What is this?

[Bubbas Boys]

Got this from wife family. I wanted to use it to trench potatoes and what not. Got the gear box figured out and it pulls in and out of gear good to lower and raise it. Problem is when I adjust the main bar all the way up or down it digs in 24 inches or so. Cant figure what I need to do to adjust it to only dig in few inches. Thanks

[Old Vet]

That is a subsoiler, It was made to go deeper than a plow. The leaver has some adjustment so that you won't go so deep.

[Brighton]

Holy Cow, I haven't seen one of those since I was a little girl, and even then it was rusting in the junk pile.

If my Grandfather were here he would probably tell you that it was not made to only trench down an inch or two, it was made to break sod, and dig as deeply as possible. The weight of it and the speed of the tractor, cause it to dig deep.

[FarmboyBill]

Helped to break up hardpan

[Bubbas Boys]

Good deal. Thanks so much. We used it anyways for the potato trenches and worked really good.

[Fire-Man]

Originally Posted by Bubbas Boys

Problem is when I adjust the main bar all the way up or down it digs in 24 inches or so. Cant figure what I need to do to adjust it to only dig in few inches. Thanks

Why not lower it one knotch at the time----till you get it the depth you want?

[Zephaniah]

It is a subsoiler. Here is a modern version




Used to breakup and bring some lower material to the surface. Help aerate the soil

[geo in mi]

Looks to me like the lever operates the bottom rod that goes into the wheel hub That rod probably moves a cog--maybe spring loaded--that stops at a gear tooth inside the hub to regulate the depth. After the season, you may want to take the hub apart(photograph it as you go for reference), and soak it in kerosene or diesel fuel to get the hardened grease and dirt out of it. Hopefully you won't have the cog or gear teeth broken. If so, at that point you would need a welder........One question in my mind, however: does the hitch have any gizmo that has set screws in it, or does it hook/bolt directly to the drawbar? If it bolts directly, then you will be in danger of upending your tractor if the blade hits a buried rock and stops dead still.....Any plow needs a "breakaway" mechanism of some sort, like a setscrew gizmo that comes apart at the drawbar.....Looking at the picture, the chain that crosses horizontally over the bar at the lever frame may be a breakaway device, but I'm not sure.....

geo

[Bubbas Boys]

Good advise. Never thought about the danger of my tractor. I will look at it this morning. Thanks Geo