Why chisel plow

These models can be equipped with a choice of three different shank styles in both rigid and dual nested spring resets.

The heavy-duty three-point hitch allows for a short-coupled machine that pulls easily and is highly maneuverable. Optional gauge wheels and frame extension packages allow these machines to be tailored to fit your needs. The 2-Bar Mounted Chisel Plow has been a staple item in the line of primary tillage tools for over 45 years. It was designed as a complement to the 3-Bar Mounted Chisel Plow.

With its 5 and 7 shank sizes, the 2-Bar Mounted Chisel Plow fits into smaller operations and niche markets around the country. The 2-Bar frame allows for handy maneuvering and easy pulling in the field. The ability of these machines to reach just slightly deeper into the soil profile than the moldboard plow allows producers to manage compaction layers in a very economical way. The 2-Bar Mounted Chisel Plow has stood the test of time and will continue to be the tillage tool of choice for certain applications well into the future.

To view manuals for previous versions of this or a different product line, click here. Search for:. Typically, chiseling is performed in the fall and is followed by one or more secondary tillage operations in the spring. The fall operation cuts and incorporates some of the residue, making it more susceptible than undisturbed residue to decomposition and over-winter weathering.

Partially decomposed residue is easily broken and covered by secondary tillage operations, negating much of the effect of having selected chisel points which leave more residue.

On many soils, a single pass in the spring with a disk, field cultivator, or combination tillage implement provides limited pesticide and fertilizer incorporation on fall chiseled fields. A second tillage pass provides more complete incorporation, but can decrease residue and erosion control. Spring chiseling affords erosion control during the winter and allows extended grazing of stalks. However, soil moisture evaporation following spring tillage can result in yield reductions, particularly in lower rainfall areas.

Spring chiseling may also produce clods that could require additional tillage operations to prepare a suitable seedbed. A chisel plow may clog in extremely heavy or wet residue unless stalk shredding or light tillage precedes chiseling.

This additional operation increases fuel and labor requirements.