leeave96 487 #1 Posted May 14, 2014 Wonderful day in the garden. Mighty 520H, 12 inch Brinley, Matt's foot control kit and this: Foot control is very nice as you can limit the wheel spinning as the ground changes. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Desko 608 #2 Posted May 14, 2014 Wow quite the garden and great looking WH. Wish I had a 520 and a plow but there just not in my area lol oh well I got my work horse with a 20hp onan that I'll put a plow on. How are these onans on ground work like plowing and disking? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jachady 130 #3 Posted May 14, 2014 I could never get my plow to cut right, it looks like you've got it mastered. Sent from my SPH-L720 using Tapatalk Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,126 #4 Posted May 14, 2014 Man... I'd love to see a video of that beast turning some Earth over. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tankman 3,518 #5 Posted May 14, 2014 Great work, excellent Stallion earned his place in the barn! Thanks for sharing, always great to see! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tankman 3,518 #6 Posted May 14, 2014 Great work, excellent Stallion earned his place in the barn! Thanks for sharing, always great to see! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,016 #7 Posted May 14, 2014 Man... I'd love to see a video of that beast turning some Earth over. i agree. Click on you tube and all you see are those green ones Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KC9KAS 4,741 #8 Posted May 14, 2014 Nice looking WH and garden spot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leeave96 487 #9 Posted May 15, 2014 I found a pic of the garden I took the day before - before I did the plowing. I worked this garden last year and the year before - so thought though it had a fair amount of vegetation from over winter, it was much easier than plowing sod. Having said that - it was brutal. I don't think any chore taxes a garden tractor (IMHO) than plowing a garden. The Onan would grunt some, the stress on that tranny boss had to be tremendous - especially with the 12 inch plow. With the foot control, I could speed-up and slow the tractor based on ground conditions and pull within the row. The idea is to keep from spinning, because once you do, you've lost a ton of useable traction. So if I started to spin, I would slow, the ag's (worn as they are) would regain their bite and pull me forward - sometimes from a dead stop and the plow fully buried! That alone puts great stress on the tranny, the engine to tranny belt, axles and hubs. When I would slow and then increase speed - the Onan would pull a bit into the governor and just go like crazy! The sound was amazing of the Onan working - the only thing missing (good thing) was a puff of black smoke like a diesel would belch! Plowed for 45 minutes - used about 1/4 of a tank. I mentioned in a post maybe a year ago - that when plowing with the Wheelhorse, no more babying. Not going to abuse - but I've only got what four of these 520H tractors. If I rip the clevis hitch boss out of the tranny plowing, so be it! Full steam ahead!!!!!!! And I did. The Wheelhorse worked like a champ! I've plowed with hydro's/hand control and gear drives - all good, however IMHO - the foot controlled hydro just beats them hands down as far as being able to change speed and keep your hands on the wheel (hanging-on) and able to look over the shoulder at the plow and just focus on plowing totally. One thing I tried this year - which I've never done before, was to start in the middle of the garden. In my first post, you can see a pic of where I had made several passes from the center out. The idea was to save time (doing this after work in the evening and dark coming fast). So out to the end of the row, do a 180 and back down the other side of it. Worked great! This is what the manual for the Brinley recommends - but until this time, I had always worked from one end of the garden to the other. Don't know how everyone else plows - direction wise, but would be interested in knowing. Next plow day - this fall when I turn things under. Here is the pic of the garden I started with: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
