I don't remember exaxtly where we set the wheels, but the 7060 with 20.8 x 38 tires was always set "wide" 36 or 38 inch rows.

 

The 8600 Ford was set for 30" rows for planting and cultivating and we would set the (power adjust) wheels out to plow.

 

We pulled Deere 1450's, a 5-16 with the XT or the Ford and a 6-16 with the 7060. Both tractors had diff lock and I only remember using them for an occasional tough spot or if it was a little wet. We had an AC 5-16 that was bought new with the 1965 XT, when Dad traded for the new 1971 XT he bought the new Deere plow because it had more "trash" clearance and he said it pulled much easier. When we traded the XT for the 7060 I bought the 6-16 because I needed a plow and the price was right but it was a good match for the 7060.

You shouldn't have side thrust if you are set up right. The 4x14 I pull with the D17 pulls straight and true. Something I haven't quite taken the time to get completely right with the 4x18 monoframe and 7050. That's where you would save the most fuel. If conditions are less than ideal then diff lock comes in handy but I never use it if I'm set up right and in good conditions..

Haven't had that problem but pulling the chisel with either the XT or 7050 in real hard ground I get that motion to the point I slow way down cause I feel like I'm gonna break something. Diff lock didn't make any difference either with that problem. Not sure if the chisel isn't level or even if that would cause it or just plain too hard or ground. All this talk is giving me spring fever. Can't wait!

i haven't farmed in 10 years. sold off all our ac  sc equipment and moved to town, but kept the farm land. how we cussed and discussed those 17d's. so now, im 63 and have 2 little boys (grandsons) that need to know what it means to have their hands in the soil. we had rented the farm out so its a major commitment to get back "in the game". we're picking up pieces as we go, this weekend is the kidron,ohio implement sale. right now we are as proud of this old d19 gasser as parents are of a new born. yea its gonna be a gas hog and wont have that budda drone but we will be dragging around 4x16's that those 17's could only dream about. if we are lucky enough to make a little money at the end of the season, so be it. if not, we will explain that to the boys as well. it wont break us. i'm hoping the payoff to be chapped lips, dirty little hands, the feel of pulling power,  the smell of hot exhaust and fresh turned ohio soil. and just maybe a young boys desire to be out with the old men, early in the morning. 

thanks again for the advice regarding wheel spacing. you guys are tops !  

tp studer. wooster,ohio.

Use a field cultivator with quacker points (2" points). Works great and no need to go so fast and most roots were left upwards. I was always told disking much over 4 mph leaves the field ridged and rough. A disk also compacts the soil compared to a field cultivator. I pulled a 12' Miller offset disk last fall and it was painfully slow at 4 mph. But I've had the field cultivator do the same thing with the swinging back and forth. I was trying to renovate some alfalfa ground. Had to go real slow for fear of pulling the digger apart.