In order to carry out certain work when cultivating the soil in your personal plot, you should use specially designed agricultural equipment or tools. If you work using manual labor, you may encounter too long a task, an over-expenditure of energy.
Among other solutions, the plow should be highlighted. Many people wonder what is better - to purchase a device in a store or make it yourself. You may choose the first option, but sometimes it is not suitable for those who want to save. In addition, a self-made device, you can always repair or replace failed parts.
In general, plows are also good because they can be installed on walk-behind tractors. This technique copes with agricultural tasks, namely:
- plowing;
- planting various crops;
- mowing;
- sowing;
- hilling;
- digging potatoes, carrots, onions, etc.
Before making a plow for a walk-behind tractor with your own hands, you must choose a design that can be:
- negotiable;
- single hull;
- rotary.
Recommendations for the manufacture of single-body plow
Such a device is characterized by simplicity and the ability to perform one of many modifications. Therefore, this option is optimal for manufacturing at home. A single-body plow is a lightweight construction, the manufacture of which does not require special equipment or special tools. Material can be found in your garage or barn.
If you want to make a plow for a walk-behind tractor, you should take advantage of the experience of many masters who claim that it is better to make the device with a removable share so that you can sharpen before plowing.
Before you make the cutting part, you should think about what material to choose. Alloy steel 9XC is best suited , which forms the basis of saw blades. The 45th steel is also suitable, which should be brought to the state of hardness in HRC 55. If you have found only ordinary, for example grade 3, which cannot be hardened, its cutting edge is beaten off on the anvil, and then sharpened. Then it will be adapted for cutting the soil.
Production of a dump for a plow
The plow for a walk-behind tractor must have a blade, the working area of ββwhich should be given a cylindrical shape. If there are rollers available, then you can cope with this task with ease. A blank for the blade, which is pre-cut with scissors for metal or by gas / electric welding, must be laid on the rollers at an angle of 20 Β°. The workpiece must be bent, and then with the help of a heavy hammer you can finalize it to the necessary shape, following the template.
Alternative blade
A steel 600 mm pipe, the wall thickness of which is 5 mm, can act as a preform. First, you must make a template from thick cardboard, which is then applied to the pipe so that the bottom edge of the template makes an angle of 23 Β° with the pipe edge. With the help of the ploughshare, it will be necessary to outline the line of the blade, and then, using gas welding, you should cut the workpiece and process it with emery. If necessary, the workpiece can be brought to the mold according to the template with a hammer.
The third method of manufacturing a blade
When making a plow blade for a walk-behind tractor using this technology, you will need to make a little more effort. The workpiece in the first stage is placed in the hearth for heating. It is beaten on the matrix with a hammer. A dump from another plow can act as a sample. For the manufacture of the plow frame, you can use a 3 mm sheet of steel, the grade of which can vary from 3 to 10.
Device assembly
When drawing up a plow drawing, you will need to depict the following nodes:
- side stand guard;
- a rack;
- ploughshare;
- spacer plate;
- field board.
The ploughshare is made of alloy steel. But the shield can be made of steel grade St3. The same applies to the spacer plate and the base plate. The role of the field board will be played by a corner with a 30 mm shelf. As for the rack, it will be based on a 40 mm pipe. From thick cardboard it is necessary to make all parts of the device, after they are connected to each other with a shutter speed of the desired angles. If the cardboard model suits you in all respects, you can start working with metal blanks.
When doing the plow for a walk-behind tractor with your own hands, you will need to use an auxiliary steel sheet of a square shape with a side of 500 mm. Its thickness should be 3 mm. As a tool, prepare the apparatus for welding. Using wedges with an angle of 25 Β°, the ploughshare should be laid on a supporting sheet. From two sides after this, the parts are caught by spot welding.
The side shield of the rack joins the plow share in an upright position so that the edge comes into contact with the share edge. The overlap should be 7 mm. The side flap should be raised 10 mm higher with respect to the share blade. It is important to consider that the share should cut the soil.
The blade is then applied to the ploughshare so that there is no gap. Details should form a single whole. Between the top edge of the blade and the share blade, the angle should be approximately 7Λ. When making a drawing of a plow for a walk-behind tractor with your own hands, you must provide for the fixing of the ploughshare, which will consist of several parts, namely:
- screw;
- dump;
- nuts
- plates;
- base of the corner.
The screw must have a countersunk head. As for the corner, you should take two; one of which will have a shelf of 30, the other - 90 mm. If you are faced with the question of how to make a plow for a walk-behind tractor, then you should know that during assembly you may find that the edges or angles do not match. The oval is being finalized with a large hammer. After fitting the blade to the rear share, grab it with spot welding using the same principle as with the side shield. The latter is welded to the base plate and spacer bar. At the base to the plate, it is necessary to strengthen the corners for emphasis.
After that, the tool is inspected, then it can be scalded thoroughly. The auxiliary sheet is then deleted, because it was used for assembly. You can separate it from the body with a grinder or a chisel. In the first case, a cutting wheel is used. The stop corners are welded to the base plate in the next step. After completion of welding work, the seams should be cleaned, and the surface of the blade and share should be processed with sandpaper.
Reversible plow manufacturing
A reversible plow for a walk-behind tractor can be called a universal device. It is based on a manual mechanism, which is part of a single standard hitch. It is known that during plowing in one pass, a layer of land is turned over by a share only in one direction. Therefore, the operator has to go to the beginning so that the soil turns over in the right direction in the next row. We have to start on the same side of the site. For this, you need a revolving plow for a walk-behind tractor; with your own hands you can perform it quite simply. With the help of this device you will perform plowing of the territory much faster. At the end of the row, you will need to turn the share in the opposite direction, continuing the tillage.
Recommendations for the manufacture of reversible plow
Initially, it is necessary to make a frame for which a metal pipe is used. Its cross section may be 52 x 40 mm. The wall thickness should be approximately 7 mm. For the fork, you need to cut off the wide walls of the frame, which are located opposite each other.
On the frame after this, the middle is marked, where the transverse beam will be located. There are also welded racks that have the function of eyes. The drawbar is fixed there. A hole is formed in the front of the frame, which should be brewed tightly to prevent dirt from entering.
Plow Dimensions
The reversible plow consists of several main planes, such as:
- front dump;
- lower horizontal;
- lateral vertical.
If, after removing the blade and the share, the plow is laid on top of the table, the table cover should coincide with the horizontal lower plane, while the vertical wall will coincide with the vertical side plane.
A plow is considered to be of high quality, in which the lower cutting edge of the share is 20 mm lower than the horizontal lower plane. Before starting work with your own hands, the dimensions of the plow for walk-behind tractor must be determined. Among other parameters, the ratio of the side cutting edge of the share with the side cutting edge of the blade should also be highlighted.
The blade and share should not protrude beyond the vertical lateral plane by more than 10 mm. Another condition is the connection of the front plane of the share with the blade in one plane. There should not be any gaps. Protruding fasteners must not protrude.
Finally
The dimensions of the plow for the walk-behind tractor are selected individually, but there are some parameters that should be followed. For example, the side edges of the share should have angles from 10 to 20Λ. The lateral cutting edge of the blade may be rounded. Another condition that should be observed when choosing the parameters for the plow is the flat back of the ploughshare. With a flat plow surface, this element should be 15-20 15.