Setting Riding Plowshares
Set the point of the share down until suction is 1/8" to 3/16" under the landside at point "A."

The clearance in the share's throat at "B" should be at least 1/8".

Set the edge of the share at wing point "F" without wing bearing.

	Set landside clearance to about 3/16" at "H."
Related information: Riding Plow Line of Draft
John Deere published The Operation, Care and Repair of Farm Machinery from which the above was reprinted in The Evener 1998 issue of Rural Heritage.

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29 April 2012 last revision