XT3 GSX Chisel Plowing

[J-Mech]

Hold the phone the other way.....

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by mkedzierski

I’d really like to know how to fix my pictures so they are not upside down. Any suggestions?!

The home button needs to be in your right hand when taking pics.

[darkminion_17]

what if he is left handed?

[SS5150]

Can we have a better pic of the tool you were using? Really can't tell what it was or how it works.

Chisel plows suck in weeds. Best ones I've used had disk gangs up front to cut the trash, then twisted shanks staggered behind. Still could have issues with heavy plant material. But your gonna need a couple hundred more horsepower to handle one of those, lol.

Picked up a moldboard plow myself about a month ago. I'm looking forward to trying it out.

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

what if he is left handed?

The phone doesn't care. I'm left handed and can successfully take pics.

[mkedzierski]

Originally Posted by SS5150

Can we have a better pic of the tool you were using? Really can't tell what it was or how it works.

Chisel plows suck in weeds. Best ones I've used had disk gangs up front to cut the trash, then twisted shanks staggered behind. Still could have issues with heavy plant material. But your gonna need a couple hundred more horsepower to handle one of those, lol.

Picked up a moldboard plow myself about a month ago. I'm looking forward to trying it out.

I purchased a Guide Gear 48” chisel plow from amazon. It’s other places too. I might swap out the points for wider ones at a later date such as a 4” danish sweep.

[J-Mech]

More like a back scratcher, lol. A chisel plow is really similar to a moldboard in that it rolls the soil, just with a much narrower plow. Chisel plows are designed to work at around an 8" depth. What you have has a sort of chisel point, but will only work about 2" max. A tiller can work deeper. Might be good to bust up a thin crust, but it's not a tillage too, or a finish tool. Putting a sweep on that bar won't work. Mount style is wrong, and with no shank to bolt to, you won't get the shovel in the ground. It's a toy really, lol. In all honesty, you could have done the exact same thing with a rigid spike tooth harrow. I'm not being mean, just stating facts. Harrow would work as deep or deeper, and usually is 4' wide.

[Chad126]

I've got one of those, but I call it a dethatcher.



In all seriousness, the plot looks good. I can relate to the crappy soil. Here in central Alabama, our hunting plots are mostly chirt rocks and clay, so you have to use whatever works. Someone mentioned using a tiller. This will probably be your best bet for what you have, seeing that you don't want to turn over the clay and have a shallow topsoil depth.

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by mkedzierski

I purchased a Guide Gear 48” chisel plow from amazon. It’s other places too. I might swap out the points for wider ones at a later date such as a 4” danish sweep.

Is this meant for working virgin soil? Looks like it would work well loosening up a baseball diamond in the spring before smoothing it out with something finer.

[mkedzierski]

Originally Posted by olds45512

The phone doesn't care. I'm left handed and can successfully take pics.

Thanks for the phone/photo tip, it worked.