Do I have enough horses?

[neilo]

Pulled a single leg Browns mole plough out of the nettles this afternoon, last used 35+ years ago I should think.
I have about an acre of blue clay at the bottom of a field to mole into a ditch, so don’t want to spend on anything like a new expander. Buying a 3/4” pin for the leg was bad enough!

My only tractor is a JD6920. Will she be boss enough for it, or should I go and see if I can borrow 250hp from next door?

 

[spin cycle]

probably be ok but if you know someone with a fergy 35 why not have them on standby with a chain so they could hook on front if needed

 

[B'o'B]

I’d be pretty sure I could pull that with my 4055 (115hp). I think I’d try and stretch to an expander as well, if your going to do a job you may as well do it something like right!

 

[icanshootwell]

I think you might struggle with that, you need one of these.

 

[Farmer_Joe]

if you have owt much bigger it think you will bend it anyway, im sure it will be more than enough

 

[Wellytrack]

Shouldn’t joke, I could show you a picture of a field here that it may go into but probably wouldn’t come out of again!

 

[holywell farmer]

Pulled a single leg Browns mole plough out of the nettles this afternoon, last used 35+ years ago I should think.
I have about an acre of blue clay at the bottom of a field to mole into a ditch, so don’t want to spend on anything like a new expander. Buying a 3/4” pin for the leg was bad enough!

My only tractor is a JD6920. Will she be boss enough for it, or should I go and see if I can borrow 250hp from next door?

That mole plough doesn't look to bad for somthing that's been resting in nettles

 

[Skintagain]

I bet it will have more horses on front of it than last time it was used by fair margin

 

[bluebell]

theres a leaflet on EBAY thats advertising a ransomes single leg moleplough subsoiler looks from the 1960s saying using one of these will make next years harvest the best ever ? how the hell did people get on back then thats ford 5000, or fordson supermajor era and 2 wheeldrive at that ?

 

[David.]

How did they pull 7 furrows with a 7000?
Soil structure can't be what it was can it..

 

[C.J]

probably be ok but if you know someone with a fergy 35 why not have them on standby with a chain so they could hook on front if needed

With a 6920 you could use the 35 as your expander

 

[manhill]

Looks like the mole has gone looking for a lady mole!

 

[yellowbelly]

You'll pull it like that no problem without an expander.
It's the expander that takes the pulling - this is definitely a case of where size does matter (no matter what Mrs Neilo tells you to make you feel better)

I'd suggest you ought to have an expander of some sort on there, but don't go crazy or you'll not be able to keep it at a constant depth.

 

[betweenthelines]

What do you think it was pulled by when it was new?

I'd say a super major

 

[Will 1594]

Leave it in 2 wd or you might need to go for forklift to recover it , when you pull it to bits

 

[Hilly]

I lent my mole plough to someone with lots of horse power and it’s lost underground now Never to be seen again .

 

[Wombat]

We pull a single leg foster 3pt link one in heavy clay with 115hp so u will be fine

 

[colhonk]

The last time we moled with a Lely mole plough , it was on a TVO Fergy 35, pulled by 2 fergy 20`s, a sit up and beg Major and on the front a Cat D2 bulldozer.

 

[J 1177]

I had a single leg foster one, Had. My 5130 broke it. I know it's only 100hp but loader on weights on tyre pressure down that old lass could climb a mountain..........unfortunately it broke my mole plough.
It's more about grip than hp anyhow

 

[Kevtherev]

Pulled them with power majors ford 4000s and fiat 640DT
It be grand