CONVERSION OF HAND PLOUGH TO TRACTOR LIFT

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 79, Issue 5, 15 November 1949, Page 458

CONVERSION OF HAND PLOUGH TO TRACTOR LIFT

By

D. M. E. MERRY.

Instructor in Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Nelson.

THE illustrations show a singleJ- furrow digger hand plough coupled to the, hydraulic lift of a tractor mower attachment and functioning as a hydraulic-lift plough. Alterations to the hand plough, apart from removal of the handles, consist of fitting a rear land wheel which for ploughing is adjusted to the same . position as the front land wheel. The function of this extra wheel is merely to prevent the plough from overturning when lifted out and for towing free. On the tractor a lift bar is coupled direct to the hydraulic piston and on the other end of the bar a chain from the towing bracket on the plough is attached by a U bolt. It is essential for the point of . lift to be adjusted correctly on the towing bracket, as, if the line of draught is interfered with, the plough will not turn a full furrow when re-entered. On the plough, shown the lift was taken about 9in. out from the beam. The conversion outfit is the property of Mr. Y. O. Sutton of Richmond, Nelson.