Does anyone own a plotmaster?
10-05-2005, 11:04 PM
#2
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: ne bama
Posts: 6,340
RE: Does anyone own a plotmaster?
a guy i used to hunt with had one, it was pretty nice, for the smaller plots we do the best little uniti have found has tires on one side and a row of disk on the other, the tounge turns so you just flip it over and go, real handy with an atv, even if money were no object i don't know that i would want the plot master, i mean what we do in our small mountian plots is simple and we've had good results, we usea tractor for the bigger fields in the bottoms,i'll try to find out the brand on the unit i'm talkin about, think it was around 300'ish
10-07-2005, 08:56 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: cazenovia, NY USA
Posts: 2,973
RE: Does anyone own a plotmaster?
you'd be surprised how often this post comes up -
So far - 1 guy that I remember has come forward with promising results.
Your soil has to be rock free, and sod free for it to work OK
FH
So far - 1 guy that I remember has come forward with promising results.
Your soil has to be rock free, and sod free for it to work OK
FH
10-09-2005, 11:51 AM
#8
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Elizabeth West Virginia USA
Posts: 43
RE: Does anyone own a plotmaster?
Well I guess it's about time I chime in on this subject. I have had the plotmaster for 3 seasons now. Although it states that you can do it all in one shot, you can't. If the ground has been untouched for over three years as in my situation, you have a job ahead of you. If you can get heavy farm equipment for the start you will be ahead by two weeks.
I have found that you can't use the plot master on hard dried ground/clay. If you do ittwo days after a moderate rain the disk and plow work just fine. If it is too wet, all you will wind up doing is cutting large chunks of mud and adding to more work later.
After the first year, it justs gets easier. All I have to do is brush hog. After the brush hog, just hook up the plotmaster disk and plow at the same time and the following week just lightly disk, plow seed and drag.
The largest plot I use if for is 2ac the smallest are 1/4ac. I paid $2400 for it 3 years ago and still going strong.
Steve/X-LINY
Pheasant Hollow Farm
I have found that you can't use the plot master on hard dried ground/clay. If you do ittwo days after a moderate rain the disk and plow work just fine. If it is too wet, all you will wind up doing is cutting large chunks of mud and adding to more work later.
After the first year, it justs gets easier. All I have to do is brush hog. After the brush hog, just hook up the plotmaster disk and plow at the same time and the following week just lightly disk, plow seed and drag.
The largest plot I use if for is 2ac the smallest are 1/4ac. I paid $2400 for it 3 years ago and still going strong.
Steve/X-LINY
Pheasant Hollow Farm
10-09-2005, 12:02 PM
#9
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Elizabeth West Virginia USA
Posts: 43
RE: Does anyone own a plotmaster?
Here is the link to the plotmaster.
Oh, and by the way, before I purchased the plotmaster they brought it down to my farm and let me use it for a week to decide if it was, what I was interested in at no charge.
http://www.theplotmaster.com/html/plotmaster.html
Steve/X-LINY
Pheasant Hollow Farm
Oh, and by the way, before I purchased the plotmaster they brought it down to my farm and let me use it for a week to decide if it was, what I was interested in at no charge.
http://www.theplotmaster.com/html/plotmaster.html
Steve/X-LINY
Pheasant Hollow Farm
10-09-2005, 12:03 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
Posts: 4,271
RE: Does anyone own a plotmaster?
I have had friends that have owned them and ALL of them suggest that the ATV version is only good for your ATV mechanic because they tear 'em up. The full size tractor version is a much better option. I personally just bought seperate heavy duty implements for my tractor and haven't regreted it.