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Boohoo · Aug 30, 2014

Avoid the 30 series ford everything is in the wrong place to be comfortable. The 5030 I drive occasionally is used for world style match ploughing and it will be sold as soon as either of the two 4600 projects in the shed are finished.

arcobob · Aug 31, 2014

Sounds as though you have fallen into the world style trap where money talks. Vintage/classic is more affordable, costs are naturally restricted and classes more universally popular.

Mydexta · Aug 31, 2014

Boohoo said:
Avoid the 30 series ford everything is in the wrong place to be comfortable. The 5030 I drive occasionally is used for world style match ploughing and it will be sold as soon as either of the two 4600 projects in the shed are finished.

5030 is what Andrew Mitchell jnr uses, and was used by his father before.
That tractor has won world championships in both the reversible and conventional classes

Ley253 · Aug 31, 2014

Cheap and chearfull fwd tractors, ideal for match ploughing. Fiat , Universal and Same. The first two have Engine driven hyd pumps, so fitting extra spools is an easy task. Fwd leyland would do as well, indeed a two wheel drive Leyland will perform well, My 253 has no problems, but fitting up the spool valves is involved, but possable. There is a firm in Builth Wells area which convert dextas and mfs to FWD. Regarding fwd to pull the tractor straighter, I was under the impression that the steering wheel was fitted to controll direction! Seriously, anything will be better than the major, and I feel that a fwd tractor is a lot of weight for not very much improvememnt

Timo@hattonfarms · Aug 31, 2014

Ley253 said:
Cheap and chearfull fwd tractors, ideal for match ploughing. Fiat , Universal and Same. The first two have Engine driven hyd pumps, so fitting extra spools is an easy task. Fwd leyland would do as well, indeed a two wheel drive Leyland will perform well, My 253 has no problems, but fitting up the spool valves is involved, but possable. There is a firm in Builth Wells area which convert dextas and mfs to FWD. Regarding fwd to pull the tractor straighter, I was under the impression that the steering wheel was fitted to controll direction! Seriously, anything will be better than the major, and I feel that a fwd tractor is a lot of weight for not very much improvememnt

Thanks for the advice, On a different note what bodies do you run on your KV, I have fiskars KH on mine some say they arnt as competative as some bodies

Ley253 · Aug 31, 2014

Bodies are super Hydrein. To get kh to run, go and talk to Geof Fretwell, he uses them to good effect. I personaly like the kh work ( I used to have a TS86 with Fiskar bodies, untill a boulder in wales wrote it off!) but as Kv more or less bought the SOP, Kh work suddenly became unpopular, even though it made much more soil available, something the 25 board fails to do, being in some land almost furrow free. The rules do call for clearly defined furrows, but like the no handing restriction, its really a waste of paper and ink!

Timo@hattonfarms · Aug 31, 2014

Ley253 said:
Bodies are super Hydrein. To get kh to run go and talk to Geof Fretwell, he uses them to good effect. I personaly like the kh work ( I used to have a TS86 with Fiskar bodies, untill a boulder in wales wrote it off!) but as Kv more or less bought the SOP, Kh work suddenly became unpopular, even though it made much more soil available, something the 25 board fails to do, being in some land almost furrow free. The rules do call for clearly defined furrows, but like the no handing restriction, its really a waste of paper and ink!

I can get them to do a resanable job only had the plough a year so still getting used to It, shares seem to be hard to find though

Ley253 · Aug 31, 2014

You will have to find a new share, make a jig around it, and then build up your worn ones, grinding them to fit the jig

Nearly · Sep 10, 2014

Ley253 said:
Cheap and chearfull fwd tractors, ideal for match ploughing. Fiat , Universal and Same. The first two have Engine driven hyd pumps, so fitting extra spools is an easy task. Fwd leyland would do as well, indeed a two wheel drive Leyland will perform well, My 253 has no problems, but fitting up the spool valves is involved, but possable. There is a firm in Builth Wells area which convert dextas and mfs to FWD. Regarding fwd to pull the tractor straighter, I was under the impression that the steering wheel was fitted to controll direction! Seriously, anything will be better than the major, and I feel that a fwd tractor is a lot of weight for not very much improvememnt

https://sites.google.com/site/allgriptraction4wdconversions/ This lot?

Timo@hattonfarms · Sep 27, 2014

Ive come across a ford 3000 4wd, its very tidy the axle is in good condition etc would benfit from some better tyres on the rear no spools but I can fit some fairly cheaply.
just wondered what peoples thoughts are my only concern is weather it would be man enough to lift my plough

also had some succses at last weeks forest of arden ploughing match

Timo@hattonfarms · Sep 27, 2014

Came first in the novice

Tonym · Sep 27, 2014

Never mind the silverware what about a picture of the ploughing that won it?

carbonfibre farmer · Sep 27, 2014

In tractors for sale bit in new edition of Farmers Guide, late series 3 4610 4wd with circa 2750hrs in Wiltshire. Not cheap but good for what you want.

Pity funds low at the moment

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