3-Pt. Subsoiler Built From Moldboard Plow Beams

3-Pt. Subsoiler Built From Moldboard Plow Beams TILLAGE EUIPMENT Subsoilers (55) 23-5-28 When he couldn't find a subsoiler small enough to fit his tractor, Donald Moore, Melrose, Iowa, decided to build his own out of scrap steel and a pair of old Deere moldboard breakaway plow beams. The beams are spaced 5 ft. apart. "I pull it behind my Deere 2510 2-WD, 50 hp tractor. It lets me straddle my 30-in. corn and bean rows and break hardpan up to 28 inches deep. My total cost to build it was less than $100," says Moore. He bought the breakaway plow beams at a salvage yard for about $50. He welded a 3-in. wide subsoiler point to the bottom of each beam and bolted the beams to a steel frame made from 2 by 4 heavy duty tubing, using the original 3/4-in. bolts that came with the beams. He used 3/4-in. flat steel for the lower lift arms and 2 by 4 tubing to make a bracket that attaches to the top link. "I use it on perfectly flat ground that has never been subsoiled. Water used to pond up on it frequently. Now the water soaks into the ground much faster and the fields work up much easier," says Moore. "The only thing I'd do differently is to mount coulters in front of beams so they'd pull easier." For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Donald E. Moore, 11427 400th St., Melrose, Iowa 52569 (ph 515 724-3318).

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