Spring Plow Day 2023! John Deere, IH, Allis Chalmers & Caterpillar Tractors Turning Ground

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[@peterfallert4994]

What's your feeling on the pushback against plowing? The internet is rife with pro and cons about this process.

[@peterfallert4994]

@@squatch253 Thank you for your well thought out and well researched answer to my Question. You never disappoint with your thoughts and procedures in your videos. I learn a lot about things I didn't Iknow I cared about. I especially enjoy your thoroughness when you undertake a project. I also really enjoy your dry humor. Peter

[@bcbloc02]

@@squatch253 Need to bring back the disk plow! No plow pan with a disk plow because it cuts and turns rather than shears.

[@TF856]

@@bcbloc02 I have always heard that discs and plows are two different devices that have very little in common. My dad had a commercial rototiller and stayed very busy for about 40 years until he retired! I have always loved rototilling and crop rotation and cover crops in the offseason! Rototilling vegetation back into the ground replaces nutrients, nitrogen, etc. After rototilling the vegetation back into the ground, the ground seems to be more prolific and grows faster and bigger crops. Also proper rototilling leaves the ground very well aerated and very smooth, a real thing of beauty!!!

[@bcbloc02]

@@TF856 A disk plow is a different tillage tool from a disk. I found a decent video on one where a guy talks about it.kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIfOeqmDa7Ooq6s

[@HareshSapta-gd2ts]

​@@bcbloc02ey thank😅 no cop

[@michaelshingleton1628]

I grew up in central Ohio. Every spring a Johnny popper would plow at least a 100 Acre field every spring. Hearing that tractor work all day marked spring is here. Nothing sounded like a Johnny popper at work. This brought back so many good memories sitting on the porch and listening to that tractor.

[@robobloxgamer524]

It's funny what sounds you remember from the past. Growing up, a farmer almost 3/4 of a mile away had a fire wood saw powered by a one lunger hit or miss engine. Even that far away, I could hear that engine hit every time they ran a log through the saw. Then it would be quite, one or two pops and then quite until they ran another log through the saw at which point it would fire every time. Now when I go to the country fairs, I always stop at the old engines just to watch and hear them run. They go so slow you just know they're going to stop, but just at that point they'll pop 2 - 3 times and off they go.

[@CottonFarmer667]

How about three or four working the same field and the exhaust cadence gets together?

[@mystic24100]

A neighbor south of us liked to plow at night with a John Deere 60 or 70. I could have my window open a lay in bed and listen to that Johnny popper.

[@lukestrasser]

Thanks to Rick for providing the ground to turn a tractor to run (since mine doesn’t) and Toby for documenting and bringing a Sweet Plow for Connor to pull. By far the nicest furrows all day were cut by that IH 3 bottom, what a sweet plow!

[@robertasleson5856]

I have never plowed. I looks to be soothing. My aunt always did the plowing on her farm. She made straight rows. She has not plowed for a couple of years. She has to be 83 or 84. She is quite the woman. I love her.

[@tractorhyatt7044]

Spring plow day is already here...wow! Good to see all the snow is finally gone. This can only mean that tractor show season is coming up fast. I am hoping to make the drive up to Rollag this year. I hope that my work is cooperative and gives me the time off. Thanks for sharing all the plow day fun with us.

[@mikeschuyler4691]

Nice to see the old iron out still showing today's young farmer's how its done,laying them furows clean and straight every one having fun!!

[@petebouchard1777]

I grew up in Northern Maine. Plowed and ran a harrow since I was 12. This video made me absolutely homesick. I could almost smell manure. Love it. Thank you.

[@gallagher68]

WOW! This takes me back to me plowing behind my grandfather's mule (named Nail) and a single-turn plow. It was not till he hit 70 that he bought a 1949 IH Farmall C Tricycle and we really got business taken care of. As a sidebar, I took exception to Hee Haw, knowing it was Gee Haw.

[@fitch8363]

If you'd told me when I was a kid plowing into the night every spring, sleeping fast (!) so we could get chores done before I had to change for school, that I'd enjoy a movie about plowing, I'd have said you were nuts. But, I really do enjoy the plow day videos. I plowed with an M pulling 2 sixteens, a Farmall 400 (with TA) pulling 3 sixteens and a John Deere sixty pulling two fourteens and a clod buster. I liked plowing and discing better than field cultivating. Tractor ride was a lot easier on the body. I haven't plowed anything since 1967. I did not look forward to cultivating, at all. After the first few hundred thousand corn plants I pretty much knew what the next one was going to look like!

[@dannycreech6375]

Oh my how this brings back memories from nearly 60 years back. when I was little, Dad let me plow with a Allis Chalmers C, Then when I was about 11 or so, Dad let me operate the old Johnny Pop model 60. This is what I really miss from the farm. Thanks Toby for the awesome vids that spark our memories..

[@FRRitter]

Ha...what wonderful memories. We can SMELL the earth being turned, ha. ...Remember being half awake from making round after round...and BAM we'd hit a rock - uncouple and shot forward, ha... took a bit to settle down, ha. Thanks much for taking us along Toby!

[@jamisoncurtis2387]

Didn’t get much time plowing as a kid, dad did that during the week. Then when I’d come on the weekends all that’s left was to disc. Now I got my own lil field and starting to get lil time with a plow behind a model A John Deere 1st plow I used was a rope trip 2 bottom JD then next was a 3 bottom hydraulic lift. Found out the model A pulled the 3 bottom better in 3rd gear over 2nd. The more I turn dirt the more I learn an get better at it and kinda fun doing it too

[@stevenrapp3217]

A good cup of coffee and 20 minutes of Smiles!! Everyday should start this lovely!!! Many Thanks Guys!

[@michaelbaumgardner2530]

I know you could smell spring in that field,and a good time was had by all...always love plow day.

[@SootHead]

Ahhhh... the smell of freshly turned pasture!

[@rickyjessome4359]

Great video Squatch! It's hard to believe spring plow day is here already. I love the sound of those old John Deere tractors. Cheers

[@robobloxgamer524]

There's the joke about the city slicker who thought he knew everything about engines. When the farmer started the old John Deere and took it out of the shed, the kid listened to it for a few seconds, then told the farmer "I think there's something wrong with your tractor, it's only running on two cylinders." The farmer looks over and replies "I sure hope so son, I sure hope so."

[@ralphorr8138]

Great to see the old machinery out doing their very best, brings back memories of the day of dad and i plowing, me on the IH BTD6 with a 4 bottom and dad on the TD 20 with 8 bottom.

[@ahblue8873]

Awesome plough day, that John Deere sounds ace. Loving the d4 ploughing as well, I’ve just recently bought a cat r2 6j Can’t wait to get her hooked to a plough later this year, I’ll post a video of her online and I would be grateful if your could cast your expert eye over her. Keep up the great work👍

[@shaneharrison4775]

Sweet beautiful plough day thanks for the video Squatch and all the fellas.

[@jerehummelgaard5319]

The Farmall M gets my vote for the most pleasing sound while plowing.

[@jimmydykes7961]

Kinda fond of those red tractors myself

[@jimmydykes7961]

Not a damn subdivision in sight

[@sandymcvicar2325]

Great to see these girls doing what they were built to do.

[@wayneclark7048]

Bunch of men playing in the dirt, and have fun!

[@MikeLoveBuns]

Great see John Deere A plowing ! Mike from Missouri

[@donvoll2580]

Good day from Ontario. Ploughing deeper gives more topsoil, also water drains quicker & on dry roots can go down deeper. also ploughing u watch dandelions will come up there quicker because that is not plough, ground thrown over. It is OK though. Your 3 furrow is that narrow points Boy those stones on dad's farm were a bugger. We had a stone pile about 6 ft. high. U know there is alot of minerals & topsoil on them piles Thanks good nice ploughing

[@robertamerrick2000]

This reminds me when I was a kid and we were plowing our fields on our farm. GREAT MEMORIES!!!

[@IndergaardAcres]

Thanks for giving my green machine some air time! It hasn’t been out in a couple years.

[@andyberg6498]

What year and model is your JD @IndergaardAcres? I have a '37 B in the family that is a few projects down on the list!

[@IndergaardAcres]

@@andyberg6498 1936 Model A.

[@andyberg6498]

@@IndergaardAcres Thank you. She's a beaut!

[@richardphelan8414]

This is the time of the year I always looked forward to for us in mid April between spring rains ,After field prep came planting good old memories Thank you

[@jonathanstancil8544]

CATS and Deeres and Cubs, oh my!

[@johnnyholland8765]

That old pull type harrow reminds me of one I bought from an old man who was our neighbor when I was 13 years old (I am 64 now) for five dollars. My Dad had a little 240 IH with the two point hitch that was his garden tractor. Boy did I think I was big timing it when I hooked that 240 to it and plowed the garden spot. Could only go in a race track fashion but I got it done. Then came the two row Covington planting rig. God that seems like a lifetime ago...

[@geraldharkness8830]

this was a most satisfying plow day or should i say plough here in uk!loved the way those old ploughs and tractors worked hard and enjoyed the work out! thank you squatch!

[@rickharper6320]

Shiny bottom boyz…. Love the smell of fresh turned dirt !!!!

[@rickbray7100]

Love the sound of that Deere just thumping away

[@Dagrond]

Gosh, it's like watching my dad work when I was a kid 60 years ago. Good memories.

[@cdwlights]

Those caterpillars sure are productive machines.

[@jamessmith7691]

I love that old iron, never missing a beat.

[@TheMetalButcher]

Sweet furrows from the single bottom! I loved the super A.

[@mrfarmall-vk4gw]

Nothing is more miserable than discing fresh rolled over sod, nice job boys!❤️❤️👍👍

[@wrenchingwithrob6001]

You guys make plowing look so much fun. I remember my plowing days were so boring and long, even pulling an 8 bottom with a 1456 IHC.

[@mikewatson4644]

This reminds me of a story. When IH came out with the 1206 model my older brother was working for an IH dealership. He and the dealership owner had gone out with a 1206 and plow to demo for a farmer. On the way back, they passed another farmer who had several different new tractor brands plowing and showing off their tractors and plows. They stopped and asked the farmer if he would like to see the 1206 since they were right there. The farmer said he would like to see it operate. They unloaded the 1206 and pulled in in front the John Deere tractor that was part of the demo. The dealer had turned up the pump on the 1206 and installed some M&W parts in the pump to increase the horsepower (he was shooting for 200 hp, got close but never made 200). So after a couple of rounds, the dealer told my brother "Watch this". He started moving the draft control lever down until the plow was plowing about 18" deep instead of the 10" that everyone was plowing. The 1206 lost about 100 rpm and just kept going. The John Deere hit the deeper furrow and almost stalled. They had to stop and shift down in order to keep going. Thanks for the video. Interesting to see the older tractors and plows. The "A" sure did a nice job. It would have been interesting to have each tractor and plow have their own set of furrows so that it would be easy to compare the results. Even a few rounds with them being the only 1 plowing at a time.

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

Having you call the play by play is fun!

[@ron827]

GREAT camera work! There is just something about watching the turning of sod but moldboard plowing is becoming less and less common in the southern part of MN. Some of the combinations did a much better job than others and it appears speed may have been part of the recipe. Maybe you and Senior could put on a "Plow Clinic".

[@FarmallFanatic]

Good grief, that 3 bottom little genius is doing an excellent job 👏

[@tomhoffman9729]

You guy are doing a nice job!! There isn't anything like the sight of rolling sod, the souund of the ripping sod and even the smell of the rich mid west black dirt. Havin' fun there fella's!

[@wi.dave3812]

Beautiful sight rolling that sod👌🇺🇸

[@ThisOldFarm]

Thanks for the video Squatch!! What a great deal of fun! I sure hope with some rain it will take out some lumpiness as well as the killing of the dust!

[@larryd8224]

We would pull a rotary hoe section off the right side of a plow to even out the freshly turned soil. This would avoid another tillage trip through some fields such as prior year soybean or prior year corn fields. This also helped save some soil moisture which was necessary in our area (Chippewa County, MN, 1950s & 1960s). I would have liked to have been part of your plow day with the Super M-TA gas tractor and 3-16 plow combination of my day.

[@technicalcowboy]

It's good to see some green and yellow on your channel 👍

[@erichayes9192]

I really enjoy watching those old reliable machines getting the job done!

[@MC-re2ry]

Thanks for the video. Enjoyed it. Good to hear that Allis.

[@JasonSmith-vd1sz]

You guys are having way too much fun! Thanks for a good video!

[@geneguenther4325]

Thanks for the video Toby! Man I wish I coulda been there. My tractor club always has our tractor show Memorial Day weekend. Looks like a lot of fun! Woulda been an expensive weekend to bring the 460 utility and 311 plow up. Woulda been great to meet all of you guys. Can’t wait for the next video

[@donwilson6617]

Always great videos...Its encouraging to know that this kind of care and teamwork still exists...

[@dougkubash8673]

Really enjoyed the video! Looks like everyone was having a blast! All the equipment appeared to be performing great!

[@johnlydon533]

Great video. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼

[@ronzezulka6646]

Great plow day Squatch. D4 looked really cool with the cab. Can't wait to see the cab on 1113.

[@wemedeeres4105]

I ran some long hours in a CAT this weekend and I had to do a double take when I saw that thumbnail pic, I knew I'd put in some long hours and I wasn't thinking quite a clearly but that sir was quite a shock!! 😲😲🤣

[@GrandpasGarage1967]

Looks like fun!

[@deweydodo6691]

Plowing always was more interesting when had helpers. The Allis should have a mounted plow.

[@StubProductions]

Gotta love how easy a John Deere two cylinder plows. Torque for days.

[@clydeschwartz]

The fresh plowed field looks really nice

[@RuralTowner]

There's something about seeing these older rigs doing their work that looks so much more...relaxing I guess at least from the observer's perspective...that doesn't seem to exist with watching newer equipment churn up vast swathes @ a time.

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Great video. Nice looking ground there. Love plowing. But I don’t get to do much. We have one plow match per year.

[@trackhoe23]

I've seen too many plow day videos where they just make a mess. You guys know what you're doing. Wish my sod turned over that nice. Tends to come out in bricks ready to build a sod hut no matter the moisture.

[@geraldschrader8511]

Love the putt-putt sound that John Deere makes.

[@bobpaterson1845]

Love the old time ploughing videos 💪💪 thats my passion come Autumn take part in a few vintage ploughing competitions 🤔👍 the M just sounded awesome with that 3 bottom plough 💪 to be fair every tractor did really well including the race day Cubby 😁😁

[@BillTheTractorMan]

Your group needs some of the "right Green"! I've got an Oliver and an Oliver plow I would like to make it to more plow days. Looks like a blast!

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

Plow days are always great!

[@monkeybarmonkeyman]

Seems a small group of individuals had a whole lot more fun than one might think possible working the fields.. 🙂

[@matty2helpfull]

That was a awesome video and it was sweet to see a deere running with the boys ❤❤

[@CaptRon817]

I think i have at one time or the other, over the years driven every one of those tractors but my favorite is the green popping johnny. A sound i never tired of.

[@FarmallFanatic]

I'm fully prepared to own that 3 bottom little genius

[@angrybobking5083]

Went from "You'll never see a John Deere on this Farm" to Thumbnail 😂

[@Ihbinder14]

Looked like a really good time!

[@denniskemnitz3771]

Cat is awesome.

[@davidpierce3386]

Great time turning the good earth for planting. If I have it close it looked like the average age of the machines being used was something around the 1953 time frame. Funny to see the old iron still does a fairly good days job.

[@yokiniqu]

Happy times

[@jmailbell]

Y’all are getting done, what fun!

[@frontagulus]

Have to stay on the steering when plowing as fast as that one-bottom. I was taught that any faster than 5mph, add another bottom and slow down under 5

[@DavidLeslie65]

I skipped right past the video seeing a John Deere in thumbnail didn't know it was your channel

[@jazzerbyte]

Great variety of tractors and plows!

[@angrybobking5083]

We need some Meadow Green!!!

[@scottrooker3423]

Nice unstyled deere

[@horstszibulski19]

Is that a official thing or just a bunch of guys plowing another guy's field with their antique tractors? Either way, all went well and everyone seemed to had fun... Thx for showing! 👍👍👍

[@jankotze1959]

I think this was one of most fun plow day's ever with you narrating all the time, just hoped to see you on the D2 plowing as well, but nevertheless this was fun

[@regsparkes6507]

Good stuff to watch!

[@gliderider7077]

Man those are some amazing flat clean furrows!

[@frankcurley]

Looks like its dried up nicely....

[@kevinkeech7906]

What about filling in the dead furrow you got to do that to when I was younger that was my dad's job

[@jonathanolsen7254]

my turn, with my D2 cat

[@Farmartv7627]

🎉good

[@edwardpolinder6434]

Nice A love the sound of the old JD

[@mandolinman2006]

I wish I were there for this. Looks like a ton of fun. Alas, I don't think a WD45 diesel with an Oliver Plowmaster 100 3-14 would be easy to haul.

[@colin8532]

What did Katie make for supper? Field looks great guys!

[@tomanderson997]

Hi Colin

[@geebskerbal2771]

I bet the smell is amazing lol

[@ryanredfarmerMN]

Will we ever see corn planted on the squatch plantation? Seems it's always hay/grass.

[@Fatamus]

Dang it Bob ... hitting those poor roots ... acting like they grow on trees. Looks like fun to me ... I know it's a lot of work but it makes it more fun when you can hang out with friends. And make way more fun of each other. Thanks Toby

[@DavidLeslie65]

Of course it's a case plow behind the John Deere couldn't afford anything else with the price of jd parts

[@schmid195]

What are some of your tips and tricks on loading little genius plows or any traditional trip action plow with the tail wheel? I'm new to plows and just bought a ih no.8c three bottom for my M. It's hard if not impossible to back up with because the tail wheels wants to go into the plow when it swings around. I love watching all your videos no matter what the subject is and admire your attention to detail! 👍🏼

[@terrywagner7551]

Glade to see someone who knows how to open a field. 👍

[@johna7661]

Well tuned machines doing their thing is wonderful!