stablegirl
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That's essentially the plough that started the thread!
Which 5 furrow plough?
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- Co antrim
Yes but it wouldnt of been that price to buy in 2018. And that plough has the combi wheel which will add a bit
Es is plated and bolted inside on top and clamped around the beam from the big pin that it all hangs off right back to the bolt on the picture in the middle of the blue circle .
The eg has a lot more moving parts at the front and the whole plough hangs off 8 bolts through the side of the beam with nothing inside or around it to strengthen it
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Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
Doubtful that would do it.
I never even bothered pricing a new one! Obviously the thing to do going by this thread!
That's pretty expensive for a non vari width is it not ?
Sandy
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- Aberdeenshire
Priced them recently for the same spec around £5k difference
Sandy
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- Aberdeenshire
Our Es is the same as yours but it’s 13yrs old
This is an 09 but we got it in 10
I can't remember when they changed them to the double plate where the garish width ram goes on we had an 2001 which was single then an 06 which I think was still a single but not sure this has been the best one we've had yet .
The eg is a 2017 and it's well worn in places this one doesn't even move in .
When I've priced overum to KV , I've usually got a 5 furr overum for less than a 4 furr KV.
If you want a just drop and go plough that makes a job, it's KV every time . Overums can make as good a job but need a lot more spannering ime.
For stony going I rate overum better . KVs don't like heavy soils unless they get extra springs fitted and then the shares snap . Both will need chassis bolts occasionally. KV skimmers are a lot better than overum too . Again it just works the overum needs tweaks.
I'd also take wheel track in to consideration . I find the KV more forgiving of not just wider tyres but wider track . Overum , old tractor on 710s at about 74" coped better than more recent tractor on 650s but out near 80"
stablegirl
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So by the sounds of it as a multi user beginner plough I'd be better with a kv.
And unless you're going new stick with manual variwidth!
And unless you're going new stick with manual variwidth!
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- Co antrim
Well im no ploughman but i can get the nh to plough nice enough to please me.
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- Wiltshire
Used to do a lot more ploughing than I do now. Having bought a couple of hydraulic variwidth ploughs second hand over the years the last one was fixed and new. Once the variwidth wears it’s a pain and value drops quickly. Now have a 6 furrow but without springs as most of my land doesn’t need it. May break 3 or 4 shearbolts a year.
Do have an old 6 furrow semi mounted with springs in the shed just in case
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No definitely buy vari width but just buy the right one !!!
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- Cirencester
I dont know what is wrong with Kuhn, I was always KV, got fed up with the things wearing the balls out on our stoney soils, then went shearbolt which was better but just fell apart. I tried a Kuhn 123, vari width and autoreset and bought it. A lot heavier than a KV and also a lot cheaper.
I do however maintain that the perfect plough would be a Kuhn frame with KV bodies on it, I find the Kuhn bodies are a bit deep for our soils here (ie we dont have a lot of topsoil)
But have got on very well indeed with it, nice plough
I do however maintain that the perfect plough would be a Kuhn frame with KV bodies on it, I find the Kuhn bodies are a bit deep for our soils here (ie we dont have a lot of topsoil)
But have got on very well indeed with it, nice plough
stablegirl
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What's mine then?
ES from before 2006/7 on no28 boards
if your soil doesnt scour fairly well i would go for slats, especially with a lot of dung on top / maize stubble to bury .