That is some stiff ground. Reminds me of my teen years plowing with a Case 1030 and 4 bottoms in the clay we had in western PA. Always enjoyed plowing. Thanks for the video

I’m not convinced with all the no till fad. I can see it being beneficial in some ground like no till beans double crop for example. But here on our farm it’s been no tilled for about 6 years. Each year our crops seem to be fighting more and more weeds. Fields are uneven as can be. Herbicide isn’t working as good because of resistance. I’m a firm believer in the every 3 year reset and plowing the corn stalks under. We currently lease out the grain and I do the hay. I plowed a 2.5 acre field last fall and seeded grass hay into it. Not a single weed came back. Can’t say the same for the no till field next to it. Sorry for the rant. Nothing is more satisfying than a plowing video.

55 handled that hard ass ground well. Had her strutting to the sky a couple times. Thanks for the update Ethan. Take care. Fred

Best video in a long time! The Oliver went to work like no other wanna bees!’ It really sounds tough pick that front end up and walk on her back feet!! Really Really enjoyed it thanks so much for sharing! Anything like me I bet you really enjoyed it also. That is such a great example what the 1955’s are made of. Good Job!!!

I like watching moldboard plows being used. Reminds of my grandfather out in field preparing the fields for spring planting.

Love watching plowing, haven’t been seen it done up here in many many years. Alberta, Canada.

Man that 1955 sounds so sweet. Love the sound of those turbo Olivers.

Sometimes, you just gotta plow,Like that hard ass ground. Cant even fathom how tough it was for the pioneers plowing up praire grass that had been stomped on for a million years by herds of buffalo.

There is something therapeutic with watching this. Thanks!

Your tractor and plow setup looks like a perfect match. Stiff ground and turned it over just right.

The 55 had to work hard on that one. Enjoyed watching. I always hated plowing really hard ground but enjoyed looking at it when done.

Loved the video made that Oliver work or put it through its pacing plus made it bark real nice when you hit hard spots

Before I even watch this I wanna say that looks like a nightmare for a moldboard. Regardless of the outcome I'm sure you will be able to handle it. Best of luck and thanks for the video !!!

Great 1955 views. Always neat to see plowing.

Wow buddy That is a hard field It would be nice when it's done be safe out there your buddy from Nebraska

That gave the old girl a great workout. Love watching the ground roll for sure. She sounded great under a load.

That t runs awesome, great job young fella

Great video keep up the great work

The 55 wanted to do some cloud watching! We plowed up our hay ground of 11 years and it pulled pretty hard, but i would believe them if they told you 18 to 20 years on that ground you're on. Great plow video nonetheless!!!

Man, that was some rough plowing. That was like riding a bucking bronco. Lol I love the smell of fresh plowed ground.

Nice brother. Always nice picking ground up!

About like plowing an asphalt Parkin lot lol, we leased some land to a sod company one time and when went to put it back into row crop it was all my 4840 wanted with a 6 bottom full rack of weight on the front and front tires were still in the air more than they were on the ground. The worst were the the haul roads where they hauled the sod out, 5 shank ripper on a 8650 deere and you couldn’t run it length wise it would just spin out of try to snuff it so you had to go back and forth across it. I bought out every tractor supply in a 30 mile radius of 3/4x 6” grade 8 bolts for shear pins

I think every farm should have an Oliver. Awesome tractor!

Moldboards are the best to watch, satisfying transformation. Didn't see many rocks, soil looked mint.

I used to do a lot of work like that with a 588 but i had a 1466 IH on and usually i could get the paint to bubble off the hood from being so hot . Green grass makes it easy to spin the tractor out which is less stress on drivelines at least

All I can say is WOW that looked HARD and DRY. When you got those new fields, i thought maybe you'd have roots and rocks. but just WOW.

Great stuff 👍👍👍👍

Hard ground like that sure would have set those new rings on the 1950-T good

Damn she pulled hard! Got the job done though. Thanks for the ride.

Field has stubby working👍👍👍👍🚜

Doing a great job turning that sod under. 👍👍👍

If it's been a hay field for 12 years it will do it good to be mold boarded & a change of crop. Looks like good ground for some 110 day corn. Oats is actually what come to mind while watching you plow. Like the snort of the old Oliver.

That disk ride will be interesting.

I can't believe how smooth the camera view is from the plow!

Long day of plowing hard ground would leave a person wore out. The grass turned over and covered good considering soil hard and dry. Enjoyed the video.

Like trying to plow concrete. When dad farmed, we had a 4240 pulling a White with four 18s, ripping up the hay fields in the spring made her work. Spreading the pit manure on beforehand made it even more difficult. That 4240 was an oddball, had 18.4-34s on the rear, so the front end rode high.........

Always love seeing the 55 come out to play!

Nothing sounds better than a straight pipe Turbo engine pulling a plow 👍 I had a D21 Allis I pulled 5-18s she would blow smoke 30ft in the Air but pull it knee deep.

Thanks for the ride

Let's see big green turn some dirt,love it

That reminded me of a big tractor power vidoe just listen to the ole girl do her thing. And there's something very satisfying about plowing

Lights are pretty good on that 55.

Love to see that Oliver power

I hope you get a disking or field cultivator over it before a heavy rain. Or you might not get anything planted this spring don't know about your ground but our soils in east Arkansas north Mississippi river delta was one reason we never plowed in the spring time you could easily prevent field work for a month or two.

How did the hydraulic resets work on that tough ground? Some bottoms at the end of the video would half trip. Crazy hard ground. Good job working the old iron. High fuel consumption mode. So jealous but living through you. I would give my left nut to moldboard again. I used that exact some plow on an iH 806.

Front end gettin a little light at 2:00 , 1955 sure looks & sounds good ! Now don't take this the wrong way but this video would make a great advertisement for No-Till . " wink " Keep up the good work ! We are still getting rain and pretty wet in south Indiana .

When can y'all get your first cutting of hay in up there?

Cutting off a few slices. Tough go. Turned out pretty good.

Some of the old hay feilds I've plowed sounded like your cutin tops of baseball bats, hear the snapping in ground Lol! I bet the old girl got thirsty on that job!🤣😎

What do you plan on planting on these fields?

Hope this field yields well for you.

That was a rough one.

The plow did a good job turning and hiding most of the grass - can you imagine the first farmers plowing this land with horses - Thanks for sharing

4 or 5 suitcase weights would have done the trick I think. Good job and good video.

Good video

That one field that a role over plow would be nice

Slap some front weights on that old girl! Great video Ethan, that’s some hard ground

So cool

Was the reason the tractor was being pushed around because of the dirt being so hard?

“Web soil survey “. Is a USDA web site that lets you make a polygon “area of interest” to find acres from satellite pics. Interesting site to play with.

It's a good idea to your plowing after it's rained a bit, the soil is softer and turns easier. Plowing when it's dry is hard on everything

She really sings when the plow hits the ground.

Gooollyy that is some right dirt. Making the 1955 work for it on that. Not always fun hanging the front end up in the air. I always wince when I do it n come back down, those poor front spindles

Damn that plowed hard.

I always loved plowing! She was some solid ground had her bucking abit!

That was some tough ground!

Man you gave that some stick ! , How much Fuel did you burn ? And how's your neck feel? well done .you earned a hot meal ,

Been tryin to get my uncle to plow up his pastures for a very long time now. The one where he used to run his cows is probably 35-40 or even more years old. I’m almost concerned with how hard it’s gonna plow up when It eventually gets done lol. He is an old farmer stuck in his old ways and if you haven’t worked with one of those it is a bitch to try to get them to do stuff even if it benefits them. At least he’s not grumpy😂😂

Your 1955 is a nice sounding machine

The 1955 is a Beast!

That brought back memories of plowing with a 2-150 an a 6 bottom adjustable plow we had. The hay ground was hard an i remember looking at the sky with the front end up but it sure was fun with the 150 I loved that old tractor.

Damn didn't think you were going pulling

Got that 55 pawing. Wonder you didn't break something. It needs a good subsoiling in two directions. As far as the soil being dry that grass is sucking the moisture up. I have seen it before. Work it a while and it will mellow up.

Looks like pretty hard ground

Is that normal for white smoke or what ever coming out of under the right side of the motor??

That's gonna grow some decent corn 🌽 or beans 🫘

Like you stated after my first comment the ground is dry and hard.

A few years age I plowed 40 acres that had been in pasture for 80 years that was hard ground

Can see a couple different soil varations

think you might be going a bit deep with that plough. i imagine that is a 5 maybe 6 furrow plough leaving a 6 foot wide strip after it. it would be quite a pull for the 1950. just an observation

DAMN😳with my luck, I’d have bit the tip of my tongue off at 13:34

Boy she plowed hard...after plowing with a front wheel assist I'd never want to go back to a 2wd tractor. Takes some skill to keep your lands straight especially in hard ground like that when you cant steer unless you brake. Lol

Just for the future we always take first cutting off before we plow under an old hay field.

I always hated plowing a hay field ground was always so hard.

Could you have sprayed it with Roundup first? Just wondering.

Smokin"""

So hard land for plowing. Remove one row to spear tractor for long time. It will take a litle longer time to do your job but yout machine will be thankful for that

I always loved to plow at night when we was farming

Why didn’t you no till into it and saved the money in diesel ?

With all of that green manure you need to get it disked asap. That green manure need to go through a heat from decay or you pose the risk of soil being hot enough to cause seeding burn.

Should of put the big White on the plow... That ground was pulling hard.

no telling how many years its been since it was plowed and a hay field always plows haed

If you had used the top hitch on the three point linkage it would have stopped the front of the tractor rearing up like a bucking bronco,extremely dangerous that's why the 3 point hitch was invented

Wheelie plowing

Sod ground high corn yields !!!

I used to love plowing, however that didn't look like it was much fun.

Surprised to see you plowing without weights up front.

HELL yEA

Sure is making the 1955 do her moneys worth

Man dear the old girl would be sucking fuel on that job 😳