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Can you have too much "sweep" with a match plough? I assume as long as the tyre can still fit in the furrow then that is all that matters? I have seen peeps running low tyre pressures and seem to use the "bulge" in the tyre to push the last furrow up tighter.
I have messed about with spacers at the top of the board thereby changing the angle of the board relative to vertical with some quite interesting results but when ploughing out some game cover plots a month ago, I used a ratchet strap to pull one board back as much as I dared (didn't want to break it!) and the soil fairly rolled of it, really nicely.
It is a Fergie plough so we are somewhat limited by how much we can pull them back but I have found a way (I think) to pull them back a fair bit more (1-2" to potentially give a 10" furrow bottom compared to quite a bit more on a standard plough)
Would firmness be affected? My thinking is that it wouldn't as long as the furrows matched and not paired and potentially less "break up" of the soil would one hopes improve it slightly.
Just wanted to hear any thoughts before I strip it down and have a fiddle and seeing as this section is so quiet of late!!!
I have messed about with spacers at the top of the board thereby changing the angle of the board relative to vertical with some quite interesting results but when ploughing out some game cover plots a month ago, I used a ratchet strap to pull one board back as much as I dared (didn't want to break it!) and the soil fairly rolled of it, really nicely.
It is a Fergie plough so we are somewhat limited by how much we can pull them back but I have found a way (I think) to pull them back a fair bit more (1-2" to potentially give a 10" furrow bottom compared to quite a bit more on a standard plough)
Would firmness be affected? My thinking is that it wouldn't as long as the furrows matched and not paired and potentially less "break up" of the soil would one hopes improve it slightly.
Just wanted to hear any thoughts before I strip it down and have a fiddle and seeing as this section is so quiet of late!!!