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  • From: "Russell Bryant" <bovagard AT msn.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Chisel Plow (?)
  • Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:37:14 -0500

What kind of chisel did you order maybe even do you have the part number. Are we talking something that will go say 30 inches deep. I have been looking for used ones . They seem to go $1000 per tooth. Never thought of building my own . We have several old frames in the bone yard.
Russ
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Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Chisel Plow (?)

Allan Balliett wrote:
> I Guess  That's where I'm confused.
>
> I have a single shank subsoiler, also. but thought that chisel plows
> were something 'more.'
>
> It's sad, but I can't find a local implement dealer who carries
> chisel plows, much less who could work with a bed system.
>
> I am working with 20hp on 4x4
>
> Yes, the subsoiler is useless when the clay dries out in a few weeks....
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We have a 4 shank chisel plow that we made.  We ordered the chisels from
John Deere and then constructed a frame.  You really need minimum 12 hp
per chisel.  We have a Kubota l2850 4wd which is ~35 hp and we had to
remove one of the chisels and go down from 4 to 3.  Even then it's hard
to pull and you really need wheels to keep it at a set depth or else it
will dig in and it's like riding a bucking bronco (albeit sort of
slow).  Our soils are a very silty silt loam.  I'd talk to the folks at
Buckeye tractor - there's really knowledgeable about chisel plow for
small tractors.

Mike Emers
Rosie Creek Farm
Ester, Alaska
zone 1-2
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