Furrow press

[tommytractor]

Planning to buy a press for my plough, 4 furrow ed85 200 kv at 16", what width is best for my plough, is the press I need to be 64" exactly or how much overlap is right? What makes of press are good for less than £1000 on spring ploughing light/medium soil?

 

[7740 man]

Lemken are good, not that expensive (they’ve been making them for years) so there’s a few around. They are also modular so you can extend them a ring at a time

 

[Lincs Lass]

Lemken,Dowdswell,,Flexicoil if you can find one,,few on ebay

 

[Alistair Nelson]

You want 4 x 16' + 4 x 2' = 72' At that budget be careful of Lemken as to replace the Centre bearings which do wear would nearly take all the budget. You'll find Best value in either a FarmForce (yes I used to make them so biased), Flexicoil / NRH, Dowdeswell as they use std off the shelf Bearings which within reason is the only wearing item.

 

[tommytractor]

Lemken are good, not that expensive (they’ve been making them for years) so there’s a few around. They are also modular so you can extend them a ring at a time

do you think I would need around a 70" or 1.8m press to comfortably cover the ploughing?

 

[tommytractor]

Lemken,Dowdswell,,Flexicoil if you can find one,,few on ebay

there was a flexicoil one at a local machine sale near me last week, only made £260 and it looked complete, missed it though!

 

[tommytractor]

You want 4 x 16' + 4 x 2' = 72' At that budget be careful of Lemken as to replace the Centre bearings which do wear would nearly take all the budget. You'll find Best value in either a FarmForce (yes I used to make them so biased), Flexicoil / NRH, Dowdeswell as they use std off the shelf Bearings which within reason is the only wearing item.

For a flexicoil one, are the coil type ones any good, or are rings better? have some stoney land but not much lumps to break.

 

[Flat 10]

I have a rabe one. Easily covered 4x14inch. It’s listed on here under general for sale. £250

 

[Lincs Lass]

Used to use a lemken with a kuhn master 140 5x14,,on light land if it was too dry ,it created a bow wave and would bury itself ,,great on heavy stuff though ,thin rings chopped up the clouds

 

[Alistair Nelson]

For a flexicoil one, are the coil type ones any good, or are rings better? have some stoney land but not much lumps to break.

Coils are very good on V light blow away sand or Peat, Anything with any more body a Ring press would be better in my view but a broad 45 Deg ring press not a sharp 30 Deg which would be better on heavier land

 

[tommytractor]

Yes, I agree, looking to pack the soil rather than break clods here, thought about a packomat but I think they might be hard on the plough over time.

 

[middlies]

If of any interest, I have a 1.8m Flexicoil press for sale that we used with a es80 4 furrow Kverneland for sale. Not sure where your base?

 

[tommytractor]

If of any interest, I have a 1.8m Flexicoil press for sale that we used with a es80 4 furrow Kverneland for sale. Not sure where your base?

looks like it makes a tidy enough job, i'm in Carrbridge, not too far from aberdeenshire! Have you got a price in mind?

 

[Flat 10]

Mines in Cambridge well near enough. Press arm possibly available.

 

[nick...]

Allways plenty in farmers guide.they do seem to have gone out of fashion compared to the 80/90s
nick...

 

[7740 man]

Allways plenty in farmers guide.they do seem to have gone out of fashion compared to the 80/90s
nick...

I’m not sure why because when you use them you think what a mega job.

 

[Alistair Nelson]

The thing that puts people off is moving them field to field, round telegraph poles. What we did for people with front linkages was make a weight carrier with an integral implement mover so you could pickup move, carry and put down the furrow press without even having to get out the tractor seat

 

[nick...]

I’m not sure why because when you use them you think what a mega job.

I’d have to agree with you.
nick...

 

[7740 man]

The thing that puts people off is moving them field to field, round telegraph poles. What we did for people with front linkages was make a weight carrier with an integral implement mover so you could pickup move, carry and put down the furrow press without even having to get out the tractor seat

I always wanted that setup

 

[keith armitage]

Slightly off topic, and apologies for bringing up an old thread. I just rescued a packomat from the scrapman and I'm asking does anyone here use one? It will take a wet week in the workshop to get it on the plough. Apart from the weight, what's it like to actually work with one? Our land is light, easy to till but lots of limestone.