Furrow press width help

[Joe2021]

Hi all, recently got a new to us varri width plough, came with a press arm. I didn’t buy the press with it cos they wanted an extra £4K for it and thought I could pick one up a lot cheaper than that.
Anyway…. I’ve got chance of 3m press good condition and ye right money , will I be ok with it?
maximum width of plough 2.5m but will plough at 2m sometimes, though the land we plough will be ploughed at 2.5m
Will I be able to offset it so it over laps on the land side?

 

[robbie]

It should be ok but, what sort of land have you got would it be ok double pressed????

I used to run a vari width and it would over lap both sides a bit I wasn't ploughing at max width. The only problem could be that with a 3m press and 2.5m bout width the press could be too close to the plough/tractor when setting in, it could be a pain and the wheels catch the press arms or the plough arm could catch the frame of the press.

What sort of press is it????? Could it be reduced easily eg a lemken.

 

[casper74]

Hi all, recently got a new to us varri width plough, came with a press arm. I didn’t buy the press with it cos they wanted an extra £4K for it and thought I could pick one up a lot cheaper than that.
Anyway…. I’ve got chance of 3m press good condition and ye right money , will I be ok with it?
maximum width of plough 2.5m but will plough at 2m sometimes, though the land we plough will be ploughed at 2.5m
Will I be able to offset it so it over laps on the land side?

My opinion for what it's worth is save your money and don't buy one!!!!
I had one a few ago it was more hassle than it was worth, transport to the field, electric poles, corners, pulling into the furrow and the arm missing it, extra power needed, I used it for couple of years then parked it in the nettles.

 

[robbie]

My opinion for what it's worth is save your money and don't buy one!!!!
I had one a few ago it was more hassle than it was worth, transport to the field, electric poles, corners, pulling into the furrow and the arm missing it, extra power needed, I used it for couple of years then parked it in the nettles.

Im the opposite and love furrow presses. I have a double Flexi coil and a lemken plus or minus a Flexi on the back of that.

It's an art to get one working right, with the exception of a few short headlands I press everything, scoots, headlands the lot and it's very rear I have to get out and move the arm or use a chain. Infact I recon I've only ever ploughed about 50 acres without one of some form or another in my life.

 

[CORK]

Im the opposite and love furrow presses. I have a double Flexi coil and a lemken plus or minus a Flexi on the back of that.

It's an art to get one working right, with the exception of a few short headlands I press everything, scoots, headlands the lot and it's very rear I have to get out and move the arm or use a chain. Infact I recon I've only ever ploughed about 50 acres without one of some form or another in my life.

Love what the trailed press does here too. So much so as I feel like I’m only half doing the job if I leave an area (short ground) unpressed.

I would fear that a 3m press will be too much on the 5 furrow plough - it could be a pain in that it will get too close to the plough and tractor. Also it will be a bigger pull than necessary.

As someone said - can it be cut down to size? I widened our press, reducing the width should be easier!!

 

[robbie]

Love what the trailed press does here too. So much so as I feel like I’m only half doing the job if I leave an area (short ground) unpressed.

I would fear that a 3m press will be too much on the 5 furrow plough - it could be a pain in that it will get too close to the plough and tractor. Also it will be a bigger pull than necessary.

As someone said - can it be cut down to size? I widened our press, reducing the width should be easier!!

Same here, anymore than 5 around the edge and a few triangles on scoots and I feel like I haven't don't the job right.

 

[robbie]

My opinion for what it's worth is save your money and don't buy one!!!!
I had one a few ago it was more hassle than it was worth, transport to the field, electric poles, corners, pulling into the furrow and the arm missing it, extra power needed, I used it for couple of years then parked it in the nettles.

What's not to like about these????

Straight in with the beet drill, no wheelings.
Also contrary to belief a press doesn't hide poor ploughing, it makes it stand out like a sore thumb.

 

[Alistair Nelson]

When sizing the working width of a furrow press for a 5 furrow vari width plough to work at 20’ furrow width its 5 x 20’ plus 2’ per furrow so that gets us to 110’ which the nearest size would be 108’ or 114’ which is 2.75m or 2.9m so a 3m would just about be ok depending on how the 3m press is being measured

 

[casper74]

What's not to like about these????View attachment 973381View attachment 973380
Straight in with the beet drill, no wheelings.
Also contrary to belief a press doesn't hide poor ploughing, it makes it stand out like a sore thumb.

I always seemed to have stones getting jammed in mine and on the strong land it just bounced along not really doing much, clearly not for everyone.

 

[Exfarmer]

Think 3 metre would scare me on that plough would not take much to catch a board