear in SW Ohio ! Bandit

@bill45colt

Жыл бұрын

break

You catch the place just right that it fluff up the dirt but if you plow it to wet it gets to we're you can't work the soil unless it's wet we never would work our dirt unless it's right moisture because it get to we're you couldn't work no more unless it was wet condition you learn from working dirt that you take advantage of the condition I'm not sure what you grow there but in peanut County down here we're we got this red clay s you got work it at certain times of the year for best results

We plowed with a IH 550, 5-14" with an Allis XT190, handled it pretty good! Massey 178 wouldn't do it! I was going to comment about the front not being deep enough, but after you made the adjustments, looks good! And my Dad would kill you if the ends weren't straight across🤣! Back in the early 70"s! And I have plowed with an old JD B with an one way plow, one farrow both ways!

@donaldthomas5852

Жыл бұрын

Your Allis XT 190 probably had about 30 more horsepower then the Massey 178 and more weight. A Massey 1100 or a Massey Ferguson 285 would have pulled your 5.14’s We would pull 4.16’s behind a Massey 285 81hp with no problem . Today I have a 1990 Massey Ferguson 3070 92hp that pulls 4.16’s that is a #82 Massey Ferguson plow.

@br927

Жыл бұрын

@@donaldthomas5852 the Massey was brand new, went up to the ST. Lawerance and picked it up! Bought it just for pulling those plows!! Nope!! So we knew we had to have more HP!!

@waynejohnson9855

Жыл бұрын

@@br927 horse power isn’t the problem you need weight.

That’s nice ploughin. It properly ploughed no green. Far better for the soil takes less makin ready. Gud ploughin halfs tbe makin ready

Nice ploughing your doing there. Here in the UK we use reversible ploughs don't see many like yours around.

@stephenbinion6348

Жыл бұрын

Reversible plows used to be used in America for hillside plowing. Erosion control has pretty much stopped that.

Hi why do you only plough 8 ins when i do pasture there are more than 5 years old i set the plough at 12 ins and 10 on normal annual ploughing just a little advice from a earlier competition plougher when you start a field then make a starting furrow by using your rear furrow and leave your linkage up go down the field and go back while your deptwheel is going in your first pass and then start to plough in to that large deep furrow you might also like to mark up your headlands by having your rear furrow scratching in 3 ins dept all this take a little time but leave a nice clean job and real nice clean headlands

the 4430 was the best tractor ever farmed with it 25 years pulled a 6 bottom ih plow 21 ft harrow

@kurtneumann3164

Жыл бұрын

Being from Wisconsin , 4430 would struggle with 6 .depends what part of state ur plowing

@garygrandadam7849

Жыл бұрын

@@kurtneumann3164 I'm from up by Hayward, Wi. and I pull a 6 bottom 2500 variable spread out to 22 inches all day long with a 4430 because the 4630 was down a few days. No problem at all. Tho I have to admit both tractors are turned up and it is sand country. My favorite tractors by far.

Where we live. We call those green areas headlands.

Measure the distance between the plough shear and the disc to get the correct cut on the disc on any furrow using 3 fingers on edge

I can’t tell b/c I’m not there in person, but your issue with coulters not cutting may be either 1) they are possibly worn down to much. They usually have a small hole drilled through them. Once the hole gets to the edge they are considered worn out. 2) you might not be getting your plow deep enough. I pull a JD 995 plow 15”-17” deep. If you are achieving the results you want then it doesn’t matter if your coulters are touching or not.

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

They measure 16 in, the new blades that were said to be used with it are 20 in. They are worn smooth out. I have the new ones to put on it, they didn’t show up in time to use them this round. I was happy anyway did fair enough without them

@PatrickShivers

Жыл бұрын

👍🏻getting the results you want is all that counts. I don’t run coulters in front of my plow points.

@MilkMan608

Жыл бұрын

You mean 15-17 centimeters? 🤣

@dougherring829

Жыл бұрын

Where do u live.15 to 17 inches deep .he's using moldboard plows not a subsoiler. He couldn't pull those plows sunk that deep .8 inches is plenty deep

I’ve never seen one with shear bolts. My John Deere 145 is a trip bottom like your other plow and all you have to do is back up and the plow swings back into position. We have lots of rocks and trip bottoms frequently. Yours sure plows nice.

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

To be honest I didn’t see that it used shear bolts until I had already bid on it 😂!

@tommckinley111

10 ай бұрын

@@masseyranch Interesting, I didn't realize a plow of that vintage could have shear bolts, I thought they were all safety trips with shims.

@ChesterDeitch-kj3vt

6 ай бұрын

All the plows I had had cushion trips or auto reset, but do know that some plow models could be ordered using shear bolts.

bread and butter ploughing

nothing like fresh plowed ground

4430 &the 4440 are the same love them both along with 8430 2950 720 G B A 4020 pwr shift they all did a lot of work for me

@thegreenerthemeaner

Жыл бұрын

There's LOTS of difference between a 4430 and 4440. 4440s had more iron and the 466 engine, 4 pinion planetaries like the late 4430s. Deere called them the Iron Horses for a good reason. 4440 started a lot easier when cold and they command a much higher price at Auction. Nothing wrong with a 4430, but I'll take a 4440 or 4450 any day over a 4430.

A four bottom flip would plow more acres per hour because you wouldn't have to dead head as much. Fuel consumption may improve for the same reason.

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Well I found a couple and they were out of my price range. I totally agree they’d be better, if I was going to be using a plow for more than breaking sod and plowing terraces I’d invest in one

I got a 3 pt hitch 2-12 uses the same dang shear bolt, I was breaking them so often I took and drilled out to next size up, was definitely worth it

Plowing a field normally let's you immediately what soil you maybe dealing with and that looks like some awesome soil. I'm interested to know if you had to add any nutrients? Great video

@masseyranch

8 ай бұрын

Just using DAP & Urea for now!

A nice, shiny piece for being 50 years old! Why moldboard plow instead of chisel?

Schönes Video 👍 Grüsse aus Germany

nice looking soil what is the soil type, we had a plow just like yours. we had several fields with high clay contents but our 4430 handled it pretty good . worked for a cousin for several years ran his 876 versitile pulling a 10x 18 " plow great to revisit those days for a bit

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

It’s mostly clay/loam mixture, it’s not very deep to reach the subsoil layer below the topsoil. It’s why I wouldn’t plow deeper than 7-8 ins. Thanks for watching!

Looks like you do not have plow in ground deep enough is biggest problem. Front of plow is not moving enough dirt to fully fill furrow left by last pass that is not deep enough. How fast are you going?

@jti2007

Жыл бұрын

The first pass he showed had the tractor wheel on the unplowed ground. Once he drops the tire into the furrow the plow will be level and will be rolling the dirt properly. Mounted plows are difficult to level with the initial pass. Pull type plows had a lever to raise the furrow wheel to level the plow when opening a field. Once you have made the initial pass you lower the furrow tire and the plow is level again.

@royl9858

Жыл бұрын

This is a semi-mounted plow not a mounted plow. If you look at the side view of the plow running when tractor is in furrow the front bottom is not running as deep as the rear. Dealers used to demonstrate their tractor would pull an extra bottom by raising the front of the plow to barely fill the furrow while the rear of the plow was plowing deeper. @@jti2007

@jti2007

Жыл бұрын

@@royl9858 Mounted or semi-mounted plows still need to be leveled by adjusting the lift arms on the tractor. I can see the first bottom not quite rolling as much dirt as the rest. Interesting how dealers would over sell the power of their tractors. I know in my area of Kansas the so called 5 plow tractor had a battle with a 4 bottom plow. We always deducted at least one bottom from any dealers expectations.

@royl9858

Жыл бұрын

@@jti2007 I agree with leveling the lift arms but you can also let the 3 pt down a little more on the semi-mount on the first pass or any other time needed to maintain an even depth. The depth you are plowing and how well the plow is set determines how many bottoms you can pull with the same tractor.

@bill45colt

Жыл бұрын

@@jti2007 trailer type and mounted plows,,,both have adjustments for first pass and later passes that willl allow constant depth along all plows,,,

300 bucks? man you can just about get that back in scrap

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

I’m sure it’ll be there someday! 😂

I probably wouldn’t turn it over for a while or without a cover crop or something to turn under, we no till which seems to be really good after establishing. But you def wanna keep that soil from washing

@masseyranch

10 ай бұрын

I no tilled sorghum Sudan directly into the oats. My tillage practices are not married to any one style, I let the conditions of the soil dictate how I farm

It's a John deere no worry about a cold start

Wish I could find a 5 bottom plow for $300. Where I live people think those would be worth a million dollars

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

It was in need of a decent amount of work but I’m still in it less than 1,000$ over all and it’s got a lot of life left in it now

Happy late birthday.

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I plowed many years in Wisconsin with a 5 bottom plow.

Hello, can you give information about agriculture in America? What plants do you plant? How much profit do you make per hectare?

Why are you plowing with the land hitch swung clear over to the left ?

What is that steel right above moldboard? Looks like it would help turn heavy sod?

@masseyranch

6 ай бұрын

I believe it’s called a trash board and it’s job to help roll heavy material & prevent plugging

With the restrictions on commercial farming getting tougher you'll see more plowing going on and green plow under rotation

Moldboard is King.

300$.plow? Never heard of the like. But I'm used to getting screwed on some deals. I don't have the gift to gab.

John deere is simply the best all the rest are wishing they were john deere but they are all of the rest nothing runs like a deere

Points look wore out too. Nice plow

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

They’re brand new

Where are you guys from what make are your plows

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Kansas, this is a 1970’s John Deere 1350 18” 5 bottom

@williamgalbraith1888

Жыл бұрын

I am from Sinclairville New York Western Part of New York

Wow, $300.

Better put your hard hat on when you do the headlands.

a 14 or 16' non folding miller offset disk with genuine miller designed blades or a oneway can easily cut that deep., a miller offset with non miller style blades is like most other disks supposedly designed for primary tillage but in reality barely scratch the ground.. most moldboard plows were pulled at a depth of half their spacing or deeper, example 5 bottom 16" spacing would be 8" or more, 5x18" plow would be 9" etc, I am subscribing to your channel to see how your bermuda works out, havnt spriiged any in 30 years or more, considering sprigging some more bermuds with clovers,,

We Pull Our Plows around 11 Inches Deep Down Here In South Georgia. All Peanut Acreage Is Broke On Our Farm

I lost more hammers that way.

Can’t hear over wind / engine . When ya get the audio figured out ,I’ll come back… or not. But for now ,Next

Don't know a thing about plowing. Here in sw ne everyone's no til. About the only thing plows like that are used for is rebuilding terraces. I know an old timer told me one, if your breaking sod to farm, once you plow it, working it three or so more times right after a rain. Enjoyed your video looks like your turning the soil and burying all the sod and root mass

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Well I’m not an expert by any means, I’ve also used no-till and still do in our main operation. I wanted to remove the brush/stumps was my motivation behind using the plow. I’ve been over it once with a disk and we’ve got rain in the forecast so we’ll see! Thanks!

This is farming no green star your green start is that beer can the last two hours of work

How would you like to run a European 🇪🇺 one way Plough .Way more than $300

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

It’s a dying art here in the states, I watched several plows that were in a lot better shape all sell around 1000$ dollars a couple weeks ago at the local consignment auction.

@brendanmckenna1983

Жыл бұрын

@@masseyranch We plough almost everything here in Ireland. Ploughed with Keverland 7 furrow one way autoreset on john deere 8220 .Never stop for stones or aney thing just keep ploughing on .Best job one coud ask for

Your draft control is not set correctly . Not plowing the same depth all the way across.

i try to cut to 6" or 7" deep,,looks like you are only about 4,,,,am i right?? My 4430 pulls 4 16"s at about 7 mph

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

7-8 in most the better soil

@jonsullivan5281

5 ай бұрын

I plow deep enough so I can't see the moldboard

Why use a breaking plow over something like a VTT?

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

Because I wanted use affordable equipment that could be used with my haying tractor. I explain the basics in my first video titled “Welcome”

clearly you don't know how to use a breaking plow. you are not close to being deep enough because your plow is skimming the top of the ground in spots. lower the back wheel a notch if it still skims drop it another set of holes. Then level the plow so the front is going as deep as the back . When it trips pick up the plow pull up and lower the front and back up and it will set it back in place if it trips the back lower the back and back up to reset.

@shanegeorge9157

5 ай бұрын

Ya mean raise the wheel

@IH682D

5 ай бұрын

It's doin a good job. Quiet you

@pollopineda7264

Ай бұрын

I have a plow just like that but mine only has one tire with one cylinder

@michaelmckinney401

Ай бұрын

Well being critical of a man wont get you any respect

@wayne4529

Ай бұрын

@@michaelmckinney401 F you dude who cares it is f**king KZread. Just giving a little advice from experience.

All that brush you turned will act as compost for your first crop .

Why don't you put the dam plow in the ground?????*

4430 could of pulled a 5 bottom with no problem

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

It is a 5 bottom

Need to speed up another gear

The drawback to moldboard plowing is people can permanently screw up land if they don't know what their doing

@davidlamle3598

Жыл бұрын

I agree

@johngnipper8768

Жыл бұрын

Same applies to reproduction 😂

Thats one thing u dont see much of anymore is a breaking plow but one day ever farmer is gonna have to break every acre they have its gonna get so packed nothings gonna grow in it

I have plowed for years , but you don’t know how to start a headland or how to raise and drop your plow at ends in an even manner.

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

I’ll be sure you’re there next and you can show me! 👍

@MilkMan608

Жыл бұрын

@terrybeason4356 Bite me!

@robratcliffe5635

Жыл бұрын

It's not like he's gonna row crop it. Thot he said it was going back to cattle, so no big need to plow it like us old-timers did. Lol

@TheSlagman0

Жыл бұрын

Terry ,you probably weren't an expert when you were young and first started plowing so either offer some good advise on how to improve or just keep your pie hole shut ! Back in the day I ran a spinner JD plow on irrigated ground straight and level ,not my first rodeo !

@terrybeeson4356

Жыл бұрын

Sorrry all you idiots. I started with a four bottom John Deere and ended with a 14 bottom IH and I can still plow better keeping my drops on the ends straight every time. Of course I only have about 18,000 acres of moldboard experience, but do it right, if your going to put it on KZread.

Not a plow to use in rocky ground.

@masseyranch

8 ай бұрын

Not if you doing a ton of acres, it’s ok for little projects like I used it on. If you had to plow 500 acres I’m sure messing with shear bolts would get old fast lol!

You are going too fast throwing the sod rather than laying it in even rows

For $300 I hope that plow holds up

@bill45colt

Жыл бұрын

its as strong as it was when new, they dont get weak with age

Tractor is too large for that plow...wasting diesel

It is for a 6 bottom plow 4430 125 hp

@masseyranch

Жыл бұрын

It’s a 5 bottom 18”

Not any 6 inch spots

U aren’t going deep enough, I knew u could pull a 5 bottom deep enough, 6 no way, only reason it’s better than dishing is u are cutting everything off 4-5” so the disc has that much loose dirt to play in

It a 6 plow

Its wonderful beeing a farmer we are the most lucky guys

@masseyranch

10 ай бұрын

I totally agree!!

I',m a custom operator. Thought you keep going into the next furrow. you're piling up in the center and have two furrows on the outside. That different than what I've seen around. What's up ?