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    Hydrein

    Concerning wheel centres. I run my MF148 and TS86 on 56 rear wheel centres with an 52 / 60 off set. I notice with the 52 / 60 off set the front wheels have a slight tendancy to pull away from the furrow wall where as with rear wheels eque-distantly spaced the inside of front furrow wheel...
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    Stainless steel mouldboards'

    In the coal fired power stations in which I worked thè coal chutes which which handled many thousands of tonnes of raw coal were initially manufactured fŕom mild steel. Because of the blockage problems caused by coal, mud etc.sticking to the mild stèel chutes we had to find a better material ...
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    Ploughing Banter - aka did the earth move for you ;)

    Suggest 315 onward is relevant to the thread ?. As entertaining as the banter is there must be a more appropriate place for it ???
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    Which Plough Bodies ?

    Many thanks for your comments gents. My colleague has decided to go for super hydriens believing that they are still very competitive against k25's and don't require the same degree of re-engineering to be competitive, which having used supers and K25 I agree with ! Many thanks
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    Which Plough Bodies ?

    I am assisting a colleague build two "Off the Shelf" plough bodies for use in the "World Style" class. His reasoning is that he is unable to be involved with the amount of engineering and development work he perceives as being necessary to achieve a good standard of ploughing using e.g, the...
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    International B275 Hydraulics

    I agree with Ley253, I used a KV 2F Match plough behind an Int275 briefly. It pulled the KV reasonably in light soil conditions but in the heavier stuff just wasn't man enough, was OK ploughing at about 5 iniches but then you wouldn't plough at that depth would you ??
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    Ploughing Matches - Dates, Announcements, Locations etc etc

    Congratulations to Ray Aldererson and Roy Stokes upon winning vintage and classic plough classes in European Vintage Ploughing Championships held at Stackpole, South Pembrokeshire today Saturday 24th September. A really superb job, well done.
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    Ranging poles

    I am fairly sure the ploughing rules allow the use of three sighting poles only. Two only may be placed on the plot ie any where between the two headland chips. The third pole may be placed on the headland .
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