As a teenager I had the unenviable job of operating a Ford 4000 with duels pulling a 14 foot disk smoothing a low lying area that had never been farmed other than cow pasture. The entire area flooded every spring and had formed small mounds of roots and grass. In comes the Cat with a plow large enough to leave a furrow four feet deep. The Ford tractor with a wide front end and I went over the field in first gear working that plowed ground dropping 3 to 4 feet and back up over the unbroken clumps left on top of the turned over muck. I tried second gear and soon found out the soil was too rough so first gear all day long. 40 years later that land still produces the best silage corn ever.
@frankdeegan89742 ай бұрын
That is a money making machine doing custom work in your area, well worth the investment of time and materials.
@frankdeegan89742 ай бұрын
Super interesting. I think this method is actually fairly popular in other countries, I've seen some video clips but never this in-depth
@kennethney42602 ай бұрын
I like how it's mixing the sand and muck very well as they plow. That's going to be awesome for using as a field now. The water is going to drain well and the sand is going to make the muck more manageable for farming. Plus they are not loosing the organic soil from the muck like putting the sand deep it's still slick when wet and hard when dry. They are fixing that permanently now.
@charleswelch2492 ай бұрын
That is just completely awesome can’t believe they started with wood and got into steel that’s just plain amazing congratulations on that plow that’s amazing I would love to see how that ground turned out after it is finished and producing a crop be awesome to watch how it goes step by step
@mattcarlson34432 ай бұрын
I have only gotten to see 1 other plow like that ever. It is at the Florida flywheel show in Ft Mead Florida. What a awesome piece of machinery.
@matthewdavis40812 ай бұрын
That is some mighty black dirt.
@frankthinnes69882 ай бұрын
Really clever custom tool! That conventional plow in the back is a neat touch. Great shots at the intro that show the scale.
@jazzerbyte2 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
Now that is cool, I love farming inventive skill and imagination.
@johndavis34212 ай бұрын
This WAS fun to watch. Thanks to everyone involved for the video. See you later
@jonathancrissinger23012 ай бұрын
Saw a deep plow system used in Holland to flip 5 feet of soil. At a time. They did not add sand like here. This is impressive
@michaeladams85322 ай бұрын
With the price of land, every acre you can gain is a plus!!! Sure don't want a rinky dink power source on that beast.
@DonWelter2 ай бұрын
that really cool!! mesmerizing & captivating at the same time. beautiful dirt too!!
@melodynpepper2 ай бұрын
Hey Brandon I’m glad that Bobby called you and that you and George went and checked it out that was amazing to see thank you guys 👍
@brittblanton83422 ай бұрын
That is the coolest thing I have ever seen
@edwardking22172 ай бұрын
Back in the day, railroad s used a huge one bottom plow to build road beds.
@dankreoger6112 ай бұрын
Well designed boys!!
@jimfawcett61012 ай бұрын
Where in the US is this farmland? Sand on top and peat below? Nice looking machine and plow. Maybe, build another opposite of the right plow and have it flip to left at the end of the field? IDK 🤷♂️ But, great video! 😊
@danielcadnum72142 ай бұрын
They hauled the sand in, from a nearby sand hill, not sure on the state.
@alisciamarotta38882 ай бұрын
With the combination of a massive plowpan under the sand, the sand under that black dirt, and that ditch below the new grade.... i would think a very minor grade to that ditch would eliminate any need for tile reinstallation
@plowmaster1206Ай бұрын
I've seen something similar where Italian farming using deep ploughing to fix some soils. I'm pretty sure there are some videos on you tube of them doing so. Dan
@w0560075682 ай бұрын
I have seen other videos of this being done
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
Any cost analysis as to how much per acre this would cost including hauling the sand and all of it? A very interesting concept to see. Thank you.
@rossrandall58462 ай бұрын
That's a good question I don't think they have thought about that...I could get you prices on the way we do it with our methods it is expensive but it's worth doing
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
Great video. they must of had a sand pit close by lost of yards. Farmers are the best inventors!
@user-zc2jb4ph6c2 ай бұрын
They had a sand hill within in a few 100 feet
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
Having it at your plow day would be great. Even if it was just the plow as a static display with a few pictures.
@bladewiper2 ай бұрын
That would be cool!!
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
That thing is a beast.
@williammatthews29482 ай бұрын
Very nice works great great video thanks Brandon and George and Bobby and many others
@garymessina16092 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
So, this is a process to make heavy soil with clay, into a lighter, more manageable soil, with sand?? Is that blue/gray clay, the plow is pulling up?
@bebo55582 ай бұрын
Wow, that’s the largest plough I have ever seen. Where did they buy the massive crawler it’s attached to, it equally impressive
@roberthocking91382 ай бұрын
That's just your standard tile plow there are a handful of companies that build them
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
Rolling sand to help compaction and drainage. Nice. Could have come along behind to throw green organics, charcoal and hardwood chips, and long release fertilizer blend in the trench but it's still cool to not. Mainly because things like that come after the field is done, looking at it then seeing all the stuff that could help the dirt be more. By that time it's an irritation to consider going back to re-turn but it'll stay nagging at the back of your thoughts until deep turn time again. That's when that thought will be the only thing that slept in. Keep gnarly out there.
@bishopcorva2 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing, that is cool
@kennylesher-cs2zu2 ай бұрын
Adding sand to firm up a whole lot of soil, those are some smart, creative farmers. Thats right up there as SO HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO FIX AN UNAREABLE FIELD?!?
@richardw.foxhall33922 ай бұрын
Many many miles, now that land is tens of thousands an acre lol
@dethmaulАй бұрын
That is cool! Here is Upstate SC if you were to plow that deep you would be bring up more red clay and rock.
@shaneoates3352 ай бұрын
That plow would be tough to pull here in upstate S.C.
@williamlindsey41482 ай бұрын
I wonder what the fuel consumption is on the track tractor a lot of drag there a lot of dirt turning over. Enjoy the video man. Keep them coming. Be safe.
@tonycole6132 ай бұрын
Thank you!....as far as fuel consumption I'm not really sure I never asked it's probably not to bad I'm guessing with a 3306 cat just running hydraulic pumps
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
What is the horsepower of each of the two machines pulling the plow?
@fedup35822 ай бұрын
That thing is something else !! Neat !!
@rongrose37462 ай бұрын
3306 is a good engine, from truck to tractor to boat. I’m interested that the yield increase covers the transport costs of the sand. It’s clay here and it sheds water like a roof :o) Two mile over it is sand and gravel. Very different farming.
@teamidris2 ай бұрын
Love homemade out of the box thinking
@HighGearAutomotive2 ай бұрын
That is a massive crawler WOW. Nicely done. What is the next step ,say do you disk it next. That would be a rough ride on a tractor but I would be interested in knowing how they do the next step. Thx for sharing.
@robertmoore27832 ай бұрын
Not bad this toy . Here in germany we had a plow that is working 7 feet deep .
@mbury80042 ай бұрын
Lol
@daleolson35062 ай бұрын
I think you are referring to the Ottomeyer plough set currently in the Emsland Moormuseum :)
@PieterHansma772 ай бұрын
Yes . Ottomeyer was located 4 Kilometer from where i life . @@PieterHansma77
@mbury80042 ай бұрын
Yes . Ottomeyer was located 3 Kilometer away from where i life . They build two of this plows one is in the Moormuseum the other stands near Friesoyte today.@@PieterHansma77
I live in central Alberta and there are areas that have Solenexic sp.. soils. They have deep plowed it to try and improve the soil, I don’t know if it worked or not. I do know they built huge plows like that for the job. Very interesting.
@hughperkins7072 ай бұрын
Years a go a farmer in our area tried to plow deep to get rid of disease that killed mint they said it helped but it wasn't a total cure for it
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
That’s a whole new level of cool stuff! Thanks for sharing that with us. 😊 Pardon my ignorance but, did they spread out like a foot of sand over the field and now they’re turning/mixing it in with the good dirt, with that moldboard plow rig to raise the level of the field because of ponding water/flooding? I just don’t have any experience in field drainage other than DP’s tile plow lol
@alanbierhoff68312 ай бұрын
I think it's like 30 to 36 inches of sand
@JosiahMenefee2 ай бұрын
Yes they hauled in sand from a nearby sand hill now they are rolling that under and mixing and bringing some muck which is full of organic material to the top and now the sand will act as a firm base and also they have raised the grade in this spot further away from the water table.... basically the same process as what we did in this video and a few other older videos of mine kzhead.info/sun/edlxiJV8ZGd-qa8/bejne.html
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
What was the purpose of the regular board following?
@plowmaster1206Ай бұрын
@@plowmaster1206 I believe it flips 2foot of sand just to make sure it gets all the way down to the bottom
@JosiahMenefeeАй бұрын
@@JosiahMenefee i see it kinda breaks the furrow edge a bit, was thinking it may take a bit of the work from the large board
@plowmaster1206Ай бұрын
Very cool 😎 impressive
@fredcroad3312 ай бұрын
Okay, I'm impressed!
@masaharumorimoto47612 ай бұрын
Very cool!
@mikec68312 ай бұрын
Is there a sand layer under the field or do you have to truck it in from somewhere??
@douglasthompson27402 ай бұрын
They brought it over from some nearby sand hills
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
That's not the biggest sand plow I've seen, but is the first one I've seen on a tile plow.
@hvy1ton2 ай бұрын
very cool, did they truck the sand in and then this is plowing it in ??
@casycasy51992 ай бұрын
They hauled it from a sand hill a few hundred feet away and are rolling it in very similar to what we have done in my older videos such as this one. kzhead.info/sun/edlxiJV8ZGd-qa8/bejne.htmlsi=1VyJczcyhe6-Wzvg
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
They have one similar to this one in Florida, it’s pulled by two Cat D8’s
@dieselwrench36212 ай бұрын
This was just cool
@user-zf4bq1qc3u2 ай бұрын
Oh my, how many truck loads of sand...
@danrose3233Ай бұрын
Hey Brandon not relevant to this video but r you gonna have a plow day this year.
@edwardyounkin26602 ай бұрын
This makes me really wish i was raised on a farm
@kurtdnelson9653Ай бұрын
Interesting. Every other country they do the opposite. They plow their topsoil into the sand which I always thought was a joke.
@themonopolyguy43652 ай бұрын
For as high the water table was, it didn't look that wet when they went through with the plow.
@edelm60622 ай бұрын
Give it alittle bit of time and it will fill up water don't move real quick through muck it's like a clay but it's not
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
Pretty impressive. but not so sure on worlds largest custom plough, but possibly north Americas largest active custom plough. As there is a few round Europe, China and India ploughing around 2.5 metres deeo
@HootMaRoot2 ай бұрын
Well you know I had to come up with a good title for the algorithms I know it's not the world's largest but biggest around here for sure
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
What's up with the soil to begin with? Organic matter?
@7rixee2 ай бұрын
Yes it's basically peat moss so very organic and soft but get some sand in it and it gets pretty firm
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
Can’t make out the name of the track machine with the plow mounted to it. It looks like a diesel locomotive on tracks. There is not a rock to be found in that field.
@dalemyers39452 ай бұрын
The track machine is a RWF which is now know as Bron made in Canada and the actual tile plow that is on the back is a KRAC plow well the parts that are holding the big plow basically the linkage that raises it up and down is all made by KRAC its similar to a Diesel Locomotive instead electric drive though it is hydraulic but I suppose there were some hydraulic drive Locomotives
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
@@dirtgrainsteel You learn something new everyday!
@dalemyers39452 ай бұрын
that was amazing how deep and wide was the cut! great job, thank them for showing how things are created to fix an issue! take care and be safe!
@artillerest43rdva72 ай бұрын
The plow cuts a 4ft wide and can go close to 6ft deep. The little plow in the back takes a 2ft wide by 2ft deep cut out of the next pass to help with mixing the dirt.
@RobertMareska2 ай бұрын
If you watch the video I'm the guy standing in front of the plow and I'm 5'7"
@RobertMareska2 ай бұрын
@@RobertMareska Hello Robert M. : great idea! and such a amazing job creating this massive plow! having the correct pitch, angles, and depth to have it blend between the sand / muck, the muck that the equipment can get stuck in. it is such a difference once the sand is supporting the field. Brandon has shown that in some videos. plus you yield more crops with the rich soil that would otherwise would trap the field equipment.
@artillerest43rdva72 ай бұрын
This seems like a really expensive process by the time you haul all that sand in and get it plowed under
@mattcrowell7945Ай бұрын
So how many acres are they doing, also how many tons of sand did they use ? Thank you
@RJJ61292 ай бұрын
They are probably doing around 4 acres here then they have another farm they are going to and I think Bobby said it's twice the size....they used alot of sand the hill was there close so they just kept hauling I don't really think the kept track
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
1 foot deep it would take 1600 cubic yards per acre
@mattcrowell7945Ай бұрын
That was ... Fantastic, if it gets any bigger, they will need a Big Bud to help pull it!
@ianmckay17802 ай бұрын
You got that right!
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
That’s a lot of dirt I’m surprised it doesn’t break the plow off the way it’s on the side lol
@josephrasberry3850Ай бұрын
Did you have to time this with a dry season so the ground is not too wet which I'm guessing is the biggest issue why it is being done?
@danrose3233Ай бұрын
A 720 could Not even pull the plow OUT OF THE GOUND!!!LOL
@industrialathlete60962 ай бұрын
excellent configuration well designed working like a charm WELL DONE‼️ Keep it up…🥂 👊🔥 🪖
@kobusdutoitbosman6240Ай бұрын
How far down does that black soil go? Never seen anything like that where I am from. Here we have about 1 or 2 of black soil then it is hard clay and rock underneath
@mattcrowell7945Ай бұрын
What make of drainage plow is that ? This is a great video Never saw anything like that we live on clay would take 10000 hp to pull that here
@johnhyde1112 ай бұрын
The track machine is a RWF which is now know as Bron made in Canada and the actual tile plow that is on the back is a KRAC plow well the parts that are holding the big plow basically the linkage that raises it up and down is all made by KRAC....yeah good hard clay you would need some more pulling power
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
I live close to Woodstock ont that is where Bron is built thats why i asked looked familiar they build some huge plows over 600hp
@johnhyde1112 ай бұрын
How many acres are in the field? How many acres per hour? How much did all the sand cost? Is this type of work fairly common?
@dennisenright9347Ай бұрын
What is the purpose of the little plow, which follows behind the main one?
@ShannonFreng2 ай бұрын
Water table or water in a trench. If that was water table I do not believe they could have those dozers in that field.
@Stan_in_Shelton_WAАй бұрын
You would be surprised where you can take a dozer with that much of a foot print under it I've taken LGP dozers places I couldn't even walk it feels like your driving around on a water bed
@dirtgrainsteelАй бұрын
FAR BIGGER THAN THAT USED IN UKRAINE PEAT SOIL
@rumpoh8039Ай бұрын
It's just a title for the algorithms
@dirtgrainsteelАй бұрын
That’s cool stuff, n some black a $$ dirt 🤑👌🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
@yenerm114Ай бұрын
What is the next step in making this land farmable
@MrUtubeobia2 ай бұрын
Just level it out with the dozer or tractor and box blade....maybe run a few lines of tile in it then run a disk or a field cultivator over it and plant it
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
I believe the one's over sea's is a lot larger than this one, of course over there, they have to do deep plowing, just look at their soil composition to compared to what we have here in the states. I know there are many farmers that will shake their head at doing this. Gotta turn that soil over every so often.
@Ham682292 ай бұрын
👍👍
@phud96572 ай бұрын
How does one then flatten out those huge rows of dirt without getting stuck
@jamesbroughton99002 ай бұрын
Interesting to see the next stage
@alanhumberstone99892 ай бұрын
How wide? How deep is each furrow? How deep/thick is the sand layer that they imported?
@rogerhodges76562 ай бұрын
Hey I'm Bobby one of the builders. It's 4ft wide, the small plow behind takes a 2ft wide by 2ft deep bite. The big plow is 4tf wide and can go close to 6ft deep. The sand layer changes from 1ft to 4ft deep. We halled the sand from near by hills trying to level up the farm
@RobertMareska2 ай бұрын
@@RobertMareskagreat job Bobby
@alisciamarotta38882 ай бұрын
@@alisciamarotta3888thank you!
@RobertMareska2 ай бұрын
Thank you for your response. @@RobertMareska
@rogerhodges76562 ай бұрын
Maybe he will answer this questiona by the time the video finishes, but what's the make and model of the white crawler tractor? It looks similar to the snow cat land train machine the U.S. Army used in Greenland during the 1950s for Camp Century. Or was it Project Iceworm? I get the two mixed up sometimes.🤣
@bruisedorange55762 ай бұрын
It's a RWF/Bron you caught me at a good time to answer it I am way behind on comments I need to get caught up and I will....it kinda looks similar after you say that!
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
@@dirtgrainsteel It just occurred to me that I might have been unclear in my question meaning I thought the video might contain the answer. I didn't feel as though the creator owes me a timely response, just throwing it out into the ether hoping someone could answer in the future. Thank you for response though and the great video, keep up the awesome work.
@bruisedorange55762 ай бұрын
How are they going to level the field after they are done plowing?
@tacticalrabbit3082 ай бұрын
Well they are going to use a big box blade they have or they are just going to grade it off with the dozer they also have a dirt pan they can use like a box blade
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
Awesome thanks for sharing could you imagine how muddy that would be after a huge rain lol
@scrotiemcboogerballs19812 ай бұрын
how deep was sand layer ?
@jimkruszka38172 ай бұрын
Think he sed like 30 to 36 inches
@JosiahMenefee2 ай бұрын
That would suck for the next person smoothing it out
@kraigchinn747Ай бұрын
Actually it wasn't to bad at all grading it off with the dozer
@dirtgrainsteelАй бұрын
Did they haul the sand in place on top of muck
@fredpitts93822 ай бұрын
Yes, he said from a sand hill...few hundred feet away.
@alisciamarotta38882 ай бұрын
Why so big? Why plow so deep?
@Handles_are_good_for_holdingАй бұрын
How deep is the furrow?
@johnbeldon6352 ай бұрын
Every bit of 4 or 5 feet deep it's pretty deep
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
Where is this happening?
@gonerydin4225Ай бұрын
Not the biggest plow by a long shot
@indenial3340Ай бұрын
I may be wrong but that brown dirt looks like it was brought in and built up so that the ground wouldn't be compact ain't too hard two demonstrate this plow I can be wrong about that but I would like to see them demonstrated it on raw ground or you could tell the ground hasn't been messed with I'm not knocking what it's doing it seems like a pretty good one but a lot of fuel burn it up just for one flower right You would think the regular size plow would be a lot lighter plus the tractor be a lot lighter to be burn less fuel less maintenance what makes so bad look like to be cheaper that way if you're doing a good enough job What hey I'm but hey I'm not no farmer I used to work For a farmer too When did construction running heavy equipment so I know a little bit about dirt I'm just saying 🤔🤠
@BillyWilliamsBillythekid2 ай бұрын
That plow will break the lift arm in no time. Somehow a way to stop the torsional stress on the arm will be needed. It’s a nice piece though
@Bodie20202 ай бұрын
Well we were talking about that my suggestion was to push on the plow some how with the dozer to kinda help with that stress instead of pulling on the front
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
My new LS tracter plant
@joebrosius67832 ай бұрын
Thing looks like a dang locomotive
@egomaniac2472 ай бұрын
Think ive seen a larger plow on youtube been pulled by 3 dozers
@quinn8602 ай бұрын
Video is called worlds biggest plowed, first video that came up, been pulled by 3 d8s
@quinn8602 ай бұрын
Oh with out a doubt I know there are larger plows out there
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
Who’s gonna level that up?
@timwasserman10633 күн бұрын
As the narrator mentioned right at the end " this was not a planned video" (like much of youtube content unfortunately) call me stupid but the purpose of tilling in the sand was to amend the clay soil? Did they explain that clearly somewhere's in with all of the 3rd grade show and tell level ad lib guffaw ramblings and I simply missed it?
@someguydino6770Ай бұрын
The purpose of the sand is to firm up the peat moss type soil that is extremely organic and raise the topography of the area to get it further from the water table so it will stay dry.....you simply missed it that is all
@dirtgrainsteelАй бұрын
Look at this way, you will probably have a new species of dinosaur named after you since you plowed to a new level of geological history much less farming depth!!
@kenenglish39042 ай бұрын
how in the world would you move that monster with the plow on it yes i know the plow will come off but still a monster to move your regular de tatch trailer is not going to work
@mattphillips42602 ай бұрын
My trailer would haul it no problem it's not nearly as heavy as it looks
@dirtgrainsteel2 ай бұрын
The next logical step is a two bottom and more ponies!
As a teenager I had the unenviable job of operating a Ford 4000 with duels pulling a 14 foot disk smoothing a low lying area that had never been farmed other than cow pasture. The entire area flooded every spring and had formed small mounds of roots and grass. In comes the Cat with a plow large enough to leave a furrow four feet deep. The Ford tractor with a wide front end and I went over the field in first gear working that plowed ground dropping 3 to 4 feet and back up over the unbroken clumps left on top of the turned over muck. I tried second gear and soon found out the soil was too rough so first gear all day long. 40 years later that land still produces the best silage corn ever.
That is a money making machine doing custom work in your area, well worth the investment of time and materials.
Super interesting. I think this method is actually fairly popular in other countries, I've seen some video clips but never this in-depth
I like how it's mixing the sand and muck very well as they plow. That's going to be awesome for using as a field now. The water is going to drain well and the sand is going to make the muck more manageable for farming. Plus they are not loosing the organic soil from the muck like putting the sand deep it's still slick when wet and hard when dry. They are fixing that permanently now.
That is just completely awesome can’t believe they started with wood and got into steel that’s just plain amazing congratulations on that plow that’s amazing I would love to see how that ground turned out after it is finished and producing a crop be awesome to watch how it goes step by step
I have only gotten to see 1 other plow like that ever. It is at the Florida flywheel show in Ft Mead Florida. What a awesome piece of machinery.
That is some mighty black dirt.
Really clever custom tool! That conventional plow in the back is a neat touch. Great shots at the intro that show the scale.
Thank you!
Now that is cool, I love farming inventive skill and imagination.
This WAS fun to watch. Thanks to everyone involved for the video. See you later
Saw a deep plow system used in Holland to flip 5 feet of soil. At a time. They did not add sand like here. This is impressive
With the price of land, every acre you can gain is a plus!!! Sure don't want a rinky dink power source on that beast.
that really cool!! mesmerizing & captivating at the same time. beautiful dirt too!!
Hey Brandon I’m glad that Bobby called you and that you and George went and checked it out that was amazing to see thank you guys 👍
That is the coolest thing I have ever seen
Back in the day, railroad s used a huge one bottom plow to build road beds.
Well designed boys!!
Where in the US is this farmland? Sand on top and peat below? Nice looking machine and plow. Maybe, build another opposite of the right plow and have it flip to left at the end of the field? IDK 🤷♂️ But, great video! 😊
They hauled the sand in, from a nearby sand hill, not sure on the state.
With the combination of a massive plowpan under the sand, the sand under that black dirt, and that ditch below the new grade.... i would think a very minor grade to that ditch would eliminate any need for tile reinstallation
I've seen something similar where Italian farming using deep ploughing to fix some soils. I'm pretty sure there are some videos on you tube of them doing so. Dan
I have seen other videos of this being done
Any cost analysis as to how much per acre this would cost including hauling the sand and all of it? A very interesting concept to see. Thank you.
That's a good question I don't think they have thought about that...I could get you prices on the way we do it with our methods it is expensive but it's worth doing
Great video. they must of had a sand pit close by lost of yards. Farmers are the best inventors!
They had a sand hill within in a few 100 feet
Having it at your plow day would be great. Even if it was just the plow as a static display with a few pictures.
That would be cool!!
That thing is a beast.
Very nice works great great video thanks Brandon and George and Bobby and many others
Thank you!
So, this is a process to make heavy soil with clay, into a lighter, more manageable soil, with sand?? Is that blue/gray clay, the plow is pulling up?
Wow, that’s the largest plough I have ever seen. Where did they buy the massive crawler it’s attached to, it equally impressive
That's just your standard tile plow there are a handful of companies that build them
Rolling sand to help compaction and drainage. Nice. Could have come along behind to throw green organics, charcoal and hardwood chips, and long release fertilizer blend in the trench but it's still cool to not. Mainly because things like that come after the field is done, looking at it then seeing all the stuff that could help the dirt be more. By that time it's an irritation to consider going back to re-turn but it'll stay nagging at the back of your thoughts until deep turn time again. That's when that thought will be the only thing that slept in. Keep gnarly out there.
Thanks for sharing, that is cool
Adding sand to firm up a whole lot of soil, those are some smart, creative farmers. Thats right up there as SO HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO FIX AN UNAREABLE FIELD?!?
Many many miles, now that land is tens of thousands an acre lol
That is cool! Here is Upstate SC if you were to plow that deep you would be bring up more red clay and rock.
That plow would be tough to pull here in upstate S.C.
I wonder what the fuel consumption is on the track tractor a lot of drag there a lot of dirt turning over. Enjoy the video man. Keep them coming. Be safe.
Thank you!....as far as fuel consumption I'm not really sure I never asked it's probably not to bad I'm guessing with a 3306 cat just running hydraulic pumps
What is the horsepower of each of the two machines pulling the plow?
That thing is something else !! Neat !!
3306 is a good engine, from truck to tractor to boat. I’m interested that the yield increase covers the transport costs of the sand. It’s clay here and it sheds water like a roof :o) Two mile over it is sand and gravel. Very different farming.
Love homemade out of the box thinking
That is a massive crawler WOW. Nicely done. What is the next step ,say do you disk it next. That would be a rough ride on a tractor but I would be interested in knowing how they do the next step. Thx for sharing.
Not bad this toy . Here in germany we had a plow that is working 7 feet deep .
Lol
I think you are referring to the Ottomeyer plough set currently in the Emsland Moormuseum :)
Yes . Ottomeyer was located 4 Kilometer from where i life . @@PieterHansma77
Yes . Ottomeyer was located 3 Kilometer away from where i life . They build two of this plows one is in the Moormuseum the other stands near Friesoyte today.@@PieterHansma77
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I live in central Alberta and there are areas that have Solenexic sp.. soils. They have deep plowed it to try and improve the soil, I don’t know if it worked or not. I do know they built huge plows like that for the job. Very interesting.
Years a go a farmer in our area tried to plow deep to get rid of disease that killed mint they said it helped but it wasn't a total cure for it
That’s a whole new level of cool stuff! Thanks for sharing that with us. 😊 Pardon my ignorance but, did they spread out like a foot of sand over the field and now they’re turning/mixing it in with the good dirt, with that moldboard plow rig to raise the level of the field because of ponding water/flooding? I just don’t have any experience in field drainage other than DP’s tile plow lol
I think it's like 30 to 36 inches of sand
Yes they hauled in sand from a nearby sand hill now they are rolling that under and mixing and bringing some muck which is full of organic material to the top and now the sand will act as a firm base and also they have raised the grade in this spot further away from the water table.... basically the same process as what we did in this video and a few other older videos of mine kzhead.info/sun/edlxiJV8ZGd-qa8/bejne.html
What was the purpose of the regular board following?
@@plowmaster1206 I believe it flips 2foot of sand just to make sure it gets all the way down to the bottom
@@JosiahMenefee i see it kinda breaks the furrow edge a bit, was thinking it may take a bit of the work from the large board
Very cool 😎 impressive
Okay, I'm impressed!
Very cool!
Is there a sand layer under the field or do you have to truck it in from somewhere??
They brought it over from some nearby sand hills
That's not the biggest sand plow I've seen, but is the first one I've seen on a tile plow.
very cool, did they truck the sand in and then this is plowing it in ??
They hauled it from a sand hill a few hundred feet away and are rolling it in very similar to what we have done in my older videos such as this one. kzhead.info/sun/edlxiJV8ZGd-qa8/bejne.htmlsi=1VyJczcyhe6-Wzvg
They have one similar to this one in Florida, it’s pulled by two Cat D8’s
This was just cool
Oh my, how many truck loads of sand...
Hey Brandon not relevant to this video but r you gonna have a plow day this year.
This makes me really wish i was raised on a farm
Interesting. Every other country they do the opposite. They plow their topsoil into the sand which I always thought was a joke.
For as high the water table was, it didn't look that wet when they went through with the plow.
Give it alittle bit of time and it will fill up water don't move real quick through muck it's like a clay but it's not
Pretty impressive. but not so sure on worlds largest custom plough, but possibly north Americas largest active custom plough. As there is a few round Europe, China and India ploughing around 2.5 metres deeo
Well you know I had to come up with a good title for the algorithms I know it's not the world's largest but biggest around here for sure
What's up with the soil to begin with? Organic matter?
Yes it's basically peat moss so very organic and soft but get some sand in it and it gets pretty firm
Can’t make out the name of the track machine with the plow mounted to it. It looks like a diesel locomotive on tracks. There is not a rock to be found in that field.
The track machine is a RWF which is now know as Bron made in Canada and the actual tile plow that is on the back is a KRAC plow well the parts that are holding the big plow basically the linkage that raises it up and down is all made by KRAC its similar to a Diesel Locomotive instead electric drive though it is hydraulic but I suppose there were some hydraulic drive Locomotives
@@dirtgrainsteel You learn something new everyday!
that was amazing how deep and wide was the cut! great job, thank them for showing how things are created to fix an issue! take care and be safe!
The plow cuts a 4ft wide and can go close to 6ft deep. The little plow in the back takes a 2ft wide by 2ft deep cut out of the next pass to help with mixing the dirt.
If you watch the video I'm the guy standing in front of the plow and I'm 5'7"
@@RobertMareska Hello Robert M. : great idea! and such a amazing job creating this massive plow! having the correct pitch, angles, and depth to have it blend between the sand / muck, the muck that the equipment can get stuck in. it is such a difference once the sand is supporting the field. Brandon has shown that in some videos. plus you yield more crops with the rich soil that would otherwise would trap the field equipment.
This seems like a really expensive process by the time you haul all that sand in and get it plowed under
So how many acres are they doing, also how many tons of sand did they use ? Thank you
They are probably doing around 4 acres here then they have another farm they are going to and I think Bobby said it's twice the size....they used alot of sand the hill was there close so they just kept hauling I don't really think the kept track
1 foot deep it would take 1600 cubic yards per acre
That was ... Fantastic, if it gets any bigger, they will need a Big Bud to help pull it!
You got that right!
That’s a lot of dirt I’m surprised it doesn’t break the plow off the way it’s on the side lol
Did you have to time this with a dry season so the ground is not too wet which I'm guessing is the biggest issue why it is being done?
A 720 could Not even pull the plow OUT OF THE GOUND!!!LOL
excellent configuration well designed working like a charm WELL DONE‼️ Keep it up…🥂 👊🔥 🪖
How far down does that black soil go? Never seen anything like that where I am from. Here we have about 1 or 2 of black soil then it is hard clay and rock underneath
What make of drainage plow is that ? This is a great video Never saw anything like that we live on clay would take 10000 hp to pull that here
The track machine is a RWF which is now know as Bron made in Canada and the actual tile plow that is on the back is a KRAC plow well the parts that are holding the big plow basically the linkage that raises it up and down is all made by KRAC....yeah good hard clay you would need some more pulling power
I live close to Woodstock ont that is where Bron is built thats why i asked looked familiar they build some huge plows over 600hp
How many acres are in the field? How many acres per hour? How much did all the sand cost? Is this type of work fairly common?
What is the purpose of the little plow, which follows behind the main one?
Water table or water in a trench. If that was water table I do not believe they could have those dozers in that field.
You would be surprised where you can take a dozer with that much of a foot print under it I've taken LGP dozers places I couldn't even walk it feels like your driving around on a water bed
FAR BIGGER THAN THAT USED IN UKRAINE PEAT SOIL
It's just a title for the algorithms
That’s cool stuff, n some black a $$ dirt 🤑👌🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
What is the next step in making this land farmable
Just level it out with the dozer or tractor and box blade....maybe run a few lines of tile in it then run a disk or a field cultivator over it and plant it
I believe the one's over sea's is a lot larger than this one, of course over there, they have to do deep plowing, just look at their soil composition to compared to what we have here in the states. I know there are many farmers that will shake their head at doing this. Gotta turn that soil over every so often.
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How does one then flatten out those huge rows of dirt without getting stuck
Interesting to see the next stage
How wide? How deep is each furrow? How deep/thick is the sand layer that they imported?
Hey I'm Bobby one of the builders. It's 4ft wide, the small plow behind takes a 2ft wide by 2ft deep bite. The big plow is 4tf wide and can go close to 6ft deep. The sand layer changes from 1ft to 4ft deep. We halled the sand from near by hills trying to level up the farm
@@RobertMareskagreat job Bobby
@@alisciamarotta3888thank you!
Thank you for your response. @@RobertMareska
Maybe he will answer this questiona by the time the video finishes, but what's the make and model of the white crawler tractor? It looks similar to the snow cat land train machine the U.S. Army used in Greenland during the 1950s for Camp Century. Or was it Project Iceworm? I get the two mixed up sometimes.🤣
It's a RWF/Bron you caught me at a good time to answer it I am way behind on comments I need to get caught up and I will....it kinda looks similar after you say that!
@@dirtgrainsteel It just occurred to me that I might have been unclear in my question meaning I thought the video might contain the answer. I didn't feel as though the creator owes me a timely response, just throwing it out into the ether hoping someone could answer in the future. Thank you for response though and the great video, keep up the awesome work.
How are they going to level the field after they are done plowing?
Well they are going to use a big box blade they have or they are just going to grade it off with the dozer they also have a dirt pan they can use like a box blade
Awesome thanks for sharing could you imagine how muddy that would be after a huge rain lol
how deep was sand layer ?
Think he sed like 30 to 36 inches
That would suck for the next person smoothing it out
Actually it wasn't to bad at all grading it off with the dozer
Did they haul the sand in place on top of muck
Yes, he said from a sand hill...few hundred feet away.
Why so big? Why plow so deep?
How deep is the furrow?
Every bit of 4 or 5 feet deep it's pretty deep
Where is this happening?
Not the biggest plow by a long shot
I may be wrong but that brown dirt looks like it was brought in and built up so that the ground wouldn't be compact ain't too hard two demonstrate this plow I can be wrong about that but I would like to see them demonstrated it on raw ground or you could tell the ground hasn't been messed with I'm not knocking what it's doing it seems like a pretty good one but a lot of fuel burn it up just for one flower right You would think the regular size plow would be a lot lighter plus the tractor be a lot lighter to be burn less fuel less maintenance what makes so bad look like to be cheaper that way if you're doing a good enough job What hey I'm but hey I'm not no farmer I used to work For a farmer too When did construction running heavy equipment so I know a little bit about dirt I'm just saying 🤔🤠
That plow will break the lift arm in no time. Somehow a way to stop the torsional stress on the arm will be needed. It’s a nice piece though
Well we were talking about that my suggestion was to push on the plow some how with the dozer to kinda help with that stress instead of pulling on the front
My new LS tracter plant
Thing looks like a dang locomotive
Think ive seen a larger plow on youtube been pulled by 3 dozers
Video is called worlds biggest plowed, first video that came up, been pulled by 3 d8s
Oh with out a doubt I know there are larger plows out there
Who’s gonna level that up?
As the narrator mentioned right at the end " this was not a planned video" (like much of youtube content unfortunately) call me stupid but the purpose of tilling in the sand was to amend the clay soil? Did they explain that clearly somewhere's in with all of the 3rd grade show and tell level ad lib guffaw ramblings and I simply missed it?
The purpose of the sand is to firm up the peat moss type soil that is extremely organic and raise the topography of the area to get it further from the water table so it will stay dry.....you simply missed it that is all
Look at this way, you will probably have a new species of dinosaur named after you since you plowed to a new level of geological history much less farming depth!!
how in the world would you move that monster with the plow on it yes i know the plow will come off but still a monster to move your regular de tatch trailer is not going to work
My trailer would haul it no problem it's not nearly as heavy as it looks
The next logical step is a two bottom and more ponies!
they never said why they were doing it
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