Field Plows & Disks for the HG / OC-3

[Nick C.]

Does anyone know what a FireLine Plow is?  How does it differ from a standard moldboard plow?  Also, does anyone have first hand experience with running a 2-bottom plow on an HG or OC-3?  I am looking to get one and would like to know what would be best suited for the single tow-style drawbar.  Also, what would be the MAX size disk I can pull behind this crawler?  Could I get away with pulling an 8-ft disk?

[jbandka]

Hi Nick,

I hooked up a john deere pull type plow to my OC-3 and it pulled it without any problems except the side draft was very hard to keep corrected on the crawler and I am afraid you would wear out the steering before long... There must be a way to correct for this side draft problem you get pulling a plow with the OC-3 as I have never encountered the problem with a wheel tractor... Maybe someone has the answer to this problem here on the forum... I would like to know of a fix for this or maybe some of the old timers know the correct setup for this... As far as pulling an 8' disk with the OC-3, I think you could pull an 8' single disk with no problems but I don't think it would handle an 8' tandem disk... Hope this helps...  

Joel

[Blake Malkamaki]

There are a lot of adjustments you can make in the hitch of a trail plow to prevent the side draft. A plow should pull straight and not put any side draft on the tractor. You shouldn't have to make constant corrections. The plow should pull directly behind the tractor without having to offset the drawbar, therefore you may have to change where your tracks run in relation to the furrow. This would depend on the width of your HG or OC-3.

I have plowed a little with my E with no problem. I think we pulled a 2-bottom 14" plows, but it should handle a three. I have a single bottom 16" that I used to pull with my General. I also have a 3-bottom 16" Oliver trip plow that I pull with my Farmall Super M, but it needs hydraulics to lift. The E would probably have a hard time pulling it all day.

You could probably get by with a light 8 foot disc. You could set it as hard as you want I assume.

Blake

[jbandka]

[Ray]

Nick,
  I plowed with my HG quite a bit useing an Oliver 2-14 Plowmaster. I had lots of fun and the HG seemed to handle it very well. I also had some problems with adjustment, but I usually got it fixed by playing around with it.

I also used a JD KBA 8 ft. disc with no problem, with the exception when the ground was very soft it got hard to turn at the end of the field.

Ray

[John Schwiebert]

I saw a picture of a forest department fire plow last month at my brother-inlawa and it was a Vee plow. The way I understand it the purpose of the plow is to clear a path free of  burnable material so the fire can not progress in the direction it is moving. Our next door neighbor had an HG for one year. We were in adjacent fields. We both had a 2 bottom plow. I had a B John Deere we plowed at the same speed. Find an operators manual for your plow and see where your hitch should be set.  I think if I had a wide one you would almost need to run the right track on plowed ground. There were a few d-2 cats and a couple of model B cletracs around. 4-14's is a load for all of them. With the HG you only have 2 useable forward speeds so match your load accordingly.