Home-Built 3-Pt. Mounted "Lay-Off Plow"
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I built this 3-pt. mounted "lay-off plow" to plant potatoes in my garden and use my 1950 Ferguson 85 hp tractor to pull it. The unit consists of two 16-in. dia. discs mounted on a frame that's made from 3/8-in. thick, 2 1/2-in. angle iron. The discs are spaced 1 1/2 ft. apart and hill up the soil about 6 in. high.
The vertical shaft that supports each disc slides up inside a bracket and is held tight by a set screw. The brackets are mounted on a hinged length of metal. By removing a pin, the bracket and discs can be folded up out of the way. I can also remove the discs and mount them on another 3-pt. mounted frame that I use to plow my garden.
My friend Richard Chamberlain helped out. (Eugene Holloway, 384 Orr Branch Road, Robbinsville, N.C. 28771 ph 828 479-2576)
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Home-Built 3-Pt. Mounted "Lay-Off Plow" TILLAGE EUIPMENT Plows 32-5-41 I built this 3-pt. mounted "lay-off plow" to plant potatoes in my garden and use my 1950 Ferguson 85 hp tractor to pull it. The unit consists of two 16-in. dia. discs mounted on a frame that's made from 3/8-in. thick, 2 1/2-in. angle iron. The discs are spaced 1 1/2 ft. apart and hill up the soil about 6 in. high.
The vertical shaft that supports each disc slides up inside a bracket and is held tight by a set screw. The brackets are mounted on a hinged length of metal. By removing a pin, the bracket and discs can be folded up out of the way. I can also remove the discs and mount them on another 3-pt. mounted frame that I use to plow my garden.
My friend Richard Chamberlain helped out. (Eugene Holloway, 384 Orr Branch Road, Robbinsville, N.C. 28771 ph 828 479-2576)
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