Universal plows were born in a smithy forging

It is not only possible to replace the draft of the cattle and the plow, but also the multi-purpose plow also helps people take the initiative and increase the labor productivity by 5-6 times per 1 hectare of land. Few people suspect that the tool to support effectively for farmers in Vu Gia mudflats is made from broken bicycles, under the creativity of farmers Luong Minh Dong (Ngoc Thach village, Dai Hong commune, Great fortune).

With only the push of a woman's hand, teenagers can also use this hand plow to plow, plow, cultivate, mow grass, fertilize, and seed. Depending on the function of use, Mr. Dong can manipulate each kind of plowshares appropriately, attaching them to plow them.

Starting from forging

Three with a lot of work, but poor are still poor. Family to 8 mouths just rely on him alone, so he demobilized Luong Minh Dong decided to follow the blacksmithing profession when he passed the middle age. The family has no money so his 'forging facility' is just a tent for temporary construction on the National Highway 14A. But, the forging profession is also not easy to find, and it is still hard, having to hand and hammer the hammer continuously.

It is difficult to pursue, sowing in him to think about how to invent a product that benefits farmers, both convenient, easy to sell and capable of earning profits . Thinking is that, But creating something for farmers is not easy. Then, suddenly, once in a while watching the kids play together, seeing them holding the eastern record of their play bikes, the fork plowing to the ground formed streaks according to their intentions, he developed the idea. about a plow by bike. Thinking of doing it, he researched, started to build a plow with the front wheel bike, the bottom was plowshare. A short time later, the plowed plow also formed after many days and nights of research and experimentation in a tattered smithy.

Halved the labor force of farmers

Creation of farmers Luong Minh Dong (Ngoc Thach village, Dai Hong commune, Dai Loc).

Dai Hong and Dai Loc communes are located on Vu Gia river, the agricultural land here is mostly alluvial so the plow becomes very useful. The plow has the power of releasing tens of thousands of labor, releasing buffalo plow . to be surprisingly simple. The front wheel will reduce the propulsion of the person, the handlebar will help the plow to plow as desired.

Initially the plow was merely to plow the land, but then he continued to research to be able to add more functions. The word 'raw material' is mainly waste products which are reused such as freezing, bicycle frame, corrugated iron, broken saw blades, so far, the plow has been improved by Mr. Dong to 3 functions: plowing, plow grass and earth. Now there is no need to pull the buffalo anymore, when there is this plow, only 2 people can make the whole land in one season. It can be said that this plow has reduced the labor force of farmers by 50%.

According to Mr. Phan Van Chin, Chairman of Dai Hong Farmers' Association, farmers in the whole commune mostly used plowed plows on their fields. The plow not only helps to reduce labor but also makes farmers more proactive in ensuring sowing in accordance with technical procedures and seasonal calendar. Farmers want to plow thick or thin, no longer have to depend on the pulling power of the buffalo. Moreover, before plowing the buffalo, it was necessary to wait for plowing for this house before plowing for the other house, so it could not guarantee the seasonal calendar.

So far, Dong's products have sold over 5000 units, for about 200,000 VND / unit. The product is now available in the surrounding provinces in the province, and some provinces such as the Mekong Delta, the Northern Delta, the Central Highlands . Currently, Mr. Dong is hatching some plans to create Other inventions, such as the system to help trim nuts to save labor, install more gasoline engines to pull plows on hard soil and wet rice fields . But, he is quite reluctant to produce products because of worry. Other forges can 'steal' designs, produce products that they spend their effort on research.

Perhaps to solve this problem, Mr. Dong needs to submit an application for patent and industrial design to protect his creative achievements.