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<blockquote data-quote="The Agrarian" data-source="post: 5056834" data-attributes="member: 3656"><p>Boards have done about fifty acres. Had to take the paint off with a flappy disc as it was a nightmare. I did go carefully to make sure I didn't score the surface. I've ploughed 13 acres last week and the boards ran clean. One of those fields last year ran dirty on one side if I recall, but not this year. But last year was ploughed out of lea, stubble this time. Lots of variables. Moisture is possibly a factor. We're in a persistent rainfall area, so more often than not ground is pretty damp. Anything I'd be ploughing is usually a decent medium loam, ranging from lighter over the knowes to heavier in the hollow. But not very heavy, judging by some of the photos I see on here. It's all pasture land by right so it all has a loamy top on it of some degree. The stuff that looks heavy is sticky and wet as much as anything. Horsepower is never an issue really. Grip is always the limiting factor. Always runout of grip before power. Tractor is 160hp on 650's. Its not heavy. 5.3 ton, plus one ton on the front arms. Tyres at 15psi. I know you might recommend less pressure, but my inclination is that it needs that to carry the plough. It's a very heavy plough and very long. (I learned to plough on a KV 3+1rev 14" and it was only a toy beside the overum). </p><p></p><p>I'll be ploughing again tomorrow and will take some pics. Thanks for your help. Ploughing is something I'd like to learn to do well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Agrarian, post: 5056834, member: 3656"] Boards have done about fifty acres. Had to take the paint off with a flappy disc as it was a nightmare. I did go carefully to make sure I didn't score the surface. I've ploughed 13 acres last week and the boards ran clean. One of those fields last year ran dirty on one side if I recall, but not this year. But last year was ploughed out of lea, stubble this time. Lots of variables. Moisture is possibly a factor. We're in a persistent rainfall area, so more often than not ground is pretty damp. Anything I'd be ploughing is usually a decent medium loam, ranging from lighter over the knowes to heavier in the hollow. But not very heavy, judging by some of the photos I see on here. It's all pasture land by right so it all has a loamy top on it of some degree. The stuff that looks heavy is sticky and wet as much as anything. Horsepower is never an issue really. Grip is always the limiting factor. Always runout of grip before power. Tractor is 160hp on 650's. Its not heavy. 5.3 ton, plus one ton on the front arms. Tyres at 15psi. I know you might recommend less pressure, but my inclination is that it needs that to carry the plough. It's a very heavy plough and very long. (I learned to plough on a KV 3+1rev 14" and it was only a toy beside the overum). I'll be ploughing again tomorrow and will take some pics. Thanks for your help. Ploughing is something I'd like to learn to do well. [/QUOTE]
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