Wheel settings for 11” work

spindle

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Location
Hertford
Hi Mike and happy new year over there. 11” is too wide to leave for the last green furrow or it will look far too big at the finish. It needs to be 1 to 1 1/2” narrower than you are Ploughing - slightly less in grass. That’s the reason for extra width.
With 61 left plough 2 furrows. Straddle the 39 reducing it to 20 1/2” - shallow with the back furrow, 8 1/2 to 9” with the front going deeper to put a bigger furrow up under the wheel. You can pull your front board back a few flats to avoid pushing it further than where the wheel runs but don’t forget to put it back for the next run. Run round empty and take a single off, the front body tidying up the furrow from the previous run. Next take a shallow single furrow with the back body just as deep as you need to make a furrow. Put your depth wheel out to run behind your left hand wheel and act as a gauge up to the furrow wall. When you move the plough across for this run, stop short on the cross shaft and get the last little bit with the furrow width adjuster, wound to make the furrow wider in order to take weight off the rear landside. Extend the rear mouldboard stay 4 flats. This stays for the last run as well. No need for this in grassland on the penultimate run though or it pushes the show furrow too far.
I lift the front leg for the last run. Set the plough to run with the front disc up the side of the last green furrow. If the show furrow was ploughed shallow enough the there will be enough meat left in the sole furrow to leave it at the same level as the rest of the work, just leaving a single furr-hole finish.
Hope this helps.
Dave do you think that with 61" left to plough take two 11" off to 39" straddle that like you say and then narrow your plough off to 10" furrows front and back and then take two off and then a single at 10" shallow and then for the finnish plough the last remaning 9" green furrow with your front would work on 41"between tyres?
 

Cordiale

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Dave do you think that with 61" left to plough take two 11" off to 39" straddle that like you say and then narrow your plough off to 10" furrows front and back and then take two off and then a single at 10" shallow and then for the finnish plough the last remaning 9" green furrow with your front would work on 41"between tyres?
No. Far too technical!!!!
 

mike.l

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Location
london ontario
Hi The more things you put into the finish the more there is to forget or it will not work in that field with soil conditions you have on the day ... my answer is,, keep it simple stupid then you can have a enjoyable day plowing and who knows when you relax things might fall into place and you could win . at least you will go home not stressed out and a heart attack waiting to happen mike
 

wuddy

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Location
Scottish Borders
Dave do you think that with 61" left to plough take two 11" off to 39" straddle that like you say and then narrow your plough off to 10" furrows front and back and then take two off and then a single at 10" shallow and then for the finnish plough the last remaning 9" green furrow with your front would work on 41"between tyres?
No just do as Dave says put in a slightly narrow front furr where your wheel will be running saves time moving your plough width about! There is enough to be thinking about coming into a finish, and if you were ever to come north of the border you are usually pushing for time as it is!
 

spindle

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Location
Hertford
Hi Answer #5 #17 is what i do and i go home stress free Getting to old to jump on and off my tractor Mike
But i was born after the dinosaurs had all died so not that old
Hi Answer #5 #17 is what i do and i go home stress free Getting to old to jump on and off my tractor Mike
But i was born after the dinosaurs had all died so not that old
Sory Mike the old timer was aimed at my old friend Cordial I have his plough at the moment changing a few things and adding some bent bits a pieces and some shimms where they shouldn't be, I have to give my self an edge cause he normally beats me ;)(y)
 

Howard150

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Location
Yorkshire
Dave do you think that with 61" left to plough take two 11" off to 39" straddle that like you say and then narrow your plough off to 10" furrows front and back and then take two off and then a single at 10" shallow and then for the finnish plough the last remaning 9" green furrow with your front would work on 41"between tyres?

Eyup Kevin.
Easiest way of explaining it - easiest way of doing it.
Salient points!
1. The finish starts when you start casting to your neighbour. Measure this bit correctly and you will save time when doing the last few runs.
2 Take care with the number of your empty runs. Free in England but limited in Scotland. Running round empty at the start wastes 1.
3. Oddments are arbitrary and depend on what you leave. Always put them under the wheel - twofold benefit - hides them and helps fill the wheeling and keep the wheeling up.
4. Progressively lower discs and skimmers for the last few runs.
5. Make sure the depth wheel is adjustable side for side and use it as a guide.
6. Always remember to push the back board out 4 or 5 flats for the last 2 runs.
7. Lifting the front leg an inch will help your finish. Any more is too much.
8. For the second to last run always take the weight off the landside. Adjust the plough narrow on the cross shaft and wind the plough wide on the furrow width adjuster.

Hope this helps.
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spindle

Member
Location
Hertford
Eyup Kevin.
Easiest way of explaining it - easiest way of doing it.
Salient points!
1. The finish starts when you start casting to your neighbour. Measure this bit correctly and you will save time when doing the last few runs.
2 Take care with the number of your empty runs. Free in England but limited in Scotland. Running round empty at the start wastes 1.
3. Oddments are arbitrary and depend on what you leave. Always put them under the wheel - twofold benefit - hides them and helps fill the wheeling and keep the wheeling up.
4. Progressively lower discs and skimmers for the last few runs.
5. Make sure the depth wheel is adjustable side for side and use it as a guide.
6. Always remember to push the back board out 4 or 5 flats for the last 2 runs.
7. Lifting the front leg an inch will help your finish. Any more is too much.
8. For the second to last run always take the weight off the landside. Adjust the plough narrow on the cross shaft and wind the plough wide on the furrow width adjuster.

Hope this helps.
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Thanks for that Dave very helpful it all goes back to attention to detail (y)
 
Perfect that Dave!

When you "leg lifters" lift your leg, you do it on the finish as well do you ? I suppose that means its ready to do the split at the next match so you only actually lift up and drop once per match.
 

Howard150

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Location
Yorkshire
Perfect that Dave!

When you "leg lifters" lift your leg, you do it on the finish as well do you ? I suppose that means its ready to do the split at the next match so you only actually lift up and drop once per match.

Do indeed Charlie. Only needs a very small amount to make a big difference. I think that there is about a 6 mm land between the holes on mine which gives an inch of lift. Put it back down again after the first run of the opening as it will leave the boards too far away from the ground at the back for the second run leaving it scruffy.
It has the same effect but in a beneficial way on the last run of the finish as it takes all the weight off the back board which is normally pushing against solid which tends to steer the plough. Let’s you draw a much straighter finish
 

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