valtra 101
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- Location
- dumfries and galloway
what do others do to make scratch mark round the field for the ins and outs? how much room do u give from the fence? should i just slacken the top link so just the back furrow makes a mark?
Marking a field for ploughing
- Thread starter valtra 101
- Start date
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Tip a reversible on turnover so back furrow leaves a scratch mark
Midnight plough boy
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- Location
- Hertfordshire
But don't pull in and out on the headland tramline unless you want a kick in the knackers from the sprayer driver!
No I lift out when the front tyre hits the tramline.
Besides I'm ploughman, Drillman (obviously
) Sprayerman, Fert spreaderman corn cart man, and Balerman here so if it's rough in the wrong place it's my knackers I will have to kick.
miniconnect
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- Location
- Argyll
I leave about 10m, 8 lengths of my marker poles to be exact, i know its a bit slow, but for long runs i use my poles, and just do the short bits by eye.
as above, tip plough to about 70 degrees, and carry it so its back furrow is cutting about a 2inch deep scrape
as above, tip plough to about 70 degrees, and carry it so its back furrow is cutting about a 2inch deep scrape
- Location
- cheshire
Same here as long as the scrats on the inside of the tramline ,nowt worse than spraying headlands and all the ins n outs are right were the sprayer runs
- Location
- Wiltshire
My brother insists on ploughing as small a headland as possible. Drives me potty I do all the spray and fertilizer.
Bg
- Location
- south norfolk
I lift out when front tyres touch edge of field.get away with 16 furrow headland with 4furrow plough
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rich8100
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- Location
- dover Kent
This I have done. Me and the sprayer op didn't get on very well, so I pulled up one in every three runs. Annoyed the hell out of him. I just laughed. Should have done a better job with the harrow imo...
I was told to leave 1 and 1/2 the length of tractor and plough away from edge. And this normally means the headland tram.
But I guess with a huge plough this wont work as well.
90hp farming
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my father had an old ministry ploughing guide. to mark a field out properly, send an old boy to walk around the edge of the field holding a piece of string. Tie the other end of the string to the tractor bonnet. if the driver keeps the string taught, he will have a perfectly marked out field!
blackbob
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Run round the field with one wheel in the inside tramline leaving a scrat with the back of the plough probably 5m inside that, then you have room to do a U-turn at the ends while turning over your plough, no shunting, and drop a gear/cut the throttle a bit while doing so (7f Kv semi-mounted)
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Shouldn't matter where your ins and outs are ,I use the tram , plough on a 45' angle , if throwing endriggs in always throw your first endrigg furrs out then back in to level ins and outs , if throwing endriggs out always adjust vertical stops so plough is on boards , shorten top link and put lift onto position and your last back furr will be very shallow , key is to start properly and you will end properly
- Location
- South wales
I always run the plough just at the start of the turnover so you can run the rear point along the ground if no tramlines I get out and pace out how ever wide the tramline will be then drive with a view point say the bottom of the side mirror or even a mark on the window On the hedge bottom it's not perfect but it's good enough
- Location
- North West Wales
It's how I do it with students aswell. Workes well in principle!!! It's getting the 'bit' when to drop and lift the plough that proves slightly harder!!!
- Location
- South wales
Thought you used painted fence postsIf I have no tramlines I just use the 'Force' But as I'm an ex DB owner I have an advantage in that dept
Oh no I didn't need them I had a 1690 which is a bigger better version of the DB1954. So I just dropped plough in and away. Got it inch perfect..........Everytime.Thought you used painted fence posts
Obviously if I had a metric tractor it would be mm perfect but as it was a DB
Insane Ubolt
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
Lift out when back furrow hits the headland mark
Drop in when your back axle cross's the headland mark
Works for us.
ridger
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- Location
- Tyrone, Northern Ireland
I never mark out anything just plough away
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