Slat bottom plows, were are they used
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Topic: Slat bottom plows, were are they used
Posted By: Macon Rounds
Subject: Slat bottom plows, were are they used
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2017 at 6:43pm
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What part of the country are they used and/or what soil types are they used in ? ------------- The Allis "D" Series Tractors, Gravely Walk behind Tractors, Cowboy Action Shooting !!!!!!! And Checkmate |
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Posted By: JarrodACFan
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2017 at 7:06pm
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I have one for my WD45 here in EC Indiana. I would say they have a place in clay soils because clay will tend to stay as a slab and not fall through the slats. Grandpa always said that it did pull at least somewhat easier. ------------- 1956 WD45 Narrow Front Factory Power Steering, 1953 WD Wide Front Allis Express in Muncie, IN |
Posted By: David Maddux
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2017 at 7:10pm
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worked real good on sod. |
Posted By: jkoby
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2017 at 7:35pm
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Hey neighbor! Henry County here (grew up in Mt summit). I thought our plow did OK, but maybe that was because I didn't try a slatted plow in our soils. I pulled what we had. A 2 bottom behind the wd. |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2017 at 7:43pm
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Many of the AC plows here in Central VA with red clay ground were slat bottom. |
Posted By: Harold (MID MI)
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2017 at 7:44pm
| Slat bottom plows were used mostly in high organic matter soils such as muck, because scouring was a problem with conventional moldboards. |
Posted By: Macon Rounds
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2017 at 8:22pm
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Good Thread ..... Nice to hear a good mix of experience and knowledge. ------------- The Allis "D" Series Tractors, Gravely Walk behind Tractors, Cowboy Action Shooting !!!!!!! And Checkmate |
Posted By: Bill Long
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2017 at 8:39pm
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We and our fellow dealers sold a bunch of plows but never a slat bottom. North Central Maryland. Good Luck! Bill Long
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Posted By: Macon Rounds
Date Posted: 12 Jan 2017 at 11:09pm
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Posted By: ctbowles 58
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2017 at 5:01am
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They were used around here in the Mississippi river bottom there is a lot of "black gumbo" soil |
Posted By: Allis dave
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2017 at 6:51am
| They were mainly used is hard to scour soils. sticky muck or clay that would stick or ballup on a standard molboard would flow over a slat molboard. I see them around northern IN here sometimes. hard to find slats for if you need them. Funny thing is that I see far more Allis slat bottoms then other colors. Maybe it's just because I look at orange faster. |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2017 at 8:08am
| In east-central Illinois the slat bottom plows are rarely seen. I don't remember Dad ever having one at our dealership, either new or on a trade-in. My perception was they were used with primarily clay type soils, but I could be wrong. |
Posted By: Ky.Allis
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2017 at 9:53am
| Here in central Ky. if you want to plow with an AC plow it about has to be slat bottoms. However other brands like Ford,IH,Deere always seem to scour pretty good. The theory with slats is by removing part of the moldboard,the remaining part(the slats) will have more soil contact pressure and will result in better scouring. I do believe AC solid moldboards were the worst for not scouring,at least around here. Bought a new 2000 monoframe plow back in their day with 387 bottoms and my dealer assured me they would scour or he would make it right. After 1 season and countless trips to the field by the dealer he admitted the only thing that would make them scour was to change them over to slat bottoms. He ordered 4 new 394 slat bottoms and after that it was the best plow I ever had. Oh!! and by the way the charge for the new slat bottoms was "0". I never forgot that and bought a lot more stuff from him over the years. |
Posted By: ac fleet
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2017 at 11:57am
| I still have a Massey-Harris 3-14 --3 point hitch plow with slat bottoms, and in heavy ground it didnt take long for it to shine. thanks; ac fleet |
Posted By: HaroldOmaha
Date Posted: 13 Jan 2017 at 12:13pm
| According to history lessons slat bottom plows were invented by several enterprising farmers before any of the manufacturers started to make them. |
Posted By: charlesbendal
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2017 at 6:46am
| I'm curious what is scouring I've never heard the term? |
Posted By: Dans 7080
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2017 at 7:52am
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Scouring it just shining the plow up. Wearing the rust or paint off the bottoms. ------------- When someone tells you Nothings Impossible, Tell them to slam a revolving door |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2017 at 8:01am
Nowadays, they gots plows, with nylon insert moldboards, that scour, after months of sitting...
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Posted By: charlesbendal
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2017 at 8:26am
| That makes sense I've just never heard the term in context of a plow. Our keverneland always shines up quickly no matter what soil type were in. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2017 at 8:46am
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Every spring I take the angle grinder and 'polish' the plow real purdy. I don't have 100 acres to let Mother Nature clean it up, just 10 passes of 250' each. I learned when I prepolish the plow ,EVERY foot of the wife's garden is perfectly plowed, first to last. Jay ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2017 at 12:44pm
| my plows are greased or painted and set inside...they don't need re-scoured |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2017 at 5:40pm
| On the old stuff I run, I usually clean with a wire cup wheel, on an angle grinder, then paint with plow coat (a wax based coating), in the fall... |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2017 at 6:23pm
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There must have been lots of slat bottom plows sold in this area because I still see a few at auctions as usually it's an Allis. I've never seen a Monoframe slat bottom though and there still are a fair number of Monoframes around. ------------- -- --- .... .- -- -- .- -.. / .-- .- ... / .- / -- ..- .-. -.. . .-. .. -. --. / -.-. .... .. .-.. -.. / .-. .- .--. .. ... - Wink I am a Russian Bot |
Posted By: grinder220
Date Posted: 14 Jan 2017 at 6:32pm
| Lots of allis slat bottom plows around here. I own a 4-16 slat bottom monoframe and have a buddy who has a 6-16 slat bottom monoframe that I'm trying to get him to sell me. |
Posted By: Macon Rounds
Date Posted: 16 Jan 2017 at 7:57am
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Thanks for the feedback . ------------- The Allis "D" Series Tractors, Gravely Walk behind Tractors, Cowboy Action Shooting !!!!!!! And Checkmate |