3-Pt Tractor-Mounted Tile Plow

3-Pt Tractor-Mounted Tile Plow TILING MACHINES Tiling Machines 18-3-7 A Minnesota farmer with wet fields that needed more drainage but who couldn't justify the cost of hiring a tile contractor, built his own simple 3-pt. tile plow that he used successfully to lay over 2,000 ft. of tile last fall. Harold Williams made his plow using 6-in. sq. tubing with 1/4-in. thick side-walls for both the vertical and horizontal members, which form a "cross" shape. He put a 4-in. dia. pipe (1/4-in. sidewall) inside the vertical tube, with 3-in. angle irons welded to either side of the pipe to keep it from turning. The pipe and angle irons move up and down inside the vertical tube, controlled by a hydraulic cylinder that mounts on back of the vertical tube. The shoe/sweep mounts at the bottom of the pipe. The 3-pt. drops the plow 22 in. and the cylinder drops it another 24 in. for a total depth of nearly 4 ft. He pulls it with a 135 hp. tractor with duals. For grade work, you need a surveyor's string or a laser. It'll lay 4 in. perforated tile. "Our total cost is about 20 cents per running foot of tile," says Williams. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Harold Williams, 11933 75th Ave S.W., Raymond, Minn. 56282 (ph 612 967-4577).

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