Feering pole colours

wuddy

Member
Location
Scottish Borders
after some rather long plots on Saturday decided my poles are long overdue a freshen up! They have been blue and yellow for the last 20 years! Is there any need for them all to be the same colours or any reason not to have them different colours?
 

Tonym

Member
Location
Shropshire
On the far headland I use one red and white shorter pole on the mark and a longer one wrapped in yellow tape further out on the headland and no middle pole. Found it much easier to see as it looks like one red and white pole with a yellow top from a distance.
 

wuddy

Member
Location
Scottish Borders
On the far headland I use one red and white shorter pole on the mark and a longer one wrapped in yellow tape further out on the headland and no middle pole. Found it much easier to see as it looks like one red and white pole with a yellow top from a distance.
That’s where I put my poles as well but often move the first one into the plot once lined up and put it at an angle so top about half way up the next pole!
 

Howard150

Member
Location
Yorkshire
I have used red and white, blue and whits, also yellow and blue in various shades and different combinations over the years.
Borrowed a trailing plough whilst my 86 was out on loan and it came with 3 all white poles. Revelation. Turned everything on it’s head. My sticks in future will be a red and white one on the headland and all white on the plot. I have a marginally thicker red and white one which is more readily apparent at either side of the one on the chip if you get out of line.
 

wuddy

Member
Location
Scottish Borders
I have used red and white, blue and whits, also yellow and blue in various shades and different combinations over the years.
Borrowed a trailing plough whilst my 86 was out on loan and it came with 3 all white poles. Revelation. Turned everything on it’s head. My sticks in future will be a red and white one on the headland and all white on the plot. I have a marginally thicker red and white one which is more readily apparent at either side of the one on the chip if you get out of line.
My poles are square and I turn the headland one so it’s slightly wider than the other two
 

Ley253

Member
Location
Bath
I use three, white at the start end, short red on the far end, and taller yellow out on the headland.Easy to pick out in the usual forest of red and white, and the differing heights gives a "Gun sight" effect. Too save walking, they are sighted in from the far end.
 

MrNoo

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Cirencester
Just use 2 here, one black conventional pole that gets put on the scratch, and then a flat white strip of steel 4" wide, same length as the black pole further behind.
Set it up and ensure I have equal width strips of white showing either side of the black marker pole, far better than using conventional poles where you can be quite off line before it becomes obvious, just have to sit square and keep the equal strips of white in view. My problem occurs when I dont assume exactly the same position after I have stopped and looked behind!!!
 

Tonym

Member
Location
Shropshire
I use three, white at the start end, short red on the far end, and taller yellow out on the headland.Easy to pick out in the usual forest of red and white, and the differing heights gives a "Gun sight" effect. Too save walking, they are sighted in from the far end.

Sounds as if we agree on something Harry.
You must remember to steer the tractor and not move your head to keep the far opole on top of the scratch pole. Often thought of making a chin rest to make sure your head stays in the same place but thought it would amuse too many people.
 

Ley253

Member
Location
Bath
Sounds as if we agree on something Harry.
You must remember to steer the tractor and not move your head to keep the far opole on top of the scratch pole. Often thought of making a chin rest to make sure your head stays in the same place but thought it would amuse too many people.
Chin rest? You would never live it down! Seriously, the one problem is countering the change in the line of site which happens as the tractor rolls on crossing undulating ground.For myself, it appears to be automatic, having got to the end, with the poles moving into and out of alignment as I travelled up the plot, I am usually amazed to find that the split is straight.
 

Howard150

Member
Location
Yorkshire
How many people have a centre marker on their tractor to keep lined up with their poles????

Have an arrow off a 30 series Deere on my 780. Think ariel kind of things are banned in the Europeans. Cant use them myself.
Should be ok on that one of yours with a line down the middle of the bonnet!
 

Fowler VF

Member
Location
Herefordshire
I still haven't found a decent way of using three poles on a crawler. Every time I try using poles, in whatever format (or colours!!), I make a worse line than with a single pole on the far headland. I think its down to the way a crawler slews to steer, there is no real gentle nudge and your head always bobs about as you heave on a lever and the tractor jerks to the new line. Plus any steer is normally a dab to one side and then another dab to straighten back up, which certainly moves the head! There must be a way to do it, I am open to all suggestions!
 

wuddy

Member
Location
Scottish Borders
I found one a recipe for disaster! As the tractor rolls left and right crossing rough ground, so the thing wanders! Result, a series of gentle curves!
I remember dad made one for his Nuffield after work one Friday night, went out on the Saturday set up his feering poles and went to line up tractor and it got thrown away!
 

wuddy

Member
Location
Scottish Borders
Just use 2 here, one black conventional pole that gets put on the scratch, and then a flat white strip of steel 4" wide, same length as the black pole further behind.
Set it up and ensure I have equal width strips of white showing either side of the black marker pole, far better than using conventional poles where you can be quite off line before it becomes obvious, just have to sit square and keep the equal strips of white in view. My problem occurs when I dont assume exactly the same position after I have stopped and looked behind!!!
Surely once you have stopped and looked then turn back around there can only be one position that the poles line up before you set off again?
 

Ley253

Member
Location
Bath
I still haven't found a decent way of using three poles on a crawler. Every time I try using poles, in whatever format (or colours!!), I make a worse line than with a single pole on the far headland. I think its down to the way a crawler slews to steer, there is no real gentle nudge and your head always bobs about as you heave on a lever and the tractor jerks to the new line. Plus any steer is normally a dab to one side and then another dab to straighten back up, which certainly moves the head! There must be a way to do it, I am open to all suggestions!
I think the problem is the way a crawler steers. on a wheeled tractor the rear follows the front, and as the driver is positioned there, his linear position remains relativity constant. On a crawler, it steers from the centre, the front moves one way, the rear the other, so the driver moves from side to side.
 

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