JC--Great to hear from you again! Mike is definitely right about the 12" vs the 10" plow. It is amazing how much larger the 12 actually is when you set them side by side. However, there are some other things at play here. First of all, IMHO, the GD tractors were made for plowing. I am amazed how you can just put them in gear, let out the clutch and they do their thing! I have plowed some really tough ground with my 100 GD that was nearly stopping everything else. Given the fact that your clutch is in good shape and you have power and traction, the GD's are amazing when put in front of a plow. No offense to the hydro crowd at all, that is just my observation from about 20 hours of seat time plowing. I will still be plowing some with my 782 at PD IX and I'm working on a custom hitch called "the Rogster" hitch for my CubKub diesel (which will end up on one of the other areas of the forum over the winter). Next,and most importantly, the 12" wasn't setup well that day and afterward we did some serious investigation and learned some interesting things. I had just purchased a Brinly sleeve hitch from a buddy. It was home made and I slapped it right on the 782 and went plowing. One of the thigs we noticed is that no matter how flat or shallow we adjusted the "suck" on the plow it was still riding more like a chisel plow than anything. It was also pushing...er...scraping into the landside portion of the furrow. My uncle Roger, who is one of my heros, had been a farmer his whole life was watching this operation and he said your plow seems way too loose. As it turned out, whoever made the sleeve hitch used a 3/4" inside diameter pipe for the vertical shaft instead of a 5/8" ID pipe. While using the correct 5/8" hitch pin, it was allowing a bunch of lateral movement (I know SOME is important) and allowing the plow to twist some and ride up some. So, given those factors, it was amazing that it plowed at all! I got a hold of some 3/4" to 5/8" bushings and have fit those in the hitch, then I'll ream them just enough to be able to put the pin in and out easily. We will put the whole thing back together and re adjust. Hopefully this time we will have a winner! On the other hand, the old straight beam 10" Brinly on my ExMotorwerks extended hitch was set up just right and was pulling great. The soil was perfect condition and the weather was awesome. I hope we see the same things at PD IX. I just wished that you lived closer JC so you could attend it with us! It would be cool to meet you in person one of these days.