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Yes that is quite correct but I can still put a tweak in it!!! I just have to make an effort to ensure my head is back where it should be and I'm sat square on the seat with relaxed shoulders, seems to be ok then.
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wuddy
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I rock my head side to side slightly seeing the second pole past the first one and find the “comfy” middle position I was in before! Sure everyone will have a different way of getting back to the same place just finding what works for you!
wuddy
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However many poles you use you have to aim the tractor as you would aim a gun. The centre of the steering wheel and the centre of the bonnet must align with the pole or poles. Any shooting person will know that eye dominance is important. Most right handed people have right eye dominance but this is not always the case. In other words the right eye is the master eye and with both eyes open the point of aim is exactly the same as that when the right eye only is used. BUT, sitting central on the seat with both eyes open your line of sight will be that dictated by the right eye and therefore offset slightly to the right. Most shotgun shooters perform best with both eyes open but for the right hand/right eye dominant person the gun is aligned with the right eye and not central vision. In the extreme case shooting off the wrong shoulder with both eyes open will be a complete disaster.
The ploughman with right eye dominance must sit slightly to the left in order to bring the centre line of the tractor in line with the right eye. The alignment with the pole(s) will appear exactly the same as it does with both eyes open. To test for eye dominance extend the arm and forefinger to point at an object some ten feet away with both eyes open. Then, keeping perfectly still, close each eye in turn . Your dominant eye will have the same point of aim as your two eye aim.
Eye dominance, as I said before, commonly follows handedness but deviations are not uncommon, particularly in females. Dominance is sometimes not established in young children and can change with age when the eyes start to compensate for things such as cataracts.
Multiple poles help to minimise the possible problems and thus the single pole chancers often end up with horrendous results. They may think that they are aiming the tractor at the pole but as the line of sight and the line of tractor are not the same the driver continually compensates by steering and the result is a rainbow.
The ploughman with right eye dominance must sit slightly to the left in order to bring the centre line of the tractor in line with the right eye. The alignment with the pole(s) will appear exactly the same as it does with both eyes open. To test for eye dominance extend the arm and forefinger to point at an object some ten feet away with both eyes open. Then, keeping perfectly still, close each eye in turn . Your dominant eye will have the same point of aim as your two eye aim.
Eye dominance, as I said before, commonly follows handedness but deviations are not uncommon, particularly in females. Dominance is sometimes not established in young children and can change with age when the eyes start to compensate for things such as cataracts.
Multiple poles help to minimise the possible problems and thus the single pole chancers often end up with horrendous results. They may think that they are aiming the tractor at the pole but as the line of sight and the line of tractor are not the same the driver continually compensates by steering and the result is a rainbow.
And that’s before you take into account the rotation of the cross shaft. Wind the cross shaft as though to gain ground. (Landward crank toward the back) This will in turn take the weight off the landsides and allow the plough to run true and the tractor to run straight. Often see guys trying to open up with the tractor running crabbed down the field.
The bands on my poles are white and orange . The mid pole is slightly shorter than the far pole and each has a 5"X 4" rectangle on the top in dayglo orange (on ebay). White poles are a pain if you are lined up with a marquee and greens and yellows merge with vegetation. Beware new rules with respect to starting end! My poles are all two piece telescopic and made from old aluminium strimmer shafts with steel plugs and spikes in the bottom.
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So you're saying to crank it to widen the front furrow?
That’s right. Just for the first time across. Takes the weight off the landsides and lets the tractor run straight.
For normal work the right hand crank as viewed from the rear wants to be just forward of centre to put just the slightest bit of pressure on the landside. The reverse is so for opening up. The right hand crank needs to be well back of centre - just how far will need to be determined by trial and error.
Does the same on the finish, for last but one run. Stops the shallow furrow being broken off.
rick_vandal
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Saw a ploughman this year with a sight on his fore-end loader. That is a long barrel plus some front ballast.