New Way To Handle Tractor Tile Plow

New Way To Handle Tractor Tile Plow TILING MACHINES Tiling Machines 18-5-23 Instead of mounting a tractor-pulled tiler on their tractor 3-pt., several farmers in Iowa and Minnesota have recently tried pulling their plows behind wheeled carriers made out of combine axles. "No one can believe how well it works, even guys who've put in many miles of tile with their own tractor-mounted tilers," says Don Wurdinger, manufacturer of the Farm Drainage Tile Plow. One of his customers, Mike Brekke of Hartland, Minn., was the first to try the idea and Wurdinger now offers a tow-behind tile puller as an option. Brekke bought a Farm Drainage Tile Plow in 1993 and soon got the idea of pulling it behind a tow-behind cart. He says the arrangement allows the tractor to move up and down - depending on how hard it's pulling - while the towed plow maintains a constant level pull. Brekke uses a laser leveler in conjunction with his plow. Another southern Minnesota farmer, Ted Hellier, also converted his tile plow to pull-type. After putting in 40,000 ft. of tile last fall with the set up, he says he wouldn't do it any other way. Several other farmers have made the same conversion so Wurdinger has now built a pull-type axle to offer as an option. He installed a threaded rod on top and bottom to make it easy to adjust the pitch on the tiler boot. "It works especially well for farmers who want to use a large 4-WD to put in tile since they often don't have a 3-pt. hitch on the tractor," says Wurdinger. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Don Wurdinger, Farm Drainage Plows, 909 4th St. N.W., Waverly, Iowa 50677 (ph 319 352-3911).

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