I'll have to give it some serious thought, but would it be less costly than something like go cart racing
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Competition/commercial ploughing Cotswold Brash?
- Thread starter Pilatus
- Start date
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
ploughing could be like go kart racing,I'll have to give it some serious thought, but would it be less costly than something like go cart racing
depends on what class you want to go in, and how good of equipment you want,
range from £1200 to 12K, but best bit of advice I could give, is decide what class you want to go in to, and get right tractor and plough from the start, will be cheaper in the long run
Pilatus
Member
Better still, "on puffy soil that sticks like glue to mouldboards ,of any sort,only pushes to one side" ease ones way into Direct Drilling!!!
The art of ploughing will I am sure be kept alive for many years to come,and if Glyphoshate is banned the plough will come back into its own once again. I find it interesting ,that in the 21st Century ,as far as I know ,"there is no other implement that will COMPLETELY INVERT the soil like the PLOUGH."
Pilatus
Member
I really admire the competitors of all classes for taking part. Unless one has acces to many acres/ha's of stubble /grassland to plough ,with a match/conventional plough "JUST TO GET THE MOULDBOARDS SHONE UP LIKE A MIRROR" , I do not know how one can move on to the next phase of practicing , "MATCH PLOUGHING", and expect to do good ploughing.
In my experience, puffy Cotswold soil will stick to really shiny mirror finsh mouldboards (that I used to oil every evening after a days ploughing),so no hope if they are dull.
Boohoo
Member
- Location
- Newtownabbey
Did any of them have flush points on? I've never ploughed in the cotswolds but around here flush points help with the stuff that sticks to the boards.
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
Best plough would be one with no mould boards, ie a chisel plough
rick_vandal
Member
- Location
- Soft South
Christopher Cockerell used compressed air to reduce friction. If a furrow slice could hover on a mouldboard, it would not stick. QED.
FFF&B is usually a match to avoid, and I lived close to it and indeed started ploughing there! Speed is not advisable either, there are some large stones not far below the surface, called the Cotswolds! They dont move! I have ploughed some good land there, but it was in 1981, and again at Meysey Hampton in 1991, so its not a normal happening
- Location
- Cirencester
To be fair there are some pockets of very good grade silty soils in a few places with no stones at all but these areas are not really big enough to hold a 100+ match. FFF&B is more of a country show with a match as a sideshow as opposed to it being the other way around years ago. Didnt bother going this year, instead going to Hereford where at least you get some decent soil to plough and a lovely roast dinner afterwards, still working on my HR postcode to help my scores though!!!
Despite being my local match I wont go unless the soil is ploughable and speaking to a lot of others in the Class their views are the same which is a shame as feel I should support my local match. I know they were offered some good ground for this year but speaking with the farmer who offered it, he said he never heard back from them.
Despite being my local match I wont go unless the soil is ploughable and speaking to a lot of others in the Class their views are the same which is a shame as feel I should support my local match. I know they were offered some good ground for this year but speaking with the farmer who offered it, he said he never heard back from them.
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
the soil was not as good as i expected at Llangattock, how was it for you Chris
Tonym
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
Given up on the Hereford matches if I can find an alternative. Only did one at Wormside this autumn and they obviously did not like my WV postcode. HR postcode was worth at least 30 points it seems.
- Location
- Cirencester
To be honest I cant remember, bad isnt it!!
Seem to remember one match next door to Raglan Castle, that had some pretty grim soil/stone but generally it's pretty good.
Yes I reckon an HR postcode is worth 8-12 points in our class but most matches are only an hour away and you get a decent meal!
Quote from another(Hereford) competitor, "there was enough stone to build another castle"!
- Location
- 200 miles N,NW of New York
and some left over to build a Nunnery,
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TrickyT
Member
- Location
- Cirencester
Think that was John Broomfields high cut plot Trevor?
tomlad
Member
- Location
- nr. preston
So will someone lift those bolders out ?
Im not saying it the competitors job ????
Im not saying it the competitors job ????
- Location
- Cirencester
Yes, the plough tends to, the competitor will then stand them on end to show the judges in the plot, some cart them to the ends as John has done in the picture. I just leave them, judges arent stupid, they know every trick in the book!! Some ploughmen will carry the odd stone around on the plough and when they have an issue anywhere on the plot, the stone gets put by the offending mistake!! Seen it done a fair bit by a few ploughmen.
You normally tend to hit one on the first/second run or when youre trying to take a single off towards the end!!
If really bad some competitors will simply pack up, as you can cause a fair bit of damage to a plough if you hit a big enough stone.
No, if you do, the soil fills the holes, which are between ............... more boulders!