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Topic: 2000 series plow
Posted By: Dkienzle
Subject: 2000 series plow
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2017 at 4:20pm
I brought home a 2000monoframe 4 16 plow today. Plan on pulling it with a 185, how wide do I need to set the wheels out for this plow? It's set on 60inch centers now. What else do I need to know about it.


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Posted By: Ryan Renko
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2017 at 7:57pm
I am no plow expert so my advice is to buy a operators manual from Ebay or Agco. Ryan

Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2017 at 8:50pm
General rule would be set furrow wheel out so you have 16in from inside of tire to left edge of front bottom then set left wheel out the same.That's the theory but experience may prove some tweeking.A book for the plow would explain everything you need to know on settings of all kinds.Very helpful if you don't have lot's of experience setting a plow.

Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2017 at 8:55pm
Congrats on owning one of the best plows ever manufactured - AC 2000 monobeam. 
 Assuming your AC 185 has power shift rear wheels (18.4-28s):
1. Slide your 185's right rear power shift rim all the way out to place it's rear tire into the plow furrow. To slide wheel out - Loosen wheel clamps, remove 2 wheel stops, jack up on right side of hitch sway bar, place trans in reverse & pop clutch. May have to go into forward gear to get wheel loose?? After wheel moves out, tighten wheel clamps, & re-install wheel stops.
2. Install left side rear dual for better traction.(if no duals, then add wheel weights to both rear wheels).
3. Air up all AC 185's tires to 20-25 psi.
4. Slide your 185's front axle out so its tire matches the track of your rear slid-out tire. Jack up front axle so right wheel is up. unbolt the tie-rod on right side and see if it will slide.  If not, then get a torch to heat tie-rod tube. Once hot, squirt a mix of ATF (red fluid) & wd40 at bolt openings, & ends. The heat will draw ATF/wd40 into tube. You'll have to work it loose by moving tire back & forth on spindle. Loosen axle bolts and slide spindle out & adjust tie-rod to proper position bolt opening.
3. Grease AC185's front axle spindles, axle pivots, etc..
4. Make sure your AC185's right 3pt arm is cranked all the way up. Then, lower the left 3pt arm down about 2 inches.
5. Grease AC185's 3pt hitch.
6. Hook up plow.
7. Grease plow's hitch pivot, steer arm, rear steer wheel pivots.
8. Air up plows tires to 20-25 psi.

Go to middle of field, preferably in a low area and plow two adjacent passes (down & back). Now with plow in furrow, check for levelness of plow. Adjust left 3pt arm to level. Adjust plow gauge wheel too. Have fun & enjoy. 
 


 

Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2017 at 9:07pm
 I forgot to mention. While doing your trial leveling pass with plow & tractor in furrow, adjust your tractor's 3pt draft control level to set 3pt plow depth & allow it to slightly raise plow during tough pulling conditions. Once you have the draft control dialed in, lock it into place. Once that is complete, all you need to do on ends is raise 3pt, then raise plow tail wheel, make your turn, line up with wheels in furrow, lower 3pt lever all the way and lower plow tail wheel all the way.  

Posted By: Gerald J.
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2017 at 9:08pm
The 2000 hitch is so adjustable you can get along with any tractor width. Just move the hitch left or right so the landside of the front bottom is 16" to the left of the inside face of the right side tractor rear tire. No need to change the tractor width for the plow. My 2000 was 4x18 and it had enough adjustment to move it over 18" after I took the front bottom off.

Gerald J.

Posted By: victoryallis
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2017 at 9:25pm
Find someone from at least one generation older and bribe them to help.    Retired neighbor drove tractor for us he made one pass and brought the plow back to his yard and set it up how he felt was right much better after that.   We plow very very little but if I can he runs the plow. Plowing is a dieing art going on 21 years since I started farming this place and I have plowed twice for a combined 4 acres. Looking at farming two new farms that for different reasons need plowing dreading it like crazy. Give me a disc or soil saver and it's like second nature.

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8030 and 8050MFWD, 7580, 3 6080's, 160, 7060, 175, heirloom D17, Deere 8760

Posted By: jiminnd
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2017 at 10:56pm
Should have a plow book.  If I remember without looking I think my 185 is set out to the next to last hole in the rim rail, then locked.  If you need to know I can look, also may have an extra manual for plow, would have to look for that to be sure thou.

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1945 C, 1949 WF and WD, 1981 185, 1982 8030, unknown D14(nonrunner)

Posted By: DanD
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2017 at 11:09pm
Just be sure to have everything adjusted so that the plow is level front to back and side to side with the tractor in the furrow.  Look at the plow in the video from a distance and you can see that it is pretty level.  I see so many videos of people trying to plow with the front of the plow trying to dig to China and the rear barely in the ground or vice versa or leaning to one side.  I've heard people say to get a good initial setting park the tractor and plow on a flat concrete surface and put blocks under the left wheels the same height as your average plowing depth, then adjust so that the plow is level on the concrete.  May not be perfect, but it will be a lot better than many.  As others have said, there are myriad of adjustments on the front of these plows.  Get a manual!
The plow in this video also has a "sidehill hitch" so that you can always hold it up the hill if you aren't on perfectly level ground so that the width of cut of the first bottom is about correct.  It's not like we're plowing mountains or anything but it's nice for even a gentle slope. 
[TUBE]http://youtu.be/xQqC_Vcmx9c[/TUBE]

Posted By: DanD
Date Posted: 18 Mar 2017 at 11:27pm
Here's a video of how to not set up a plow.  Go to about 7:30 in the video.   Notice how deep the plow is in the front and leaning to the side.  Also looks like the tractor has an aftermarket three point so even if it was set up correctly there would be no weight transfer.  In all fairness from what I can gather from the video I think the elderly driver just got put on someone else's tractor at a plow day.
[TUBE]http://youtu.be/2i2l9eu_BGk?t=447[/TUBE]

Posted By: TedBuiskerN.IL.
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2017 at 9:03am
I had that plow behind a 190XT, the book said 31" from the center of the tractor to the inside of the right tire.

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Posted By: jiminnd
Date Posted: 19 Mar 2017 at 9:19am
You may make it work without wheel adjustment but it is always better to pull from as near the center of the plow as possible.

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1945 C, 1949 WF and WD, 1981 185, 1982 8030, unknown D14(nonrunner)


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