Spencer
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- Location
- North West
Funny, I’d never consider a KV, theyre just not very well built.
Lemken or Kuhn for me. Used to run a Naud which was basically indestructible.
What plough for 200 acres
- Thread starter Digester Man
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Lemken or Kuhn for me. Used to run a Naud which was basically indestructible.
ollie989898
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I've seen more than 1 KV with it's beam and headstock in two separate locations and I've had minimal exposure to ploughs so I'm not saying you aren't right but there are a lot of them around?
Digester Man
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How would this compare to an ES85-200? Seems well enough priced for a 2018 plough
https://www.donedeal.ie/view/36082453
Lemken Juwel 5 Furrow Plough Ready for Work!!
https://www.donedeal.ie/view/36082453
Lemken Juwel 5 Furrow Plough Ready for Work!!
- Location
- our house, Norn Iron
What we have on No: 8 boards running 650 tyres, mostly run full width.
Digester Man
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Have two ploughs picked out, one on standard depth wheel and the other with the wider tractor tyre type wheel, would you say the wider depth wheel is an advantage in sticky conditions (especially when ploughing down freshly spread liquid manure)
No real advantage in ploughing the most of the field but they carry a lot better when trying to run the last run of the endrig shallow
Digester Man
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Well we ended up buying a new KV ES85-200 5f on no.28 boards, single disc, big depth wheel, hydraulic variwidth and hydraulic front furrow. Might sound mad for our acres, but second hand stuff holding very strong money and will inevitably need money spent on it, so I felt the cost of ownership over say 12-15 years would be no worse on a new one than second hand, plus 0% finance and 40% tax savings through annual investment allowance make the new machine attractive.
Thanks for all the help and advice
Thanks for all the help and advice
ollie989898
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Well we ended up buying a new KV ES85-200 5f on no.28 boards, single disc, big depth wheel, hydraulic variwidth and hydraulic front furrow. Might sound mad for our acres, but second hand stuff holding very strong money and will inevitably need money spent on it, so I felt the cost of ownership over say 12-15 years would be no worse on a new one than second hand, plus 0% finance and 40% tax savings through annual investment allowance make the new machine attractive.
Thanks for all the help and advice
Please do show us a picture of it hitched up in all it's glory when it it's ready.
Would £15k see one in the yard?Well we ended up buying a new KV ES85-200 5f on no.28 boards, single disc, big depth wheel, hydraulic variwidth and hydraulic front furrow. Might sound mad for our acres, but second hand stuff holding very strong money and will inevitably need money spent on it, so I felt the cost of ownership over say 12-15 years would be no worse on a new one than second hand, plus 0% finance and 40% tax savings through annual investment allowance make the new machine attractive.
Thanks for all the help and advice
del_boy
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- Location
- Herefordshire
Top half or bottom half
Digester Man
Member
no but going on the used prices it should still be worth that in 15 years time!
davidroberts30
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
righto plough sorted
4ton front weight next....
4ton front weight next....
Digester Man
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righto plough sorted
4ton front weight next....
We may just put the silage compactor on the front arms
CORK
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- Location
- East Cork, Ireland
Plates here for our ES85. Legs are still fine but I want to do them while they’re still good.
Hardox plates.
Just building myself up for a good days work as I’ll be taking each pair of legs off to weld them.
Elpresidente
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- Location
- West Wales
Overum XL bodies work well with 650s I’ve never had a problem.
OVERUM KONGSKILDE Variflex DX 5975 Plough, 5 Furrow, 2003 c/w hyd. variwidth, All new wearing metal, XL bodies | Agri-Linc
OVERUM KONGSKILDE Variflex DX 5975 Plough, 5 Furrow, 2003 c/w hyd. variwidth, All new wearing metal, XL bodies, hyd. front furrow, skims, trash boards and rear disc, very smart ploughwww.agri-linc.com
We went from 3 furrows on 16” to 4 furrows when we got over 300 acres/year to plough. So i think you should consider your budget and how much you value time spend ploughing over money spend on purchase. Don’t buy one too cheap, as it will get expensive to run.
We plough somewhere between 600 and 900 acres/year with a 5 furrow Kverneland eg100 now. I don’t plough everything anymore, so it varies from season to season depending on weather and crop rotation.
We plough somewhere between 600 and 900 acres/year with a 5 furrow Kverneland eg100 now. I don’t plough everything anymore, so it varies from season to season depending on weather and crop rotation.